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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New Zealand’s government has confirmed a ban on shark finning, with the first tranche of sharks included in the ban taking affect from 1 October 2014.

14th January 2014

NZ shark fin ban confirmed

14th January 2014

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Last year’s horsemeat scandal in the UK illustrated the ease with which criminals could target the food industry and make huge profits as they did so.

13th January 2014

Complex supply chains leave industry open to fraud

13th January 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Menakhem Ben-Yami looks into an American fish counting project

13th January 2014

USA: Count the fish and let them go

13th January 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

World Fishing & Aquaculture interviews Norwegian modern fish farming pioneer, Bjørn Myrseth to discover what he believes the future holds for the fast growing industry.

13th January 2014

Freshwater fish will become more important in aquaculture

13th January 2014

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Andrew Martin reports on the future potential for farmed cobia.

13th January 2014

Cobia at a crossroads

13th January 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The crew of the San Diego-based Coast Guard Cutter ‘Boutwell’ rescued four fishermen on 6 January after their disabled fishing vessel had been adrift off the coast of Panama for 14 days.

10th January 2014

Fishermen rescued

10th January 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Aquarists at ZSL London Zoo says that the worldwide appeal to find a female mate for a critically-endangered fish species has been successful after a small population was found in remote Madagascar.

9th January 2014

Rare species saved from extinction?

9th January 2014

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Kathryn Stack, Senior Political Advisor to Struan Stevenson MEP, Senior Vice-President of the European Parliament Fisheries Committee, writes on the influence of the Green lobby/NGOs in EU fisheries policy decision making.

9th January 2014

Comment: Fisheries and the Green lobby – what’s the real catch?

9th January 2014

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Following this week’s pledge to take action against Walmart regarding its seafood sourcing policy, Alaska Salmon Now has released findings from a new poll of US consumers.

9th January 2014

New poll shows consumer support for Alaska seafood

9th January 2014

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Alaska Marine Lines is purchasing 200 of the most energy efficient refrigerated units in the world.

9th January 2014

Alaska Marine Lines buys energy efficient reefers

9th January 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

U.S. Senator Mark Begich has written to the president and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Doug McMillon, asking the company to reconsider its decision to stop buying Alaska salmon products that are…

9th January 2014

Senator urges Walmart to reconsider

9th January 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A Norwegian farm has become the first salmon farm to be awarded Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification.

9th January 2014

First salmon farm certified

9th January 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

International campaigners have accused Japan of being guilty of “medieval butchery” after a video was released showing images of slaughtered whales onboard a Japanese vessel inside a sanctuary, local media reports.

8th January 2014

Southern Ocean sanctuary whales slaughtered

8th January 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Mission of Denmark to Geneva has filed a request to establish a WTO panel in the dispute between the Faroe Islands and the EU over Atlanto-Scandian herring.

8th January 2014

WTO panel requested for herring dispute

8th January 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Alaska fishermen are pledging to take further action against Walmart for failing to keep its promise to revise its seafood policy by the end of 2013.

8th January 2014

Alaskan fishermen to take action against Walmart

8th January 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Fusion Marine has completed a fish farm pen order worth over €300,000 for a bass and bream farming operation in Malta.

8th January 2014

New pens for Maltese fish farm

8th January 2014

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd has announced that it has signed an agreement with its vessel constructor to replace 20-30 of its existing fishing vessels.

8th January 2014

Pingtan to replace its fishing vessels

8th January 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new study led by researchers from Florida State University has examined the domino effect that occurs when too many fish are harvested from one habitat.

8th January 2014

New study on the snowball effect of overfishing

8th January 2014

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The French Research Institute for Exploration of the Sea (Ifremer) has acquired a second Simrad ME70 scientific multibeam echosounder to strengthen the organisation’s work in the Mediterranean Sea.

7th January 2014

New mulitbeam sonar for Ifremer

7th January 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sea Pact has announced its second Request for Grant Proposals and is inviting Fishery and Aquaculture Improvement Projects, habitat restoration efforts, scientific research and other projects to apply for funding.

7th January 2014

Sea Pact announces second Request for Grant Proposals

7th January 2014