Latest News – Page 568
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NewsMackerel fishing on a high
HB Grandi’s pelagic vessels have caught a high amount of this season’s mackerel this week and have seen an increase in the amount of herring in catches.
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NewsHavyard wellboat for Fosnavaag
Norway’s Havyard Group will be delivering a new 587 wellboat design to Fosnavaag Shipping, which is being described as the wellboat design of the future.
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NewsErvik & Sævik wins Environment Award
Rita Christina Sævik, managing director of Ervik & Sævik AS was presented with the Directorate of Fisheries Environment Award at Nor-Fishing yesterday.
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NewsConsortium wins UK fisheries VMS tender
A UK fisheries vessel monitoring system (VMS) tender has been awarded to a consortium including UK satellite communications expert, AST Marine Sciences Ltd (ASR MSL) and Slovenia''s EMA Group, the satellite tracking systems research and development specialist.
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NewsNor-Fishing Innovation Award
The Nor-Fishing Foundation Innovation Award 2012 has been given to an advanced cargo handling system which seeks to make all phases of fish handling more efficient - from catch, through freezing, sorting, storage and unloading.
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NewsNorwegian seafood value to increase sixfold
Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, Norwegian Minister of Fisheries, opened Nor-Fishing with the prediction that value creation from the marine sector will increase sixfold by 2050, from NOK90bn in 2010 to NOK550bn in 2050.
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NewsReturn of the UK Fish and Chip Awards
The UK''s national Fish and Chip Awards 2013, organised by seafood authority Seafish, will be celebrating its 25th anniversary next year.
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NewsChilean salmon facility gets BAP certified
Salmones Camanchaca''s salmon processing plant in Tome, Chile, has been two star certified by the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) programme, making it the first two-star salmon facility in the Southern Hemisphere.
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NewsSeafish launches economic fleet survey
The UK’s Seafish is calling for participation in its annual economic survey of the UK fishing fleet.
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Australian Kinkawooka blue mussels FoS
The Australian blue mussel producer Kinkawooka Shellfish has successfully passed the Friend of the Sea sustainability audit and its products display now the international ecolabel.
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NewsFalfish employees awarded for long service
Employees at Redruth, UK, based seafood processors, Falfish, have been recognised for their long term commitment to the company at an awards ceremony held last week.
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Danish haddock now MSC certified
The Danish Fishermen’s Producer Organisation’s (DFPO) North Sea and Skagerrak haddock fishery has been certified.
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Setraco NV tuna steaks and mussels FOS
Setraco NV has undergone chain of custody audit and has been approved as Friend of the Sea supplier for yellowfin tuna steaks from Lumar Natural Seafood and mussels from Huimar Ltda.
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NewsSeafood Summit programme complete
Seafish has announced the final programme is now available for the Humber Seafood Summit 2012 which will be hosted at the Humber Seafood Institute on 19 September and 20 September 2012.
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NewsFunding for English fishing industry
Funding of more than £2m from the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has been awarded to the English fishing industry so far in 2012.
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NewsAction plan to benefit fishermen
An action plan prepared jointly by the European Commission and Spanish authorities will improve the catch registration system in Spain.
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NewsNor-Fishing Innovation Award nominees
Three highly skilled candidates have now been nominated for Nor-Fishing’s Innovation Award 2012.
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Malta fish landings increase 5.1%
According to data from the National Statistics Office of Malta, the country’s fish landings in the second quarter this year amounted to 423,777kg, an increase of 5.1% over the comparative period last year.
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IHN virus confirmed at Mainstream farm
The IHN virus has been confirmed at Mainstream Canada''s Millar Channel farm, and the company has received an official order from CFIA to remove all fish from the site.
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News40 tonnes of seafood consumed at Olympics
At just over half way through the Olympics, fans have already consumed an estimated 40 tonnes of seafood at the games.
