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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Steve Bracken, business support manager at Marine Harvest Scotland has retired after 41 years’ service to Scottish salmon farming.

9th August 2018

Scottish salmon farming veteran retires

9th August 2018

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Huon Aquaculture has become the first Australian seafood producer to join the RSPCA’s Approved Farming Scheme meaning it is now able to supply the country’s only range of RSPCA-approved salmon.

9th August 2018

First Australian farmed salmon is RSPCA-approved

9th August 2018

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Trawl doors manufactured by Icelandic company Ekkó have been in use for two years on board research vessel Bjarni Sæmundsson, and HB Grandi’s fresher trawler has also had a pair on board…

9th August 2018

Ekkó trawl doors ready to go into production

9th August 2018

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Control Union Peru (CUP) has become an independent third-party certification body (CB) with Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP).

8th August 2018

Control Union Peru becomes BAP certifier

8th August 2018

HEME

HEME

Ioanna Argyrou is the General Manager of NAYS Ltd, a senior Biologist – Ichthyologist and a highly experienced consultant and technical advisor in the fields of fisheries and aquaculture, environmental and spatial…

8th August 2018

Ioanna Argyrou

8th August 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Students at a Thai school are better equipped to make healthy dietary decisions after attending one of Thai Union Group’s nutrition workshops.

8th August 2018

Thai Union teaches healthy eating

8th August 2018

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new online consultation aims to gather industry expertise to help develop a strategy for the Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector for the remainder of the current EMFF Operational Programme 2018-2023.

7th August 2018

Irish Inshore Fisheries consultation opens

7th August 2018

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Grundéns has been around for a while. Karl Grundén was making protective clothing for seafarers more than a century ago, starting with cotton dipped in oil and later with waxes used for…

7th August 2018

New ideas from Grundéns on oilskins and footwear

7th August 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Japanese Consumers Co-operative Union (JCCU) has joined the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) Global Partnership as a funding partner.

6th August 2018

Japanese Consumers Co-op Union joins GSSI

6th August 2018

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

The demand for marine products in Japan continues to rise, but with limited areas suitable for farming at sea, one company has developed a recirculating aquaculture system for salmon using artificial seawater.…

6th August 2018

Japanese company spearheads land-based salmon farming

6th August 2018

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The fishmeal and fish oil industry doesn’t hinder sourcing for human consumption, the technical director of IFFO - The Marine Ingredients Organisation has insisted.

3rd August 2018

Fish oil attack is unfounded, stresses IFFO

3rd August 2018

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Soaring prices have led the UK population to eat only half the recommended amount of seafood.

3rd August 2018

UK seafood consumption crisis

3rd August 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Just 8% of global production of snapper and grouper can be classified as sustainable or improving, and the key to improving the sector worldwide lies largely in Southeast Asia, according to the…

1st August 2018

8% of snapper and grouper sustainable

1st August 2018

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) is asking the industry to support development of a new working group which aims to encourage more women into aquaculture, and support those already working in…

1st August 2018

SAIC urges support for women’s working group

1st August 2018

HEME

HEME

Meet those who operate in the sector and raise industry knowledge of your brand.

1st August 2018

Secure brand exposure to the mariculture industry

1st August 2018

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Swedish company Unisystem AB has together with its Norwegian distributor Latech AS developed a motion compensated flow or batch scale. The ?eSea®Flow has accuracy to within 3% and has a weighing capacity…

1st August 2018

New motion compensated eSea®Flow scale

1st August 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Iceland-headquartered Marel will acquire German food processing equipment manufacturer MAJA in a deal expected to be finalised in the third quarter of 2018.

31st July 2018

Marel to acquire MAJA

31st July 2018

HEME

HEME

A good range of accessories can be provided to fulfil the needs of the customer.

30th July 2018

Retificio Ribola

30th July 2018

HEME

HEME

Patrick has a PhD in Applied Biological Sciences and a MSc in Biology from the University of Ghent. He stayed as researcher and also Guest Professor in Aquaculture with the Lab of…

30th July 2018

Patrick Lavens

30th July 2018

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Skaginn 3X has signed a contract to supply a processing factory to Collective Farm Fishery by V.I. Lenin that will grade, pack and freeze species including Alaska pollock, Pacific cod, wild salmon,…

30th July 2018

Skaginn 3X supplies Russian processing factory

30th July 2018