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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marks & Spencer and Waitrose & Partners have become the latest UK major retailers to commit to ensuing their seafood supply chains are free from illegal fishing and human rights abuses by…

22nd May 2019

UK retailers join EJF transparency pact

22nd May 2019

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

After seven years of trials, Fisheries New Zealand has approved the use of the Modular Harvest System (MHS) in North Island inshore fisheries for snapper, tarakihi, trevally, red gurnard, and John Dory,…

22nd May 2019

Kiwi technology approved for inshore fishery

22nd May 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Russian Fishery Company, one of the leading producers of pollock and Pacific herring, is looking to Nigeria and other African nations for sales of Pacific herring.

20th May 2019

Russian Fishery looks to African market

20th May 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Ireland-based Antarctic Fishing Company has placed an order at the Skipper Expo with Karstensens Shipyard in Denmark for a newbuild pelagic trawler.

20th May 2019

Irish pelagic trawler order for Karstensens

20th May 2019

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The days of chasing fish and hoping for the best belong in the past, according to Andrey Fedorov, director of fishing gear manufacturer Fishering Service.

17th May 2019

Fishering Service: Pulling the strings

17th May 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Shoppers in Brazil can now buy Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified salmon thanks to a new range of products in Swift supermarkets.

17th May 2019

ASC salmon comes to Brazil

17th May 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

How sustainable squaculture will spark growth in a constrained industry; As the demand for salmon at the dinner table surges globally, so does the pressure on small ocean fish used in feeding…

16th May 2019

The Veramaris Solution

16th May 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The PG Flow Solutions group has been tasked with supplying a complete fish handling system, including delousing system and fish transfer pumps, to a delousing vessel.

16th May 2019

Fish handling system for delousing vessel

16th May 2019

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Murmansk company Murmanseld2 is currently building four new vessels at the Pella Shipyard in Saint Petersburg - a contract with a value in excess of €160 million.

16th May 2019

Scanmar’s role in Russian fleet renewal

16th May 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

DuroWipers has secured new contracts to supply wiper systems to two fishing vessels courtesy of its long-standing customer, Macduff Shipyards.

15th May 2019

DuroWipers secures fishing vessel contracts

15th May 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is about to utilise blockchain technologies to address growing problems of antibiotics used in aquaculture, aiming to monitor the entire chain of culture and processing, reports…

15th May 2019

Applying blockchain technology to aquaculture

15th May 2019

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

12 pelagic fishing newbuilds from the Karstensens Skibsvaerft shipyard in Skagen, Denmark have been fitted with NRG Marine’s Sonihull ultrasonic antifouling systems to protect their box coolers.

14th May 2019

Pelagic newbuilds to feature Sonihull systems

14th May 2019

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Kongsberg Maritime has unveiled a brand-new Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV), a uniquely versatile craft designed and built to provide the highest possible standard of data acquisition.

14th May 2019

USV provides fleet fishfinder platform

14th May 2019

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Despite all the current uncertainty about how Britain and the EU will part ways, the UK’s seafood sector should still seek pathways to future market growth.

14th May 2019

Beyond Brexit

14th May 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Asdomar, the canned tuna brand produced by Italian firm Generale Conserve, has confirmed its commitment to sustainability with Friend of the Sea certification.

13th May 2019

Asdomar given Friend of the Sea certification

13th May 2019

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

MaxSea’s TZ Professional v4 has been released, bringing with it a number of new features that expand its functionality for fishing.

13th May 2019

MaxSea launches TZ v4

13th May 2019

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The Slippurinn Akureyri shipyard has contracted to deliver turnkey catch handling deck systems for fresher trawlers Kaldbakur and Björgúlfur.

13th May 2019

Turnkey deck installations from Slippurinn

13th May 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Based firmly in the Norwegian port of Måløy with its long fishing tradition, Babord is a new venture with a number of interesting twists on the process of bringing seafood to the…

12th May 2019

Babord: Harbour to Home

12th May 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

United States Congressman Don Young has introduced the Keep Finfish Free Act which places a moratorium on commercial permitting of marine finfish aquaculture facilities in federally controlled areas of the ocean.

10th May 2019

Congress moves to ban ocean fish farming

10th May 2019

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Observer training, maritime boundaries and new training initiatives were on the agenda of a high-level meeting in Honiara between the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and senior representatives of the Overseas Fisheries Cooperation…

10th May 2019

FFA and Japan agree Pacific fisheries support

10th May 2019