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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scottish seafood specialist, Associated Seafoods Ltd (ASL), has been shortlisted for two awards at the forthcoming Grampian Food Forum Innovation Awards 2015.

4th March 2015

ASL shortlisted for awards

4th March 2015

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella visited the Salon Halieutis fisheries event in Morocco in February to underline the importance of the fisheries partnership and cooperation between the…

4th March 2015

EU-Morocco fisheries partnership strengthened

4th March 2015

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Newly developed sensitive and rapid screening, detection and extraction methods for contaminants in seafood is set to improve safety in Europe.

3rd March 2015

ECsafeSEAFOOD developments

3rd March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Denmark’s AquaProcess is a newly established company offering solutions and equipment to the fish farming industry, providing everything from water-based antifouling to complete recirculated aquaculture systems (RAS) systems.

3rd March 2015

Fish farming equipment supply

3rd March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scientists from throughout the United States met in Honolulu from 23-25 February to explore ways of incorporating climate, ecosystems and other of areas uncertainty into the sustainable management of US fisheries.

3rd March 2015

US scientists explore ecosystem-based management

3rd March 2015

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

A new business park designed to strengthen Scotland’s food and drink sector is now open for occupation.

3rd March 2015

Perth Food and Drink Park open

3rd March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new pan-African project has been launched to strengthen the continent’s great potential for increased trade in fish.

3rd March 2015

Pan-African project to focus on fish trade potential

3rd March 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Cargill Mexico has inaugurated the $7.8 million dollar expansion of its animal feed facility in Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, as part of the celebrations for its 150th global anniversary and 50 years of…

3rd March 2015

Cargill invests $7.8m in feed production

3rd March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) have decided to initiate full-scale trials of an innovative catch documentation system (eCDS) for onboard fisheries observers in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.

3rd March 2015

PNA to initiate full scale eCDS trials

3rd March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New mathematical methods used to carry out fisheries stock assessments could help provide more reliable reviews to support decision-making, says Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).

2nd March 2015

New methods to improve stock assessments

2nd March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

WWF has teamed up with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) for Earth Hour to challenge people to support sustainable fishing and healthy oceans by sharing a #fishface selfie on social media.

2nd March 2015

#fishface challenge this Earth Hour

2nd March 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A recent ‘tuna workshop’ is set to help coastal states ensure the effective management of the shared tuna stocks in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

26th February 2015

Tuna workshop to ensure Eastern Pacific future

26th February 2015

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Ocean Safety has introduced the new Kru Wipe Clean lifejacket for situations when a durable easy clean lifejacket is needed.

26th February 2015

Ocean Safety launches new Wipe Clean Lifejacket

26th February 2015

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Proconcept will be exhibiting its interleaver module for smoked fish slices at this year’s Seafood Processing Global, following its launch at the 2014 event.

26th February 2015

Customer satisfied with interleaver

26th February 2015

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

KVH Industries, Inc. recently shipped its 5,000th TracPhone® satellite communications antenna system for the mini-VSAT Broadbandsm network, adding more than 1,000 units in the past year.

26th February 2015

KVH ships 5,000th TracPhone

26th February 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) Commission has approved the sustainable catch limit increase of 2000 tonnes for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF).

26th February 2015

Catch limit increased in Australian fishery

26th February 2015

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Norwegian company Scanmar is launching its latest innovation - a hydrophone with noise measurement.

25th February 2015

New noise hydrophone from Scanmar

25th February 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The first nationwide vulnerability assessment for ocean acidification shows that coastal communities in 15 American states which depend on the nation’s US$1bn shelled mollusc industry are at long-term economic risk from ocean…

25th February 2015

The US ocean acidification threat

25th February 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Australian-based Franmarine Underwater Services is conducting trials in Henderson, Western Australia this week on an improved treatment system for removing biofouling from hulls, while vessels are still in the water.

25th February 2015

Australian biofouling trial to take place this week

25th February 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

UK authority Seafish has appointed Lee Cocker as the organisation’s aquaculture manager to help deliver the Domestic Aquaculture Strategy programme.

25th February 2015

Seafish appoints new aquaculture manager

25th February 2015