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PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

US seafood company, Matlaw’s, has announced the debut of its new, bold, and blue recyclable plastic tray packaging.

9th June 2016

Matlaws new recyclable tray

9th June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new report has projected that the fish processing market will reach US$222.71bn in terms of value, at a compound annual growth of 3.8% from 2016 to 2021 and 37,194.98 KT in…

9th June 2016

Fish processing market worth $222.71bn by 2021

9th June 2016

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Reopening Western Australia’s metropolitan shark fishery could benefit public safety and give a much needed boost to the supply of premium seafood, according to a fishing industry chief.

9th June 2016

Reopening shark fishery could boost seafood supply

9th June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The global winner of the third annual Fishackathon has been awarded to Team Akubic from Taiwan, for their Great Lakes Savior which seeks to control populations of the invasive Asian carp.

9th June 2016

Invasive species solution wins Fishackathon 2016

9th June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A workshop being hosted by Seafish at the end of June hopes to educate the seafood industry on the importance of having a Social License to Operate (SLO), and how it affects…

8th June 2016

Combatting negative consumer perceptions

8th June 2016

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scottish Sea Farms was crowned winner of the Scottish Food & Drink Excellence Award for Innovation last week, for its pioneering approach to sea lice control.

8th June 2016

Cleaner fish project wins innovation award

8th June 2016

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Landau UK has won a three year contract with Defra and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to provide engineering services for the testing of engine power of fishing vessels around the UK.

8th June 2016

Landau wins UK fishing vessel contract

8th June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has published a new report which shows how effective management and improvements made by MSC certified fisheries are delivering measurable, positive impacts in the oceans.

8th June 2016

Sustainable catch doubled since 2010

8th June 2016

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Dartmouth College scientists have discovered that marine microalgae can completely replace the wild fish oil currently used to feed tilapia.

7th June 2016

Fish-free feed breakthrough

7th June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The international Port State Measures Agreement will come into force on Sunday 5 June, following its ratification by 29 States and the European Union.

2nd June 2016

PSMA comes into force this weekend

2nd June 2016

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Digital Marine Solutions (DMS) has acquired the assets of the Marine Division of Jeppesen.

2nd June 2016

DMS acquires the marine division of Jeppesen

2nd June 2016

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Precision Seafood Harvesting has won the inaugural Maori Innovation Award at the New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards for its revolutionary fishing technology.

2nd June 2016

Precision Seafood Harvesting wins Hi-Tech Award

2nd June 2016

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Young’s Seafood has made it into the final of the Grocer Gold Brand of the Year Award – the only specialist fish brand to reach the final.

2nd June 2016

Young’s Seafood up for award

2nd June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine Harvest Scotland has recycled more than a kilometre of flotation pipe from old salmon pens over the last four years, for use in the construction of marine access pontoons for its…

2nd June 2016

Decommissioned salmon pens upcycled

2nd June 2016

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Marine Harvest and Deep Sea Supply PLC have entered into a Heads of Agreement to establish a 50/50 owned aquaculture shipping joint venture to build, own and operate aquaculture vessels.

2nd June 2016

Aquaculture shipping joint venture to be established

2nd June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The WhoFishesFar.org website has revealed that 22,085 EU vessels have operated in non-EU waters since 2008, but Oceana says that the lack of official data on those operating in Africa under private…

1st June 2016

Oceana calls for greater transparency

1st June 2016

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

New Zealand company, Sanford, has expressed its support for Southland as the region looks to learn from Scandinavia on boosting aquaculture growth.

1st June 2016

Sanford supports aquaculture growth

1st June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Young’s Seafood Limited has hosted a Dragon’s Den’ style event to find the best new, innovative packaging ideas that could transform the future of seafood.

1st June 2016

‘Dragon’s Den’ style event seeks new packaging design

1st June 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

This year, for the first time, up to 20 participating fishermen from across New England will use digital cameras rather than human monitors to document discards of groundfish, such as cod, haddock…

1st June 2016

US fishery to implement electronic monitoring

1st June 2016

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

SouthFresh Aquaculture, a US-based catfish processor, is one step closer to being eligible to offer three-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) catfish.

1st June 2016

US company close to three-star BAP catfish

1st June 2016