Latest News – Page 412
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Haikui Seafood set for growth
China’s Haikui Seafood is expecting “stable growth” for 2015 after recording a 2.9% increase in revenue in 2014, despite a difficult market.
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NewsStrike announced during Seafood Expo Global
Following the announcement of a general strike that will affect public transportation in Belgium on 22 April 2015, the organisers of Seafood Expo Global have put an extensive transportation plan in place.
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NewsWarming seas a risk to fish stocks
Researchers from the Universities of Exeter and Bristol in the UK are warning that we could see a decline in popular fish species such as haddock, plaice and lemon sole, due to warming conditions in the North Sea.
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NewsCall for Papers extended until 24 April 2015
The deadline for the Call for Papers for the 6th Offshore Mariculture Conference has been extended to 24 April 2015.
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NewsMarine Harvest hatchery upgrade
Fusion Marine has helped to upgrade part of Marine Harvest’s Cairndow Hatchery in a development project that was completed within a tight timescale so as to meet juvenile fish production requirements at the unit.
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Shortlist announced for Aquaculture Awards
The UK''s Crown Estate has announced the shortlist for its 2015 Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards.
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NewsPlymouth Fisheries ice plant open
The new ice production facility at Plymouth Fisheries Sutton Harbour base in the UK is now open.
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NewsPrawn and worm farming research
An Australian fisheries research project is demonstrating how prawns and worms can be grown in the same integrated system, leading to increased productivity and better waste management.
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ICES discusses scientific support for aquaculture
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) is holding an Aquaculture Dialogue Meeting with industry, stakeholders, policy-managers, and scientists to discuss how science can advise and support sustainable aquaculture.
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NewsNelson Griffin joins GAA board
Nelson Griffin of Red Lobster Seafood Company has joined the board of directors of the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA).
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News‘Thunder’ sinking could have been deliberate
Last week, Interpol-wanted vessel ‘Thunder’ was scuttled in the waters of Sao Tome and Principe off the West African coast, following 110 days of pursuit by the Sea Shepherd vessel ‘Bob Barker’.
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NewsDanish organic mussel production boom
There has been a boom in production of organic line mussels in Denmark, says Alfred Jokumsen, from the Danish research institute, DTU Aqua, at the Technical University of Denmark.
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Friend of the Sea leads the way to Omega-3
Friend of the Sea (FoS) is now the leading international standard for producers of fish oil, fishmeal, fish feed and Omega-3 supplements.
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Fishing causes forage fish stocks to drop
Fishing could be causing a collapse in species of forage fish including herring, anchovies and sardines, according to a new study published in the ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’.
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Virginia aquaculture reaches all-time high
Virginia shellfish farmers sold $55.9 million in oysters and clams in 2014, an increase of 14% total revenue for clam growers and 39% for oyster growers, according to an annual survey of shellfish aquaculture in the state.
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NZ mussel processing facility facing closure
New Zealand’s Sanford Ltd is looking to close its Christchurch mussel processing facility in response to a reduction in crop supply.
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Research to advance shellfish hatchery design
Vancouver Island University (VIU) is to receive $667,000 in government funding towards a project to undertake a comparative analysis of new technologies in shellfish farming.
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NewsChange of dates for Offshore Mariculture Conference
The dates of the 6th Offshore Mariculture Conference have been changed to 21-24 September 2015 – immediately before the annual three day Baja Seafood Expo which begins on 25 September.
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NEW CONFERENCE DATES!
The 6th Offshore Mariculture Conference has moved dates to 21–24 September 2015. The conference, being held in conjunction with Inapesca* and Sepesca*, and now with a side session by the FAO, will take place at the Marina Coral Hotel in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
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Funding announced for tribal clean diesel projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced over $925,000 in grant funds for tribes in Washington to remove older marine diesel engines that emit harmful air pollutants and replace them with newer engines for more efficient marine vessels.
