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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

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A Canadian mussel processing plant has become the first to attain Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

7th January 2014

First BAP mussel plant certified

7th January 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Wild salmon and sea trout in Scotland are at risk of being infected by sea lice released from fish farms located nearby, says the Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland (RAFTS).

6th January 2014

Sensitive Scottish salmon at risk

6th January 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An innovative scheme set up by the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) is quickly improving safety at sea as the 1,000th free lifejacket is handed out.

31st December 2013

Scottish safety on the up

31st December 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A ban has been placed on the import of two consignments of frozen herring from Norway after veterinary experts found the accompanying documents were “incorrectly prepared”.

30th December 2013

Russia bans Norwegian imports

30th December 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Bangladesh’s Western Fishers Shipyard Limited is to build another deep sea mid-water fishing vessel for Agro Food Services, a sister company of Sea Resources Group, local media reports.

30th December 2013

Another fishing vessel for Agro Food

30th December 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US Atlantic sea scallop fishery has been certified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable, well-managed fisheries following an independent assessment conducted by Intertek Moody Marine.

30th December 2013

Scallop fishery certified sustainable

30th December 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Atlantic Radio Telephone has released the WiFi version of its SatStation Extreme Desktop Dock, thought to be the first WiFi-enabled docking station for an Iridium satellite phone.

24th December 2013

Atlantic Radio unveils “industry first”

24th December 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Skinney-Pinganes has bought a pelagic production solution from Icelandic equipment provider, Skaginn.

23rd December 2013

Skinney-Pinganes boosts production

23rd December 2013

HEME

HEME

Investing in Offshore Mariculture today

23rd December 2013

Provisional programme to be released in January 2014!

23rd December 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two American and one Canadian company have become new members of the Sea Pact group - Stavis Seafood, A.C. Covert, and J.J. McDonnell, taking its size up to nine.

19th December 2013

New members for Sea Pact

19th December 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

This year’s annual round of EU fisheries talks has proven successful for the UK fishing industry after it was agreed to freeze the number of days fishermen can go to sea.

19th December 2013

UK secures sustainable future

19th December 2013

HEME

HEME

Alessandro Lovatelli is confirmed as the Offshore Mariculture Conference 2014 chairman and brings over 25 years of aquaculture industry experience to the event.

19th December 2013

Alessandro Lovatelli, Aquaculture Officer FAO, to chair Offshore Mariculture Conference 2014

19th December 2013