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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Western Australia’s Deep Sea Crab fishery is the latest of the state’s 47 commercial fisheries to gain Marine Stewardship Council certification for sustainable management.

21st July 2016

Oz Deep Sea Crab fishery gets MSC certified

21st July 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Cermaq has made a huge stride towards individual-based farming with the launch of its iFarm.

21st July 2016

Cermaq launches iFarm

21st July 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Marine Antiquities Scheme (MAS) is being launched today to help protect the UK’s marine heritage by encouraging the recording of archaeological and historical objects found by marine users in English and…

21st July 2016

Marine Antiquities Scheme to record underwater finds

21st July 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) scientists have been conducting research off eastern Tasmania to measure the amount of orange roughy stock, to ensure that sustainable commercial catch limits continue to…

21st July 2016

CSIRO conducts orange roughy research

21st July 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

ME Certification has delivered a series of training seminars to business partner Control Union in Cambodia, to ensure that there is a local team of well trained professionals ready to assist fisheries…

20th July 2016

Delivering MSC certification in the Asia-Pacific region

20th July 2016

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

WWF and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) have announced the fourteen Mediterranean fisheries selected to undergo the MSC pre-assessment process as part of Project Medfish, an initiative to encourage more sustainable fishing…

19th July 2016

Med fisheries sustainability focus

19th July 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A dynamic panel session was held at the International Institute for Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET) by Environmental Defence Fund Europe.

19th July 2016

Overcoming the challenges of the discard ban

19th July 2016

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

As part of Scottish Sea Farms’ ongoing initiative to deliver a natural solution to control sea lice, the company has invested over £4 million in purchasing Scotland’s first innovative Thermolicer machine.

19th July 2016

Thermolicer delivered to Scottish Sea Farms

19th July 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Stakeholders are being invited to provide information to assist in the development of voluntary U.S. Standards for Grades of Catfish and Catfish Products.

19th July 2016

Input sought on catfish grade standards

19th July 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Pew Charitable Trusts has called for a two-year moratorium on commercial fishing of Pacific bluefin tuna, after this year’s stock assessment has shown that the population is at just 2.6% of…

19th July 2016

Pew calls for fishing moratorium on Pacific bluefin

19th July 2016

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Western Australia’s Liberal National Government has announced a $1.66 million project to develop an investment ready aquaculture zone in coastal waters on WA’s south coast.

19th July 2016

Investment ready aquaculture for WA

19th July 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scientists from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) met recently in Casablanca, Morocco to assess stock levels of swordfish in the Mediterranean Sea.

19th July 2016

Action needed for Mediterranean swordfish

19th July 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

According to a marine expert at the University of Hull, fishermen may no longer be able to catch cod and haddock off the shores of Britain in the next century.

19th July 2016

The end of North Sea cod and haddock fishing?

19th July 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK salmon specialist, JCS Fish, has achieved certification to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) A Grade – an international gold standard for safety and quality standards.

18th July 2016

BRC A Grade for JCS Fish

18th July 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

PT Aneka Tuna Indonesia (ATI), British tuna firm Lovering Foods, and French company Thunnus Overseas Group (TOG) have all participated in the conservation efforts of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF).

18th July 2016

New ISSF participating companies

18th July 2016

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The way global fish stocks are protected and identified is currently being revolutionised by DNA detection tools.

14th July 2016

The value of DNA sequencing in fisheries

14th July 2016

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission is making it easier for fishermen and Member States to comply with EU rules, by adopting new, simpler rules for data collection in the fisheries sector for the period…

14th July 2016

Simplified programme for fisheries data collection

14th July 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK Government is to lift the ban on overseas trading of skates and rays quotas in order to help the Scottish industry manage their fishing activity.

14th July 2016

Skates and ray trading ban lifted

14th July 2016

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Greek company Fitco produces and markets copper alloy nets to the aquaculture industry and is looking to meet Norwegian and international operators in the maritime sector at Nor-Fishing 2016.

14th July 2016

Fitco to present copper alloy net at Nor-Fishing

14th July 2016

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Ziegra has also recently launched its new single phase ice machine for use on board smaller fishing vessels, due to the demand from skippers and owners of smaller boats for an onboard…

14th July 2016

Ziegra introduces new onboard ice machine

14th July 2016