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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An Australian flagged and operated vessel has been chosen, under the Fisheries Management Act 1991, to fish the small pelagic fishery within the Australian fishing zone.

13th February 2015

Oz vessel nominated to fish small pelagic fishery

13th February 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fujian Provincial Pingtan County Ocean Fishing Group Co Ltd, part of Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd, has entered into a RMB400m (US$64m) investment agreement with China Agriculture Industry Development Fund Co Ltd, with…

12th February 2015

Chinese strategic investment agreement

12th February 2015

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Offshore Shellfish Ltd has ordered a shellfish farming boat from aluminium boat builder Alnmaritec, to service its mussel farms in the United Kingdom.

12th February 2015

Offshore Shellfish orders new shellfish farming boat

12th February 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New Zealand’s Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has refused permission for a bid to mine phosphate from the Chatham Rise’s deep sea bed – a decision welcomed by environmental groups who opposed the…

12th February 2015

NZ seabed mining request overthrown

12th February 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK Fisheries Minister George Eustice has announced a series of meetings around the English coast to gather views from those who will be affected by the demersal discard ban.

12th February 2015

Discard ban consultation tour

12th February 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Seriola and Cobia Standard has been handed over to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) by the Seriola and Cobia Aquaculture Dialogue.

12th February 2015

Seriola and Cobia Standard handed over

12th February 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Twenty chefs from some of the world’s best restaurants are backing OCEANA’s global campaign, Save the Oceans: Feed the World, which aims to tackle the decline of wild fish stocks in the…

11th February 2015

Save the oceans, feed the world

11th February 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fondation SEGRE and BirdLife Europe are launching the European Seabird Task Force to tackle the problem of accidental seabird bycatch.

11th February 2015

European Seabird Task Force launched

11th February 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new industry guide has been issued to help ensure illegal fish, or ‘pirate’ products, is kept out of UK supply chains.

10th February 2015

Industry guide to prevent pirate products

10th February 2015

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

The latest of four 150 tonne automated feed barges being built for Scottish Sea Farms Ltd has been completed by Macduff Shipyards Ltd.

10th February 2015

Automated salmon feed barge

10th February 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New standards underpinning the Seafish Responsible Fishing Scheme (RFS) have been unanimously signed off by the board widening the scope of the scheme to include new social responsibility requirements.

9th February 2015

Responsible fishing standards

9th February 2015

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Mustad and SaveWave’s SeaBird Saver has won the 2014 WWF Smart Gear competition Tuna Bycatch Reduction Prize.

9th February 2015

SeaBird Saver wins award

9th February 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New science for the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF) has been released, which will help determine the total allowable catch limit for the 2015-16 seasons.

9th February 2015

Science update for Oz pelagic fishery

9th February 2015

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Scotland’s University of Stirling is using genetically modified plants to replace fish oil in fish feeds with the aim of preserving wild fish stocks and maintaining nutritional value of farmed fish for…

5th February 2015

Using plants to produce fish feed

5th February 2015

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

UK marine communication and safety specialist Ocean Signal has announced the receipt of European certification approval for its rescueME MOB1, which confirms all the relevant requirements have been satisfied for a life-saving…

5th February 2015

Safety device gains European approval

5th February 2015

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Last January I went to a conference, which took place at the University of Haifa, Israel. It was dedicated to examining the option of artificial islands (‘artlands’) in an Israeli context.

5th February 2015

Marine farming and artificial islands

5th February 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On the last day of 2014, the Vietnamese government announced that it was delaying the implementation of Decree No 36 until next year, following a petition by pangasius processors.

5th February 2015

Processors cheating at the request of customers

5th February 2015

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Tracking fish and understanding how they swim through hydroelectric dams is set to get easier thanks to a new injectable acoustic fish tag.

4th February 2015

Fish tagging develops in Pacific Northwest

4th February 2015

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

In an exclusive interview with Jason Holland for World Fishing & Aquaculture, Karmenu Vella, the new EU Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs & Fisheries, discusses enforcement of the Common Fisheries Policy, the…

4th February 2015

Q&A with Karmenu Vella

4th February 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

AKVA group has launched Akvasmart Digital CAP (Cage Access Point) - a new digital wireless communication system that links fish farm cages to the feed barge.

4th February 2015

AKVA launches new digital communication system

4th February 2015