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ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Scanmar Ltd, the new daughter company of Scanmar is now fully operational in Peterhead, Scotland.

1st October 2015

Scanmar Ltd now operational

1st October 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has issued Comoros and Taiwan with yellow card warnings, as they risk being identified uncooperative in the fight against illegal fishing.

1st October 2015

Yellow cards for Taiwan and Comoros

1st October 2015

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

New legislation is being implemented by Alaskan Senators Lisa Murkowski and Maria Cantwell with the aim of better distinguishing pollock harvested in Alaskan waters from Russian pollock.

1st October 2015

New legislation to protect Alaskan seafood

1st October 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The operating profit for the overall UK fishing fleet has increased by 34% to £202 million in 2013, compared to 2012, according to the latest figures from Seafish.

1st October 2015

UK reports stable profits

1st October 2015

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

C. C. Jensen writes for WF&A on the importance of ‘clean diesel’.

1st October 2015

Oil system maintenance is the key to clean diesel

1st October 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Delegates from 23 countries arrived in Grimsby, UK, for five days of talks and workshops addressing issues impacting the global seafood industry, for the 10th World Seafood Congress.

30th September 2015

WSC 2015 a great success

30th September 2015

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Tom Rutter has been appointed chief executive officer of North P&I Club’s subsidiary Sunderland Marine, a leading international insurer of fishing vessels, small craft and aquaculture risks.

30th September 2015

Marine insurer appoints new CEO

30th September 2015

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Last year Thyborøn Trawldoor introduced the ‘Flipper’ doors, as a technical design change to the existing Type 15 VF - this year the company has moved this design change with its adjustable…

30th September 2015

‘Flipper’ design moves to Type 14 VF

30th September 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Seafarms Group’s planned $1.4billion prawn farming operation in Kimberley, Western Australia, has been given a big boost by being granted ‘major project’ status by the State Government.

30th September 2015

Project Seadragon backed by government

30th September 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An adequate autonomous tariff quota (ATQ) system is vital to ensure the competitiveness of the fish processing industry, says the EU Fish Processors and Traders (AIPCE-CEP).

30th September 2015

FinFish Study calls for adequate ATQ system

30th September 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scientists at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban are helping to safeguard stocks of farmed shellfish and salmon in Scottish aquaculture’s industrial heartland.

30th September 2015

Early warning on harmful algae

30th September 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

In the Pacific Northwest, NOAA scientists and partners are studying the potential for seaweed farms to help fight ocean acidification by removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the ocean.

29th September 2015

Seaweed key to mitigating ocean acidification

29th September 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Innovate UK and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have committed £3m in funding for a research project set to make a series of breakthroughs in the science and technology…

29th September 2015

£3m in funding for lobster hatchery research

29th September 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Figures released by the WWF show that the world’s marine populations have remained unchanged for almost 30 years, despite numerous reports of stocks being overfished and exploited, says Europêche.

28th September 2015

Marine populations remain unchanged

28th September 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

International experts in fisheries management have come together as part of a new initiative, called Collaborative for Food from Our Oceans Data (CFOOD).

28th September 2015

CFOOD initiative

28th September 2015

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

New Zealand fishing company, Sanford, is investing in a freezer trawler as part of its increasing focus on adding more value to its quota portfolio.

28th September 2015

Sanford invests in freezer trawler

28th September 2015

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Three new longline vessels have been added to the Seychelles’ longliner fleet.

28th September 2015

Three new longliners for Seychelles

28th September 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commissions recent consultation on an EU ecolabel for fisheries and aquaculture products shows that the majority of respondents believe that the EU and other public bodies could play a role…

28th September 2015

EU ecolabel consultation results

28th September 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has published its annual UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2014.

24th September 2015

UK fishing industry statistics published

24th September 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Adult blue crabs are “much more tolerant” of low-oxygen, hypoxic conditions that previously thought, but global warming could change things, according to new research by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

24th September 2015

Blue crabs tolerate hypoxic conditions

24th September 2015