Latest News – Page 273
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NewsGuiding Light champions green fishing practices
New trawler Guiding Light became the latest symbol of industry optimism, as it sailed from the Parkol Marine Engineering shipyard in Whitby.
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NewsAS Fiskevegn protests Mustad takeover threat
AS Fiskevegn is calling for a reversal of Mustad Autoline’s purchase of Vetrhus Holding AS, which own 50% of the shares in AS Fiskevegn, claiming it is “not suitable” for one of its main competitors to be its owner.
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NewsScottish seafood sector to train talent
The Scottish Seafood Association (SSA) is leading a two-year pilot project to attract and prepare new entrants for a career in seafood processing and train and upskill the existing workforce to help raise industry standards and deliver sectoral growth.
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NewsNew IFFO director general
IFFO, The Marine Ingredients Organisation has appointed Petter Martin Johannessen as director general.
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NewsBattle rages to ban electric beaming
Marine environmental NGO Bloom has lodged a formal complaint to the European Commission that the Dutch authorities gave large subsidies of EU money to enable the Dutch beam trawl fleet to switch to electric pulse fishing that it did not declare, reports Tim Oliver.
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NewsOffshore farming – unlocking growth potential
Presentations and discussions at the Offshore Mariculture Conference in Singapore made clear the potential of the open ocean in creating a more dynamic and sustainable aquaculture industry
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NewsTop award for Loch Fyne Oysters
Seafood producer Loch Fyne Oysters has celebrated its 40th year of trading by scooping the top prize in the ‘Fish and Seafood’ category of the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2018.
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NewsAtlantic Capes invests in Skaginn 3X IQF tunnel freezer and slurry ice delivery system
Leading scallop and surf clam producer, Atlantic Capes Fisheries (ACF) recently installed an IQF tunnel freezer as well as a slurry ice and delivery system from Skaginn 3X.
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News?Fingerlings and other lings
With the accelerating growth of fish consumption, more and more attention and efforts are being dedicated to the development of fish farming, both?? ?? marine and freshwater. To produce fish of edible size, in most cases fish farmers populate their ponds or fish cages with young stages of the preferred ...
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NewsLoch Duart boasts growing global sales
An independent Scottish salmon farming company has been listed at number 78 in the annual Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 league table for fastest growing international sales.
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NewsNew Kongsberg simulator meets training demand for sustainable fisheries
The first contract for a state-of-the-art simulator covering navigation, fishfinding and catching has been signed with the Lofoten Vocational School in Northern Norway. The new K-Sim Fishery will support training, improving safety and sustainability within the fishing industry.
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NewsIn the pink: salmon farmers’ investment in fish health delivers real results
Scotland’s two leading salmon farmers, Marine Harvest Scotland and Scottish Sea Farms, have reported a sustained improvement in fish health during the first five months of 2018 with a marked reduction in disease-related mortalities.
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NewsFlint Hills Resources Fairmont nears completion of coproduct upgrading project construction
The company expects to begin producing a high protein animal feed ingredient later this summer as a major construction at the Flint Hills Resources Fairmont ethanol plant is approaches completion.
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NewsAustralian fisheries merge over inefficiency
The NSW and Australian Governments are merging the NSW managed Southern Fish Trawl and the Commonwealth managed South East Trawl fisheries to resolve management inefficiencies.
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NewsCoalition opposes industrial ocean fish farming
More than a hundred organisations have formally announced their united opposition to industrial ocean fish farming in US waters. According to Friends of the Earth, the move comes as some members of Congress are attempting to force through legislation to develop offshore fish farming nationwide.
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NewsRolls-Royce design for US pelagic catcher
Rolls-Royce Marine has signed a landmark contract with US shipyard Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors for the development of a 100 metre state-of-the-art pelagic trawler for the Seattle-based Arctic Storm Management Group.
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NewsSafety in the fishing industry: providing insight into a global safety challenge
Lloyd''s Register Foundation, a charity helping to protect the safety of life and property by supporting education, research and public engagement, has announced the launch of its Insight Report on safety in the fishing industry.
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NewsSea Pact funds three new aquaculture projects
US sustainable seafood alliance Sea Pact is to fund three new aquaculture projects to help drive sustainability in the industry.
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NewsNorthwestern chooses Palfinger
Deadliest Catch crab catcher Northwestern has placed an order for a knuckle boom crane (PKM 250) with Palfinger Marine
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NewsBlack Sea countries pledge sustainability
The European Commission and the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) have secured a 10-year pledge to rebuild the Black Sea fish stocks, protect the region''s ecological and economic wealth and boost the development of sustainable Black Sea fisheries and aquaculture.
