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Best practice report for aquaculture stakeholders As a growing global population brings about new challenges in delivering food sustainably, one of the world’s largest environmental non-profit organisations has partnered with […]
Recommendations for SE Asian fishmeal sector The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) and IFFO, the Marine Ingredients Organisation, have released the findings from a joint-funded project which improves the understanding of […]
Faces of the Sea – Patricia Wilson, Fish Health Unit. As an Administrator in the Marine Institute’s Fish Health Unit, Patricia Wilson deals with the health of fish and shellfish […]
Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation, SSPO announces lowest sea lice levels in six years. and big reduction in spend on medicinal treatments. The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) yesterday (Tuesday 26th […]
NFFO calls for pragmatism over VMS implementation. The UK’s National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations is warning that the Government must take great care when extending the use of vessel monitoring […]
Chinese tuna fishery achieves MSC. A Chinese owned longline yellowfin and bigeye tuna fishery in the Federated States of Micronesia has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for its bigeye tuna catch. […]
Scots salmon producers call for tighter sea lice enforcement. Julie Hesketh-Laird, CEO of Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation, has written to Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy to call on […]
The European fisheries sector recognises work of CITES concerning marine species to ensure that the international trade does not threaten their survival. However, it is important to respect the work […]
SSC release Loch Roag vet document. The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has decided to release a document from veterinary records in order to provide context to the extremely challenging and […]
Mixed reaction from Europêche over new technical measures. In Strasbourg on Wednesday night (13 February), the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission struck a deal on a new […]
Brexit pulse fishing ban – EU vessels will no longer be able to carry out electric pulse fishing in UK waters after Brexit, Fisheries Minister George Eustice has announced. Pulse […]
New Pure Salmon range to be launched for a resource strained world. A new brand of Atlantic salmon is striving to establish a new path for sustainable fishing, as pressure […]
Disappointment over MSC mackerel suspension, but work in progress to evaluate and improve scientific assessment process. A grouping of northern European mackerel fishing organisations has expressed disappointment that Marine Stewardship […]
Good progress against IUU fishing in South Pacific. The 7th annual meeting of the Commission of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO), hosted by the European Union in […]
Australian Commercial Fish Stocks Sustainable – Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), has welcomed a paper Oceans & Atmosphere denouncing claims by Graham Edgar Seafood Industry Australia’s response to L. Richard Little, […]
MSC Fisheries Standard Review Details Announced – The Board of Trustees for the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has confirmed the list of 16 topics that will be reviewed in the […]
Icelandic Lemon Sole Achieves MSC Standard – The Icelandic fishery for Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification as a sustainable and well-managed fishery. The fishery lands around […]
EC publishes info guide on IUU fishing in a simple question and answer fact sheet, following the European Commission announcing this week that Thailand has successfully addressed the shortcomings in […]
Trond Tuvstein, SalMar CFO to step down in June. after notifying the company that he is to resign from his position. Tuvstein has been with SalMar since January 2012. In […]
NFFO comments on Fisheries Council. Responding to the outcome of the European Fisheries Council in Brussels earlier this week, the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations says it was dominated by […]
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