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  • Helly Hansen has worked in conjunction with the RNLI to design and develop a range of products
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    Helly Hansen extends clothing range

    2011-01-29T02:00:00Z

    Technical clothing brand, Helly Hansen, is continuing to strengthen its ongoing relationship with the RNLI as it announces the renewal of its contract as Official Clothing Supplier to the RNLI’s lifeguards.

  • Toralla has been certified as Friend of the Sea
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    Chilean mussels certified sustainable

    2011-01-29T02:00:00Z

    Toralla, a major mussel producer has been certified as Friend of the Sea.

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    NOAA seeks comment on amberjack rule

    2011-01-29T02:00:00Z

    NOAA has published a proposed rule that, if approved and implemented, would establish a 1 June-31 July seasonal closure for recreational harvest of greater amberjack in or from the Gulf of Mexico federal waters

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    New software for Nesco’s Wavecheetah II

    2011-01-28T02:00:00Z

    Nesco Weighing Ltd has just released a new version of its Wavecheetah II touch screen marine weighing system, and supplied the first units to companies in Scotland and Ireland

  • Electronic Navigation Ltd’s CEO Gareth Hodson says the agreement will further enhance the current WASSP global sales network
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    Furuno to distribute WASSP to key markets

    2011-01-28T02:00:00Z

    Electronic Navigation Ltd has signed a distribution agreement that will see its Wide Angle Sonar Seafloor Profiler distributed by Furuno Electric Co., Ltd into UK/Ireland, USA, China, Spain, South Korea and Japan.

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    Scottish seafood tops menu in Lyon

    2011-01-28T02:00:00Z

    Seafood Scotland has been in Lyon, France, this week at the country’s largest foodservice show SIRHA, promoting the very best of Scottish seafood.

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    Iridium to establish service network

    2011-01-28T02:00:00Z

    Iridium Communications Inc. has announced it is establishing a Global Service Program for its Iridium OpenPort® broadband marine satellite communication product.

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    McMurdo launches new corporate website

    2011-01-27T11:44:00Z

    Safety equipment manufacturer, McMurdo Ltd, has launched a new corporate website, www.mcmurdolimited.com, which showcases the range of brands in the McMurdo portfolio.

  • John Caballero, Sales Director for the Americas
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    McMurdo’s new Sales Director for Americas

    2011-01-27T11:24:00Z

    Safety equipment manufacturer, McMurdo Ltd, has appointed John Caballero to the new role of Sales Director for the Americas.

  • Pompano from Anova Food has been certified by AquaGAP. Credit: Stephen Ausmus
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    Pompano receives AquaGAP certification

    2011-01-27T11:15:00Z

    Anova Food’s ocean farm raised pompano has achieved certification under the Good Aquaculture Practices standard also known as AquaGAP.

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    Cod and haddock fisheries to be assessed

    2011-01-27T11:07:00Z

    In the wake of the certification of its saithe fishery, UK Fisheries, DFFU and Doggerbank GmbH have entered their Arctic cod and haddock fisheries for MSC assessment.

  • Shark processing factory, Kesennuma, Japan. © Shawn Heinrichs
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    Shark populations dwindling

    2011-01-27T10:59:00Z

    A decade after members of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) approved an international plan to conserve sharks, a new analysis finds that it has yet to be fully implemented.

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    Time running out for funded training

    2011-01-27T09:37:00Z

    Experienced fishermen have until 31 March 2011 to take advantage of funding towards the costs of training from Seafish, the Department for Transport and the European Fisheries Fund.

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    DSM invests in SkySails

    2011-01-27T02:00:00Z

    DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., has announced that it has made an investment in SkySails GmbH & Co. KG, the market and technology leader for automated towing kite systems for ships.

  • Marine Farms Vietnam and Nordic Group will launch a PR campaign to promote farm-raised cobia
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    Cobia marketing campaign to be launched

    2011-01-26T10:18:00Z

    Marine Farms Vietnam, in collaboration with Nordic Group, will be launching a major public relations campaign to promote farm-raised cobia to restaurants, grocery stores, caterers, and consumers in the United States.

  • David Kennedy, NOAA assistant administrator for the National Ocean Service. Credit: NOAA
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    New Assistant Administrator for NOAA

    2011-01-26T10:09:00Z

    David Kennedy has been named NOAA assistant administrator for the National Ocean Service effective immediately.

  • The wrasse are transferred to the sea cages and eat the sea lice on the farmed salmon © Havforskninginstituttet
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    Big investment to combat salmon lice

    2011-01-26T09:39:00Z

    A new large-scale research project will prepare for commercial aquaculture – to ensure an adequate supply of the lice eaters.

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    Gatt: Further sanctions must be imposed

    2011-01-25T15:59:00Z

    Ian Gatt has said that further sanctions must be imposed upon Iceland and their Accession talks to join the EU put on hold until there is a satisfactory resolution to the ongoing dispute over mackerel quotas.

  • The MSC certificate for Loch Torridon langoustine has been suspended. Credit: Ji-Elle
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    Langoustine MSC certification suspended

    2011-01-25T15:30:00Z

    Independent certifier, Moody Marine, has suspended the MSC certificate for Loch Torridon langoustine.

  • The harbour of Vopnafjörður. Photo/HB Grandi: Jón Sigurðarson
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    HB Grandi capelin quota could be 44,000t

    2011-01-25T11:41:00Z

    The Marine Research Institute has recommended that the Icelandic Minister of Fisheries increase the capelin quota for the season from 200,000 tonnes to 325,000t.