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  • The EFF is helping support the UK aquaculture industry by providing grants to training institutions and helping them generate more commercial income. Photo: Mary Smith/Marine Photobank.
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    Funding boost for UK aquaculture

    2011-10-10T13:56:00Z

    The European Fisheries Fund (EFF) is investing in the UK aquaculture industry by injecting a £245,000 sum into education and training facilities.

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    The positive bottom line on aftermarket fuel additives

    2011-10-10T13:19:00Z

    Focus on the environment, sustainability and efficiency is ever present and pervasive in today’s business discussions, writes Abigail Shearer Robinson.

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    Slurry Ice rebuilds slush system

    2011-10-10T10:20:00Z

    Slurry Ice System, the Scottish based company, has recently commissioned a S16P for Gollenes, a new 60m pelagic vessel built for Norwegian owners in Denmark.

  • KÖLN rescued five Somali fishermen
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    EUNAVFOR warship saves Somali fishermen

    2011-10-07T05:00:00Z

    On 4 October, the EUNAVFOR warship FGS KÖLN came to the rescue of five Somali fishermen drifting in the Indian Ocean in a broken-down fishing whaler and returned them safely to shore.

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    Seafish kicks off new programme of industry Data Workshops

    2011-10-07T05:00:00Z

    On 28 September, Seafish held the first of a new series of Market Data Workshops for industry.

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    Scots fishing industry will remain at forefront of developing new initiatives

    2011-10-07T05:00:00Z

    The Scottish fishing industry is keen to further develop its already strong relationships with marine scientists to ensure that there is as much data as possible about the health of our fish stocks so as to ensure the implementation of effective management plans to ensure a sustainable future.

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    GVA markets prominent fish market site

    2011-10-06T16:31:00Z

    A former international fish auctioning facility is being brought to market by UK commercial property consultant GVA.

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    FCI broadens its scope

    2011-10-06T15:47:00Z

    Food Certification International has become the first certification body to complete the process of accreditation to extend its scope of operation to cover the new GlobalG.A.P. Version 4 Aquaculture Standard.

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    Changes in Baltic Sea aquaculture

    2011-10-06T05:00:00Z

    The production of farmed fish can be considerably increased and the adverse environmental impacts reduced, if the location of the establishments is carefully planned.

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    Meagre study presented

    2011-10-05T15:12:00Z

    The Andalusian Aquaculture Technology Centre, Ctaqua, has presented the market study “Proposals for the promotion of meagre consumption in Spain”.

  • Top inset: Open Blue Sea Farms founder Brian O’Hanlon inside fish cage; Main photo: Operations manager Philip Nicolson with Fishers’ side scan sonar; Bottom inset: deploying the fish cage
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    Sonars and underwater cameras aid aquaculture

    2011-10-05T15:02:00Z

    The worldwide demand for seafood products is expected to more than double in the next 10 to 15 years, however, the amount of seafood being harvested from our oceans is expected to decline over that period due to overfishing.

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    Iridium Force™ – a new vision for global communications

    2011-10-05T14:14:00Z

    Iridium Communications Inc. has announced its “vision for the future of personal mobile satellite communications”, Iridium Force™.

  • Filleting pangasius in a factory in Vietnam where most fish processing is still done by hand. Credit: Herby Neubacher
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    More processing equipment to be sold in Asia

    2011-10-05T13:53:00Z

    The seafood reprocessing industry in Asia is about to change. The rising cost of labour, due to competition from other industries, may soon make it uneconomic to send fish to some countries there for further processing and to bring it back again.

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    Partnership agreement for new SAILOR 900 VSAT

    2011-10-05T13:43:00Z

    Marlink and Thrane & Thrane introduced the brand new Thrane & Thrane SAILOR 900 VSAT antenna in September.

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    New Trawl Alignment Sensor from Notus

    2011-10-05T11:46:00Z

    Notus Electronics Ltd. has released a new Trawl Alignment Sensor.

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    Plate freezers for new Norwegian trawlers

    2011-10-05T11:37:00Z

    Shipping companies Havstrand and Havbryn of Ålesund in Norway have signed a contract with a Turkish shipyard to build two trawlers to be delivered in 2012 and 2013.

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    Greenpeace condemns attempts to unravel Pacific conservation measures

    2011-10-05T10:36:00Z

    Greenpeace has expressed its disappointment with the major fishing nations active in the Western and Central Pacific, for their attempts to unravel current conservation and management measures of the region’s declining tuna stocks.

  • Italy has failed to control and enforce the ban on the use of drift-nets
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    Italian illegal use of drift-nets

    2011-10-05T05:00:00Z

    The European Commission has called on Italy to take measures and comply with an October 2009 Court of Justice ruling on Italy''s continued illegal use of drift-nets.

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    NZ aquaculture enters new era

    2011-10-05T05:00:00Z

    A major aquaculture legislation reform that creates the platform for aquaculture to become a $1bn industry by 2025 took effect on 1 October 2011, says NZ Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Phil Heatley.

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    Cockle fishery enters MSC assessment

    2011-10-05T05:00:00Z

    The Dee Estuary fishery, one of the largest cockle fisheries in the UK, has entered into the MSC assessment process for the first time.