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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Vietnamese tuna company, Foodtech JSC, has become the latest organisation to join the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) as an associate participating company.

19th March 2015

New participating company joins ISSF

19th March 2015

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

KVH Industries, Inc. has completed several capacity increases for its mini-VSAT Broadbandsm network to support heightened demand from customers engaged in a wide range of commercial maritime activities around the world, including…

19th March 2015

KVH expands broadband network capacity

19th March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Ensis Fisheries Pvt. Ltd. in the Maldives has achieved Friend of the Sea (FoS) certification for its handline and pole and line fishery.

19th March 2015

Tuna fishery FoS certified

19th March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Action by the British government to create the worlds largest fully protected marine reserve around the Pitcairn Islands, an overseas territory in the South Pacific Ocean, has been praised by The Pew…

19th March 2015

World’s largest fully protected marine reserve created

19th March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Nicoya Peninsula artisanal snapper fishery, located in the nearshore waters of the Nicoya Peninsula on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, has entered the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) full assessment process,…

18th March 2015

Artisanal snapper fishery begins MSC assessment

18th March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New research published by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) finds that poor management of European fish stocks and fleet quotas is draining jobs and profits.

18th March 2015

Potential for increased employment and profits revealed

18th March 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

HB Grandi’s new pelagic vessel under construction in Turkey, ‘Venus NS’, is expected to go on sea trials on 22 March.

18th March 2015

Venus delivery gets closer

18th March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Shellfish Association of Great Britain (SAGB) has released the programme for its 46th annual conference.

18th March 2015

Programme announced for Shellfish Association conference

18th March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Hansung Enterprise Co., Ltd, a seafood processor based in Busan, South Korea, has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of Custody certification.

18th March 2015

Korean processor achieves MSC certification

18th March 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) is among the third-party seafood certification schemes that are about to undergo pilot testing against the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative’s (GSSI) updated Global Benchmark…

18th March 2015

BAP to undergo GSSI pilot testing

18th March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Southern Gulf of California thread herring fishery has entered the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) full assessment process.

17th March 2015

Thread herring fishery enters assessment

17th March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The blue swimmer crab fishery in Western Australia’s Peel-Harvey inlet is seeking Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

17th March 2015

Crab fishery enters MSC assessment

17th March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

This year’s Seafood Expo North America saw the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) bring together a distinguished panel to join the discussion on what drives environmental and social responsibility in aquaculture.

17th March 2015

ASC looks at driving change in aquaculture

17th March 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

True North salmon from Atlantic Canada and Maine has achieved four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) status.

17th March 2015

Four-star BAP status for True North

17th March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A €17.8m Capital Investment Package for the ongoing development of Ireland’s publicly owned fishery harbours and local harbour network has been announced.

17th March 2015

€17.8m investment for Ireland’s fishery harbours

17th March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK authority Seafish has been given the green light to develop a new Trailblazer Apprenticeship for new entrant fishermen in England.

17th March 2015

New Trailblazer Apprenticeship

17th March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Presidential Task Force on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Seafood Fraud has released its action plan.

17th March 2015

Presidential Task Force releases IUU action plan

17th March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Spanish government is launching an investigation into several companies for alleged links to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing under its new fisheries law.

16th March 2015

Spain tackles IUU fishing

16th March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A powerful method for analysing and predicting nature’s dynamic and interconnected systems is providing new forecasting and management tools for Canada’s premier sockeye salmon fishery.

16th March 2015

New technique improves fishery forecasts

16th March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Three new wetfish trawlers designed by Nautic for Icelandic fishing company HB Grandi will boast MAN Diesel & Turbo main engines and selective catalytic reduction (SCR), the Danish engine designer reports.

13th March 2015

MAN power and exhaust cleaning for trawlers

13th March 2015