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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Clearwater Seafoods has announced that two of its processing facilities have been certified under the British Retail Consortium (BRC) standard for food safety.

20th February 2011

Clearwater announces BRC certification

20th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Josh Reichert, managing director of the Pew Environment Group, has issued the following statement in response to the withdrawal of the Japanese whaling fleet from the Southern Ocean one month early:

19th February 2011

Pew: Japanese whaling statement

19th February 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Celtic Sea Herring Management Advisory Committee (CSHMAC) has entered its herring, sprat and sardine fisheries for MSC assessment.

18th February 2011

Celtic Sea herring, sprat and sardine fisheries enter MSC assessment

18th February 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Marine scientists are trialling the first near-shore water temperature forecasts to assist Australia’s aquaculture farm managers contending with rising ocean temperatures.

17th February 2011

Trialling ocean temperature forecasts for fish farms

17th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Vietnam’s Anova Corporation has set up a joint venture with Norwegian fish feed producer EWOS Group, a division of Noway’s Cermaq ASA, to operate and expand a plant in the Mekong Delta.

16th February 2011

Anova sets up joint venture

16th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

RNLI lifeboat crews from Eyemouth and Berwick-upon-Tweed assisted a stricken fishing vessel after receiving a call from Forth Coastguard.

16th February 2011

RNLI lifeboat crews assist stricken Eyemouth fishing vessel

16th February 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

TRAFFIC Japan today hosted a seminar, which was broadcast live online, entitled “Towards traceability and sustainable use of marine resources: international trends and activities in Japan”.

16th February 2011

TRAFFIC hosts online fisheries seminar

16th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scotland is expanding its catch quota trial in a bid to reduce discards.

16th February 2011

Scotland tackling discards

16th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Marine Harvest Group has decided to change the organisation on group level from a geographic to a functional organisation with two business units; Farming and Global Sales and Marketing.

15th February 2011

Changes at Marine Harvest

15th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Wärtsiläs Board of Directors has appointed Björn Rosengren M.Sc. as the new President and CEO of Wärtsilä Corporation.

15th February 2011

Wärtsilä appoints new president and CEO

15th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On 9 February, 15 fishery observers boarded tuna purse seiners owned by Spanish shipowners Atuneros Vascos, Inpesca, Pevasa and Seabreeze Ventures – all part of the Pevaeche group.

15th February 2011

Observers board Pevaeche’s tuna seiners

15th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Novartis Animal Health, Inc. has entered into an agreement with Intervet/Schering-Plough that grants exclusive rights to Novartis to potentially commercialise a new Pancreas Disease (PD) vaccine for use in farmed salmon.

15th February 2011

Novartis to develop vaccine to prevent Pancreas Disease in farmed salmon

15th February 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Nutreco has announced that it has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares in Shihai Co Ltd., a reputable and profitable fish and shrimp feed company in China.

14th February 2011

Nutreco agreed to acquire Chinese company

14th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On 17 February and for the second year running, Carrefour will host Les Jours Bleus – a high-impact in-store campaign organised in partnership with two leading seafood brands Findus and Labeyrie.

14th February 2011

Les Jours Bleus encore!

14th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The First Minister and Fisheries Secretary met with fishing leaders on11 February to discuss shared priorities for the Scottish fleet.

14th February 2011

Scotland: Fishing industry talks

14th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A coalition of fishermen’s groups set up to provide a united voice on how marine protected areas are established in UK waters has confirmed that it will be exhibiting at the Fishing…

14th February 2011

Fishing Coalition to highlight concerns over Marine Protected Areas

14th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Deep-sea gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean’s Levant Sea are causing a scramble to start drilling – while concerns for irreversible damage to outstanding marine biodiversity are being ignored, says WWF.

14th February 2011

WWF: Gas drilling threatens marine life

14th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thousands of endangered marine turtles could be saved in the Coral Triangle region if the fishing industry started using innovative and responsible fishing gear, a WWF analysis shows.

13th February 2011

WWF: Gear changes can save turtles

13th February 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission adopted, on 11 February, a proposal for a draft negotiating mandate, addressed to the Council for a transitional, time-limited renewal of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement Protocol.

13th February 2011

Proposal to extend fisheries partnership agreement with Morocco for one year

13th February 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Third Meeting of Regional Fishery Body Secretariats Network (RSN 3) was held in Rome, Italy 7-8 February 2011.

13th February 2011

RSN addresses fisheries governance areas

13th February 2011