Governments meeting March 13 for the largest wildlife trade convention will have a unique opportunity to help preserve the world’s oceans and simultaneously stem a worldwide poaching crisis.
At the annual general meeting Marel has posted satisfactory results in difficult conditions.
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council has announced to convene its Ad Hoc Data Collection Advisory Panel.
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is ready to convene its Standing and Special Reef Fish Science and Statistical Committee.
Somali pirates have released Thai fishing boat after holding it for more than four months for ransom.
At the annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum two concepts seem to be cropping up more consistently among people who fish or sell seafood for a living.
The Obama Administration has pushed through NOAA to launch its ‘catch shar’ regulatory format from May 1.
Seafood is naturally rich in selenium, but it may also contain the environmental pollutant methylmercury. New research indicates that methylmercury is less toxic to mice if they are simultaneously exposed…
Visitors to Scottish ports love to sample freshly-landed seafood, from classic haddock and chips, to moules marinieres, lobster, langoustine, crab and scallops. And landing a top quality, sustainable product is a high priority for the country’s fishermen, who landed some 396,000 tonnes in 2008, worth more than £412 million.
HB Grandi’s purse seiner Víkingur AK is now steaming to Vopnafjördur with a full load of 1400 tonnes of capelin on board. The fish were caught over two days south-west of Malarrif on the Snæfellsnes peninsula. According to skipper Magnús Thorvaldsson, this is Víkingur’s first full trip of the season after the decision was taken last week to bring the ship out of mothballs to help catch enough capelin to use as much as possible for roe extraction.
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