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  • PrimeServ upgrade slashes emissions
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    PrimeServ upgrade slashes emissions

    2020-10-20T07:30:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division, MAN PrimeServ, has completed the installation of a SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) system to a fishing vessel operated by Norwegian company Ivan Ulsund Rederi, slashing CO2 and NOx emissions.

  • DEFRA consults on monitoring technology
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    DEFRA consults on monitoring technology

    2020-10-19T14:50:00Z

    As the UK leaves the European Union and the CFP behind, DEFRA is launching consultations on the future of UK fisheries, including seeking views on expanding use of monitoring technology on fishing vessels.

  • Director-General of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority, Emma Glassco Photo: NaFAA
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    Japan donates engines to Liberian fishermen

    2020-10-19T10:03:00Z

    The governments of Liberia and Japan have signed a fishery grant agreement for the supply of Yamaha engines to local fishermen in Montserrado, Grand Cape Mount, Grand Bassa and Rivercess Counties free of charge.

  • Bursaries support industry research and development Photo: MSD Animal Health UK
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    MSD Animal Health aquaculture bursaries

    2020-10-19T09:58:00Z

    MSD Animal Health UK, a division of USA-based Merck & Co. is extending its research bursary offering to include aquaculture.

  • Maaskant lays keels for two Belgian beamers
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    Maaskant lays keels for two Belgian beamers

    2020-10-19T07:30:00Z

    In a sign of growing optimism within the Belgian fishing fleet, Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam has held a keel-laying ceremony in Poland for two new beam trawlers for Rederij Devan and Rederij Long Ships.

  • New capital and new name for Arnarlax
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    New capital and new name for Arnarlax

    2020-10-16T14:56:00Z

    Icelandic salmon producer Arnarlax has seen a capital increase and its OSE Merkur listing, along with gaining ASC certification and a new name, as the last few weeks have been eventful ones.

  • Australia’s Commonwealth fisheries are well-managed and sustainable Photo: AFMA
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    Australia’s fisheries ‘well-managed’

    2020-10-16T11:30:00Z

    Australia’s Commonwealth fisheries continue to be well-managed and sustainable, according to a new report released today by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES).

  • Skretting has a new model to assist barramundi farming Photo: Skretting
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    Skretting’s new growth model for barramundi

    2020-10-16T11:25:00Z

    Skretting has enhanced its suite of digital tools with a new growth model for barramundi.

  • Maldives adopt Fleet One for VMS
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    Maldives adopt Fleet One for VMS

    2020-10-16T07:30:00Z

    Inmarsat and Cobham SATCOM have been awarded a new contract to connect 732 fishing vessels active in the Maldives Economic Exclusion Zone to Inmarsat’s Fleet One maritime broadband services.

  • Samherji examines new salmon farm option
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    Samherji examines new salmon farm option

    2020-10-15T10:23:00Z

    Samherji Fish Farming has signed a letter of intent to purchase a site at Helguvík in the Reykjanes peninsula region of south-western Iceland currently owned by aluminium producer Norðurál.

  • Aller Aqua is using phospholipids to ensure that fry feed has adequate fatty acids Photo: Aller Aqua
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    Feeding fry for faster growth

    2020-10-15T08:16:00Z

    Aller Aqua has discovered a new way of feeding fry which improves growth and reduces early mortality and deformities.

  • Thai Union and Corbion are expanding the use of sustainable ingredients in feed Photo: Thai Union
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    Thai Union and Corbion push sustainable feed

    2020-10-15T08:11:00Z

    Thai Union Group and Corbion have expanded the adoption of AlgaPrime DHA, an omega-3 rich algae feed ingredient, in Thai Union shrimp feed following a successful large scale trial in 2019.

  • SSF seeks Norwegian pioneer’s replacement
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    SSF seeks Norwegian pioneer’s replacement

    2020-10-14T11:43:00Z

    Scottish Sea Farms’ Head of Freshwater Farming Pål Tangvik is to leave the company and return home to Norway, having successfully fulfilled his mission of delivering the company’s first full generation of RAS-grown smolts.

  • US home meal kit boost for Clean Seas
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    US home meal kit boost for Clean Seas

    2020-10-14T09:44:00Z

    The first major shipments of South Australian kingfish are headed for American meal kit customers following a deal earlier this year between Clean Seas Seafood and Norwegian Atlantic Salmon processor Hofseth Group.

  • Seafarers UK is working to improve the financial resilience of the fishing community Photo: Seafarers UK
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    Safety Net to promote financial resilience

    2020-10-14T08:15:00Z

    Seafarers UK has hosted an event to mark the launch of a new programme of work aimed at improving the financial resilience and mental wellbeing of the fishing community.

  • Pot fishing could be damaging the marine environment Photo: University of Plymouth
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    Research shows damage of pot fishing

    2020-10-14T08:10:00Z

    The global pot fishing industry could be having a greater impact on corals, sponges and other species found on the seabed than previously thought, according to new research.

  • South Pacific gets international IUU check
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    South Pacific gets international IUU check

    2020-10-14T07:30:00Z

    A multinational regional maritime surveillance operation illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing on the high seas in the south Pacific Ocean, has concluded.

  • Norebo’s new trawler series making progress
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    Norebo’s new trawler series making progress

    2020-10-14T07:00:00Z

    Technicians at the Severnaya (Northern) shipyard in St Petersburg have installed the main engine on board Kapitan Geller, one of the series of new trawlers being built for Norebo.

  • yellowfin tuna
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    ISSF calls for yellowfin tuna rebuilding

    2020-10-13T16:30:00Z

    The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has urged the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) to adopt an effective rebuilding plan for yellowfin tuna aligned with recommendations from the IOTC’s own scientific committee.

  • AKVA group appoints COO, land-based business
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    AKVA group appoints COO, land-based business

    2020-10-13T16:01:00Z

    Johan Fredrik Gjesdal has been appointed chief operating officer for AKVA group’s land-based business unit, and took up his post this week.