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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Valka has developed new, revolutionary pinbone removal technology in co-operation with Icelandic fish processing leader HB Grandi.

1st February 2011

Revolutionary pinbone removal

1st February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On 1 January 2011 Italian government legislation introduced an outright ban on plastic shopping bags, which will have to be replaced by biodegradable alternatives.

31st January 2011

Applause for Italys ban on plastic bags

31st January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Toralla, a major mussel producer has been certified as Friend of the Sea.

29th January 2011

Chilean mussels certified sustainable

29th January 2011

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood Scotland has been in Lyon, France, this week at the country’s largest foodservice show SIRHA, promoting the very best of Scottish seafood.

28th January 2011

Scottish seafood tops menu in Lyon

28th January 2011

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Iridium Communications Inc. has announced it is establishing a Global Service Program for its Iridium OpenPort® broadband marine satellite communication product.

28th January 2011

Iridium to establish service network

28th January 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Anova Food’s ocean farm raised pompano has achieved certification under the Good Aquaculture Practices standard also known as AquaGAP.

27th January 2011

Pompano receives AquaGAP certification

27th January 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

In the wake of the certification of its saithe fishery, UK Fisheries, DFFU and Doggerbank GmbH have entered their Arctic cod and haddock fisheries for MSC assessment.

27th January 2011

Cod and haddock fisheries to be assessed

27th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A decade after members of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) approved an international plan to conserve sharks, a new analysis finds that it has yet to be fully…

27th January 2011

Shark populations dwindling

27th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Experienced fishermen have until 31 March 2011 to take advantage of funding towards the costs of training from Seafish, the Department for Transport and the European Fisheries Fund.

27th January 2011

Time running out for funded training

27th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine Farms Vietnam, in collaboration with Nordic Group, will be launching a major public relations campaign to promote farm-raised cobia to restaurants, grocery stores, caterers, and consumers in the United States.

26th January 2011

Cobia marketing campaign to be launched

26th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new large-scale research project will prepare for commercial aquaculture – to ensure an adequate supply of the lice eaters.

26th January 2011

Big investment to combat salmon lice

26th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Independent certifier, Moody Marine, has suspended the MSC certificate for Loch Torridon langoustine.

25th January 2011

Langoustine MSC certification suspended

25th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A cross-party alliance of Euro-MPs determined to prevent a “hijack” of planned EU Common Fisheries Policy reform will hold its first meeting in Brussels today.

25th January 2011

Fishing Policy reform at risk of “hijack”

25th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK sales of ‘alternative’ fish have soared following Channel 4’s Fish Season in January.

19th January 2011

Alternative fish sales soar after ‘Fish Fight’

19th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fishing is the UK’s most dangerous industry and in a bid to improve safety, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is holding a series of events for Yorkshire fishermen next week.

19th January 2011

UK: RNLI works with Yorkshire fishermen to improve safety

19th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scientists from NOAA Fisheries Service and its state and nonprofit partners successfully used at-sea chemical sedation to help cut the remaining ropes from a young North Atlantic right whale on 15 January…

19th January 2011

Scientists use sedation to help disentangle North Atlantic right whale

19th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The new Eastern Tuna and Billfish Management Plan 2010 has been accepted and comes into effect on 22 January 2011.

19th January 2011

Australia: Eastern Tuna and Billfish Management Plan 2010

19th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Indonesian fishermen from the vessel Pelangi were sentenced on 14 January 2011 for illegal fishing within Australian waters.

19th January 2011

Shark finners finish in court

19th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new ‘Show Cause’ initiative implemented in Australia allows concession holders to provide an explanation of their activities when suspected of unlawfully navigating/fishing within closures.

19th January 2011

‘Show Cause’ or caught out?

19th January 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

AgriMarine Holdings Inc. and the Middle Bay Sustainable Aquaculture Institute (MBSAI) have announced the successful launch of the first marine based, commercial scale, closed containment tank for rearing salmon.

19th January 2011

Launch of first marine closed containment tank for aquaculture

19th January 2011