The findings of an Independent Adjudicator (IA) in an objection procedure conducted as part of the Suriname Atlantic seabob shrimp fishery’s assessment against the MSC standard for sustainable fisheries were issued today.
A delegation of the European Commission and a delegation of the Union of Comoros met within the framework of the Joint Committee to discuss issues linked to the implementation of the Fisheries partnership agreement between the EU and the Union of Comoros.
The finance ministers met in Copenhagen on 1 November 2011 and discussed, from a Nordic perspective, the economic and political challenges threatening stability in the EU.
”The commercial feeds sold today, with a high content of vegetable raw ingredients, do not produce salmon with heart problems”, Grethe Rosenlund, Senior Researcher at Skretting recently said in an intervju with the Norwegian netsite Kyst.no. She believes the findings Nifes recently published on its website are not valid for today's commercial fish feed.
“Norway has Europe’s largest stocks of kelp; one estimate is 50 million tons. Kelp has extremely good growing conditions along Norways cold coastline. Global energy needs are expected to increase by 100 percent by 2050. The question is if kelp could be a source of sustainable bio-energy in the future? If so, Norway should be in a good position to act as host country for this industry," Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, said today when she opened the seminar “Kelp – green energy from the ocean”
In crucial meetings to be held over the next two days the Scottish Fisheries Secretary will call for a pause in cuts to the days at sea allowed to fishermen.
The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation is vigorously opposing the automatic reduction in the number of days that fishing vessels can put to sea that is set to come into force in 2012 under European regulations. SFF Member Associations have made their feelings very clear, repeating the strongest possible message of rejection from the quayside.
Fishing for capelin has been suspended since last week due to some very difficult weather and plenty of sea ice in the Denmark Strait. It seems that the larger capelin are keeping to just this area, as only smaller grades of capelin have been seen on fishing grounds north of Iceland.
Today, EDEKA Minden-Hannover, the largest region of Germany’s biggest food retailer EDEKA, launches a major campaign promoting MSC-labelled, sustainably sourced fish.
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been selected by the South Korean Coast Guard to supply Azimuth thrusters for a new fleet of 15 tugs.
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