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FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New European Commission President-elect, Jean-Claude Juncker, has announced his new Commissioners and a new combined Environment and Maritime Affairs and Fisheries division, to be overseen by Dr Karmenu Vella.

16th September 2014

All change for fisheries at the EC

16th September 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fish meal and oil from European anchovy by Turkish companies Koptur Balikçilik and Dalyan Su Ürünleri, companies of Kobyalar Group, are now carrying the Friend of the Sea seal of approval.

16th September 2014

Black Sea anchovy fishmeal and oil certified

16th September 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The South Georgia Patagonian toothfish longline fishery has been certified as a sustainable and well managed fishery for the third time.

16th September 2014

Toothfish fishery recertified

16th September 2014

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Thai Union Frozen Products Public Company Limited (TUF) is to acquire 100% of the assets and the trademark of one of the world’s top seafood brands, Norway’s ‘King Oscar’.

16th September 2014

Thai Union Group acquires seafood ‘King’

16th September 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Kiranpreet Kaur, from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Sea Lice Research Center, has been announced as the Novartis Animal Health (NAH) Young Scientist Award for her presentation on the mechanism behind…

16th September 2014

Young Scientist Award winner

16th September 2014

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

UK-based seafood wholesaler, Unique Seafood Ltd, is putting its growth plans into action after securing £2.8m in funding from Barclays.

15th September 2014

Unique Seafoods chases growth with £2.8m funding

15th September 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine Harvest has inked an agreement to purchase the assets of bankrupt Chilean farming company, Acuinova, which will add 40 thousand tonnes per annum to its total capacity.

15th September 2014

Marine Harvest acquires Chilean farming company

15th September 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An Ecuadorian company operating in the ultra-frozen fish market worldwide, Transmarina C.A., has positively concluded a Friend of the Sea (FoS) audit for its tuna, mahi mahi, wahoo, opah and swordfish.

10th September 2014

Ecuadorian tuna fleet Friend of the Sea certified

10th September 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new poll indicates that nine out of 10 people in Germany and the UK disagree with Iceland’s decision to resume whaling, and more than four out of five people are unlikely…

10th September 2014

UK and Germany reject whaling

10th September 2014

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

European Commissioner Maria Damanaki has reassured the Council and the European Parliament that the European Commission stands ready to support the European fisheries sector, following Russia’s trade ban on certain fisheries products.

10th September 2014

Commissioner Damanaki ready to support EU fisheries

10th September 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

To help increase the understanding of fish provenance and responsible sourcing among employees and customers, Seafish is currently distributing a new toolkit to fish and chip shops.

10th September 2014

Fish & Chip toolkit

10th September 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Last week around 50 experts in marine, plant, animal and micro ingredients, as well as supply chain and feed mill experience, gathered together for the ASC Responsible Feed Project working group event.

10th September 2014

ASC Feed Standard discussed

10th September 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Twenty UK fish and chip shops have made the shortlist for the 2015 Fish and Chip Shop of the Year Award, part of Seafish’s 2015 National Fish & Chip Awards.

9th September 2014

Fish and Chip shop of the year award 2015

9th September 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

China’s Huatai Biopharm, a US FDA cGMP approved manufacturer and supplier of ultra-pure and highly concentrated marine Omega-3 EPA/DHA fatty acids, has positively concluded the Friend of the Sea Chain of Custody…

9th September 2014

Chinese fish oil achieves FoS certification

9th September 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A Norwegian Antarctic krill fishery has entered assessment for the Marine Stewardship Council’s standard for sustainable fishing.

9th September 2014

Krill fishery enters MSC assessment

9th September 2014

ICELANDIC FISHERIES EXHIBITION

ICELANDIC FISHERIES EXHIBITION

World Fishing & Aquaculture editor Carly Wills speaks to Marianne Rasmussen-Coulling, events director at Mercator Media, just ahead of the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition about the highlights of this year’s show.

8th September 2014

Celebrating 30 years of IceFish

8th September 2014

NEWS IFC

NEWS IFC

The final programme for the conference has been updated and is available to view online. The conference subject is Fish Waste for Profit and it has been organised in association with Matis.

4th September 2014

Final programme available online

4th September 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Fishermen’s Trust (SFT) is supporting a range of fisheries science and conservation projects, providing grants in excess of £100,000 so far this year.

4th September 2014

SFT supports Scottish marine projects

4th September 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Following Russia’s announcement on 7 August to ban imports of certain fisheries products from the European Union, the European Commission has said that it is working closely with Member States authorities to…

4th September 2014

EC on Russian trade ban

4th September 2014

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Beth Clark has been appointed Commercial Manager of Associated Seafoods Ltd (ASL) in a move to further boost business growth.

4th September 2014

Associated Seafoods appoints Commercial Manager

4th September 2014