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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Clearwater Seafoods has announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Beaton Family and Change Capital Partners, the private equity fund, to acquire 100% of the shares of Macduff Shellfish…

13th October 2015

Clearwater to acquire Macduff

13th October 2015

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The EU seafood market is proving popular, with a 1.7% increase in total market supply to 14.4 million tonnes, according to the 2015 AIPCE-CEP Finfish Study.

13th October 2015

EU seafood market is a catch

13th October 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scottish Sea Farms (SSF) is upgrading its smolt production sites on the Isle of Mull and Sutherland, Scotland, using material from the company’s redundant seawater pens, in a commitment to responsible recycling.

13th October 2015

Recycling old pens for new upgrade

13th October 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Voyager Fishing Company, based in Northern Ireland, is expanding its fishing capabilities by ordering a new trawler/purse seiner vessel which is scheduled for delivery in August 2017.

9th October 2015

New vessel for Northern Ireland

9th October 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thai Union is launching a long-term programme that aims to ensure formal training of Thai labour and social welfare regulations is given to migrant workers in the country.

9th October 2015

Thai Union to promote migrant worker rights

9th October 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A whole host of attractions for visitors - including a record number of boat displays – will be available at Skipper Expo Int. Bournemouth 2015 on 30-31 October.

9th October 2015

Boats on display at Skipper Expo

9th October 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Lake Erie yellow perch and walleye (pickerel) fisheries have become the fourth and largest commercial freshwater fishery in the world to achieve MSC certification, and the first in the Great Lakes…

9th October 2015

Lake Erie fishermen obtain MSC certification

9th October 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

International direct investment fund Hermes-Sojitz is investing in €20m in Mauritania PELAGIC, which will finance a new trawler and fish processing equipment.

8th October 2015

Investment fund to finance new Mauritanian trawler

8th October 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Indonesian and Australian governments are joining forces with the aim of combatting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and promoting sustainable fisheries governance across the region.

8th October 2015

Oceania governments combat IUU fishing

8th October 2015

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) is throwing its support behind Seafood Week by launching a series of new information sheets on some of Scotland’s most popular fish, called ‘Your Sustainable Fish Choice’.

8th October 2015

SFF in support of Seafood Week

8th October 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US department of energy has awarded a US$1.5m grant to fund nationwide efforts in expanding the aquaculture workforce.

8th October 2015

Aquaculture project awarded US grant

8th October 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Denmark, Germany and Sweden will stop all fishing activities over highly sensitive ‘bubbling’ reefs and will also end fishing with damaging bottom gear over reefs in protected Danish waters of the Baltic…

7th October 2015

Bottom fishing banned in Danish marine parks

7th October 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

President Obama is committing to protecting the ocean and its marine ecosystems with new landmark initiatives and policies including two new marine sanctuaries.

7th October 2015

Obama commits to ocean protection

7th October 2015

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The new ‘Jumper’ trawl door from Morgére has been designed to minimise contact with the seabed.

7th October 2015

New trawl door significantly reduces seabed contact

7th October 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New Zealand’s Sanford Limited has announced that Rob McLeod is joining its Board of Directors on 1 January 2016.

7th October 2015

Rob McLeod joins Sanford Board

7th October 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The inaugural International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) Award has been presented to Dr Mohamed Shainee, Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture for the Maldives.

7th October 2015

Maldives Minister awarded by IPNLF

7th October 2015

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Perth will welcome fisheries experts from across Australia and overseas this month when it hosts a national conference aimed at boosting the future of Australian fishing and aquaculture.

7th October 2015

Perth to host Seafood Directions 2015

7th October 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine Harvest Canada has successfully completed a pilot of the Best Aquaculture Practices’ (BAP) new group farm programme, resulting in 11 of its salmon farm sites attaining BAP certification.

6th October 2015

Canadian BAP Group Farm pilot first

6th October 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Canada’s Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries has received Chain of Custody (CoC) certification from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), meaning Manitoba-harvested pickerel will served in Canadian casinos Club Regent and McPhillips Station.

6th October 2015

First casinos become MSC-certified

6th October 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thai Union is introducing a more stringent ‘Business Ethics and Labor Code of Conduct’ which it says will create a higher level of accountability and transparency through its supply chain.

1st October 2015

Thai Union labour code of conduct

1st October 2015