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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Two new HB Grandi fishing vessels under construction at the Celiktrans yard in Turkey will be fitted with the new Wärtsilä NOx Reducer.

23rd April 2014

Upgraded Wärtsilä NOx Reducer for HB Grandi vessels

23rd April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Australia’s South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association (SETFIA) and Sydney fisherman Vince Bagnato are due to trial a bycatch reduction device that excludes gulper sharks from Royal Red Prawn nets, from late…

23rd April 2014

Sydney bycatch trials

23rd April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Icelandic Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture has set Icelands 2014 mackerel catch quota at 147,574 tons.

22nd April 2014

Iceland announces 2014 mackerel quota

22nd April 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Farmed shrimp certified to two-star, three-star and four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) standards are now equivalent to a yellow ‘Good Alternative’ rating from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch® programme.

22nd April 2014

BAP shrimp standards now a ‘Good Alternative’

22nd April 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Icelandic boat builder, Vikingboats ehf, delivered a 13m shelter decked fishing boat to a Norwegian buyer in February.

22nd April 2014

Vardøjenta delivered

22nd April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Norway’s Ocea and Bremnes Seashore are to further develop the Ocea Thermolicer, scaling it for Norwegian and North Sea conditions.

22nd April 2014

Ocea and Bremnes work on ‘green’ delousing

22nd April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish fishing industry is seeking answers from the Scottish and UK fisheries ministers on exactly what it will mean for fishermen in Scotland if the country votes ‘yes’ to independence.

22nd April 2014

SFF seeks clarity on independence

22nd April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Earth Island Institute’s (EII) International Monitoring Program has released its 2013 Annual Report on Dolphin Safe Tuna.

22nd April 2014

EII releases Annual Report on Dolphin Safe tuna

22nd April 2014

OFFSHORE MARICULTURE CONFERENCE

OFFSHORE MARICULTURE CONFERENCE

The 2014 Offshore Mariculture Conference confirmed that aquaculture is still the future.

16th April 2014

Aquaculture still growing

16th April 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Tassal Operations’ Macquarie Harbour Farm has become the first farm in Australia to achieve Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification.

16th April 2014

First farm in Australia ASC certified

16th April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An EC-funded research project is working hard to find alternative fish feeds that retain the nutritional properties of fish.

16th April 2014

EU project finds fish feed alternatives

16th April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Provisional statistics published by Scotland’s Chief Statistician show that the overall quayside value of sea fish and shellfish landed by Scottish vessels in 2013 decreased by 8%, compared with 2012.

16th April 2014

Value of Scottish fish falls by 8%

16th April 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The grand opening of the largest closed-water shrimp production facility in the US will take place on 7 May.

16th April 2014

FOA grand opening

16th April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New research from Oregon State University shows that handling frozen fish caused nearly half of all injuries aboard commercial freezer-trawlers and about a quarter of the injuries on freezer-longliner vessels operating off…

16th April 2014

Changes could reduce fishing injuries

16th April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Greenpeace and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are claiming victory in their campaign against Tesco and the cut-price tuna brand Oriental & Pacific.

15th April 2014

Tesco backs down over tinned tuna

15th April 2014

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

A new indoor system for drying Stockfish is currently under development and will be launched next year.

15th April 2014

EU backs fish drying project

15th April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Aquasense International Corporation is in discussions with a number of seafood companies for the exclusive right to distribute the industry’s first ever farm-raised, saltwater red tilapia products in the US market.

15th April 2014

ASP to choose distributor for new product

15th April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Workers’ organisation ETF and representatives from Europêche and Cogeca has adopted a revised social clause to be included in Sustainable Fisheries Agreements (SFAs) with third countries.

14th April 2014

EU partners adopt social clause

14th April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On the third and final day of the Offshore Mariculture Conference 2014 delegates visited the Piscicoltura del Golfo di Gaeta Soc. Coop. Agricola a R.L. (P2G) fish farm, which is situated about…

11th April 2014

OSM delegates visit P2G fish farm

11th April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The first presentation of day two of the 2014 Offshore Mariculture Conference was delivered by Neil Sims, president of the Ocean Stewards Institute and CEO of Kampachi Farms, who presented his paper…

10th April 2014

Integrating offshore mariculture and renewable energy

10th April 2014