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ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

No matter what the final Brexit scenario is, it’s vital that every effort is taken to ensure that trade disruptions in seafood supply chains are kept to a minimum.

3rd March 2019

Keeping the fish moving, as seafood sector faces Brexit uncertainty

3rd March 2019

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Four panel codends, made in netting with a T90 configuration and rigged on Quicklines, have led to higher quality catches for one of HB Grandi’s fresher trawlers.

2nd March 2019

Every fish alive

2nd March 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sustainable fisheries certifier, Friend of the Sea, has secured an important victory for environmental and animal welfare campaigners in persuading food delivery company, Deliveroo, to remove shark fin soup from its menus.

1st March 2019

Deliveroo takes shark fin soup off the menu

1st March 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

AquaGen, the world-leading salmon breeder and supplier of eggs, has signed a deal to buy Scottish Sea Farms’ freshwater hatchery at Holywood near Dumfries as part of a long-term strategic investment that…

1st March 2019

Major boost for fish welfare in Scotland

1st March 2019

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Switching to a pair of Type 23 Bluestream semi-pelagic trawl doors has boosted gear spread by an impressive 50 metres, reports Tonni Karlsen, skipper of Norwegian trawler Ole-Arvid Nergård.

28th February 2019

Thyborøn’s trawl door technology leap

28th February 2019

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Marine software company, Maritech, and information provider, Sea Data Center, have joined forces to deliver benchmarking and analytics tools aimed at helping customers better understand the seafood market and pricing trends.

28th February 2019

Maritech launches seafood market data tool

28th February 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Why make things complex when they can be simple? That’s the question engineer Sébastien Termet asked himself when he was approached by a fish farmer to come up with a feeding system.

27th February 2019

Keeping it simple with automatic feeding

27th February 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Figures just released show that less than 3.5% of the Australian seabed is affected by trawling. Although this figure varies regionally, it is among the lowest footprints recorded worldwide.

27th February 2019

Assessing trawling effect in Australia

27th February 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Joint trials by Norwegian research institute, SINTEF Ocean, and marine resource technology company, Sonardyne International, have proven the ability for an acoustic positioning system to track underwater robots as they move through…

27th February 2019

Trials prove successful ROV tracking

27th February 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new study shows how a warming ocean has led to unprecedented marine biological changes at the global level over the last decade, and that future changes will be stronger and have…

27th February 2019

Massive biological ocean shifts

27th February 2019