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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Just as America’s Cup racers spent decades tuning the near perfect design formula of the 12-meter boats required by that event, so too have fishermen fine tuned the 58ft Alaskan Limit seiner.

22nd June 2011

Designing to the limit

22nd June 2011

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A new, unnamed vessel will be trawling for scrap metal, old tires and any other scrap at the site of a decommissioned oil rig.

22nd June 2011

Trawling for scrap metal

22nd June 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Global Aquaculture Alliance has expanded the Best Aquaculture Practices certification program with the completion of BAP standards for salmon farms.

22nd June 2011

BAP standards for salmon farms completed

22nd June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oceana has launched the second of a three leg scientific expedition exploring Important Ecological Areas (IEAs) in the Pacific Ocean using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and high definition video cameras.

22nd June 2011

Oceana launches ocean expedition

22nd June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Fiskbranschens Sweden Eastern Baltic cod fishery, a fishery that was close to collapse only a few years ago, has recovered and has been certified as a sustainable and well-managed fishery.

22nd June 2011

First Swedish cod fishery MSC certified

22nd June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Union has initialled a new one-year protocol to the fisheries agreement with Guinea Bissau.

22nd June 2011

Renewal of EU/Guinea Bissau protocol

22nd June 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Affiliation of Seafood Producers Association of Nova Scotia (ASPANS) has entered both the Scotian Shelf and Gulf of St. Lawrence snow crab trap fisheries into MSC assessment.

21st June 2011

Snow crab fisheries enter MSC assessment

21st June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The University of California, Berkeley, has become the first public university in America to earn Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of Custody certification.

21st June 2011

First US public university MSC certified

21st June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On 22 June, the Fish for the Future group in the European Parliament is organising a lunchtime presentation to explain the need for urgent reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.

21st June 2011

Conference: “No fish left on the plate”

21st June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Center for Food Safety (CFS) has applauded the US House of Representatives for its decision to prohibit the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from approving genetically engineered (GE) salmon.

21st June 2011

Amendment to prohibit GE salmon approval

21st June 2011