Land: Denmark

The fishing industry has been blamed for years for destroying the seabed, emitting excessive levels of CO2 and oil pollution. Meanwhile, the quota system has forced fishermen to throw about half of their catch back into the sea where it rarely survives. Danish fishermen have now had enough, which is why the Danish Fishing Equipment Group has invited a number of experts to the “Blue Ocean – Green Fishing” conference to be held on 7 October, at the DanFISH exhibition in Aalborg.

Danish fishermen have announced their plan to adhere to globally recognized standards for marine stewardship.

The Danish Fishermen’s Association (DFA) plans to have all Danish fisheries certified as sustainable under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) eco-labelling scheme before the end of 2012.

ollowing the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the Danish

Atlanto Scandian herring has been entered into the final assessment of MSC, confirms a report.

During the design process of the newbuildings ”Canopus” and ”Carpe-Diem”

Denmark – the Limfjord blue mussel and oyster dredge fisheries

The Danish Pelagic Producers’ Organisation (DPPO) North Sea herring fishery

The Baltic Sea Cod Fisheries are divided in two stocks,

– We have therefore begun to put the basis of the agreement into place. Among other things, this involves carrying out a complete energy mapping of the company divided by the individual process operations, explains Environmental Manager Henrik Sørensen.