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PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Tidal Vision – a new company based in Juneau, Alaska – has big plans to turn ocean byproducts into high-quality, durable aquatic leathers and performance textiles, promoting sustainability and reducing waste.

3rd June 2015

Upcycling fisheries byproducts

3rd June 2015

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The 23rd edition of Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global, held in Brussels in April, covered a record-breaking 36,063m² - making it the largest meeting place in the world for seafood professionals.

3rd June 2015

Record-breaking Seafood Expo Global

3rd June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) says that the number of drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs) now permitted in the Indian Ocean is dangerously high, undermining the sustainability of tuna fisheries.

3rd June 2015

IPNLF warning over high levels of dFADs

3rd June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation reauthorising the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), the primary law governing fisheries resource management in offshore federal waters.

3rd June 2015

US passes Magnuson-Stevens reauthorisation

3rd June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Global water solutions expert, Pentair, has opened a new Pentair Aquatic Eco-Systems World Aquaculture Technology Engineering & Research Center of Excellence in Florida, US.

2nd June 2015

Pentair opens aquaculture centre of excellence

2nd June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has opened the online public consultation on its views and intentions for setting the annual fishing quotas for 2016.

2nd June 2015

EC plans for 2016 quotas

2nd June 2015

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Simrad has launched its new Autonomous EK system to carry out continuous long term, in-depth ecosystem monitoring of the subsea environment.

2nd June 2015

Simrads new autonomous echo sounder

2nd June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The World Seafood Congress has announced a programme of 96 speakers from 12 countries for the 2015 event.

2nd June 2015

WSC announces speakers

2nd June 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Just 13 corporations control 19 to 40% of the largest and most valuable stocks and 11 to 16% of the global marine catch meaning they have a huge effect on sustainability, says…

1st June 2015

The need for corporate social responsibility

1st June 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Chris Keller has been appointed Best Aquaculture Practices’ (BAP) market development manager-retail for North America.

29th May 2015

Chris Keller Joins BAP

29th May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK’s Marine Management Organisation has advised that from 29 May 2015 all vessels in the Celtic Sea using bottom trawls and seines of mesh size range between 70-119mm must insert a…

29th May 2015

Changes to demersal trawl regulations

29th May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A petition has been signed by more than 100,000 people calling on the British Columbia (BC) government to stop federal government and industry plans for open-net salmon farming in BC, Canada.

28th May 2015

Petition to stop Canadian “recklessness”

28th May 2015

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Deepwater Group Ltd has advised that three New Zealand oreo fisheries and two squid fisheries have been withdrawn from Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment.

28th May 2015

NZ fisheries withdrawn from assessment

28th May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Salmon Company has won two Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards for ‘Export Business of the Year’ and overall ‘Business of the Year’.

28th May 2015

Two awards for SSC

28th May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sea Shepherd Global has launched Operation Siracusa 2015, a campaign which aims to defend the fragile ecosystem of the Plemmirio Marine Reserve, off Siracusa in Sicily, against illegal fishing.

28th May 2015

Sea Shepherd works hard to thwart illegal fishing

28th May 2015

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Buzz Marine has supplied its HubbaX4 Go marine broadband systems to five UK Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) patrol vessels.

28th May 2015

UK IFCAs install broadband systems

28th May 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

HB Grandi’s latest vessel, ‘Venus NS 150’, docked for the first time earlier this week at its home port of Vopnafjördur after a 3,700 nautical mile delivery trip from Turkey.

28th May 2015

‘Venus’ arrives at home port

28th May 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification program has surpassed the 800-facility milestone.

27th May 2015

BAP hits 800-facility milestone

27th May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

With the certification of the Bay of Fundy, Scotian Shelf and Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence lobster trap fishery (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard, nearly…

27th May 2015

Canadian lobster fishery MSC certified

27th May 2015

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

Aucxis has won the contract for the implementation of a track and trace solution based on RFID technology to be implemented in fish auctions in Belgium.

27th May 2015

Track and trace in Belgium

27th May 2015