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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Australia has engaged with international partners to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing under Operation Nasse, a multilateral maritime surveillance operation involving France, New Zealand and the USA.

15th August 2016

Combatting illegal fishing

15th August 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Benchmark Holdings plc has expanded its breeding and genetics offering through the acquisition of a South American shrimp breeding programme.

11th August 2016

Benchmark acquires South American shrimp breeding programme

11th August 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The 10 semi-finalists for the ‘best young fish frier’ award at the 2017 National Fish & Chip Awards have been announced.

11th August 2016

Top 10 young fish friers announced

11th August 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Direct Seafoods is set to be the first supplier to offer British certified sustainable plaice.

11th August 2016

First British certified sustainable plaice

11th August 2016

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Three of Western Australia’s most commercially valuable finfish fisheries have entered Marine Stewardship Council full assessment - the Western Australia Kimberley and Pilbara demersal scalefish trap fisheries and the Gascoyne demersal line…

11th August 2016

Three Western Australian fisheries enter assessment

11th August 2016

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A new catamaran for UK fisherman Robert Mole is powered by twin Mermaid JCB engines.

10th August 2016

‘Debra Maria’ powered by JCB

10th August 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Bakkafrost has issued a statement confirming that none of the company’s fish farming activates are associated with whaling, and that there is no whale meat in its feed.

10th August 2016

Bakkafrost not associated with whaling

10th August 2016

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is considering multiple sites for off-bottom oyster aquaculture.

10th August 2016

Sites considered for oyster aquaculture in Mississippi

10th August 2016

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

RPC Sæplast is introducing a third size into one of its top-selling PE reusable plastic container ranges for food processing.

9th August 2016

New size PE container

9th August 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

FIP leaders from China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam came together recently in Bangkok, Thailand, for the FIP Managers Meeting, a blue swimming crab sustainability symposium.

9th August 2016

FIP Managers Meeting hosted by NFI Crab Council

9th August 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oceana has concluded its at-sea research in Malta to explore deep-sea areas, underwater caves and sandbanks within the LIFE BaHAR for N2K project.

9th August 2016

Marine research in Malta concludes

9th August 2016

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Marine fisheries catches have been drastically under-reported in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean, threatening the marine environment and livelihoods of the local community, a new study says.

8th August 2016

Under-reporting in Caribbean fisheries

8th August 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thai Union Group (TU) has reported a 16.9% on-year rise in the second quarter of 2016, with a net profit of THB1,527m.

8th August 2016

Record profit for Thai Union

8th August 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK authority, Seafish, is calling for vessel owners and skippers across the UK to participate in its annual economic survey of the UK fishing fleet.

4th August 2016

UK fishing fleet survey

4th August 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

China-based Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. has announced that 13 of its fishing vessels have obtained fishing licenses from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and are…

4th August 2016

Pingtan vessels to operate in Timor-Leste

4th August 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

ASEAN-SEAFDEC have hosted a cooperative forum in Thailand to cooperate with other Asian countries to develop a joint declaration to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and enhance sustainable fisheries development…

4th August 2016

Asian cooperation to combat IUU fishing

4th August 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has proposed a new multi-annual plan for demersal fish stocks in the North Sea.

4th August 2016

EC proposes multi-annual plan for the North Sea

4th August 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Quentin Bates looks at fishing gear patents and whether they help or hinder product development.

4th August 2016

Protecting or stifling a good idea?

4th August 2016

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Spatially delimited MPAs (Marine Protected Areas), however lacking in true science, have recently become a commonly prescribed remedy for all fish stock ails, especially for the conservation of biodiversity.

3rd August 2016

Dealing with MPA mania

3rd August 2016

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Research into more effective and sustainable fishing gear is on the increase. Adrian Tatum explores some of the reasons why.

3rd August 2016

Into fifth gear

3rd August 2016