Barbados catches good amount of fish
Last year Barbados netted 2,383 metric tonnes of fish worth $14.7 million and thus benefited the fishermen of the region.
Malta affected due to EU halt of tuna fishing
Malta, leads the sector in the Mediterranean tuna ranches, feel the pinch after the European Union moved to prevent the depletion of fish stocks.
Lobster hurts from plastic in the ocean
Study revealed that compounds from plastics are being found in the bloodstream of lobster which causes shell disease to lobster.
Efforts on to protect large lobsters
There is a long debate and big discussion ahead as the lobster industry and DFO try to reach an agreement on the protection of large lobsters.
Commission approves block exemption for state aid
The European Commission approved today a block exemption Regulation for fisheries, according to which certain types of national aid to the fisheries sector will no longer have to be notified…
Wärtsilä aims to become a leader in ship design – acquires global ship design group Vik-Sandvik
Wärtsilä has acquired the global ship design group Vik-Sandvik, a leading independent group providing design and engineering services to ship owners and the ship building industry worldwide. The value of…
The cod quota unchanged
The Minister of Fisheries yesterday decided to keep the cod quota unchanged for the coming fishing year, as was in fact known beforehand. However, he ignored advice from the Marine…
Launching new co-operation for the 2009 Bocuse d’Or
On the last day of Bocuse d’Or Europe in Stavanger, Norway, a contract for seafood delivery to the 2009 competition has been signed. Norway will be official supplier of seafood…
Major savings from automating brown crab meat extraction
A new Seafish research project to produce a design specification for equipment to automatically extract meat from the shells of brown crab, could potentially save the UK crab processing sector…
Workshop on Cod and Future Climate Change
A WGCCC Workshop on Cod and Future Climate Change was held 17-20 June 2008 at the ICES headquarters with 16 participants from 6 countries including climatologists, physical oceanographers, and fisheries…
