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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

U.S. Senator Mark Begich has written to the president and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Doug McMillon, asking the company to reconsider its decision to stop buying Alaska salmon products that are…

9th January 2014

Senator urges Walmart to reconsider

9th January 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A Norwegian farm has become the first salmon farm to be awarded Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification.

9th January 2014

First salmon farm certified

9th January 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

International campaigners have accused Japan of being guilty of “medieval butchery” after a video was released showing images of slaughtered whales onboard a Japanese vessel inside a sanctuary, local media reports.

8th January 2014

Southern Ocean sanctuary whales slaughtered

8th January 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Mission of Denmark to Geneva has filed a request to establish a WTO panel in the dispute between the Faroe Islands and the EU over Atlanto-Scandian herring.

8th January 2014

WTO panel requested for herring dispute

8th January 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Alaska fishermen are pledging to take further action against Walmart for failing to keep its promise to revise its seafood policy by the end of 2013.

8th January 2014

Alaskan fishermen to take action against Walmart

8th January 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Fusion Marine has completed a fish farm pen order worth over €300,000 for a bass and bream farming operation in Malta.

8th January 2014

New pens for Maltese fish farm

8th January 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd has announced that it has signed an agreement with its vessel constructor to replace 20-30 of its existing fishing vessels.

8th January 2014

Pingtan to replace its fishing vessels

8th January 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new study led by researchers from Florida State University has examined the domino effect that occurs when too many fish are harvested from one habitat.

8th January 2014

New study on the snowball effect of overfishing

8th January 2014

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The French Research Institute for Exploration of the Sea (Ifremer) has acquired a second Simrad ME70 scientific multibeam echosounder to strengthen the organisation’s work in the Mediterranean Sea.

7th January 2014

New mulitbeam sonar for Ifremer

7th January 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sea Pact has announced its second Request for Grant Proposals and is inviting Fishery and Aquaculture Improvement Projects, habitat restoration efforts, scientific research and other projects to apply for funding.

7th January 2014

Sea Pact announces second Request for Grant Proposals

7th January 2014