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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Germanys supermarket chain, the EDEKA Group, has become the first German member of the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF), for its sustainably caught tuna caught using the pole and line method.

27th May 2015

First German member of IPNLF

27th May 2015

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

UK authority Seafish has published its 2014 Seafood Processing Industry Report, which provides an overview of the size and structure of the industry.

27th May 2015

UK processing sector remains stable

27th May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

This year marks the eleventh year of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) for South Africa’s hake trawl fishery, which has also just completed a third successful assessment.

27th May 2015

South Africa celebrates MSC certification

27th May 2015

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has officially opened the Apia Deep Sea Fishing Company Limited fish processing and packing plant at Matautu, Apia.

27th May 2015

Fish processing plant open in Samoa

27th May 2015

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

EnerPlex, manufacturer of rugged solar charging and portable power products, has developed a new range of products to make life easier for those travelling away from home.

26th May 2015

New smart tech for workers on the go

26th May 2015

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Global Food Traceability Center (GFTC) has received a $1.3 million grant to support efforts to design a common technology architecture for seafood traceability and related communications,…

26th May 2015

Seafood traceability architecture grant

26th May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A £4m research project has been launched by the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) that aims to encourage the use of farmed wrasse as ‘cleaner fish’ in commercial salmon farms.

26th May 2015

£4m project to boost Scottish salmon farming

26th May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oman has been praised by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) for closing its ports to vessels suspected of engaging in Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing in Somalia.

26th May 2015

Oman blocks suspect fishing vessels

26th May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New Zealand’s largest commercial fishing and aquaculture company, Sanford Ltd, has recorded an 18.1% rise in its EBITDA in its interim report, but an 18.3% reduction in profits for the six months…

26th May 2015

‘Satisfactory’ financial results for Sanford

26th May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The main bluefin tuna fishing season opened on 26 May, and purse seiners will be able to fish for bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean and the Eastern Atlantic until 24 June.

26th May 2015

Bluefin tuna fishing season opens

26th May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Canadian government is investing over CAD57m in science facilities, marine protection and Pacific salmon research on the Pacific Coast.

26th May 2015

Canada invests in facilities, research and protection

26th May 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The Conservation and Protection Program in Nova Scotia has a new surveillance vessel - the first of 12 new vessels to be delivered to Fisheries and Oceans Canada for surveillance purposes.

26th May 2015

New surveillance vessel for Nova Scotia

26th May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Major injuries from cod catches is costing the fishing industry, but profits could increase by hundreds of millions every year if cod was handled better, says Nofima scientists.

21st May 2015

Better cod handling for profit

21st May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Israel’s genomic big data company, NRGene, has mapped the rainbow trout genome in cooperation with scientists from the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of Illinois.

21st May 2015

NRGene maps rainbow trout genome

21st May 2015

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center has been successful in translating old survey data into a form that could be useful to modern scientists.

21st May 2015

Old data digitised for modern scientists

21st May 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Chile’s Pesquera Apiao S.A. has become the world’s first group to achieve two-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) status for mussels.

21st May 2015

First two-star BAP mussels

21st May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new WorldFish paper says that scientists need to better understand the impacts of climate change on aquaculture if we are to meet future seafood demand.

20th May 2015

The implications of climate change on aquaculture

20th May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has had a strong start to the year, recording revenues in Q1 of £27.3m and growing in international markets.

20th May 2015

A strong start for SSC

20th May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An extra 500 Modern Apprenticeship places are being funded over the next year in Scotland, in the first step to expand the county’s current apprentice programme from 25,000 to 30,000 by 2020.

20th May 2015

Fishing apprenticeships in Scotland

20th May 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

HB Grandi’s CEO, Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson, has said that the sale of ‘Faxi RE’ and ‘Ingunn AK’, along with 0.67% of the capelin quota and trawl gear, is good for both the seller…

20th May 2015

Big plans for HB Grandi vessels

20th May 2015