All Industry News articles – Page 28

  • Doing away with bottled water on board
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    Doing away with bottled water on board

    2020-03-04T07:30:00Z

    Flow Water Technologies has developed the FlowSafe DCD 2000 Combined Drinking Water and Disinfection Unit to cater for all types and sizes of fishing vessel.

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    NFI Crab Council announces new member

    2020-03-03T10:45:00Z

    The US National Fisheries Institute’s Crab Council has announced North Carolina processor 3 Fish as its latest member.

  • H.E. Mr. Markku Keinänen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Finland to IMO, and Secretary-General Kitack Lim
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    Finland joins safety at sea initiative

    2020-02-28T11:37:00Z

    Finland has become the latest state to join the Cape Town Agreement on fishing vessel safety.

  • Danish MEP Søren Gade has been appointed Champion of the WFO foundation Credit: WFO foundation
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    Danish MEP joins fight for waste free oceans

    2020-02-28T11:29:00Z

    Danish MEP Søren Gade has recently been appointed as the new Champion of the Waste Free Oceans (WFO) foundation, succeeding French MEP Alain Cadec.

  • NOAA is against restricting the sale of shark fins Credit: Getty Images
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    Shark fin sale ban unnecessary, says NOAA

    2020-02-26T09:32:00Z

    Preventing fishermen from selling shark fins would not improve conservation or management, argues the NOAA Fisheries assistant administrator, Chris Oliver.

  • Queensland provides COVID-19 support
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    Queensland provides COVID-19 support

    2020-02-25T23:00:00Z

    The Queensland government is working with the commercial fishing industry and is making available a $3.66 million assistance package to help the industry cope with the effects of coronavirus on seafood exports.

  • Oi London 2020 – biggest and best yet
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    Oi London 2020 – biggest and best yet

    2020-02-25T11:41:00Z

    Oceanology International pulls out all the stops to provide value for visitors at upcoming 50th anniversary event at ExCel London.

  • Collide – or engage with the future
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    Collide – or engage with the future

    2020-02-25T11:38:00Z

    Devices, apps and digital are coming fast at sea. As simple and cost-effective technology becomes available for boats, the NEXT GEN Shock Mitigation Workshop brings decision makers together to highlight the issues today and identify viable solutions for the future.

  • Coronavirus forces conference cancellation
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    Coronavirus forces conference cancellation

    2020-02-25T11:34:00Z

    Organisers of Aquafeed Horizons 2020 conference, the specialised conference for aquaculture feed professionals due to take place on 24th March 2020 in Bangkok, have cancelled the meeting.

  • Scottish seafood producers have called for urgent discussions about post-Brexit immigration Credit: SSA
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    Urgent discussions needed about immigration

    2020-02-24T14:44:00Z

    Two of Scotland’s largest seafood organisations have called for urgent discussions with UK government ministers amid concerns about the impact of post-Brexit immigration plans on the sector.

  • Thiraphong Chansiri, chief executive at Thai Union Group PCL Credit: Thai Union Group
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    Thai Union reports profit of THB20bn

    2020-02-24T14:37:00Z

    Thai Union Group has announced a normalised net profit of THB5,218 million in 2019, an increase of 0.5% year-on-year and a 6.4% increase in gross profit to THB20.1 billion.

  • The ‘Helen Rice’ Credit: Ferguson Marine
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    Milestone for publicly owned Ferguson

    2020-02-20T08:12:00Z

    The first vessel to be completed since Ferguson Marine came into public ownership has been officially named at the yard in Port Glasgow in Scotland.

  • The Ecuadorian government has adopted the National Tuna Action Plan Credit: TUNACONSThe Ecuadorian government has adopted the National Tuna Action Plan Credit: TUNACONS
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    Ecuadorian government adopts tuna action plan

    2020-02-19T08:31:00Z

    Ecuador’s Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments and Fisheries has issued a new ministerial agreement adopting the National Tuna Action Plan (PAN ATUN).

  • Pronomar DUAL dryer Credit: Pronomar
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    Pronomar unveils new drying system

    2020-02-19T08:26:00Z

    Pronomar will be exhibiting its innovative drying systems at the first edition of the Skipper Expo in Limerick in the Republic of Ireland.

  • Héðinn joins hands with Kongsberg Maritime
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    Héðinn joins hands with Kongsberg Maritime

    2020-02-19T07:42:00Z

    Icelandic company Héðinn has signed a contract with Kongsberg Maritime to continue as a service provider in a handover from the original arrangement under which it represented Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine (RRCM), acquired by Kongsberg acquired in 2019. The name Kongsberg Maritime replaces Rolls-Royce Marine.

  • Growing importance of Iceland’s fresh exports
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    Growing importance of Iceland’s fresh exports

    2020-02-18T12:02:00Z

    The value of Iceland’s fresh seafood exports has grown steadily, from 11% of seafood export values in 2000 to 27% in 2019.

  • Latest FishSAFE and KIS-ORCA datasets
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    Latest FishSAFE and KIS-ORCA datasets

    2020-02-18T11:46:00Z

    The Kingfisher team at Seafish has released the latest updates of FishSAFE and KIS-ORCA datasets - a valuable navigation resource for fishermen.

  • The Sanford and Sons chiller van is New Zealand's first Credit: Sanford and Sons
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    NZ's first fully electric chiller van

    2020-02-17T11:37:00Z

    A new, fully electric van is about to hit the streets of Auckland in New Zealand, transporting fresh fish with the lowest possible carbon footprint.

  • Kinéis is investing €100m in the next generation of Argos system Credit: Kinéis
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    Next generation of Argos takes off

    2020-02-17T11:30:00Z

    Kinéis, the spin-off company created by CLS and the French Space Agency to manage the next generation of the Argos system, has just raised €100 million.

  • The IPNLF and Maldives fishermen are working to promote the country’s one-by-one tuna sector Credit: IPNLF
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    Maldives fishermen and IPNLF sign MoU

    2020-02-14T14:58:00Z

    A new memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) and NGO Dhivehi Masverin (Maldives Fishermen).