The Barents Sea cod and haddock fisheries in cooperation with Ocean Trawlers Group[1] were today certified as sustainable under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) [2] environmental standard for sustainable and well managed fisheries. Around 87 000 metric tonnes of Russian cod and 34 000 metric tonnes of Russian haddock will now be eligible to display the blue MSC ecolabel in the market place.
A third round of talks between the EU, Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands, with the aim of securing a new international agreement on mackerel fishing quotas, starts in Norway tomorrow. Scottish Government officials are taking part in the negotiations.
Government of Canada has signed new international measures to fight illegal fishing, says a press communiqué.
Scientists believe that assessing the health of marine ecosystems is an ineffective guide to trends in biodiversity, and more direct monitoring is needed.
Surveillance of undesirable components in feed for farmed fish shows an overall good condition, confirms a report.
MSC certificate has been awarded to the Ross Sea Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) longline fishery.
Five twin-rig fishing trawlers from Scotland- the Lead Us FR 938, Lindisfarne INS 51, Coromandel KY 27, Suilven IV BCK 366 and Shekinah 111 FR 34 left Fraserburgh Harbour in the North East of Scotland last week for the last time to steam to Ghent in Belgium where they will be dismantled and broken up by Van Heyghen Recycling.
The results of work by the Marine Research Institute between 24th September and 8th November indicates a capelin spawning stock of 630,000 tonnes. The Institute has recommended an initial quota of 200,000 tonnes, on the principle that the spawning stock needs to be a minimum of 400,000 tonnes.
UK Bocuse d’Or competition finalist Simon Hulstone and his sous chef Jordan Bailey, will visit Peterhead to know more about Scottish fishing industry.
In order to make a convenient use of stock assessment ICES has reviewed its stock assessment models.
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