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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Gosse Boon, chief financial officer (CFO) of Nutreco is leaving the company as of 1 July 2015.

16th April 2015

CFO Gosse Boon to leave Nutreco

16th April 2015

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

At next week’s Seafood Global Expo in Brussels, PPS East Limited will launch its new range of Re-Fresh fish boxes, which have been specifically designed and manufactured to meet the industry’s need…

16th April 2015

PPS East launches ‘Re-Fresh’

16th April 2015

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

An alliance of environmental and industry groups have called for clear seafood labelling in Australia.

16th April 2015

Better seafood labelling demanded in Australia

16th April 2015

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has released a briefing on best practices for reducing bycatch in tuna longline fisheries.

15th April 2015

Best practices for reducing bycatch

15th April 2015

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The FAO has published the technical paper ‘Bycatch in Longline Fisheries for Tuna and Tuna-Like Species: A Global Review of Status and Mitigation Measures.’

15th April 2015

New technical paper on longline bycatch

15th April 2015

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The master and owner of Irish fishing vessel ‘Skipper DA59’ have been convicted of breaching fishing regulations.

15th April 2015

Master and owner fined for breaching fisheries regulations

15th April 2015

OFFSHORE MARICULTURE CONFERENCE

OFFSHORE MARICULTURE CONFERENCE

The deadline for the Call for Papers for the 6th Offshore Mariculture Conference has been extended to 24 April 2015.

15th April 2015

Call for Papers extended until 24 April 2015

15th April 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Fusion Marine has helped to upgrade part of Marine Harvest’s Cairndow Hatchery in a development project that was completed within a tight timescale so as to meet juvenile fish production requirements at…

14th April 2015

Marine Harvest hatchery upgrade

14th April 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The UKs Crown Estate has announced the shortlist for its 2015 Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards.

14th April 2015

Shortlist announced for Aquaculture Awards

14th April 2015

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The new ice production facility at Plymouth Fisheries Sutton Harbour base in the UK is now open.

14th April 2015

Plymouth Fisheries ice plant open

14th April 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An Australian fisheries research project is demonstrating how prawns and worms can be grown in the same integrated system, leading to increased productivity and better waste management.

14th April 2015

Prawn and worm farming research

14th April 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Last week, Interpol-wanted vessel ‘Thunder’ was scuttled in the waters of Sao Tome and Principe off the West African coast, following 110 days of pursuit by the Sea Shepherd vessel ‘Bob Barker’.

14th April 2015

‘Thunder’ sinking could have been deliberate

14th April 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

There has been a boom in production of organic line mussels in Denmark, says Alfred Jokumsen, from the Danish research institute, DTU Aqua, at the Technical University of Denmark.

13th April 2015

Danish organic mussel production boom

13th April 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fishing could be causing a collapse in species of forage fish including herring, anchovies and sardines, according to a new study published in the ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’.

10th April 2015

Fishing causes forage fish stocks to drop

10th April 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New Zealand’s Sanford Ltd is looking to close its Christchurch mussel processing facility in response to a reduction in crop supply.

9th April 2015

NZ mussel processing facility facing closure

9th April 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Vancouver Island University (VIU) is to receive $667,000 in government funding towards a project to undertake a comparative analysis of new technologies in shellfish farming.

9th April 2015

Research to advance shellfish hatchery design

9th April 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The dates of the 6th Offshore Mariculture Conference have been changed to 21-24 September 2015 – immediately before the annual three day Baja Seafood Expo which begins on 25 September.

9th April 2015

Change of dates for Offshore Mariculture Conference

9th April 2015

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Menakhem Ben-Yami looks at the latest report into slavery in the Thai fishing industry and what is being done to bring an end to it.

9th April 2015

Slavery in fisheries: No longer ignored

9th April 2015

OMM

OMM

Official Supporter

8th April 2015

SEPESCA

8th April 2015

OMMS

OMMS 8th April 2015

Instituto Nacional de Pesca

8th April 2015