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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A fishing vessel owner has two options for increasing the volume of his vessel’s hull and its money-making fishhold - one can add more length or add more beam, reports Alan Haig-Brown.

22nd July 2014

Seeking more volume

22nd July 2014

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Danish fishing company Ocean Prawns has acquired two DSI Duplex HK 28/8 freezers for the shrimp trawler ‘Ocean Prawns’, which operates in arctic waters.

22nd July 2014

Duplex freezers for Ocean Prawns

22nd July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The recent publication of the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch’s (MAIB) annual report shows that there was reduction in fishermen fatalities in 2013, indicative of the wide reaching work of the industry…

22nd July 2014

UK fishermen fatalities decline

22nd July 2014

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

A new addition to Sirane’s Sea-Fresh range helps maintain the freshness of live seafood during transportation – and increase its value when it goes to market.

22nd July 2014

Sirane launches Ice-Mat

22nd July 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

American seafood supplier National Fish & Seafood has announced that is launching a project to bring small-scale shrimp farmers closer to Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

22nd July 2014

BAP pilot for small farms

22nd July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oceana observers, together with Italian journalist Sabrina Giannini from Reportime, have gathered evidence of fishing boats using illegal driftnets in southern Italy’s port of Bagnara Calabra.

22nd July 2014

Oceana exposes illegal fishing

22nd July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Antarctic Ocean Alliance (AOA) has released a new report to contribute towards protection of the Weddell Sea Region, located south of the Atlantic Ocean.

21st July 2014

AOA reports on Weddell region protection

21st July 2014

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Globally, an albatross dies on a fishing hook every five minutes, but a clever new invention called the Hookpod has been designed to ensure that fishermen are catching fish and not birds.

17th July 2014

New UK invention to save the albatross

17th July 2014

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

HB Grandis Ísbjörninn cold store at Nordurgardur, Iceland, was opened over a year ago.

17th July 2014

Ísbjörninn proves its worth

17th July 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The first farm has been certified to the ASC Freshwater Trout Standard for responsible aquaculture.

17th July 2014

First trout farm certified

17th July 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

One of Germany’s largest supermarket chains, REWE, is increasing its range of ASC labelled seafood with the introduction of its Goldlocke product.

17th July 2014

REWE introduces ASC tilapia

17th July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has welcomed Morocco’s ratification of a Fisheries Protocol which is set to open the door for European vessels to begin fishing in Moroccan waters again for the first time…

16th July 2014

EU-Morocco agreement to enter into force

16th July 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Key aquaculture statistics which include production volumes, employment numbers, and inspection information are now available on a new page of the Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture website.

16th July 2014

Newfoundland and Labrador’s aquaculture statistics available online

16th July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Crayfish researchers have discovered a new disease plaguing female signal crayfish - eroded swimmeret syndrome (ESS).

16th July 2014

Researchers discover new crayfish disease

16th July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

At a parliamentary meeting on Monday, UK MPs agreed to back a call for the rights of foreign vessels to fish in UK coastal waters to be revoked and reclaimed for the…

15th July 2014

Foreign fishing rights

15th July 2014

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Rolls-Royce has signed a £7 million contract to design and equip a stern trawler for the Norwegian fishing company Prestfjord Havfiske AS.

15th July 2014

Rolls-Royce to design and equip stern trawler

15th July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

During a visit to the Tenth Annual Session of Pacific Fisheries Ministers last week, Australian Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister to Agriculture, Senator Richard Colbeck, renewed commitment to combat illegal fishing and…

15th July 2014

Australia to combat IUU fishing

15th July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has launched a new interactive map, which shows ICES assessments of the status of fish stocks in the Northeast Atlantic

15th July 2014

New interactive ICES map

15th July 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Cermaq Chile has become the first salmon producer in Chile to achieve ASC certification.

15th July 2014

ASC salmon in Chile

15th July 2014

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Five of the 11 most popular species of fish in Australia are found to be “unsustainably managed”, according to a new analysis by the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS).

14th July 2014

Popular Oz seafood “unsustainably managed”

14th July 2014