Category: Commercial Fishing
Welcome Boost For Fisheries Museum – After having to close their doors in March, The Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther has received vital funding support, allowing a much more secure future post lockdown. The Museum, ...
Additional Scottish inshore fishing quota. Inshore fishers who usually target shellfish will now be able to diversify into new markets and access fishing opportunities worth up to £2 million. The package aimed at helping the ...
NC Commercial Fishing Resource Fund launches PR campaign. The NC Commercial Fishing Resource Fund (NCCFRF) of the USA has launched a state wide public relations campaign called Always NC Fresh. Always NC Fresh, funded by ...
Sea Shepherd files lawsuit against US agencies over dolphin threat. Sea Shepherd Legal and its co-counsel, Earthrise Law Centre, filed a lawsuit on May 21st against US agencies that have failed to take legally mandated action ...
Nueva Pescanova underlines its commitment to sustainability. Nueva Pescanova Group, in its commitment to the planet and sustainable development, has adhered to the Principles for a Sustainable Ocean of the United Nations Global Compact, a ...
Barnier upholds EU commitment for good Brexit fishing deal. Last week, the Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed attended a meeting with EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier and Fisheries Commissioner Virginius Sinkevicius ...
Further £1 million invested into England’s fishing industry. A £1 million grants scheme supporting innovative ways to sell fish and shellfish has awarded the first grants to projects across England. The Domestic Seafood Supply Scheme ...
Good start to Norwegian herring season. Norwegian vessels have had a good start to their herring fishery with six catches ranging from 80 MT to 500 MT, reports reports Norges Sildesalgslag (a Norwegian Fishermen’s Sales ...
Emergency measures to prevent bycatch of cetaceans in Biscay and Baltic. The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) is advising a combination of fisheries closures and pingers in the Bay of Biscay ...
Fisheries New Zealand looking for feedback on new catch limits. Fisheries New Zealand has started consultation on proposed changes to catch limits on a range of fisheries for the new fishing year beginning 1 October. ...
New Stateside PR campaign always NC Fresh. The NC Commercial Fishing Resource Fund (NCCFRF) last week launched a state wide public relations campaign called Always NC Fresh. Always NC Fresh, funded by the North Carolina ...
Jane Devereux appointed Wales Fishing Safety Project Officer, to support project to eliminate preventable fishing-related deaths. With a strong passion for health, welfare and safety, Jane Devereux has been appointed Wales Fishing Safety Project Officer ...
US allocates $88 million in fishery disaster funding. US Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross has announced the allocation of $88 million in fishery disaster funding to Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, where a catastrophic regional fishery ...
New edition of Seafish publication highlights fishing industry’s spirit t in finding new ways to thrive. The entrepreneurial spirit of the UK’s fishing fleet and the innovative solutions it is finding to everyday challenges are ...
New Arctic freezer trawler enters service – The latest vessel of Kongsberg Maritime design to enter service, an 81.80m NVC 375 WP freezer trawler named Ilivileq, has just been delivered to its working domain in Arctic ...
Europêche slams EU biodiversity proposal. Europêche, the European catching sector’s representative body, has criticised the EU’s new Biodiversity proposal for failing to recognise the importance of fisheries in food supply and the huge strides that ...
Russian crabber delivered – The Pella Leningrad Shipbuilding Plant in Russia and the Antey Far East company signed the acceptance and transfer certificate of its lead vessel for crab production, the ‘Rus’. ‘Rus’ is the ...
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