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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A fishing vessel intercepted in international waters 860 nautical miles east of Japan was found to have eighty tons of salmon and a drift net measuring more than five miles long on…

25th June 2018

US-Chinese co-operation nets IUU driftnetter

25th June 2018

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

From its origins in founder Helgi Hjálmarsson’s garage, Valka has grown steadily and is now set to expand further, boosted by a landmark order for its fillet machines that utilise X-ray technology…

24th June 2018

Landmark order for Valka

24th June 2018

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scottish Sea Farms’ longest serving employee Geoff Kidd has celebrated 40 years of service including more than three decades as farm manager of Loch Spelve on Mull.

22nd June 2018

40th year for Scottish Sea Farms manager

22nd June 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two young chefs from West College Scotland have been crowned national champions at the 2018 UK Young Seafood Chef of the Year competition.

20th June 2018

Scottish students win UK Chef competition

20th June 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

AS Fiskevegn is calling for a reversal of Mustad Autoline’s purchase of Vetrhus Holding AS, which own 50% of the shares in AS Fiskevegn, claiming it is “not suitable” for one of…

19th June 2018

AS Fiskevegn protests Mustad takeover threat

19th June 2018

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Scottish Seafood Association (SSA) is leading a two-year pilot project to attract and prepare new entrants for a career in seafood processing and train and upskill the existing workforce to help…

19th June 2018

Scottish seafood sector to train talent

19th June 2018

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

IFFO, The Marine Ingredients Organisation has appointed Petter Martin Johannessen as director general.

18th June 2018

New IFFO director general

18th June 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine environmental NGO Bloom has lodged a formal complaint to the European Commission that the Dutch authorities gave large subsidies of EU money to enable the Dutch beam trawl fleet to switch…

18th June 2018

Battle rages to ban electric beaming

18th June 2018

WORLD FISHING EVENTS

WORLD FISHING EVENTS

Presentations and discussions at the Offshore Mariculture Conference in Singapore made clear the potential of the open ocean in creating a more dynamic and sustainable aquaculture industry.

17th June 2018

Offshore farming – unlocking growth potential

17th June 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafood producer Loch Fyne Oysters has celebrated its 40th year of trading by scooping the top prize in the ‘Fish and Seafood’ category of the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2018.

15th June 2018

Top award for Loch Fyne Oysters

15th June 2018

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Leading scallop and surf clam producer, Atlantic Capes Fisheries (ACF) recently installed an IQF tunnel freezer as well as a slurry ice and delivery system from Skaginn 3X.

15th June 2018

Atlantic Capes invests in Skaginn 3X IQF tunnel freezer and slurry ice delivery system

15th June 2018

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

With the accelerating growth of fish consumption, more and more attention and efforts are being dedicated to the development of fish farming, both?? ?? marine and freshwater. To produce fish of edible…

15th June 2018

?Fingerlings and other lings

15th June 2018

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The first contract for a state-of-the-art simulator covering navigation, fishfinding and catching has been signed with the Lofoten Vocational School in Northern Norway. The new K-Sim Fishery will support training, improving safety…

14th June 2018

New Kongsberg simulator meets training demand for sustainable fisheries

14th June 2018

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The company expects to begin producing a high protein animal feed ingredient later this summer as a major construction at the Flint Hills Resources Fairmont ethanol plant is approaches completion.

13th June 2018

Flint Hills Resources Fairmont nears completion of coproduct upgrading project construction

13th June 2018

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The NSW and Australian Governments are merging the NSW managed Southern Fish Trawl and the Commonwealth managed South East Trawl fisheries to resolve management inefficiencies.

13th June 2018

Australian fisheries merge over inefficiency

13th June 2018

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

More than a hundred organisations have formally announced their united opposition to industrial ocean fish farming in US waters. According to Friends of the Earth, the move comes as some members of Congress…

13th June 2018

Coalition opposes industrial ocean fish farming

13th June 2018

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Rolls-Royce Marine has signed a landmark contract with US shipyard Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors for the development of a 100 metre state-of-the-art pelagic trawler for the Seattle-based Arctic Storm Management Group.

13th June 2018

Rolls-Royce design for US pelagic catcher

13th June 2018

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Lloyds Register Foundation, a charity helping to protect the safety of life and property by supporting education, research and public engagement, has announced the launch of its Insight Report on safety in…

12th June 2018

Safety in the fishing industry: providing insight into a global safety challenge

12th June 2018

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

US sustainable seafood alliance Sea Pact is to fund three new aquaculture projects to help drive sustainability in the industry.

12th June 2018

Sea Pact funds three new aquaculture projects

12th June 2018

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The European Commission and the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) have secured a 10-year pledge to rebuild the Black Sea fish stocks, protect the regions ecological and economic wealth and…

11th June 2018

Black Sea countries pledge sustainability

11th June 2018