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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Petuna Aquaculture Pty. Ltd. has become the world’s first marine farming company to attain Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification for both salmon and trout at the same farm site.

15th July 2015

Petuna earns BAP certification

15th July 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The Government of Canada has awarded two contracts of approximately $2.6 million for seven new surveillance vessels to support Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Conservation and Protection Program in Nova Scotia.

15th July 2015

New surveillance vessels for Nova Scotia

15th July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Shan Yathunanthan has joined conformity assessment body ME Certification Ltd (MEC) as director of certification in a move to help spearhead business expansion.

15th July 2015

ME Certification appoints new certification director

15th July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

India’s Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) has bred the milkfish (Chanos chanos), locally known as ‘Paal Kendai’ or ‘Paal Meen’, successfully in captivity for the first time in the country.

15th July 2015

Breakthrough in milkfish breeding

15th July 2015

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

An EU-funded project is making progress in developing sensors to detect harmful toxins and pharmaceutical agents that can be found in seafood.

15th July 2015

ECsafeSEAFOOD detects harmful toxins

15th July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Soil Association is proposing changes to its organic aquaculture standards and is calling on producers, industry experts and consumers with an interest in organic aquaculture to have their say.

14th July 2015

Soil Association to update standards

14th July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

With only eight weeks left until the World Seafood Congress (WSC), global fishing industry professionals are being urged to purchase the few remaining tickets.

14th July 2015

WSC approaching fast

14th July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Irish Government has outlined new economic research that indicates its blueprint for the marine sector to deliver more than 16,100 additional jobs and an additional €2.7bn in economic growth by 2020.

14th July 2015

Irish marine plan

14th July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thai Union Group has appointed Darian May McBain as its new group director of sustainable development, effective 6 July 2015.

14th July 2015

Thai Union Group appoints new group director of sustainable development

14th July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Progress is being made in finding alternative sources of omega-3 fish oils with genetically engineered Camelina oilseed plants, developed by scientists at UK-based Rothamsted Research.

13th July 2015

First GM oilseed crop to produce omega-3 fish oils

13th July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scotland’s Information Commissioner has ordered for the figures of seals shot under licence to be made public, following two appeals by the Global Alliance Against Industrial Aquaculture (GAAIA).

10th July 2015

Seal kill figures to be made public

10th July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The State Government of South Australia is supporting the development of a new third party certification that will showcase the premium credentials of South Australia’s oyster industry.

9th July 2015

South Australia strengthens oyster credentials

9th July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission is committing around €39m in investment for the Cypriot maritime, fisheries and aquaculture sectors.

9th July 2015

EU investment package for Cyprus

9th July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sporting goods company adidas has showcased a unique prototype product of the world’s first shoe with the upper made entirely of yarns and filaments reclaimed and recycled from ocean waste and illegal…

9th July 2015

adidas shoes from ocean waste

9th July 2015

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

UK safety equipment specialist, Ocean Safety, has opened a new liferaft hire division.

9th July 2015

New liferaft hire facility opens

9th July 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The 80m tuna purse seiner ‘Morne Blanc’ has been delivered to Sapmer on time by Piriou Vietnam.

9th July 2015

Piriou delivers ‘Morne Blanc’

9th July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A report by the European Food Safety Authority on the temperature to apply to pre-packaged fishery products at retail has identified storage times and CO2 content in packaging as the two main…

9th July 2015

EFSA advises on fish storage temperature

9th July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The President of Russia has signed a bill that prohibits both domestic and Japanese driftnet fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Russia.

8th July 2015

Russia signs driftnet fishing ban

8th July 2015

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Norway’s Simek AS is building a new modern fishing vessel on behalf of UK operator Antares (Whalsay) Fishing Company Ltd.

8th July 2015

New Scottish fishing vessel powered by Wärtsilä

8th July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) and its constituent associations met with Richard Lochhead, the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and the Environment, in Glasgow on Monday to discuss the recently announced…

7th July 2015

SFF comments on MPA meeting

7th July 2015