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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK’s top 10 fish and chip shops were announced earlier this week, as they prepare to battle it out for the ‘Independent Takeaway Fish and Chip Shop of the Year’ award…

9th October 2014

Fish and Chip Awards 2015

9th October 2014

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Scotland’s Wild Fisheries Review, which aims to ensure that the management of Scotland’s wild fisheries is fit for purpose in the 21st century, has been published this week.

9th October 2014

Scotland’s Wild Fisheries Review

9th October 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Rodrigo Prado, a civil engineer and director of USONIC Ltda. in Puerto Montt, Chile, has been announced as the winner of the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Preferred Freezer Services Global Aquaculture Innovation &…

9th October 2014

Chilean company wins GAA award

9th October 2014

HEME

HEME

Damen Shipyards has delivered another CSD500 cutter suction dredger to Nigeria which will perform maintenance duties in and around the harbours of Port Harcourt.

9th October 2014

Another Damen dredger for Nigeria

9th October 2014

HEME

HEME

Imtech Marine has been awarded a three-year contract by Northern Lighthouse Board to provide VSAT systems with connectivity and value added services. The contract also includes maintenance services for the five vessels…

9th October 2014

Comms contract for NLB

9th October 2014

HEME

HEME

German navigation expert, Raytheon Anschütz, has been awarded a contract to supply integrated navigation systems (INS) for two new state of the art windfarm service vessels.

9th October 2014

Advanced navigation for windfarm service vessels

9th October 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Dr Larry Marshall has been appointed the new chief executive of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).

9th October 2014

CSIRO appoints new chief executive

9th October 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The European Commission has closed the EU Pilot Investigation into the potential impact of sea lice on wild salmon stocks in Ireland.

9th October 2014

EC closes Irish sea lice investigation

9th October 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Pesce Azzurro Cefalù anchovies have successfully gained Friend of the Sea sustainable fisheries certification.

8th October 2014

Anchovies achieve FoS certification

8th October 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The unique Tristan Lobster is about to be launched into the European hotel, restaurant and catering, and sustainability-minded retail sectors.

8th October 2014

EU launch for Tristan Lobster

8th October 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has proposed a decrease in deep-sea fishing in EU and international waters in the North-East Atlantic for 2015-16, in a bid to protect vulnerable species.

7th October 2014

Commission calls for deep-sea fishing decrease

7th October 2014

IC

IC

Download the papers and presentations from the 3rd Icelandic Fisheries Conference, Fish Waste for Profit, here!PDF versions of conference papers are available for download on this page for delegates using their username…

7th October 2014

Downloads

7th October 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2013 has revealed that production of Scottish farmed salmon is at its highest level in a decade.

7th October 2014

Scottish salmon production highest since 2003

7th October 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Six countries in the Asia-Pacific region have come together to draft a work plan on the sustainable intensification of aquaculture for ‘blue growth’.

7th October 2014

Intensifying aquaculture in Asia

7th October 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Omega 3 fish oil supplements distributed by Canadian company, Biodroga Inc., have been certified by Friend of the Sea (FoS) and now carry the eco-label.

6th October 2014

FoS certifies Omega 3 supplements

6th October 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company Ltd (MIFCO) has achieved Friend of the Sea (FoS) certification for its hand line fleet.

3rd October 2014

Maldives yellowfin tuna FoS certification

3rd October 2014

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has launched its updated standard for sustainable fishing which comes into effect from April 2015.

2nd October 2014

Updated MSC fisheries standard

2nd October 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fifteen people were rescued from a burning fishing vessel about 670km west of Carnarvon, Western Australia, on Wednesday morning.

2nd October 2014

Fishermen rescued after vessel fire

2nd October 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has heard that then steady build-up of rubbish in the world’s oceans is a growing threat to the planet’s marine ecosystems.

2nd October 2014

Plastic waste a growing threat

2nd October 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

From Ho Chi Minh City, attorneys Sesto Vecchi and Gage Raley of Russin & Vecchi discuss how new catfish inspection regulations threaten to disrupt catfish imports from Vietnam, and why the wider…

2nd October 2014

Catfish driving a wedge between US and its trade partners

2nd October 2014