Fish feed scare highlights challenges of aquaculture boom
FAO conference eyeballs the future of the 'blue revolution' - safety issues in spotlight. The recent discovery that feed used on some U.S. fish farms contained the toxin melamine highlights…
Commission closes EU bluefin tuna fishery for 2007
The Commission today decided to close the fishery for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean for 2007.
Future prospects of the Danish and the Icelandic seafood industries
The Icelandic Embassy in Denmark, the Danish-Icelandic Chamber of commerce, Danfish and Glitnir Bank host a Seafood conference in Aalborg on the 19th of October to discuss the future of the Seafood Industry in Denmark and Iceland.
SFF welcomes new Cabinet Secretary for Fisheries
The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation will tomorrow (25 May) officially welcome Richard Lochhead as he makes his first public engagement as Fisheries Minister. Mr Lochhead, who was appointed Fisheries Minister last…
South Atlantic trawler on fire; all crew members rescued
Twenty four of the twenty seven crew members of a Spanish trawler that caught fire early Sunday morning in the South Atlantic will be arriving in Montevideo, Uruguay in the…
East Coast fishermen: hands in their pockets
There is a campaign underway in Atlantic Canada to convince people that the sky is falling, that black is white, that up is down and that, through some kind of…
Argentina: Vessels quit fishing squid for lack of markets
Abundance in offer added to the lack of new markets and storage space for squid (Illex argentinus) landings, is driving vessels belonging to companies of Galician capital operating in Argentine…
Chile: Giant predatory Humboldt squid threatens hake
An invasion of predatory Humboldt squid into northern Pacific waters is decimating hake catches in the Pacific Ocean, including along Chile’s coast. This is the conclusion of an extensive study…
Norwegian company converting 132-meter trawler to catch krill
Krill Seaproducts from Ålesund, Norway is converting the 132-metre Vlieborg container vessel to a trawler in order to target krill. The steel work is done at Western Shipyard in Lithuania…
Responsible Fishing Scheme website goes live on first anniversary –
Following a successful first year for the Responsible Fishing Scheme, Seafish is proud to announce that a dedicated website for the scheme is now available at www.seafish.org/rfs. Featuring a modern…