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Oceans absorb more heat than previously thought. For each of the past 25 years, oceans have absorbed an amount of heat energy that is 150 times the energy humans produce […]
Blue Carbon Forum launched. A new research programme will measure the ability of Scotland’s marine environment to store carbon dioxide and mitigate against the effects of climate change. It will […]
Drones aid new marine mammal research – The effects of climate change, human activities and prey availability on whales and dolphins are new areas of focus for the University of Hawaiʻi at […]
New Chairman of AIB Tri Branch Management Board. Air Marshal Sir Richard Frank Garwood, KBE, CB, DFC, has been appointed Chairman of the Tri-Branch Management Board (TMB). The TMB was […]
Call for government support when industry leaves CFP. Scottish fishermen’s leaders last night called for a practical, joined-up approach from both Westminster and Holyrood governments as the industry prepares to […]
UK fishing fleet turnover reaches £1billion according to new figures released today. The figures have been published by Seafish, the public body supporting the UK seafood industry from catch to […]
A sixth vessel by Havyard Design for Grupo CBO is now in operation. Havyard and Grupo CBO’s good cooperation culminates in a sixth and, so far, final anchor-handling vessel, which […]
Technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide the ship design for a state of the art fishing trawler. The vessel will be unique in having the combined capabilities of twin trawling […]
A new fishing vessel working conditions law will come into force from this November. The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) will require UK fishing vessels to comply with the International […]
Peru fisheries transparency applauded by Global Fishing Watch and Oceana. As world leaders gathered in Bali, Indonesia for the fifth-annual Our Ocean conference, Peru has taken bold action to make […]
Marine Accident Investigation Branch, MAIB report on dragging anchor by Celtic Spirit, and the general cargo vessel’s subsequent collisions with Atlantic Explorer and Celtic Warrior, River Humber, England on 1 […]
EU reaches MPA target, designating at least 10 % of Europe’s seas as marine protected areas to safeguard marine biodiversity and ecosystems. A total of 10.8 % of the surface […]
Milestone for Mediterranean and Black seas at the 42nd annual session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) as it drew to a ‘successful close’ on October 26th. […]
Food companies join Global Ghost Gear Initiative – Today (30 October), at the Our Ocean 2018 conference in Bali, Nestlé, the world’s biggest food company and Tesco, the UK’s biggest […]
Faroese Ling and Tusk Fisheries achieve MSC Certification. The Faroese fishery of ling (Molva molva) and tusk (Brosme brosme) has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification as a sustainable and […]
MSC announces £1 million Ocean Stewardship Fund and initiative to support small scale fisheries and those in the Global South on their pathway to sustainability. The MSC, Marine Stewardship Council, […]
Drill and muster requirements are laid out for the fishing industry in the latest Marine Notice from the Irish Government. The Notice from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport […]
NFFO Comments on the UK Fisheries Bill as the UK leaves the EU and therefore the Common Fisheries Policy, this Bill is an important staging-post on the way to the […]
Gove launches Fisheries Bill to take back control of UK waters – Legislation creating the powers the UK needs to operate as an independent coastal state after leaving the EU […]
Canadian fishermen to see benefits of Exocet trawl doors from Morgère – Canadian fishermen will have the opportunity to see for themselves the benefits offered by using Exocet trawl doors […]
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