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All participants were keen to stay till the end to make the most of the excellent food and the opportunity to network in a relaxed environment. The conference dinner was held at…

10th April 2014

Conference dinner was a great success!

10th April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

In a bid to minimise its environmental impact, Marine Harvest has installed Fusion Marine decking made from environmentally-friendly recycled plastic at its Ardnish Feed Trials unit at Lochailort.

10th April 2014

Marine Harvest installs ‘green’ decking

10th April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The key theme emerging from the 2014 Offshore Mariculture Conference is that aquaculture is still the future.

10th April 2014

Fish farming is still the future

10th April 2014

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The key theme emerging from the 2014 Offshore Mariculture Conference is that aquaculture is still the future. According to conference chairman, Alessandro Lovatelli, aquaculture officer at the FAO, the maximum sustainable potential…

10th April 2014

Fish farming is still the future

10th April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Green Seafoods Ltd’s mussel processing plant in Newfoundland, Canada, has earned Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

9th April 2014

Newfoundland mussel plant earns BAP certification

9th April 2014

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Germany-based Baader Group and Norway Seafoods are joining forces to create a better and more efficient processing line for cod and other whitefish species.

8th April 2014

Baader and Norway Seafoods join forces

8th April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

DNA analysis carried out in March 2014 has confirmed that Friend of the Sea labelled products are what they say they are.

8th April 2014

DNA testing confirms FoS origin

8th April 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A Peruvian scallop producer has become the first company in the world to enter assessment against the Aquaculture Stewardship Council Bivalve Standard.

8th April 2014

Peruvian scallop farm enters ASC assessment

8th April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafood retail company, Congalsa, has become the first Spanish company to partner with the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) to ensure the ecological sustainability of its seafood supplies.

7th April 2014

First sustainable Spanish partnership

7th April 2014

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The new three-party agreement on mackerel share allocations puts the north-east Atlantic pelagic industry on a much more sustainable footing, writes Jason Holland.

6th April 2014

Europe’s mackerel war wanes

6th April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has published England’s first ever plans for the future of its seas to provide much-needed guidance for sustainable development.

4th April 2014

Marine milestone for England’s seas

4th April 2014

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Research by Swansea University and partners shows that protecting seagrass meadows throughout Indonesia is critical for national food security and important fisheries exports.

3rd April 2014

Seagrass conservation in Indonesia protects fisheries

3rd April 2014

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Menakhem Ben-Yami looks at the recent shift in fisheries management science.

3rd April 2014

New name, new game?

3rd April 2014

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Despite an increase in fishing, Spanish fisheries are catching less than 60 years ago, according to a new study by Oceana Europe.

3rd April 2014

Spanish fisheries in decline, says new study

3rd April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between the UK and China, in order to strengthen fishing trade links and help safeguard exports worth £70m each year.

3rd April 2014

UK and China fish trade strengthened

3rd April 2014

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Menakhem Ben-Yami fights the case for small-scale fisheries throughout the world.

2nd April 2014

Speaking up for small-scale fisheries

2nd April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Turkish aquaculture company, Dias Group, has applied for voluntary bankruptcy due to “threatened inability to cover its debts”.

2nd April 2014

Dias Group enters bankruptcy

2nd April 2014

HEME

HEME

Engage in 34 presentations that will guide delegates through current legislation, challenges of securing investments, new technologies and much more. Delegate places also include visit to an offshore fish farm - book…

2nd April 2014

Offshore Mariculture Conference is the place to be next week – last chance to book!

2nd April 2014

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

For the last 20 years the fish processing and canning industries have found that fish have become smaller and smaller, meaning that that yesterday’s processing machines can no longer cope with today’s…

2nd April 2014

Processing smaller fish just got easier

2nd April 2014

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Two Canadian MSC certified fisheries, the Gulf of St. Lawrence (GOSL) northern shrimp and the Gulf of St. Lawrence northern shrimp trawl Esquiman Channel fisheries, have joined in a cooperative effort into…

2nd April 2014

Shrimp fisheries combine to achieve MSC re-certification

2nd April 2014