Total value 56.5 billion ISK Total value of catch of Icelandic vessels amounted to 56.5 billion ISK in January-May 2011, compared with 57.6 billion ISK in the first five months of 2010. Total value decreased therefore by 1.8% between years.
With most of the pair trawlers back at sea after their refits and painting the whitefish activity is again starting to pick up at Peterhead , Scotland's premier fishing port.. At the start of the week Monday August 15 Large Haddock made £148-£165 per 57kg box and Whiting made £97-£137 per 57kg box and round Whiting made £63-£97 per 57kg box.
U.S. seafood importers are now going for new fee structure which increases the cost of examining product suspected of a food-safety violation.
Copeinca finished successfully the first fishing season in the Centre-North zone. The allowed quota was 3.675 million tonnes, out of which the Company has 10.7% of quota. The Company processed 393,237 MT, equivalent to 13.1% from own fleet and 2.4% from third parties. Total production yield was 28.5%. Most of the catch was concentrated in the center of the country from Huacho to Pisco, as a result of the presence of juveniles in the north zone. This situation represented an extra effort for the Company due the location of its plants.
The Argentinean Bonaerense anchovy (Engraulis anchoita) semi-pelagic mid-water trawl net fishery has become the first MSC certified anchovy fishery in the world. The fishery, which is located in the South West Atlantic, has been certified following independent assessment to the MSC standard for sustainable, well-managed fisheries. Products from the fishery will now be eligible to bear the blue MSC ecolabel.
For the first time ever, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will conduct an open review of national and regional actions to protect deep-sea species and ecosystems– beyond national jurisdiction– from the harmful impacts of bottom fishing. This open review is scheduled to take place at UN headquarters in New York, on 15-16 September, 2011.
Marel headquarters in Garðabær was the setting today for a visit by Brazilian minister for fisheries and aquaculture, Luiz Sérigode Oliviera.
Many groundfish stocks seem to be recovering from years of overfishing. In the USA, for the first time in many years, scientists say that there are signs that stocks are becoming increasingly healthy.
Last we were in contact with the M/V Atlantic Star they had had some remarkable fishing days in the Barents Sea using the Vónin Bacalao
The New Jersey Seafood Cooperative of Belford is the latest addition to adopt fishing gear recycling program.
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