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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Hake from the South African trawl fishery will continue to carry the Marine Stewardship Council eco-label after successfully completing its five year re-assessment against the MSC standard.

24th March 2010

South African hake trawl achieves re-certification

24th March 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

French stern trawler Maranello fished for six hours inside an area off Trevose Head, Cornwall, UK, which is closed annually to demersal trawling to protect spawning cod, magistrates heard.

24th March 2010

French stern trawler fished inside closed cod box

24th March 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Government delegates attending the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) voted to list porbeagle sharks in Appendix II of the treaty, but rejected protections for three other…

24th March 2010

Pew applauds vote giving international protection to porbeagle sharks

24th March 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Board of Directors of Marine Harvest ASA and Åse Aulie Michelet reached agreement that Ms Michelet would step down as CEO effective as of yesterday.

24th March 2010

Åse Aulie Michelet steps down as CEO of Marine Harvest

24th March 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Friend of the Sea has certified Mont Saint Michel Bay ‘moules de bouchot’ from Trad’Ocean.

24th March 2010

French traditional mussel culture obtains sustainability recognition

24th March 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A unique project in Orkney, UK, between the emerging wave energy industry and the local inshore fishing community aims to demonstrate that the two industries can co-exist in harmony - and deliver…

24th March 2010

Sustainable energy meets sustainable fisheries management

24th March 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Aberdeen Harbour has awarded Macduff Shipyards the contract to build a new workboat.

24th March 2010

Aberdeen Harbour awards Macduff Shipyards £1m contract

24th March 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The Icelandic fishing company Uthafsskip, which operates two freezer trawlers, recently received a second pair of trawler winches for one of its trawlers, Glorya.

19th March 2010

Uthafsskip’s new winches

19th March 2010

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Hampidjan recently supplied a full set of Dynex Warps to Norwegian pelagic vessel Birkeland, consisting of two sets of 2,000m of 40mm diameter Dynex Warp.

19th March 2010

First Norwegian pelagic trawler to use Dynex Warps

19th March 2010

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Bangladesh fishing company Sea Resources Limited and Danish fishing gear manufacturer Cosmos Trawl have renewed a contract with Danish overseas aid agency Danida to put into place the third phase of a…

19th March 2010

Cosmos to produce gear in Bangladesh

19th March 2010