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A review of newspaper, magazine,
website and broadcast coverage surrounding the seafood industry.
Thursday
20 March 2007
Catching and
aquaculture
First fishermen achieve new under
16.5m skipper's ticket
A
group of fishermen from the Yorkshire coast are the first in the UK
to achieve a new Seafish skipper's ticket for vessels less
than 16.5m.
- Fishing News 21
March 2008 (subscription only)
Seafish sheds light on squid fisheries
Research
by Seafish has shed valuable light on squid behaviour and the potential for
developing a sustainable fishery for this
highly prized species.
- Fishing News 21
March 2008 (subscription only)
Marine conservation expert joins
Seafish board
Welsh
Minister for Rural Affairs Elin Jones confirmed today that Professor Michel
Kaiser is to be appointed an independent
member of Seafish, the Sea Fish
Industry Authority.
Irish project to end 'ghost fishing'
The
Irish Sea Fisheries Board assisted by Seafish is to carry out a survey of
abandoned nets in deepwater fisheries during
June and August.
- Fishing News 21
March 2008 (subscription only)
Biotoxin database for UK
shellfish
Seafood
Scotland is leading a project
to establish the first UK
shellfish biotoxin database for the industry, operated by the
industry.
- Fishing News 21
March 2008 (subscription only)
Top chef presents award
Top
London chef Tom Aikens recently presented Suffolk
fishermen Steve and Chris Wightman, who line for cod and other
species, with
their Seafish Responsible Fishing Scheme award.
- Fishing News 21
March 2008 (subscription only)
Seafish looks for new data
Seafish
is starting the 2008 Survey of the UK Fish Processing Sector this month to
update the information gathered in the
last survey, which was carried out in
2004.
- Shetland Times 14
March 2008 (no web version)
No-fishing zones 'would let stocks
recover'
Conservationists
are urging the Government to create five protection zones in the North
Sea and to ban fishing in them to
give fish stocks a chance to
recover.
RESPONSE:
Lyme
Bay fears
A
decision on whether scallop dredging and trawling will be allowed in a 60sq
mile area of Lyme Bay
off the Dorset/Devon
coast is likely before the end of April.
- Fishing News 21
March 2008 (subscription only)
Rocketing fuel costs 'cripple'
fishermen on the west coast
The
west-coast fishing industry is being "crippled" by soaring fuel
costs, industry leaders warned yesterday.
Tradeable quotas 'could kill off
Scottish fishing industry'
Opening
up Scottish fishing to market forces could kill it off, an industry leader
warned last night .
Minister withdraws sea angling licence
plan in face of opposition
Plans
to force more than a million sea anglers to pay to fish are to be scrapped.
- Daily
Telegraph 20 March 2008 (no web version)
Retail and foodservice
Five to try: Restaurants that have
gone green
The
demand for guilt-free, environmentally friendly eating is ever-increasing. This
article lists are a few restaurants that
are top of the game, including Tom's
Place.
Consumer and
environmental Issues
Fish stocks heading for wild swings in
population
A
major study of 147 different fisheries around the world has found that when a
stock is badly depleted, the number of
juveniles that survive each year becomes
highly variable - making it harder to calculate a safe catch, or to predict how
long a battered stock will take to recover.
Men and women differ on meat and a few
veg
The
differences between the sexes extends to the dinner plate with men preferring
meat and shellfish and women opting
for fruit and vegetables.
Starmageddon!
The
dead starfish lay in their thousands, covering the beach in a carpet of pink
and orange.
Please note: this is
a review of media coverage relating to the seafood industry and does not
necessarily represent
the views of the Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish).
This media review is published three times weekly on every
Monday, Wednesday
and Friday. For further information on any of the articles referenced please
contact:
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