News

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Optimar will supply a complete krill factory for Aker BioMarines new krill fishing vessel as part of a contract worth approximately NOK300m.

12th May 2017

Optimar to build Aker BioMarine krill factory

12th May 2017

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

USAID Oceans is partnering with IPNLF to introduce a catch documentation and traceability system that will support the sustainable management of artisanal coastal fisheries and deter illegal fishing.

12th May 2017

Partnership advances traceability in Indonesian tuna fisheries

12th May 2017

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission has adopted two action plans setting out how Belgium and Germany can overcome identified shortcomings in their fisheries control systems.

11th May 2017

Belgian and German fisheries control

11th May 2017

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

An integrated feeding software solution released late last year has seen a strong market response according to its Norwegian manufacturers.

11th May 2017

AKVAconnect boosts integrated feeding

11th May 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

With Australia’s 2017-18 Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) season having just started, the South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association (SETFIA) and the Great Australian Bight Industry Association (GABIA) are…

11th May 2017

Investing in seabird safe tech

11th May 2017

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The first ever International Cleaner Fish Summit saw attendees focus on efficient use of biological control against sea lice and the benefits that cleaner fish will bring to the salmon farming industry.

11th May 2017

First Cleaner Fish Summit takes place

11th May 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fishermen from Foyle Fishermen’s Co-op based in Co. Donegal, Ireland, have become members of the BIM Fishing For Litter (FFL) programme.

10th May 2017

Foyle fishermen sign up to litter intiative

10th May 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Iceland’s Ministry of Fisheries has appointed a cross-party committee to examine new approaches to levies on marine resources.

10th May 2017

Committee to examine resource levy options

10th May 2017

IC

IC

Fish Waste for Profit 2021 will take place on 16-17 September in Reykjavik, Iceland.A new Call for Papers has been released for the 4th Edition of the Fish Waste for Profit Conference…

10th May 2017

Call for papers

10th May 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

According to the regulations, Icelandic vessels are allowed to start fishing for Irminger Sea redfish from today, but so far there are no Icelandic trawlers out by the 200-mile limit on the…

10th May 2017

Redfish season opens today

10th May 2017

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Iceland Responsible Fisheries Foundation (IRF) has reported it saw a rise in demand for information about the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) during the Seafood Expo Global in Brussels last month.

9th May 2017

IRF promotes GSSI at Seafood Expo

9th May 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Every two years the Danfish Exhibition brings together global fishing industry representatives to do business in Aalborg, Denmark.

9th May 2017

Denmark’s fishing industry focus

9th May 2017

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

All three parties forming the Faroese government have reached agreement on a new Parliamentary fisheries management bill, with the new regime slated to begin on the first of January of next year.

9th May 2017

Changes to Faroese fisheries management

9th May 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine innovation company, Reygar, has launched BareFLEET, a new fleet monitoring system that offers an unparalleled level of insight into all aspects of fleet performance and health.

8th May 2017

Reygar fleet monitoring system

8th May 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Europeche has dismissed accusations that fishing industry representatives influenced the EU Council’s (EC) negotiations on total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas and that the Fisheries Ministers subsequently set the level of TACs…

8th May 2017

Europêche rejects EU lobbying claims

8th May 2017

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The world’s largest live fish carrying vessel has been ordered by Norwegian company Sølvtrans and will immediately on delivery start a ten-year contract with fish faming company Huon in Tasmania.

8th May 2017

World’s largest live fish carrier

8th May 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Leading Icelandic and Dutch seafood companies Samherji and Parlevliet en van der Plas are preparing to install FleXicut systems from Marel on their freezing trawlers.

5th May 2017

FleXicut systems for Samherji and P&P

5th May 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The order for HB Grandi’s new factory vessel has gone to the Astilleros Armon yard in Spain and will be built at the company’s yard at Gijon in northern Spain.

3rd May 2017

Armon to build HB Grandi factory trawler

3rd May 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A collaborative project is bringing industry and government together to provide King scallops (Pecten maximus) stock assessments in the English Channel and Celtic Sea to address a current lack of available data.

3rd May 2017

Project to refine scallop stock assessment

3rd May 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Norwegian krill producer Rimfrost has announced plans for a new trawler to target krill in the Southern Ocean, in response to a rising demand for krill oil.

3rd May 2017

Rimfrost plans new krill trawler

3rd May 2017