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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Cargill has launched two new salmon feeds, EWOS SOLID and EWOS EXTRA, which the company says are important parts of a grower feed program based on the EWOS COMPASS biological model for…

13th April 2016

Cargill launches new salmon feeds

13th April 2016

NEWS

NEWS

Taiwan’s Executive Yuan has recently passed draft legislation and revised existing fishery regulations to comply with European Union (EU) demands for increased measures to eliminate IUU fishing by the republic’s large distant…

12th April 2016

Taiwan works to avoid EU red card

12th April 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Salmon genetics company, AquaGen AS, has acquired the majority shareholding of Aquabel, a Brazil-based tilapia breeding and distribution company.

12th April 2016

AquaGen acquires majority shareholding of Aquabel

12th April 2016

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

European nations are slowly coming to terms with implementing new rules and legislation under the latest Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), as Adrian Tatum reports.

12th April 2016

Europe slowly opens up to the CFP

12th April 2016

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

NAVIS ehf has applied for an innovator grant from Rannís (The Icelandic Centre for Research) for the design of the first hybrid longline fishing boat in Iceland.

12th April 2016

First hybrid longline fishing boat

12th April 2016

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The finalists for the new Seafood Excellence Global awards competition have been announced.

12th April 2016

Seafood Excellence Global finalists announced

12th April 2016

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced more than $1.2 million in available funding to support the development of environmentally and economically sustainable aquaculture in the United States.

12th April 2016

$1.2m available for aquaculture research

12th April 2016

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Five years after the tsunami that devastated the east coast of Japan, the Miyagi Prefecture Fisheries are celebrating a major milestone.

12th April 2016

Japan oysters ASC

12th April 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A Pacific island fisheries bloc has unanimously decided to maintain its Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) management system.

12th April 2016

PNA Vessel Day Scheme to remain

12th April 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The first step has been taken on developing a legally-binding instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.

12th April 2016

Progress on conserving marine biodiversity

12th April 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seaspan Shipyards, Vancouver, has announced the start of construction on its second National Shipbuilding Strategy (NNS) ship.

11th April 2016

Seaspan begin construction on second OFSV

11th April 2016

HEME

HEME

After a day full of presentations and extensive question & answer sessions, delegates relaxed at the Conference Dinner held in La Gavina restaurant in the restored Palau del Mar building at the…

8th April 2016

Delegates enjoy the networking in Barcelona

8th April 2016

HEME

HEME

OMC 2016 continued with a second day of presentations. What we have heard over the last two days is that the industry has really progressed. There is a 1:1 food conversion now…

8th April 2016

Communicating the importance of fish, and aquaculture

8th April 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Australian Government has congratulated Spanish authorities for taking action against several Spanish nationals and companies involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Southern Ocean.

7th April 2016

Penalties against illegal fishers welcomed

7th April 2016

HEME

HEME

The Offshore Mariculture Conference was opened in Barcelona on 6 April by Conference Chairman Alessandro Lovatelli, Aquaculture Office for the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to more than…

7th April 2016

Offshore Mariculture Conference 2016 is off to a superb start!

7th April 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Brakes, has become the first food service supplier to introduce Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified prawns in the UK.

6th April 2016

Brakes offers ASC certified prawns

6th April 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Fisheries has given the green light for Norway’s first development concession enabling Ocean Farming AS, supported by Kongsberg Maritime AS, to build the world’s first automated…

5th April 2016

Offshore aquaculture project gets green light

5th April 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has apprehended a foreign fishing vessel suspected of fishing offences in the Territorial Sea within the Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ).

5th April 2016

Apprehension of foreign fishing vessel in Aussie waters

5th April 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thai Union Group Public Company Limited (TU) has launched a Pilot Plant with deputy Prime Minster Dr Somkid Jatursripitak.

4th April 2016

TU supports government policy

4th April 2016

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The new Octopus 10 from BlueTraker is a touch screen terminal with pre-installed applications for fisheries.

31st March 2016

New Octopus 10 from BlueTraker

31st March 2016