New size set for rock lobster caught recreationally
Western Australian authority has reduced the rock lobster from 77 to 76 mm for recreationally caught.
Western Australian authority has reduced the rock lobster from 77 to 76 mm for recreationally caught.
Yesterday, both the Budget and Development Committees in the European Parliament recommended rejecting the extension of the EU-Morocco fisheries partnership agreement. The opinions of these two committees will provide input to the Fisheries Committee, which is expected to vote on the agreement on 22 or 23 November.
Suriname is celebrating a special premiere: The Suriname Atlantic seabob shrimp fishery has become the first tropical shrimp fishery in the world to achieve MSC certification as a sustainable and well-managed fishery. Products from this fishery may now bear the MSC ecolabel, identifying their origin from a sustainable source.
Pelagic fish exports totalled NOK 1.7 billion in October 2011, representing an increase of NOK 407 million or 32% compared with October 2010. For herring, we can see an increase in export value of 29% up to NOK 487 million, while for mackerel there was an increase of 36% to NOK 1.1 billion.
Chinese seafood export to US would now have to pass through strict scrutiny as US authority implement new food safety norms.
In the first nine months of 2011 Vietnam shrimp exports has reached new achievement crossing USD 2 billion marks.
A small prawn fishery in South Australia sets new point of difference after being fully sustainable in the Asia-Pacific region.
On Tuesday 8 November, Belgian fishermen will be collecting marine litter in the Oostende harbor, as part of the event organized in the framework of the Waste Free Oceans initiative.
Wärtsilä, a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets, inaugurates its new spare parts distribution centre in Kampen, the Netherlands, on Monday 7 November 2011. The Central Distribution Centre is to be inaugurated by Wärtsilä’s President & CEO Björn Rosengren together with Bort Koelewijn, the Mayor of Kampen.
Busy days for Marel at the 16th China Fisheries & Seafood Expo, staged in the port city of Qingdao from November 1 – 3.