NOAA Tests New Marine Tracking Technology
NOAA researchers will be testing a new way to track tagged fish and collect data on the marine environment this spring in Juneau. They plan to launch an autonomous underwater…
Searching for capelin
Research vessels Árni Fridriksson and Bjarni Sæmundsson sailed yesterday to begin the capelin search and Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson, head of HB Grandi's pelagic division, said that he hopes they will be…
Norwegian Cod faced challenging 2009
In 2009, Norwegian exports of groundfish including clipfish, salted fish and stockfish totalled NOK 9.5 billion. This is a reduction of NOK 375 million or 3.8% compared to 2008. Lower…
Change to lobster fishery B zone closure date
A further industry-supported adjustment has been made to the management settings for the commercial West Coast Rock Lobster Fishery, to keep it on target for the current season. Western Australian…
Whalers ram activist boat
Antiwhaling activist group Sea Shepherd said yesterday that the Japanese security ship Shonan Maru No. 2 deliberately rammed and caused catastrophic damage to the Sea Shepherd catamaran Ady Gil.
Days at Sea in 2010
One of the Federation’s priorities for January is to agree as far as possible with Defra the terms of the days at sea regime for vessels operating in the Cod Recovery Zone. The effort control year runs from the 1st February and our overriding priority is to avoid any abrupt and disruptive closures in the coming year due to exhaustion of the UK’s allocation of Kwdays.
GAA Expands E-Communications for 2010
The Global Aquaculture Alliance is updating its communications program for 2010 with an expanded focus on electronic media. Look for a new website design, new digital magazine and more frequent issues of the GAA Update e-mail newsletter.
Low level of undesirable substances in sushi and varying microbiological quality
NIFES has analysed samples of various sushi products. The content of undesirable substances was generally low, but the products showed varying microbiological quality. In no case did the level of…
Norwegian Seafood sets export record of NOK 44.7 billion
In 2009, Norwegian Seafood exports totalled NOK 44.7 billion and for the sixth year in a row sets a new seafood export record. Compared with 2008, exports are up by no less than NOK 6 billion, according to figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council. The volume of seafood exports totalled 2.6 million tonnes, an increase of 268,000 tonnes compared with 2008. This is equal to 35 million meals of Norwegian Seafood - every day.
Tougher times for Norwegian shipyards
Norwegian shipyards last year experienced their worst year, with orders worth only NOK 1.3 billion. This is a drop of nearly 90 per cent since the top years of 2005…
