ANNONCER
Polar Fishing Gear has supplied several sets of its Neptune trawl doors to Australian customers for shrimp fishing, in a galvanised finish instead of the usual paint-job.
Australian fishing company Austral Fisheries, producers of Glacier 51 toothfish and Skull Island prawns, chose today, Sustainable Seafood Day Australia 2016, to announce that they have become the world’s first carbon-neutral seafood business.
According to a international study led by the University of Queensland, sea birds, dolphins, crabs and sharks are among the species that could suffer if commercial fishers abruptly stop discarding their unwanted catches, research shows. The recommendation is for a gradual reduction of food discards to a minimal level.
ABC Rural reports that Queensland state net bans have crippled the regions’s seafood industry, with wholesalers struggling to secure supplies of fish.
John West Australia has completely overhauled its supply chain to bring Australia the world’s largest offering of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified sustainable canned tuna.
Shark Bay Seafoods of South Fremantle in Australia recently installed a Notus Trawlmaster on its deep-water triple rig trawler. The skipper and fleet manager have seen an immediate payback for the system.
Consumer confidence is vital to the long term sustainability of the $2.5 billion Australian seafood industry. The development of the Australian Fish Names List and Standard goes a long way to addressing some of the key concerns.
Coral trout fishers have urged the Queensland authorities to cut the quota as they have never met their quota.
Gladstone fishing industry face another with the closure of scallop processing factory, says a report.
Australian government has released the draft Management Plan for the Commercial Marine Scalefish Fishery for public consultation.