Top year for Norwegian cod breeding centre

NORWAY'S National Cod Breeding Centre has produced more cod than ever this year - and with 190 families it's virtually a full house at the facility.

Murray cod season opens on December 1

Cod aquaculture on its way

Canada - November 6, 2007 - While salmon aquaculture projects in Atlantic Canada have been ongoing for the past 25 years or so, there has been little development in raising other fish species.

Capture-based aquaculture yields high quality fish, says study

NORWEGIAN research has concluded that capture-based aquaculture is effective for producing cod fillets of a high quality.

MSC eco-label sought for Pacific cod fisheries

FULL assessment against the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) standard for sustainable fisheries has been initiated by the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (AFDF) for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska (GoA) Pacific cod fisheries.

Iceland calls for more funds for marine aquaculture research

Iceland - November 22, 2007 - Iceland's Marine Research Institute,(MRI), which effectively forced through this year's 60,000 ton cut in the annual cod quota, has come under fire from two of the country's leading fishing vessel organisations.

Iceland: Call for more funds for marine aquaculture research

ICELAND'S Marine Research Institute,(MRI), which effectively forced through this year's 60,000 ton cut in the annual cod quota, has come under fire from two of the country's leading fishing vessel organisations.

Iceland Marine Institute under fire from trawler groups

ICELAND'S Marine Research Institute,(MRI), which effectively forced through this year's 60,000 ton cut in the annual cod quota, has come under fire from two of the country's leading fishing vessel organisations.

SFF will underline good news on cod to MSPs

AT tomorrow’s session of the Holyrood Parliament Rural Affairs and Environment Committee, Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation will put the case for the Scottish fishing industry in the run-up to the decision-making December Council of EU Ministers that will decide on quotas and other fisheries management measures for 2008.

Cod increase is totally justified, says Park

A FISHERMEN'S leader was today standing by his view that the North Sea cod total allowable catch should be increased for next year.