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ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The Flemish Service for Employment and Vocational Training (VDAB) went to Kongsberg for its K-Sim simulation technology to provide comprehensive and targeted training for beam trawler skippers and crews.

19th February 2019

Kongsberg to deliver simulator to Belgium

19th February 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

In the first of several collaborations with Small Island Developing States in 2019, Canadian fishery officers boarded US Coast Guard vessel Mellon in Honolulu, Hawaii and a Royal Canadian Air Force CP-140…

19th February 2019

Canada joins Pacific patrol

19th February 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Aller Aqua’s PowerRAS concept meets the high demands towards feed for RAS in terms of feed efficiency, optimal water quality and subsequent fish growth. The concept is the result of continuous research…

18th February 2019

Feed for Recirculating Aquaculture

18th February 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Parliament and the Council have agreed on the Commissions proposal for decentralised and simplified technical rules, giving fishermen a stronger say in deciding on the best measures for sustainable fishing…

18th February 2019

EU Commission welcomes provisional political agreement on new technical conservation measures

18th February 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Tradewind has provided a US$1.5m post-shipment financing facility for a processor and exporter of fresh and frozen tuna based in the Maldives.

18th February 2019

US$1.5m financing facility for tuna firm

18th February 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thai Union, alongside partner WWF, has released its first report detailing the seafood company’s supply chains and provenance.

15th February 2019

Thai Union shows sustainability commitment

15th February 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

With the exception of a handful of experimental licences that will be allowed to continue, pulse fishing will come to an end in 2021.

14th February 2019

Pulse fishing to be phased out by 2021

14th February 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Fish feed suppliers Cargill and Skretting have joined forces to use the same vessels to transport fish feed in Norway.

14th February 2019

Cargill and Skretting to share ships

14th February 2019

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry, has attracted an impressive line-up of speakers from trade, industry and science for its first Scottish Seafood Summit: Focus on Brexit.

14th February 2019

Seafish hosts Scottish Brexit seafood summit

14th February 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

For the second time, the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) blue fish label has been ranked as one of the top sustainable food labels in the Netherlands.

13th February 2019

Dutch MSC blue fish ranked top ecolabel

13th February 2019

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The chief executive of the Western Australian Fishing Industry Council (WAFIC) has welcomed the Australian government”s decision to revise a proposed lobster reform.

13th February 2019

WAFIC welcomes lobster proposal climbdown

13th February 2019

NEWS IFC

NEWS IFC

Even better value delegate places for 2019 include a visit to a fish drying facility on the final half day of the conference.

12th February 2019

Technical visit confirmed: Haustak

12th February 2019

NEWS IFC

NEWS IFC

The Danish Seafood Association have confirmed their support of this year’s Fish Waste for Profit Conference.

12th February 2019

New supporter: Danish Seafood Association

12th February 2019

NEWS IFC

NEWS IFC

Dr Thor Sigfusson, Founder & Chairman of the Iceland Ocean Cluster, returns to chair this year’s event.

12th February 2019

Conference Chairman announced

12th February 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US and Canada have reached a new agreement on a coast wide Pacific halibut quota that is 1.4m pounds above the 2018 quota.

12th February 2019

2019 Pacific Halibut quota deal

12th February 2019

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Icelandic company Slippurinn Akureyri has finalised an agreement with Norwegian fishing company Nergård Havfiske to design, produce and install a processing deck for its new freezer trawler.

12th February 2019

Slippurinn Akureyri to supply Nergård Havfiskes trawler’s processing deck

12th February 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

According to preliminary figures released by the Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries, aquaculture production was up 5.60% in 2018, with a 232,000 tonne growth in production.

11th February 2019

Russian aquaculture up in 2018

11th February 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Macduff Shipyards have delivered the new Audacious BF-83, to Whitehills owners David Gatt and Barry Reid.

10th February 2019

Audacious delivery from Macduff

10th February 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

International and Korean non-governmental organisations (NGO) have condemned the Korean government for mishandling a case of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing that occurred in the Antarctic.

8th February 2019

Korea fails to tackle IUU fishing

8th February 2019

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

No illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing vessels or activities were detected during a recent joint patrol of the Southern Ocean by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and the French navy.

7th February 2019

Australia and France patrol Southern Ocean

7th February 2019