Category: Commercial Fishing
Oceana Accuses Italian Fishing Industry of Influencing EU vote – Environmental NGO Oceana says it is has seen information that the Italian fishing industry within EC Advisory body MedAC used its power to influence European ...
New trawlers for Royal Greenland progressing well. The building process of two new factory trawlers for Royal Greenland is progressing according to plan, says the company, and a few weeks ago, the combination trawler Avataq ...
Wildlife film maker to support marine protected areas. On 11 December documentary filmmaker Doug Allan will join the launch event of a €6.4 million environment project to inform and improve management and monitoring of several ...
Axel Johnson International acquires MIT. Axel Johnson International’s Industrial Solutions business group is expanding its driveline business via the acquisition of Marindus Group Limited (MGL). The UK-based company comprises driveline specialist Marine and Industrial Transmissions ...
Jersey bass restrictions eased. Tough restrictions on commercial bass fishing in Jersey imposed last year have been eased, according to the Jersey Evening Post Under regulations introduced in February 2017, only a small number of ...
ISSF launches fishery improvement resource – ISSF (International Seafood Sustainability Foundation) has launched its FIP Resources Finder, an online tool for fisheries that matches more than 200 ISSF reports, guidebooks, and other resources to Marine ...
A new study shows that seabirds can tell us about the tide. When the UK’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) set out to tag razorbills, their aim was to track their behaviour ...
Australian fishers take action to improve safety. In a joint Australian industry and government initiative, the more than 11,000 men and women who work in Australia’s commercial fishing and aquaculture sectors, can participate in a new ...
Taiwan accused of unethical fishery practices. The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) claims to have found a catalogue of ‘cruel, wasteful and illegal practices’ aboard fishing vessels linked to Taiwan. In a new investigation, which is ...
Atlantic Dawn orders new trawlers – Atlantic Dawn Group in Killybegs, Ireland, has ordered two new trawlers based on a design from Salt Ship Design. The new fishing vessels will be built at Cemre Shipyard ...
Study reveals fast uptake of nanoparticles by shellfish. A ground-breaking study has shown it takes a matter of hours for billions of minute plastic nanoparticles to become embedded throughout the major organs of a marine ...
MAIB Report Fishing Vessel Solstice – Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report on the capsize and sinking of fishing vessel Solstice resulting in one fatality, south of Plymouth, 26 September 2017. Andrew Moll, Chief Inspector of ...
Western Med countries adopt plan for sustainable blue economy. Ministers of the Western Mediterranean countries, at the presence of the European Commission and the Union for the Mediterranean, have adopted a declaration to strengthen maritime ...
Fishermen and conservation groups share views on fish discards. The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee of the UK Parliament is continuing its inquiry into the implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation, or discards ...
A new Southern Bluefin Tuna survey taking place in South Australia has invited recreational fishers to provide information to help measure the recreational harvest. The Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has launched a ...
Scots say in quota and effort limits. Scottish Fisheries Secretary Fergus Ewing has written to the UK Government (cabinet minister Michael Gove) to request a number of amendments to the UK Fisheries Bill, regarding quota ...
Caspian Sea Sturgeon Ban Extended – Representatives of five Caspian Sea littoral states extended the ban on commercial sturgeon fishing in the Caspian Sea by the end of 2019, Head of the International Affairs Department ...
Keel is laid for new Norebo trawler – The keel has been laid at St Petersburg’s Northern Shipyard for a new state-of-the-art factory trawler for Norebo, one of Russia’s largest companies involved in the harvesting, ...
The latest volume of Quay Issues, the award-winning annual magazine for the UK fishing industry. has been released by Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry. The magazine, which has twice ...
New Jersey Gleaning Programme – The Cape May County Board of Freeholders is the latest legislative body to support a programme that would allow the New Jersey fishing industry to donate discarded seafood to food ...
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