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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd has announced that it has finalised its joint venture with China Co-op (Hainan) Industry Development Co., Ltd., which will see the two working together as part of Pingtans…

2nd July 2014

Joint venture finalised

2nd July 2014

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Strapping systems supplier, Mosca Direct, has launched two new machines into the UK market which are ideal for the challenging environments of fish, meat and poultry processing and packing.

2nd July 2014

New strappers launched for seafood applications

2nd July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Pew Charitable Trusts has teamed up with a UK satellite technology organisation, coast guard and other fishing enforcement officers to fight Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.

2nd July 2014

Satellite technology to fight illegal fishing

2nd July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

North East Scotland MSP Christian Allard is calling on people from every generation of the fishing industry to get involved and make sure that fishing is a priority in the independence debate.

2nd July 2014

Fishing should be a priority in independence debate

2nd July 2014

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Sealord has unveiled prototype ‘smart trawling’ technology that is being developed to provide skippers with a real-time view of the ocean floor and equipment while fishing, to reduce the impact of fishing…

2nd July 2014

Sealord unveils smart trawling technology

2nd July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) has been awarded a contract by the Ascension Island Government to conduct an independent review and provide advice on the implementation of…

1st July 2014

CEFAS wins Ascension Island contract

1st July 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Tuna freezer vessel ‘LJUBICA’ was launched at Zamakona Yards shipyard in Bilbao, Spain, on 16 June.

1st July 2014

Tuna vessel launched

1st July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new report by UK authority Seafish is calling for a re-think on a universal ban on driftnet fishing that has been proposed by the EU.

1st July 2014

Driftnet ban is unnecessary

1st July 2014

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Icelandic fishing company HB Grandi has installed a Marel SensorX bone detection machine as part of its processing line.

1st July 2014

Advanced bone detection from SensorX

1st July 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Marie Smedley, a PhD Candidate at the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture in Scotland, is the winner of this year’s Novartis Animal Health (NAH) Young Scientist Award.

30th June 2014

Young Scientist Award

30th June 2014

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A group of Atlanto-Scandian herring fisheries are joining forces to take their fisheries through the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) re-certification process.

30th June 2014

Atlanto-Scandian fisheries go for MSC certification

30th June 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The OSPAR Commission is set to adopt a regional action plan for the prevention and management of marine litter in the North-East Atlantic.

27th June 2014

OSPAR adopts marine litter action plan

27th June 2014

HEME

HEME

View footage of the Chairmans Welcome and Keynote Addresses, which opened the 5th Offshore Mariculture Conference in Naples, Italy on Wednesday, 9 April 2014.

26th June 2014

Exclusive footage of the conference opening session!

26th June 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Growing Atlantic salmon in land-based, closed-containment is technically feasible, but its commercial viability remains to be proven, says a new report commissioned by the Nova Scotia government.

26th June 2014

Report on land-based aquaculture

26th June 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Shipbuilder MCTAYS has invested more than £1million at its UK headquarters in upgrading a slipway which is now capable of accommodating vessels up to 2,000 tonnes.

26th June 2014

MCTAYS invests more than £1m in upgrade

26th June 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

According to the European Commission’s latest report on the state of fish stocks, stocks in the North and West of Europe are recovering, but there are still serious problems of overfishing in…

26th June 2014

EC: The Mediterranean is heavily overfished

26th June 2014

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Simrad Yachting has announced its next-generation sonar system, the Simrad BSM-3 Broadband Sounder with CHIRP (Compressed High-Intensity Radar Pulse), designed for commercial fisherman and recreational boaters.

26th June 2014

Simrad announces BSM-3 Broadband Sounder

26th June 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A fisheries centre of excellence has been launched in Scotland to improve sustainable fishing throughout the sector.

26th June 2014

Scotland launches centre of excellence

26th June 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

HB Grandi hf. has entered negotiations with Turkish ship building company Celiktrans Deniz Ltd. on the construction of three wetfish trawlers, based on an offer from the ship builder.

26th June 2014

HB Grandi considers three more trawlers

26th June 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Cermaq has confirmed that the ISA virus has been detected at its Langøyhovden sea site in Nordland, Norway.

25th June 2014

ISA detected at Cermaq site

25th June 2014