The European Commission and the Faroe Islands have reached a political understanding to end their dispute on the management of Atlanto-Scandian herring in the North-East Atlantic. This has been done between Commissioner Damanaki and the Minister of Fisheries of the Faroe Islands, Jacob Vestergaard, after a lengthy dialogue between Faroese and EU officials in recent months.
Effective management and conservation of fisheries and fishing grounds require a comprehensive understanding of fishing methods and fishing gear, according to a new paper published in the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Science Series volume 2.
MSC status - Certified as sustainable in 29 May 2014.
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations’ (NFFO) Training Trust has announced that it will make £50,000 available for fishermen’s training, safety equipment and general education about the fishing industry in 2014.
The Port of Hirtshals now introduces a more dynamic and transparent rate system for vessels that come to the port for repair, maintenance or rebuild. The port simplifies the current rate system and provides the opportunities for vessels to stay at the port on a daily rate.
A fish warehouse for 20 million danish crowns with its own ice factory was inaugurated on a bright sunshiny spring day at the landing facility at Thorupstrand in northwestern Jutland.
Marel is pleased to announce that its long-term partner, Icelandic Group, has purchased the new FleXicut water-jet cutting robot for high precision bone detection and removal.
Sainsbury’s is the UK’s first retailer to launch a MSC certified sustainable tuna sandwich. With a range of MSC certified pole & line caught sandwiches and salads launching this month, it follows the retailer’s introduction of MSC certified canned skipjack tuna sourced from the Maldives in 2013 . The range, including Tuna Mayonnaise Sandwich launched across stores on Monday 28th April priced from £1.20.
Estonian company Marketex Marine was awarded a contract by the Norwegian company AKVA Group to build the biggest fish feeding steel barge in the world which has a very unique storage capacity.
Karmøy Winch is the latest company to confirm its attendance at the Skipper Expo Int. Aberdeen 2014 fisheries show, bringing the number of exhibitors to almost 100 companies.
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