Industry News

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Marport Deep Sea Technologies Inc. has named Sean Chapman as Chief Sonar Engineer.

25th April 2011

Marport names Sean Chapman as Chief Sonar Engineer

25th April 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The findings of a study published in Nature Climate Change indicate negative effects on the growth of a long-lived south-east Australian and New Zealand inshore species – the banded morwong.

23rd April 2011

Detrimental impact of ocean warming

23rd April 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The NAFC Marine Centre has announced major sea-based surveys to be conducted this year in Shetland waters, to improve knowledge of commercial fish stocks and the environment.

22nd April 2011

Busy summer ahead for NAFC

22nd April 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Matt Rand, director of global shark conservation for the Pew Environment Group, has issued a statement in response to the Chilean Senate passage of Chile’s first-ever ban on shark finning.

21st April 2011

Pew statement on Chile finning ban

21st April 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The intergovernmental panel of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) has deferred the final decision on the construction of the Xayaburi dam in Laos to the ministerial level, following concerns raised by Cambodia,…

20th April 2011

WWF: Mekong dam deferral signals recognition of potential negative impacts

20th April 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two Russian Federation companies, Vityaz-Avto Co, Ltd and Delta Co, Ltd., have entered the Ozernaya River sockeye salmon fishery into full MSC assessment.

20th April 2011

Russian fishery enters MSC assessment

20th April 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

NOAA has now reopened 1,041 square miles of Gulf waters immediately surrounding the Deepwater Horizon wellhead, just east of Louisiana.

20th April 2011

All DH oil spill waters now open

20th April 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A the time of writing, India was reporting collapsing orders for high value seafood exports to Japan due to consumers cutting back on eating out, writes Peter O’Neill.

19th April 2011

Japan’s earthquake radiates out East and West

19th April 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A former commercial fisherman has been tapped as NOAA Office of Law Enforcement’s compliance assistance liaison in the Northeast.

19th April 2011

New NOAA compliance assistance liaison

19th April 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

More than 40 species of marine fish currently found in the Mediterranean could disappear in the next few years.

19th April 2011

Plenty more fish in the sea?

19th April 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Bergen Group has, through its subsidiary Bergen Group Risnes, received a contract from the fish farming company Hjaltland Seafarms Ltd for delivery of two new working catamarans.

19th April 2011

Bergen Group awarded contract for two new working boats

19th April 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Commercial fishing groups are dismayed about federal budget negotiations that have resulted in what fishermen are calling the Anti-Fishermen Act.

19th April 2011

Budget deal includes anti-fisherman provision

19th April 2011

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The newly formed Sustainable Seafood Coalition (SSC) has been launched by businesses selling seafood that are frustrated by the lack of progress on the issue of discarding.

19th April 2011

New Sustainable Seafood Coalition formed

19th April 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Northern Australian company, A Raptis & Sons’ commitment to sustainable harvesting has earned it the Friend of the Sea seal of approval.

16th April 2011

Banana and tiger prawns certified

16th April 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UN Security Council has decided to urgently consider the establishment of specialised Somali courts to try suspected pirates both in Somalia and in the region.

15th April 2011

Security Council to consider plans for specialised Somali courts to try pirates

15th April 2011

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries has approved BlueTraker VMS for use on fishing vessels for automatic position reporting

14th April 2011

BlueTraker VMS now available to Norwegian fisheries

14th April 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Norwegian researchers have developed a fish pot that may become of great use to fishermen in Mauritius.

14th April 2011

Fish pot for Mauritius

14th April 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A Hartlepool fish wholesaler is looking forward to moving into new markets after it was awarded £115,500 of EU funding to extend its factory.

13th April 2011

EU funding puts shellfish on menu

13th April 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The majority of EU citizens want the fish they buy to come from sustainable sources, according to an independent poll commissioned by WWF and carried out in 14 EU countries.

13th April 2011

Europeans want sustainable fish

13th April 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A ground-breaking ceremony recently took place on a $3.4m project to build Brunei’s first indoor red grouper breeding pond.

12th April 2011

Brunei to breed red grouper

12th April 2011