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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Norwegian aquaculture company, MoreFish AS, is teaming up with Nofima and the Norwegian Veterinary Institute to transfer knowledge and technology to Ghana with the aim of strengthening West African aquaculture.

30th June 2015

New initiative to grow Ghana

30th June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sea Pact has elected Guy Dean as the new chairman for its advisory council.

30th June 2015

New Sea Pact chairman

30th June 2015

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

DSI is introducing a specially designed horizontal plate that uses 25-50% less refrigerants, without reducing freezing time.

30th June 2015

New plate uses 25-50% less refrigerants

30th June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK authority Seafish has launched its 11th annual economic survey of the UK fishing fleet.

30th June 2015

Annual economic fleet survey launched

30th June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

At the recent OSPAR Commission meeting in Oostende, Belgium, a key step was taken to further protect the North-East Atlantic by the adoption of recommendations to conserve a further three species and…

29th June 2015

Protecting the North-East Atlantic

29th June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Advances in aquatic animal tracking over the past 30 years has broadened our knowledge of movements, migrations, interactions and survival, according to a new paper.

26th June 2015

Advances in aquatic animal tracking research

26th June 2015

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has released its annual report - Driving Change through Collaboration – outlining the progress and achievements for tuna sustainability in 2014.

25th June 2015

Tuna fisheries update

25th June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

WWF has said it believes that the Echebastar Indian Ocean purse-seine tuna fishery cannot be certified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable fisheries yet, due to increasing catch levels…

25th June 2015

WWF: Tuna fishery certification is impossible

25th June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Masifundise, the NGO for fishing communities in South Africa, and Coastal Links South Africa are embarking on a project that aims to create 2,000 jobs in 20 fishing communities, over the next…

25th June 2015

Job creation in South Africa

25th June 2015

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The themes for the International Institute of Fisheries, Economics and Trade (IIFET) 2016 conference have been announced.

25th June 2015

‘Challenging new frontiers’ theme for fisheries conference

25th June 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven has signed a contract with DFFU - subsidiary of Icelandic seafood company Samherji - to build two stern trawlers of Rolls-Royce’ NVC 374 WP design.

24th June 2015

Kleven to build two new stern trawlers

24th June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The new RSPCA Assured ethical food label is replacing the organisation’s existing label, Freedom Food.

24th June 2015

RSPCA Assured label replaces Freedom Food

24th June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK-based Ecometrica is joining forces with scientists at Edinburgh Napier University to develop an app that will help world governments ensure their economic growth is ecologically sustainable.

24th June 2015

Ecometrica develops sustainable app

24th June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Young’s Seafood has confirmed that it has lost its salmon processing contract with UK supermarket Sainsbury’s.

24th June 2015

Young’s loses Sainsbury’s contract

24th June 2015

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Puducherry Fishing Harbour at Thengaithittu in India is being reconstructed and modernised, under the World Bank-funded Coastal Disaster Risk Reduction Project.

24th June 2015

New ice plant for Indian harbour

24th June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New research published in the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Science Series highlights the importance of understanding spatial structure and meta-population fish stocks when assessing fishery sustainability.

23rd June 2015

Understanding spatial structure

23rd June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Over 700,000 extra kilowatt days at sea have been secured for UK fishermen under the Western Waters Regime for the whole of 2015.

23rd June 2015

Channel scallop deal secured

23rd June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A landmark resolution has been adopted by a consensus of UN member states, to develop a legally-binding treaty for the conservation of marine life beyond national territorial waters – that area of…

23rd June 2015

UN Marine Biodiversity Treaty resolution

23rd June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The incoming ban on the practice of discarding fish was high on the agenda as representatives of the UK fishing industry put their questions to DEFRA and the Marine Management Organisation representatives…

23rd June 2015

Discard ban discussed at fishing industry debate

23rd June 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Macalister Elliott and Partners Ltd and Aquaponic Solutions (Australia) are running one of the first commercial aquaponics workshops to ever be held in the UK.

23rd June 2015

UK aquaponics workshop

23rd June 2015