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IRISH SKIPPER EXPO 2020 Irish Skipper Expo 2020 has been rescheduled to take place on 4 and 5 September at the UL Sport Arena in Limerick, Ireland Now in its 16th year, Irish Skipper Expo 2020 which ...
UK Seafood Innovation Fund Update – How to apply for research and development funding from the UK Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF) scheme. The UK government’s Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF) is a £10 million research and development (R&D) ...
Fishing less win for lobstermen and endangered whales. A new study by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) found that New England’s historic lobster fishery may turn a higher profit by operating with less gear in ...
Profit drop for Sandford. New Zealand seafood company Sanford Limited has reported statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) for the first half of its 2020 financial year of $19.0 million, 17% behind last year’s result ...
Austral Fisheries launch ‘Start-Up Accelerator’ to support next wave of sustainable seafood innovators. Perth-based Australian fishing company Austral Fisheries is supporting the next wave of sustainably-focused seafood innovators, launching a 12-week “accelerator” programme alongside social ...
BIM pilots online learning for Skipper Training Programme – The Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) National Fisheries College of Ireland in Castletownbere, Co. Cork is piloting the Skipper Full Certificate of Competency as an online course, ...
Doomster eNGOs slammed as science shows fish stock recovery – The European Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) annual report on the performance of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) brings excellent news for ...
UK Fisheries Donate 7000 Fillets to Fareshare Hull & Humber and Emmaus Hull as part of response to the Coronavirus Crisis According to an article on the NFF Website – A huge donation of frozen ...
Nor-Fishing 2020 cancelled – Nor-Fishing 2020 due to be held in Trondheim on 18-21 August has been cancelled due to coronavirus. A statement from the organiser said: “It is with a heavy heart that the ...
NFFO Update on UK-EU Negotiations – After last week’s round of negotiations, Michel Barnier singled out fisheries as one of the areas where insufficient progress is being made towards the point at the end of ...
Scottish seafood industry welcomes consumer support – The Scottish seafood industry is working extremely hard, adapting to new guidelines and developing new routes to the consumer in an effort to ensure a continuing supply of ...
Support with COVID-19 travel restrictions. Critical worker certificates available for fishermen and key workers in seafood businesses. In response to calls from industry, Seafish has created ‘critical worker certificates’. These documents can be issued on ...
Fishing and Aquaculture Boost For England – The Government announces a £10 million fund of financial support for England’s fishing businesses in commercial fishing and aquaculture sectors. More than 1,000 fishing and aquaculture businesses in ...
NFFO Racks up Political Pressure – The NFFO has continued to ratchet up political pressure on the Government for a financial support package for the English fleets. Hundreds of MPs, including coastal MPs and government ministers, ...
New Zealand postpones MPA consultation. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the Department of Conservation and Fisheries New Zealand (DOC), are postponing public consultation on the proposed network of marine protection for the southeast South Island. ...
Low Impact Fishing Project The Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) is working with the New Economics Foundation (NEF), MRAG and Cefas on a project for Defra that is seeking to co-design, with fisheries stakeholders, principles and criteria that can be ...
Europêche calls for more ambition in EC support measures – The European Commission has published a legislative package in response to the severe economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the fishing industry. The proposed ...
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