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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

To prepare for the implementation of ILO C188, the first meeting of a Fishing Industry Safety Group (FISG) to develop a voluntary safety management code has been held.

24th July 2017

Safety management code in progress

24th July 2017

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Denmark-based Tuco Marine has launched a boat which carries out high pressure net cleaning of remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs), to be used for fish farm operations in Norway.

21st July 2017

ROV net cleaning boat launched

21st July 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The opening of a £16.5m quay at Lerwick Harbour will boost the offshore and cruise sectors and benefit white fish and pelagic fishing businesses.

20th July 2017

£16.5m Lerwick Harbour quay opened

20th July 2017

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new cross-border Spanish and Portuguese collaboration aims to optimise the production and exploitation of microalgae across different sectors, including aquaculture.

20th July 2017

Cross-border collaboration on microalgal research

20th July 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Síldarvinnslan’s trawler Barði has been sold to new owners in Russia and has sailed to its new home port in Murmansk.

20th July 2017

Barði sold to Russia

20th July 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Marine Stewardship Council has given North Sea cod certification as a sustainable fishery.

19th July 2017

Blue tick for North Sea cod

19th July 2017

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The Piriou shipyard has an order from French fishing company Comata for a new 63m freezer longliner for fishing toothfish in the French TAAF EEZ in the Southern Ocean.

18th July 2017

Comata orders new toothfish longliner

18th July 2017

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Tom Aliotti’s new Bristol Bay gillnetter Mariola did 36 knots on sea trials. Asked the secret of getting that speed, he replied, ‘I’m not going to tell you my secret,’ he said,…

18th July 2017

Built by fishermen for fishermen

18th July 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Following on from Operation Albacore that saw Sea Shepherd partnering with the Gabonese authorities last year to inspect fishing vessels, resulting in the arrests of three Congolese trawlers and a Spanish longliner…

17th July 2017

Sea Shepherd and Gabonese Navy arrest IUU trawlers

17th July 2017

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian boatbuilder Jemar Norpower has developed a GRP-hulled workboat designed to meet the needs of fish farm staff, combining speed and power to cope with a variety of roles.

17th July 2017

Jemar Norpower builds fish farm workboat

17th July 2017