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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fresh levels for lead and cadmium in fish and some other marine animals have been agreed by the global expert body, the Codex Alimentarius, which sets guidelines for food safety.

15th August 2006

Lead and cadmium limits

15th August 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Bluefin tuna stocks in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean are being stripped bare by illegal and unscrupulous fishing, and there should be an immediate closure of the fishery, says WWF.

15th August 2006

Bluefin tuna fishery ravaged by illegal fishing

15th August 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, and Kiribati have initialled a 6-year fisheries partnership agreement (FPA). The new agreement, which provides fishing possibilities exclusively on tuna, will come into…

20th July 2006

EU and Kiribati initial new fisheries partnership agreement

20th July 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission today (20 July) adopted a Regulation closing the anchovy fishery in the Bay of Biscay until the end of the year.

20th July 2006

Anchovy fisheries in the Bay of Biscay to be closed until the end of the year

20th July 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

European Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Mr Joe Borg, took part earlier today (20 July) in the opening session of a conference entitled “Towards a future Maritime Policy for the European…

20th July 2006

Joe Borg addresses Maritime conference in Turku, Finland

20th July 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has recently introduced laws to simplify food safety across the EU. These laws apply throughout the entire food chain including primary producers such as fishermen who will now be…

20th July 2006

Seafish launch guide to new EU food regulations

20th July 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scottish fishermen could be in line for another grim year with the first indications now emerging from the EC of recommendations for ‘draconian’ cuts in fishing opportunity and effort control for 2007.

19th July 2006

EC catch proposals for 2007 alarming for Scottish fleet

19th July 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The presence of Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) has been confirmed in a trout farm in Yorkshire and another in Hampshire.

19th July 2006

Outbreak of Bacterial Kidney Disease in UK fish

19th July 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK Marine and Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw has urged countries around the world to stop destructive fishing practices that damage seamounts and other deep sea environments.

19th July 2006

Bradshaw calls for world action to save deep sea ecosystems

19th July 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

WESMAR, Western Marine Electronics, has recently released a technical report on the unique advantages of the level indicator feature on the WESMAR line of trawl sonars. The level indicator feature allows the…

30th June 2006

Technical report: Fishing with a level indicator

30th June 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

By investing in the newest batching technology Skandia has improved utilisation of raw material, namely fresh slaughtered trout, at a much higher speed. The results are more satisfied customers and increased efficiency.

29th June 2006

Skandia Trout Export reduces overweight to one gram

29th June 2006

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

Sæplast attended Seafood Processing Europe in Brussels and the company was very pleased with the interest shown in the ‘Fish Tub of the Future’.

29th June 2006

Enormous interest in ‘Fish Tub of the Future’

29th June 2006

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

The safety of small vessels at sea is a problem that rarely hits the headlines – rather, it is the dramatic casualties of larger ships that spark public interest and concern. However…

29th June 2006

Class society concerned at trawler stability

29th June 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Whether to stop eating fish suspected of mercury contamination and forfeit the benefits of Omega-3, or ignore the mercury content and keep eating fish because the benefits outweigh the risks involved, is…

29th June 2006

The mercury quagmire

29th June 2006

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

French manufacturer of high accuracy fishing trawl control equipment iXTrawl is currently demonstrating the potential of its DATANET Trawl Door Spread Measurement System on individual owners’ trawlers.

29th June 2006

DATANET demonstrations for trawler owners

29th June 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A satellite study, surveying toxic algal blooms, reports that southern Chile’s 360 coastal fish farms are losing millions of Euros each year through deaths of large caged fish as well as shellfish…

29th June 2006

Algal toxins poison Chile’s export earnings

29th June 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Brussels proposes to pay Greenland €15,847,244 per annum for six years from 1 January 2007 for fishing rights for certain species.

29th June 2006

Brussels in fresh Greenland catch

29th June 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Swift and wide ranging actions are needed to conserve the world’s entire marine environment amid fears that humankind’s exploitation of the deep seas and open oceans is rapidly passing the point of…

29th June 2006

Action urged on deep seas by UN

29th June 2006

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

On 19 April, Iceland’s President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson presented 3X with the President of Iceland’s Award for Export Achievement at a ceremony at Bessastaðir, his official residence, Company owners Albert Marzelíus Högnason…

29th May 2006

3X receives prestigious export award

29th May 2006

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Iceland’s Eimskip, a subsidiary of the Avion Group, has entered into shipbuilding contracts for the construction of two highly sophisticated reefer vessels for a total purchase price of approximately NOK 258 million…

29th May 2006

Two new reefer vessels for Eimskip

29th May 2006