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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Western Australia’s first aquaculture development zone has been recommended for approval by the Environmental Protection Authority.

18th February 2014

Approval for Western Australia’s first aquaculture zone

18th February 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Chilean mussel fishery and suspended culture has become the first Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified fishery in Chile.

18th February 2014

First Chilean fishery MSC certified

18th February 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

“Ground-breaking” scientific work is set to improve efforts to develop robust, disease-resistant, farmed salmon.

14th February 2014

Scientific work to “revolutionise” salmon breeding

14th February 2014

HEME

HEME

Book before midnight today and save €175 on a delegate place at the 5th Offshore Mariculture Conference, which includes a visit to an offshore fish farm.

14th February 2014

Last chance to save 20% – early bird delegate rate ends today!

14th February 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK fishermen are taking a battering by the countrys “exceptional” winter, which according to the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) is affecting around 4,000 fishermen with losses running into millions of…

13th February 2014

A stormy time for UK fishermen

13th February 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sablefish Canada Inc is launching its acclaimed Kyuquot Sound Black Cod into restaurants and high-end retail in Europe.

13th February 2014

Sablefish launches in Europe

13th February 2014

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

TV chef Jean Christophe Novelli has been announced as the judge of the final of the UK Young Seafood Chef of the Year Competition

13th February 2014

Jean-Christophe Novelli to judge seafood competition

13th February 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oceana, the international ocean protection organisation, has warned that nearly 12 of the 26m hectares of Spanish Mediterranean waters are under threat from oil and gas exploration.

13th February 2014

Oil and gas exploitation fears

13th February 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Marine Harvest has announced that its first two farms have been ASC-certified - Tarmvikodden and Buksevika in Vest-Agder County, Norway.

13th February 2014

First Marine Harvest farms ASC-certified

13th February 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Australian Government has announced that $3.5 million in funding has been secured for the Huon Aquaculture Value Added Processing Facility project, as part of the Tasmanian Jobs and Growth Plan

13th February 2014

Boost for Tasmanian aquaculture

13th February 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Maryland Seafood Authenticity and Enforcement Act has been introduced to provide Maryland residents with more information about the seafood they purchase.

11th February 2014

Maryland introduces fraud bill

11th February 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new report predicts that aquaculture will provide close to two thirds of global food fish consumption by 2030, as catches from wild capture fisheries level off and demand from an emerging…

11th February 2014

Two thirds of fish to come from aquaculture by 2030

11th February 2014

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Ocean Safety has signed an agreement with Seafish to supply an initial 300 Mullion Compact personal flotation devices (PFDs) to commercial fishermen in England and Wales.

11th February 2014

English and Welsh fishermen to receive PFDs

11th February 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission (EC) has begun a five-year long project, ‘Diversify’, to identify a number of new and emerging finfish species that have the potential to expand the EU aquaculture industry.

11th February 2014

EC works to ‘diversify’ aquaculture

11th February 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Denmark headquartered MacArtney has supplied a major consignment of high performance oceanographic winches to JAMSTEC, the Japanese Agency of Marine-Earth-Science and Technology.

11th February 2014

Underwater winch package for research ship

11th February 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Researchers at Swansea University are developing a means of restoring endangered seagrass meadows in the UK by growing mats of these marine plants to replace previously damaged habitat.

11th February 2014

Seagrass restoration could reverse marine biodiversity decline

11th February 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group (SSMG) is predicting that sales of Scottish mussels will double in the run-up to Valentine’s Day on Friday.

11th February 2014

Valentine’s Day boom for Scottish mussels

11th February 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is calling on fishermen to comment on the benefits and difficulties when it comes to marine spatial planning zones.

10th February 2014

Core fishing grounds aid marine planning

10th February 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Nutreco is looking to drive sustainable growth and expand its operations in Latin America, Russia, Asia and Africa after reporting solid results in 2013.

10th February 2014

Nutreco drives growth

10th February 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Partners of Unimak Maritime Group have been certified as sustainable by Friend of the Sea for sockeye and pink eye salmon fisheries in Kamchatka, Eastern Russia.

7th February 2014

Russian salmon verified sustainable

7th February 2014