All Industry News articles – Page 70

  • Jimmy Buchan of BBC series trawlerman fame, is the new business manager at the SSA
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    New role for Jimmy Buchan

    2017-02-15T16:07:00Z

    The Scottish Seafood Association (SSA) has appointed Jimmy Buchan of BBC series trawlerman fame, as its new business manager.

  • Apprehension Vietnamese fishing vessel near Lihou reef in the Coral Sea
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    Poacher arrested at Lihou Reef

    2017-02-15T14:18:00Z

    A Vietnamese fishing vessel has been apprehended off the coast of Cairn after suspicions of illegally fishing in Australian waters.

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    Murmansk office for Hampiðjan

    2017-02-14T15:55:00Z

    Hampiðjan has now opened a sales office in Murmansk which has been specially set up to handle sales of fishing gear and servicing for Russian fishing companies.

  • HBGrandi training
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    Training courses for more than 300 staff

    2017-02-11T21:25:00Z

    With the Icelandic seamen’s strike now well into its second month, the time has been used to hold training courses for HB Grandi’s production staff. The company took the decision not to give staff notice, but has instead kept them on payroll throughout the strike. Courses in both first aid ...

  • Marel will launch its new high-speed linerless labeller to the US market in March
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    Marel linerless labeller US launch

    2017-02-09T14:57:00Z

    Marel will launch its new high-speed linerless labeller to the US market at Seafood Expo North America 2017.

  • The investment in the clam fishery is all part of Clearwater’s growth strategy
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    Clearwater boosts investment in Arctic surf clam fishery

    2017-02-08T12:13:00Z

    Clearwater Seafoods Inc has made a CAN$5 million investment in its Arctic surf clam fishery as part of its growth strategy.

  • The 2017 Offshore Mariculture Conference will be held in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
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    Mariculture investors should look to Mexico

    2017-02-07T15:24:00Z

    Investors in mariculture should look to the Mexican region for development and expansion in the fish farming industry with the country’s government pledging US$50-70 million to mariculture and its associated infrastructure.

  • EP votes in favour of new proposal
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    EU fishing sector alarmed by vote on external fishing regulation

    2017-02-07T11:21:00Z

    The European Parliament (EP) has voted in favour of the new proposal for a regulation on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets.

  • Damen vessel for Norwegian salmon farms
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    VOLT Service selects Damen’s new Utility Vessel 4312

    2017-02-03T09:47:00Z

    Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with VOLT Service AS for a Utility Vessel (UV) 4312 to undertake delousing operations and other services at Norwegian salmon farms.

  • The training pilot featured a variety of different scenarios including being in the water with and without survival gear
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    Man overboard course for fishermen

    2017-02-02T12:12:00Z

    A ground-breaking new pilot training course for fishermen aimed at preventing man overboard incidents and improving survival and recovery procedures has just been completed at the RNLI’s Training College in Dorset, UK.

  • Skaginn 3X has launched
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    Skaginn and 3X Technology united under a single brand

    2017-02-02T09:41:00Z

    Skaginn and 3X Technologies have joined their product and service offerings together and will know jointly be known as Skaginn 3X.

  • Trends in Scottish Fish Stocks 2016 was produced by the NAFC Marine Centre UHI
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    Scottish fishermen welcome new report on recovering fish stocks

    2017-02-01T10:14:00Z

    A new report has highlighted that most major whitefish stocks have increased in Scottish waters since the mid-2000s while fishing pressure has reduced.

  • Jamestown, St Helena Photo: Andrew Neaum/Wikipedia
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    St Helena to establish UK’s first one-by-one only tuna fishery

    2017-01-31T09:31:00Z

    The International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF), the St Helena government, the St Helena Fisheries Corporation have launched a new project to protect the island’s tuna fishery.

  • SOLIX units come in two versions - GPS and CHIRP Digital Sonar and Humminbird’s MEGA Imaging version
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    Humminbird fish finder launch

    2017-01-30T16:34:00Z

    Humminbird has combined what it calls all its best features and placed them into its new SOLIX series which promises to take the guess work out of fish-holding structures for anglers.

  • Kingfisher Fish and Chips in Plympton, Plymouth, has been crowned the best fish and chip shop in the UK
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    Britain’s best fish and chip shop

    2017-01-30T12:11:00Z

    Kingfisher Fish and Chips in Plympton, Plymouth, has been crowned the best fish and chip shop in the UK at the 2017 National Fish & Chip Awards, organised by Seafish.

  • Chefs Peter Manifis and Don Hancey prepare a magnificent squid risotto for the teachers' lunch
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    Teachers turn to WAFIC for education

    2017-01-30T09:16:00Z

    The Western Australian Fishing Industry Council has hosted a professional development day (PDD) for secondary school teachers as its places a strong emphasis on education.

  • Huitres Favier Earl has become the first farm in France to achieve ASC certification
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    ACS certification first for French oyster farm

    2017-01-26T17:49:00Z

    Huitres Favier Earl has become the first farm in France to achieve Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification.

  • The new plant will utilise fish skin to manufacture marine collagen for global nutraceutical markets
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    Iceland’s Marine Health Product House

    2017-01-25T13:15:00Z

    Four fishing companies in Iceland plan to join forces with Codland to build a Marine Health Product House in the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland.

  • IFFO has stated its position on the great FFDR debate
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    IFFO position on forage fish dependency ratio

    2017-01-24T17:54:00Z

    The International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organisation (IFFO) has published a position paper analysing the forage fish dependency ratio (FFDR) to provide its position on the complex debate.

  • Strike talks aground
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    Strike talks run aground

    2017-01-24T12:41:00Z

    Progress towards a settlement between Icelandic seamen and vessel owners came to an end yesterday when the seamen’s unions walked away from the negotiating table.