» Tuna Exports Drop as Bad Weather Continues
03/02/12 05:00 from TheFishSite - Industry News
INDONESIA - Fishing in Cilacap waters, Central Java, has slowed dramatically due to bad weather.

» Consultation: How to Harness Ireland's Ocean Wealth
03/02/12 05:00 from TheFishSite - Industry News
IRELAND - Simon Coveney, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has launched a public consultation process on how to harness the potential of Ireland's vast marine resource to tap into a Trillion Euro global market for marine p..

» EC: How EU can Produce More Sustainably?
03/02/12 05:00 from TheFishSite - Industry News
EU - By 2050 the global population is set to reach nine billion people and worldwide demand for food, feed and fibre is forecast to increase by 70 per cent. To thrive in that context, economies will need to use natural resources in a far mo..

» Russian Fish Market could Double in Next 5 Years
03/02/12 05:00 from TheFishSite - Industry News
RUSSIA - The volume of Russian market fishery products in terms of value now stands at about 480 billion rubles. In the next five years this can be doubled, predicts the general director of "Northwest fishing industry consortium" (SZRK) Dmi..

» Catch Share System to Blame for Cod Quota Decline
03/02/12 05:00 from TheFishSite - Industry News
US - New England fisheries can blame catch shares for revenue consolidation and underfunded stock surveys, said Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch.

» Commissioner Meets with Transport Federation
03/02/12 05:00 from TheFishSite - Industry News
EUROPE - Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has met with representatives of the European Transport Federation.

» Sri Lanka's Inland Fish Harvest to be Doubled by 2013
03/02/12 05:00 from TheFishSite - Industry News
SRI LANKA - Steps will be taken to double the inland water fish harvest by 2013, said Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne.

» New System Determines Fisheries Closure
02/02/12 05:00 from TheFishSite - Industry News
NORWAY - In order to protect juveniles, small fish and to reduce discarding, a new system for closing and opening fishing grounds in the North Sea and Skagerrak has been introduced, says Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Ber..

» Aquaculture Industry Did Well in 2011
02/02/12 05:00 from TheFishSite - Industry News
NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA - According to the Newfoundland provincial Economic Review 2011, the total aquaculture production in the province was expected to be up 49.7 per cent to approximately 23,000 tonnes in 2011.

» Multi-Sectoral Effort to Recover Peruvian Hake
02/02/12 05:00 from TheFishSite - Industry News
PERU - The Ministry of Production (Produce) has announced the establishment of a Multi-Sectoral Working Group, which will help recover the Peruvian hake along the country's coasts.

» Seafish Update – Industry Meetings Moved
02/02/12 05:00 from TheFishSite - Industry News
UK - Seafish has taken the decision to move next week's follow-up meetings with the UK fishing industry to later in the month while it waits on the final detail of its new operating structure and objectives being agreed.

» WWF Calls for Net Ban as more Maui’s Dolphin's Die
02/02/12 05:00 from TheFishSite - Industry News
NEW ZEALAND - Following reports that another endangered Maui’s dolphin has been killed in a fishing net off the coast of Taranaki should serve as a wake up call that current protection measures are insufficient and a total ban on se..

» SEAFDEC Raises Fish Growth Rates
02/02/12 05:00 from TheFishSite - Industry News
PHILIPPINES - The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) has succeeded in raising the growth rates of 10 marine fish species to help bail out the fisheries sector from its current slump.

» Cod Grow Larger With More Light
02/02/12 05:00 from TheFishSite - Industry News
NORWAY - Light conditions affect not only a cod’s puberty, but also its muscular development and ultimately its full size. The search for the optimal growth genes that yield the best production cod is well underway.

» New R & D Facility for Live Fish
02/02/12 05:00 from TheFishSite - Industry News
NORWAY - Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Minister, Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, has opened a new research facility for the live storage of fish and shellfish in Atlantic Park in Ålesund.