Tag: pelagic
Success for Panamanian small pelagics FIP. IFFO RS has announced that the Panamanian small pelagics Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) has successfully transitioned onto the new IFFO RS Improver Programme (IFFO RS IP) procedures against V2.0 ...
Science sheds new light on mackerel fishery – The following article by Ian Gatt, chairman of the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group, appeared in The Scotsman newspaper on 7 May Fisheries science and the calculation of ...
Blue whiting stocks appear healthy, says Icelandic skipper. HB Grandi’s pelagic vessel Víkingur is on its way to Vopnafjörður in Iceland with a full payload of blue whiting caught at the southern end of the ...
Irish pelagic fishers welcome mackerel report. The Chief Executive of the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO), Seán O’Donoghue has welcomed a report which has vindicated the position taken by the KFO regarding mackerel stocks and the ...
Why big is not bad in fisheries. In this opinion piece, Ian Gatt, chief executive Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association, outlines how the Scottish pelagic fleet has a vital role in sustainably putting food on our ...
US pelagic trawler to get TMC compressors. Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L.L.C. in Louisiana, USA, has awarded TMC Compressors of the Seas (TMC) a contract to deliver a complete marine compressed air system to a 100 ...
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 Council (MSC) certification of the ...
Investment for West African Processing plant by Cap Blanc Pélagique SARL (CBP), who have been operating their fish processing plant and coldstore in the port of Nouadhibou, in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (West Africa), ...
Article by Dr Steven Mackinson, Chief Scientific Officer, Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association. Scots Pelagic fishers help enhance knowledge of climate change. Climate change and how it affects our environment is one of the most talked ...
Iceland Catch Values Rise over Last Year – The value of catch from Icelandic vessels in August 2018 was 11.9 billion ISK, nearly the same as in August 2017, according to the latest government figures. ...
Irish mackerel quota agreement brings stability – The Irish fisheries minister says the outcome of the international fisheries negotiations between the European Union, Norway, and the Faroe Islands on the management of mackerel in the ...
Sanford planning to sell majority of pelagic business. New Zealand seafood company Sanford (SAN) has announced it has a conditional agreement to sell its Tauranga based pelagic business to local company Pelco NZ Ltd. The ...
Newfoundland Fish Processor Fined – Notre Dame Seafoods, a Newfoundland fish processing company has been fined $115,000 by the US Federal Government for not abiding by a permit for disposing of fish waste at sea ...
There have been doubts thrown on mackerel catch cut advice. Following the news that the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) is advising a cut in the north east Atlantic mackerel catch ...
By Ian Gatt, chairman of the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group Scots mackerel and herring fishers are at the forefront of sustainability, one of the most used buzzwords of recent times and no more than when ...
Scotland’s mackerel and herring fishermen participate in gathering scientific data as work on pioneering ‘self-sampling’ scheme gathers pace Scotland’s mackerel and herring fishermen are working on a pioneering ‘self-sampling’ scheme where fishermen participate in gathering ...
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