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A review of newspaper, magazine, website and broadcast
coverage surrounding the seafood industry.
Friday 4 April 2008
Coverage
and response following the publication of the draft Marine Bill
Better protected seas
promised in Marine Bill
New marine nature reserves around Britain's
coast are among radical plans published today by Environment Secretary Hilary
Benn.
All at sea over precious
resources
Barely a week goes by in Britain
without a protest about some threat to our countryside.
Greens fear 'weak'
Marine Bill
The Government is due to publish its long-awaited
Marine Bill, designed to regulate better the various activities taking place in
UK
waters.
Marine Bill must strike
right balance, says Portus
A fishermen's spokesman has today welcomed
the publication of the Marine Bill as a chance to rid the UK
fisheries sector of the "heavy-handed"
bureaucracy that has beset it.
Minister 'disappointed'
at new Marine Bill
Environment Minister Richard Lochhead
expressed his "disappointment" yesterday that a UK Marine Bill
announced at Westminster
proposed
no further devolution of powers.
Catching
and aquaculture
Seafish to survey
processors
Seafish has started the 2008 Survey of the UK
Fish Processing Sector to update the information gathered in the last survey,
which was carried out in 2004.
- Fishing News 4 April
2008 (subscription only)
Upbeat forum has right message
A review of the North Atlantic Seafood Forum
in Oslo from Phil
MacMullen, Head of Environment at Seafish.
- FishUpdate Magazine April 2008 (subscription
only)
A ray of light in the
Bristol Channel
A voluntary ‘no fishing zone' has been
created in the Bristol Channel, effective from
the beginning of December until the end of May each year to
protect spawning
and juvenile fish.
- Fishing News 4 April
2008 (subscription only)
Sustainable seafood
celebrated
Review of the Billingsgate
Seafood Training
School's Celebrating Sustainable Seafood event.
Includes a quote from Phil MacMullen at Seafish.
- FishUpdate Magazine April 2008 (subscription
only)
More talking on trainee
funding
Seafish has extended the consultation period
on its plans to move from core funding group training to supporting individual
trainees in all industry
sectors by 2010
- Fishing News 4 April
2008 (subscription only)
Seafish showcases
services at Fishing 2008 exhibition
Seafish is presenting a range of activities and
seminars at the Fishing 2008 exhibition in Glasgow
- FishUpdate Magazine April 2008 (subscription
only)
Seafish market watch:
Pollack sales up, but Coley sees downturn
Pollack is showing a remarkable surge in
popularity amongst consumers, with volume and value more than trebling over the
last 12 months
- FishUpdate Magazine April 2008 (subscription
only)
‘Sea change' in Scotland
The Scottish industry has been transformed in
the last five years as fishermen have become ‘custodians of the sea' says Libby
Woodhatch, chief
executive of Seafood Scotland.
- Fishing News 4 April
2008 (subscription only)
Sector's importance set
to grow once more
Shellfish farmers are suddenly at the
forefront of the healthy eating debate and have much going for them.
- FishUpdate Magazine April 2008 (subscription
only)
Britain's
fishing fleet is cleaning up its act and going green
About 60% of UK
trawlers have signed up to a scheme restricting how much they catch. The aim is
to reduce the bi-products of the fishing industry.
Mentions the Responsible
Fishing Scheme.
- Sky News 30 March
2008 (no web version)
Commission proposes
review of measures to hasten cod recovery
The European Commission today adopted a
proposal to amend the cod recovery plan which has been in place since 2005.
SFF response to European
Commission measures for cod recovery
Scottish Fishermen's Federation chief executive
Bertie Armstrong responds to the release of the first detail on the European
Commission's review of
measures to hasten cod recovery.
SFF welcomes positive
swing in perception of fishing
There has been a positive shift in the public
perception of the fishing industry, thanks to fishermen enthusiastically
embracing new policies and
initiatives for the sustainable harvesting of fish
stocks, Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen's
Federation, will tell a seminar at
Fishing 2008 in Glasgow
tomorrow.
Certification is all the
rage and it is growing
Moody Marine is the company linked
significantly with certifying fisheries around the world and it believes there
are significant environmental benefits
from going through an increasingly fashionable
process.
- FishUpdate Magazine April 2008 (subscription
only)
The Marine Stewardship
Council expands Americas
team to support rapidly growing certified-sustainable seafood program
Since the beginning of this year, the Marine
Stewardship Council has added five new staff positions in its Americas
region to provide support across
a number of fishing and seafood sectors
- MSC 3 April
2008 (web version unavailable at the moment)
British waters to be
zoned off to save endangered species
Up to a fifth of British waters could be
closed to fishing and oil exploration to protect threatened species, under a
draft Bill to be published today.
- Daily Telegraph 3 April
2008 (no web version)
More consolidation in
industry inevitable, warns Park
Fishermen are going to have to learn to deal
with the impact of soaring fuel bills and act accordingly, even if this means
more fleet consolidation, an
industry leader warned today.
Major show kicks off in
style
The skirl of the pipes today marked the
opening of the major Fishing 2008 show in Glasgow.
The three-day event is being attended by exhibitors from
all over the UK
and Europe and the organisers said they were
delighted with attendance indications so far.
New discard measures
unveiled at show
A new £500,000 two-year observer programme
that will deliver independent verification of ground-breaking fish conservation
measures was announced today.
New round of Partnership
projects to be announced at Fishing 2008
A new range of innovative research projects
to ensure the sustainable harvesting of fish stocks will be launched at Fishing
2008 in Glasgow
today under
the second phase of a partnership initiative between Scottish fishermen
and scientists.
More sea power urged for
Scotland
The Scottish Government has called for more
control over the country's seas.
Peterhead project to be
showcased at fish event
Plans for a £32million upgrade of Peterhead
harbour will be among several local schemes highlighted at a major fishing
industry event today.
- Press & Journal 3 April
2008 (no web version)
Fishermen's fight to
save their future
Desperate South Devon
fishermen have claimed new EU catch quotas will destroy their livelihoods.
- Torquay Herald Express 24 March
2008 (no web version)
Federations calls for
lower mooring fees
The National Federation of Fishermen's
Organisations has written to more than 80 port authorities in the UK
and Channel Islands asking for a reduction in
harbour dues.
- Guernsey Press Star 31 March
2008 (no web version)
Processing
and imports
Kosher deal for Orkney
Herring
An Orkney food business said yesterday it had
achieved an important export breakthrough, after securing a deal to supply the
kosher market in the US.
- Press & Journal 4 April
2008 (no web version)
Scampi firm in move to
save future fish stocks
Whitby Seafoods is working to ensure scampi
stays in the High Street by having its fishing operation fully checked out for
the prestigious
Marine Stewardship Council standard.
Consumer
and environmental Issues
Food from the sea
A selection of fantastic fish dishes from
Seafish.
- Scottish Home and Country Magazine April 2008 (no web
version)
Chip fat power on tap
It may not be the healthy option as far as
their waistlines are concerned, but Matt Slocombe has given his customers good
reason to order chips with everything.
- Bristol Evening Post 1 April
2008 (no web version)
Microbes implicated in
coral reefs' death
Climate change is often cited as the cause of
the death of some of the world's coral reefs but a new study says other factors
are equally to blame.
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.
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