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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Iceland has ratified the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), an international treaty to stop illegally caught fish from entering the market.

7th July 2015

Iceland ratifies PSMA

7th July 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The UK’s Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) is working to develop cutting edge farmer-led disease diagnostics technology could help combat devastating disease outbreaks in global fish and shellfish production.

7th July 2015

Cutting edge diagnostics for disease detection

7th July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

BP has reached an agreement in principle with the United States, state, and local governments for a settlement of civil claims arising from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of…

7th July 2015

Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement

7th July 2015

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The first half of this year has been very busy for Tucal, with plenty of deliveries to customers in Somaliland, Portugal, Peru, Serbia, Angola, Poland and Spain.

7th July 2015

Diverse orders for Tucal

7th July 2015

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Andrew Martin reports on China’s presence in the krill fishery and its plans for development.

7th July 2015

China set to make the most of krill

7th July 2015

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Cywain Fisheries, a groundbreaking project to boost the fortunes of the fishing industry in Wales, says that its helping to lead the way among its European counterparts bringing security and jobs to…

6th July 2015

Cywain Fisheries leads the way

6th July 2015

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) is to carry out a consultation period on sector-specific fisheries allocations in South Africa.

6th July 2015

DAFF consults on SA fisheries allocations

6th July 2015

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Ocean Safety’s Aberdeen branch has merged with Richard Irvin Energy Solutions Marine Safety Division, and will be known as Ocean Safety Offshore.

5th July 2015

Safety companies merge

5th July 2015

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Marine research vessel Aranda is to be renovated to meet the needs of future marine research in the Baltic Sea.

2nd July 2015

The next generation research vessel

2nd July 2015

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Fishermen, especially the small-scale ones, represent easy prey for groups driven and financed by powerful interests, who blame them for damaging the marine environment, whether or not that is actually happening.

2nd July 2015

Easy prey? Not anymore

2nd July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scientists from the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) will use custom-built robots to explore the deepest parts of the ocean in a bid to discover how life is sustained thousands of…

2nd July 2015

Robots to explore the deepest ocean

2nd July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has awarded a grant of almost €4m to the European research infrastructure for observing the oceans.

2nd July 2015

EU funds floats for better data

2nd July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Friend of the Sea, in cooperation with Lily Huang of MM FreshTM, organised Friend of the Sea awareness days at the Australian International School of Hong Kong.

1st July 2015

FoS launches school awareness project in Hong Kong

1st July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sea Pact has opened its fourth Request for Grant Proposals.

1st July 2015

Sea Pact announces request for grant proposals

1st July 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The CEO of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) is urging its members to plan ahead for the damaging effects of possible tuna revenue decline.

1st July 2015

Planning urged over possible tuna revenue decline

1st July 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Nor-Fishing Foundation has received 17 proposals for this year’s Innovation Award, to be presented during Aqua Nor in August.

1st July 2015

Innovation Award finalists announced

1st July 2015

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

?According to South African company Afrox, cryogenically freezing food products is the most effective and efficient method of maintaining the original quality, freshness and taste of produce that is subjected to prolonged…

30th June 2015

Maintaining quality through cryogenic technology

30th June 2015

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood, meat and poultry currently packed with water ice or dry ice in boxes can be chilled more safely and efficiently when using the DRI PACK® automated box chilling system which uses…

30th June 2015

Automated box chilling system speeds up seafood packing

30th June 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Seajoy Group has become Latin America’s first company qualified to offer four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) shrimp for its operations in both Honduras and Nicaragua.

30th June 2015

First four-star BAP shrimp for Latin America

30th June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ongoing integration of forensic science as a way of combating seafood fraud and mislabelling is paying off.

30th June 2015

Project Fish SCALE awarded

30th June 2015