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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

There are record amounts of fish in live storage in Norway within the past year, according to Nofima scientist Oystein Hermansen.

18th January 2016

Record amounts of fish in live storage in 2015

18th January 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new study has found that using real-time management polices to regulate fisheries can reduce the accidental bycatch juvenile fish and endangered species with less economic impact on fishermen.

15th January 2016

Real-time fishery management reduces bycatch

15th January 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Pancreas Disease (PD) costs the Norwegian fish farming industry more than one billion NOK a year (approximately US$113m).

14th January 2016

Optimal feed reduces mortality

14th January 2016

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) has welcomed the federal rule published by NOAA implementing a marine aquaculture fishery management plan for the Gulf of Mexico, and says that it will grow the…

14th January 2016

Aquaculture plan to expand soybean meal market

14th January 2016

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The World is Your Oyster campaign is encouraging individuals who might be seeking a new challenge in 2016, to consider switching to a career in the seafood industry.

14th January 2016

Seafood industry provides new career opportunities

14th January 2016

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

An advisory committee of industry and stakeholder representatives will provide advice on a practical way to trace the origin of escaped salmon, as part of the new containment management rules for finfish…

14th January 2016

Tracing escaped salmon in Nova Scotia

14th January 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Calysta will develop the production process for FeedKind protein at its Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) in Teesside, UK.

13th January 2016

Calysta to open first R&D and market introduction facility in UK

13th January 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An €18m Capital Investment Package for the development of Ireland’s fishery harbour network in 2016 has been announced by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney.

13th January 2016

€18m funding for Ireland’s fishery harbours

13th January 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) has started the New Year with growth in the form of new network members.

13th January 2016

New IPNLF members

13th January 2016

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Traditionally Buus Refrigeration has always made flake ice machines, but now the company is able to offer its customers a combined slurry and flake ice maker.

13th January 2016

Combined slurry and flake ice maker

13th January 2016

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Three bivalve farms belonging to Ria Austral South America in the Queilen, Pichicolu and Hudson Channel areas of Chile, have achieved Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification - taking the current number of…

12th January 2016

ASC celebrates 200 certified farms

12th January 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scientists from 26 European countries have compiled the first comprehensive survey on the status quo of freshwater mussel species in Europe.

12th January 2016

First study on freshwater mussel stocks in 26 European countries

12th January 2016

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Tucal’s new compact plate freezers with ammonia flooded system will soon be successfully completing their first year of operation.

12th January 2016

Tucal freezers celebrate first year

12th January 2016

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Philippine Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) and the Philippine fisheries sector are welcoming the New Year with a five-year national fisheries plan.

12th January 2016

Philippines to launch 5-year fisheries plan

12th January 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Friend of the Sea has recently introduced new criteria for the certification of tuna from sustainable fisheries, requiring the use of non-entangling Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs).

12th January 2016

New ‘Non-entangling FADs’ standard launched

12th January 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish White Fish Producers’ Association (SWFPA) - the largest fishing association in Scotland, with approximately 200 members - has committed to supporting all of its members to apply for Responsible Fishing…

12th January 2016

SWFPA to fund RFS certification

12th January 2016

HEME

HEME

A new £1.97m project has been launched to develop and apply new molecular biology techniques to reduce the impact of major diseases in aquaculture for the improvement of the livelihood of small-scale…

11th January 2016

Project to reduce major aquaculture diseases

11th January 2016

HEME

HEME

Donna Lanzetta, Founder of Manna Fish Farms, will give an in-depth presentation on her long held belief that offshore is the place to farm and on her five year venture to gain…

11th January 2016

Pioneering fish farmer to give presentation on plans for offshore Atlantic striped bass farm

11th January 2016

HEME

HEME

In addition to the NOAA representative, Ernesto Penas Lado, Director: Directorate A — Policy development and coordination: DG MARE — Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries will give a European viewpoint to…

11th January 2016

Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries to give Keynote address

11th January 2016

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Jadran Tuna, a Croatian fishing company, has installed Glamox energy-saving LED floodlights on its Carica fishing vessel.

11th January 2016

Croatian fishing company installs energy-saving LED floodlights

11th January 2016