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The Australian Border Force (ABF) and the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Defence Force Maritime Element conducted joint patrol to identify and intercept Vietnamese illegal fishing vessels.

4th January 2017

Australia and PNG in joint IUU patrol

4th January 2017

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35 Years of Experience in the Seafood IndustryTitle(s): Owner, Prime Time Seafood, Inc.Founding Partner and Owner, Pacifico AquacultureBeginning his career working as a marine biologist, and finally now as a founding owner,…

4th January 2017

Rex Ito

4th January 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Demand for MSC-certified tuna and fishing industry interest is expected to see “wild catch” tuna tonnage double from the waters of the (PNA) in 2017.

3rd January 2017

Sustainably caught tuna forecast to double

3rd January 2017

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Omar Alfi is the Managing Director of Pacifico Aquaculture, where he oversees financing, operations and business development functions within the company. Prior to Pacifico, Omar worked in the mining industry in Johannesburg,…

3rd January 2017

Omar Alfi

3rd January 2017

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Dr. Conal True and the research team form UABC have dedicated much of their professional life to develop technological procedures and basic/applied science to evaluate the feasibility for a full scale husbandry…

3rd January 2017

Conal True

3rd January 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Western Australia’s fisheries minister Joe Francis has branded stealing other fishermen’s rock lobster catches as un-Australian, and threatens severe penalties for those caught lifting someone else’s pots.

3rd January 2017

Rock lobster thieves high and dry

3rd January 2017

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Shalom Sagiv is Chief executive officer of Tecnogia Pesquera Avanzada de Campeche S.A. de C.V. and offshore marine fish farming located in the state of Campeche, México.Mr. Sagiv has 10 years of…

3rd January 2017

Shalom Sagiv

3rd January 2017

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Eric is a Marine Fishery Biologist with over 30 years of experience in Latin America working with commercial fisheries and aquaculture. Eric was the Legal Representative in Mexico for the Inter-American Tropical…

3rd January 2017

Eric Pedersen

3rd January 2017

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Dr Albert G.J. Tacon is Technical Director of Aquatic Farms Ltd in Hawaii, and works as an international aquaculture consultant, specializing in aquatic feeds and nutrition. After obtaining his PhD in fish…

3rd January 2017

Albert Tacon

3rd January 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK fisheries minister George Eustice announced on New Year’s Day that the latest phase of the discard ban for demersal species has now come into force.

2nd January 2017

Latest phase of discard ban takes effect

2nd January 2017

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Icelandic fishing gear supplier Ísfell has established a facility at Flateyri in north-western Iceland for cleaning and servicing aquaculture cages, providing servies to the region’s growing aquaculture sector.

30th December 2016

Ísfell’s new Flateyri aquaculture facility

30th December 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Gullberg fish processing plant at Seyðisfjörður in Eastern Iceland has had a busy year, processing 3600 tonnes of groundfish.

28th December 2016

Busy year for Gullberg

28th December 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

According to the MSC Network’s executive director Harm Koster, in 2016 the Network promoted effective and efficient MCS to combat IUU fishing. In March it celebrated the fifth GFETW in Auckland, New…

28th December 2016

MCS Network celebrates a busy 2016

28th December 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thai Union Group PCL, in collaboration with the Labour Rights Promotion Network Foundation (LPN), developed an educational labor rights booklet for migrant workers in Samut Sakhon.

28th December 2016

Thai Union and LPN provide labour rights booklet to ?migrant workers

28th December 2016

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Dr Alejandro Buentello is a Fish Nutritionist and Physiologist and presently he is the Director of Animal Nutrition Research at Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM), in Decatur, IL. He is also the…

23rd December 2016

Alejandro Buentello

23rd December 2016

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

An investment in Scotland’s first Thermolicer device is proving a success for Scottish Sea Farms (SSF).

23rd December 2016

Sustainable solution success for Scottish Aquaculture

23rd December 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The New Zealand-based manufacturer of multibeam technology, WASSP Ltd, has released its new F3L, a low frequency wideband 80 kHz system.

23rd December 2016

Deeper widescan sounder from WASSP

23rd December 2016

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

AquaGen has identified two genetic markers (QTLs) with significant correlation to flavobacteriosis resistance that will be used in rainbow trout egg production.

22nd December 2016

Launching rainbow trout eggs

22nd December 2016

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With over 20 years of experience in the aquaculture private business, Mr. Konietzko has started, operated and managed new and existing aquaculture projects in different countries. He has worked with freshwater and…

22nd December 2016

Paul Konietzko

22nd December 2016

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The US Seafood Harvesters commercial fishing group has hired Kevin Wheeler from the Consortium for Ocean Leadership as its new executive director.

21st December 2016

Kevin Wheeler joins Seafood Harvesters

21st December 2016