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BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Katherine Hawes gives a brief overview of the aquaculture insurance business.

8th July 2014

An introduction to aquaculture insurance

8th July 2014

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

America’s Bell Aquaculture LLC has opened its new Bell Farms Aqua Feed Mill in Indiana representing the last major step toward completion of a vertically integrated aquaculture farm that has long been…

3rd July 2014

Bell Aquaculture opens new aqua feed mill

3rd July 2014

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

About one third of all fish landed spoils before it can be consumed. So, it would be thought that any process which can destroy the microorganisms that cause fish and shellfish to…

3rd July 2014

Seafood spoilage could be reduced by irradiation

3rd July 2014

NEWS

NEWS

The Canadian fishing industry is making sure the next 10 years is just as prosperous as the last decade, reports Adrian Tatum.

3rd July 2014

Canada focuses on the future

3rd July 2014

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Environmentalists and fishermen rarely agree on anything – despite that, for logical reasons, they should stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a common cause for maintaining ‘sustainable’ utilisation of fishery resources.

3rd July 2014

The undue quarrel

3rd July 2014

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Seafood expert Cabomar Congelas has found the accuracy it seeks for its different seafood mixes in a special packing line using twinned Ishida multihead weighers.

3rd July 2014

CASE STUDY: Accurate mixing technology

3rd July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Young’s Seafood has confirmed that it is creating two Centres of Excellence as part of its chilled strategy to focus on the company’s core customers, simplify the business and deliver market leading…

3rd July 2014

Young’s to create two Centres of Excellence

3rd July 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) has voiced its concern over the upcoming Scottish referendum and the implications it could have on the industry.

2nd July 2014

SFF calls for industry clarification

2nd July 2014

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