Fishers demand changes in fisheries law
Commercial fishing operators want changes in fisheries law as illegal fishing is increasing in their waters.
Commercial fishing operators want changes in fisheries law as illegal fishing is increasing in their waters.
In Iceland strict fishing quotas have affected the fishing industry practices, says a report.
Skretting’s Gemma Wean has been the top performer in the trial starter diets by the Dutch tilapia hatchery Til-Aqua International.
Seafish has appointed Professor Michel Kaiser as the interim deputy chair of its board until March 2012.
The EU and Norway have agreed to fight discards along with catch quotas and new fishing rules.
A new round of talks will resume tomorrow (9 December) in Copenhagen to try and reach agreement with the Faroes on mackerel catching for 2011.
Agreement with Norway on a reciprocal fisheries agreement for 2011 was reached at the end of a second round of talks in Bergen on the 3rd December. A strong NFFO team attend both rounds of the negotiations in Brussels and Bergen.
With artic weather conditions sweeping Scotland last week most of the fishing fleet stayed in port during the second half of the week. But some tracks did venture out and there were some landings of fish at markets including Peterhead Harbour, Scotland’s premier fishing port which sold for fair prices.
Two TripleNine members, Irving Kristensen and Jens Thorbek, have been in South Africa to prepare the trawler "Paraclete" for fishing and to train the crew.
The Danish Embassy in Beijing has informed TripleNine that China has now permitted import of fishmeal from Denmark.