Industry News

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The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has announced the conclusion of the two and a half year scientific review of the South Georgia Patagonian toothfish longline fishery, against the standard set by the…

The SIF Group has bought a 23.16% share in Icelandic Freezing Plants Corporation (IFPC) from the bank Islandsbanki Ltd for ISK 2,027,430,709 (EUR 23,446,403). The holding was bought at a price per…

This month sees the launch of the Fishermans Manual 2004, a new buyers guide to key suppliers from around the world.

Scotland could face further cuts to its fishing fleet if recommendations by the Prime Ministers Strategy Unit are followed.

The European Union and the Solomon Islands have initialled a new bilateral Fisheries Agreement for a first period of three years running from 1 January 2005. It is exclusively for tuna fishing…

The soaring NZ dollar is causing major concern in the New Zealand seafood industry, according to the chief executive of Sealord Group, the countrys biggest seafood company.

A somewhat different national competition has been launched by Seafish, Britains Sea Fish Industry Authority, to find the best of the best across the seafood industry and also boost standards.

The issue of how to develop a viable and enforceable management policy for deep-sea fishing has become an important preoccupation for the industry, regulatory authorities and scientists.

Britains Prince Charles led a number of restaurateurs and artists on 4 March at the Sea into the Future Gala to cook, to eat seafood and raise £250,000 to fund the Marine…

In spite of Mauritanian efforts to improve hygiene infrastructure and controls, there are still many obstacles to be overcome in order to have more joint ventures and collaboration between EU and Mauritanian…

MAN B&W says that more than 100 of its new engines have now been ordered. The L21/31 orders are mainly for Holeby-GenSets for large vessels and Alpha propulsion plants for small and…

Ice-maker machine company YORK Marine has opened a permanent office in Vigo (Spain).

Fiskekroken AS of Norway has installed a Sunwell Variable-State Ice system for its salmon-packing plant, part of Safish AS. The bulk of the company is now owned by Salten Aqua Invest, a…

US albacore tuna fishermen have asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to test them and their wives and children for side effects from methylmercury. The move is seen as a strategic…

French company ACELMA has launched DATANET, a low-cost and simpler version of its wireless geometry and trawl-positioning system GEONET. The new software provides spread-door data and can be uprated by adding functions…

ARELEC says it has developed a unique, twin-rig control using precision warp-pull meters for additional control of the fishing gear.

UK-based McMurdo Pains-Wessex has now received full UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency approval for its F1 VHF radio with Class D Digital Selective Calling (DSC).