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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Chilean fish farming operator, Patagonia Wellboat, has ordered three MAN Diesel and Turbo 6L21/31 gensets for its new Wellboat.

5th May 2015

Chilean fish farmer orders MAN gensets

5th May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The EU has welcomed the results of the 19th meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), held in Busan, Korea, from 24 April to 1 May 2015.

5th May 2015

Tuna meeting results welcomed

5th May 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A new vessel has joined the Argentine trawler fleet – the FV ‘Don Franco’.

5th May 2015

New trawler for Argentine family

5th May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New Zealand fishing and seafood company Talleys Group Ltd has been fined NZ$48,000 and ordered to pay NZ$35,000 in reparation to the family of a crewman killed after falling nearly 7m on…

1st May 2015

NZ company fined after crewman dies

1st May 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scanbio Marine Group AS, producer of hydrolysed fish proteins and fish oils, has announced that John Binde has been appointed chief executive officer, effective from 1 August 2015.

1st May 2015

New Scanbio CEO

1st May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New scientific research shows that 18 times as many commercial species are now fished at safe biological limits compared to 12 years ago.

1st May 2015

Major increase in sustainable stocks

1st May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

WWF has presented its Leaders for a Living Planet Award to the state government of Sabah in recognition of its effort to create the largest marine park in Malaysia.

1st May 2015

Malaysia awarded for marine park plans

1st May 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Micro-plastics entering the food chain are increasingly being found in the oceans and could prove to be as harmful to marine life as larger debris like plastic bags, a new report suggests.

30th April 2015

Plastic particles threaten marine life

30th April 2015

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

The approach to the design of all-weather lifeboats in the UK is set for a re-evaluation as part of a major study being led by the Newcastle University and the Royal National…

30th April 2015

Design boost for lifeboats

30th April 2015

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new ice plant to Somaliland will provide a major boost for local fisheries by ensuring that catches are landed in premium condition and enabling the development of the indigenous fisheries sector.

30th April 2015

New ice plant to boost Somaliland fisheries

30th April 2015

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new Fisheries Improvement Project (FIP) led by the Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor) and WWF-Canada is aiming to bring a Newfoundland and Labrador cod fishery back to a healthy…

30th April 2015

Cod fishery enters Fisheries Improvement Project

30th April 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Five finalist teams have been selected to compete for the US$2m Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE, a global competition to create pH sensor technology to accurately measure ocean acidification.

29th April 2015

Ocean acidification measurement competition

29th April 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marist College, located in Poughkeepsie, New York, in conjunction with dining services partner, Sodexo, has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of Custody certification.

29th April 2015

Marist College earns MSC certification

29th April 2015

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Researchers at Mexico’s National Institute of Fisheries (INAPESCA) have designed a new trawling system for catching shrimp, which will result in fuel savings, less impact on the environment, and reduction of non-target…

28th April 2015

New system designed to catch shrimp

28th April 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A full judicial review into the UK government’s decision on how to allocate the UK fishing quota has been given the green light by the High Court.

28th April 2015

UK fishing quota war

28th April 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

HB Grandi’s newest vessel, ‘Venus NS-150’, is due to reach its home port of Vopnafjördur, Iceland, in the middle of May.

28th April 2015

‘Venus’ due at HB Grandi mid-May

28th April 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Open-ocean tilapia producer Aquasense Panama, S. de R.L. plans to develop the seafood industry’s first-ever open-ocean project for farm-raised saltwater tilapia products for the USA market.

28th April 2015

First open-ocean farmed tilapia project

28th April 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Marine Harvest has reported that none of its staff were injured in the recent Calbuco volcanic eruption in southern Chile last week, but confirms that 6.8 million fry, 2.4 million eyed eggs…

28th April 2015

Marine Harvest affected by eruption

28th April 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Primefish project, led by MATIS, has received €5m in funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme to help improve the competitiveness of the European fisheries and aquaculture sectors.

27th April 2015

Primefish project gets EU funding

27th April 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Iceland-based corporate bank, Íslandsbanki, has released its ‘United States Seafood Market Report’ that provides an insight into key trends and issues shaping the industry.

27th April 2015

Íslandsbanki releases US market report

27th April 2015