Category: Commercial Fishing
Scottish Skipper Expo set for 2021. Following consultation with exhibitors and visitors, Mara Media, the organiser of Scottish Skipper Expo 2020 (13 and 14 November) has decided not to stage the event this year due ...
Samherji Namibian operations made a loss. Recently, Iceland seafood company Samherji announced that the investigation into the company’s operations in Namibia, conducted by Norwegian law firm Wikborg Rein, had been completed. The announcement outlined the ...
Calm before the storm for UK fishing fleet as 2019 economic estimates published. The first economic performance estimates for the UK fishing fleet in 2019 have been published today by Seafish, the public body that ...
Fourth RFC supertrawler construction started. At the Admiralty shipyards (St. Petersburg), the keel of the fourth of ten fishing vessels for the Russian Fishery Company (RFC) has been laid. Together with ‘Mechanic Sizov’, laid in ...
Busy period for Morgère with many new orders received. The Morgère production facility at St Malo has been extremely busy over the last few weeks as the company fulfils numerous orders for trawl doors. During the ...
Shellfish group makes progress despite COVID-19. The Shellfish Industry Advisory Group established in November last year has made substantial progress, despite the crisis in the shellfish markets caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Although shellfish markets ...
The Sourcing Transparency Platform. IPNLF’s Sourcing Transparency Platform (STP) is an online tool that drives greater transparency in one-by-one tuna supply chains. It’s a world-first that publicly promotes the responsible sourcing practices of businesses supporting ...
NFFO Reiterates Key Positions as Negotiations Intensify – It is difficult to glean much from the official statements made by the EU and the UK after each round in the intensified UK/EU negotiations on their ...
US seafood harvesters welcome Covid-19 relief package. Seafood Harvesters of America Executive Director Leigh Habegger has issued the following statement after the US Senate unveiled their fourth COVID-19 relief package, the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability ...
Global Fishing Watch unveil technology to accelerate trans shipment reform. Global Fishing Watch has launched a public web portal that policymakers and fishery managers can use to better understand the activities of vessels that take on ...
Irish discuss fisheries and Brexit with EC Trade Commissioner. The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Dara Calleary T.D., met last week via video conference with European Commissioner for Trade, Phil Hogan, where ...
IPNLF launches strategic plan. The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) has launched their Strategic Plan 2020-2025 announcing their vision, mission, and IPNLF’s Five Strategic Pillars to cover the key areas of their work to ...
Samherji’s Namibian investigation finalised. The Samherji board of directors have received Wikborg Rein’s investigation report in relation to the allegations against the company’s operations in Namibia. In November 2019 allegations were directed at Samherji and ...
Additional EMFF support made available to Bulgaria. Following the unprecedented outbreak of the coronavirus, the European Commission has taken rapid action to protect the fisheries and aquaculture sectors from severe shocks by introducing specific measures, ...
Irish grants to support Fisheries Local Action Groups. The Irish Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Dara Calleary has announced the award of grants worth €1.2 million to 93 local community groups and micro ...
Reich and MIT partnership boosts coupling business success in 2020. In the six months since the partnership between Reich and MIT (Marine & Industrial Transmissions Limited) was formally announced, the commercial and business landscape has ...
SIA launches mental health pilot programme. A programme focused on mental health early intervention, engagement and education in the Australian commercial fishing industry is being piloted across the country by Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), supported ...
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