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NewsWhat the seafood sector wants from Brexit
While there is still some considerable distance between what EU and UK decision makers believe their future relationship should be following the Brexit end-date in little over a year’s time, the seafood industry has a much clearer picture on what would constitute the most workable divorce package for the supply ...
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NewsLoad links boost lifting operational safety
Load measuring and monitoring solutions specialist Scotload has supplied eight 12.5t load links to a Scottish aquaculture company to ensure operational safety and legal compliance.
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NewsHMPE: strong and stable
Icelandic company Polar Fishing Gear has been busy with the Acera range of HMPE ropes manufactured by Timm in Slovakia, both for general rigging and deck applications, as well as for warps and also for aquaculture applications.
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NewsAt the forefront of smarter processing
Marel will be speaking at the 13th North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) aquaculture and salmon seminar 7 March to address how technological advances are rapidly elevating levels of automation in the seafood processing industry.
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NewsFarm traceability database in development
A GPS-based database of export-oriented aquaculture farms in India is being developed to ensure that shrimp and other exportable fish varieties are traceable and free from banned antibiotics and other unwanted substances.
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NewsSkaginn 3x AS opens in Norway
Skaginn 3x AS will officially open its doors on March 5th with an office in Bodø run by industry veteran Magni Veturlidason, who has lived in Norway for thirty years.
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NewsSunnyvale Seafood becomes GSSI funding partner
Sunnyvale Seafood has become a funding partner for the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI).
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NewsKnipBio: A step closer to commercial production
With the successful completion of its latest 20,000-litre fermentation, Massachusetts-based firm KnipBio is now one step closer to the commercial production of single cell protein
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NewsDS-Concept provides supply chain financing
DS-Concept has completed the funding of a $1.5 million trade finance facility for the US-based subsidiary of an Icelandic seafood processor and exporter. The client, an importer and wholesaler of fresh and frozen Atlantic Cod from Iceland, has received a tailored, comprehensive trade finance package including non-recourse factoring and supply ...
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NewsEuropêche calls for Sahara-inclusive EU-Morocco deal
Europêche has called for a new Fisheries Agreement accommodating Western Sahara following a court ruling that the EU’s deal with Morocco is valid while excluding Western Sahara and adjacent waters.
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NewsNew Chinese squid FIP
A new Chinese squid fishery improvement project (FIP) has been listed publicly for the first time.
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NewsFake News, Fake Fish
Fake news is one of today’s buzzwords, especially in politics where fake news has been dominating the media. It appears that this trend has now been exposed all over, including in conservation of marine and other natural resources. Reports that local people are destroying the environment are in most cases ...
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NewsTunaSolutions joins IPNLF
Digital tuna auction service provider TunaSolutions has become a member of the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF).
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NewsFirst London Oyster Week to promote sustainability
The first London event to celebrate oysters aims to challenge preconceptions and promote sustainability.
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NewsFlexible approach needs reliability
The obvious choice is not necessarily the right one, as Le Croisic fishermen Dominique Debec points out. He takes a flexible approach to fishing, meeting the challenges of fishing restrictions and oversupplied markets by switching his target species between spider crab, brown crab, shrimp and lobster that he fishes in ...
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NewsCall for realistic EU legislation
European fishermen have stressed the importance of adopting workable and realistic measures which they say has not occurred with the landing obligation.
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NewsLongliner has seine netting option
A new longliner ordered by Norwegian operator Atlantic Longline benefits from a relaxation in the regulations that provide a wider choice of fishing gear options. The new vessel will break new ground in being designed and built to alternate automated longlining with seine netting.
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NewsMSC certification for Russian red king crab fishery
The Russian Red King Crab fishery in the Barents Sea has become the first of its kind globally to achieve MSC certification.
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NewsHercules Hydraulics now sole AMCA UK distributor
Hercules Hydraulics has been appointed the sole UK distributor for hydraulic proportional control valves manufacturer AMCA.
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NewsUK MP visits Fusion Marine
Scottish MP Brendan O’Hara has visited Fusion Marine’s new office to learn about the role of aquaculture supply chain companies.
