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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has announced a new partnership with Alcampo, one of Spain’s largest hypermarket chains.

20th June 2016

Spanish hypermarket becomes SFP retail partner

20th June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Malaysian Department of Fisheries (DoF) and WorldFish have signed an agreement to establish the Technical Committee on Research Collaboration.

17th June 2016

Malaysia and WorldFish establish new research committee

17th June 2016

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

EnviroFlight, LLC has received the ‘DSM Innovation Award’ in aquaculture, which honours transformative innovation within the aquaculture industry.

16th June 2016

EnviroFlight wins innovation award

16th June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Maritime data and surveillance specialist, exactEarth and satellite image company, DigitalGlobe, have joined forces to help the commercial fishing industry combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

16th June 2016

New partnership to combat IUU fishing

16th June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oceana has called on the EU and its Member States to immediately redouble EU-wide efforts to curb this year’s slowdown in the number of fish stocks that are caught at sustainable levels.

16th June 2016

Oceana calls on EC to redouble efforts to recover fish stocks

16th June 2016

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Norwegian propulsion system manufacturer, Scana Propulsion, has won new contracts for propulsion systems for five fishing vessels.

16th June 2016

Scana Propulsion signs contracts for five fishing vessels

16th June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New research from the University of British Columbia (UBC) finds that rogue fishing vessels are able to secure insurance, including those that have been flagged by international watchdogs for unlawful activity.

15th June 2016

Rogue fishers should be refused insurance

15th June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thai Union Group PCL has partnered with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to enhance community capacity and develop sustainable fisheries in Pathiu Bay, Chumphon Province, Thailand.

15th June 2016

Project launched to support Thai coastal communities

15th June 2016

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The US Coast Guard and Navy have completed a 40-day joint mission in the Central and South Pacific to combat transnational crimes, enforce fisheries laws and enhance regional security.

15th June 2016

Joint fisheries patrol completed in Oceania

15th June 2016

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

SeaChoice, Canada’s comprehensive sustainable seafood programme, is celebrating its tenth anniversary by publishing Canada’s first comprehensive sustainable seafood study.

14th June 2016

Sustainable seafood study

14th June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Russian government has finally approved a package of amendments to the federal law ‘On Fishing’, which may result in a significant change to the balance of powers in the Russian fishing…

14th June 2016

Legislative amendments may result in bankruptcy

14th June 2016

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Adrian Tatum discovers how some European fishing nations are adjusting to the second phase of the EU discard ban, which came into force on 1 January.

14th June 2016

Discarding the past

14th June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Ukrainian company AFC Prydunayska Niva has obtained the Friend of the Sea certification for Antarctic krill.

14th June 2016

Antarctic krill fishery FoS certified

14th June 2016

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The FRESH urban fish farm located in Völkingen, Germany, has achieved Friend of the Sea sustainable aquaculture certification for its gilthead seabream, yellowtail kingfish and European seabass.

14th June 2016

Urban fish farm achieves certification

14th June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The chief executive of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement has said that a new US government fishing regulation that went into effect in May violates a conservation measure for high seas…

14th June 2016

PNA: US rule attempts to evade conservation measure

14th June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Demand for fishery and aquaculture products in the EU is strong, with consumption per capita increasing, according to the latest Monthly Highlights from European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products (EUMOFA).

14th June 2016

EU imports increase by one billion a year

14th June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A small scale fisherman from Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK, has won World Animal Protection UK’s Sea Change Champion Award, for tackling the problem of ghost fishing gear.

13th June 2016

Sea Change Champion

13th June 2016

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

There has been plenty of development of trawl doors since the days when they were just that; arrays of heavy oak planks bound up in an iron frames, hence the name. WF&As…

9th June 2016

Taking trawl doors to a new level

9th June 2016

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The worldwide production of plastics has increased considerably since the middle of the 20th century.

9th June 2016

The plastic menace

9th June 2016

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The world’s biggest Atlantic salmon company, Marine Harvest, has combined two packaging techniques to prolong the freshness of its ASC Salmon Traiteur Loin produced in France.

9th June 2016

New packaging extends fish freshness and improves appearance

9th June 2016