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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An international team of researchers has mapped the genetic profile of the rainbow trout, focusing on the rate at which genes have evolved since a rare genome doubling event occurred around 100…

25th April 2014

Researchers look at rainbow trout genome

25th April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Thuy Hai Seafood Processing Co., Ltd fishmeal factory opened in Vietnam on 19 April.

24th April 2014

Fishmeal factory opens in Vietnam

24th April 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

New Zealand company Sealord has purchased the ‘Ocean Dawn’, a vessel that has been under contract to the fishing company since July 2011, for around NZD20m.

24th April 2014

Sealord buys ‘Ocean Dawn’

24th April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New Zealand Pacific salmon producer, King Salmon, is making progress on new farms in Marlborough Sounds after receiving the go-ahead from the Supreme Court.

24th April 2014

Progress made on new NZ salmon farms

24th April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Australian NaturalCare has launched Friend of the Sea (FOS) approved Calamari Oil 1000, which contains Calamarine® concentrated squid oil produced by Pharma Marine.

24th April 2014

FOS-certified Calamari Oil

24th April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Researchers at Perth’s Murdoch University have been conducting a biopsy sampling programme on ocean sunfish for the past 12 months.

23rd April 2014

Ocean sunfish sampling

23rd April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

For the first time in almost 20 years, Eastern Tuna longliners have been catching Southern Bluefin tuna (SBT) in the Great Australian Bight.

23rd April 2014

Tuna fishing in the Great Australian Bight

23rd April 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Australian Coalition is standing strong against illegal fishing in the Australian Fishing Zone following the apprehension of a suspected illegal vessel with 500kg of fish onboard.

23rd April 2014

Oz Coalition stands up to illegal fishing

23rd April 2014

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