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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK seafood industry has heard how industry collaboration is helping Chile to prepare for its forthcoming discard ban.

24th October 2013

UK learns from Chile on preparing for discard ban

24th October 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine Harvest has bought 7,734,185 shares in Morpol from Skagen Vekst, bringing the company’s total shares in Morpol to 91.7%.

24th October 2013

Marine Harvest buys further shares in Morpol

24th October 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Northern Ireland’s fisheries minister Michelle O’Neill has launched the £2.6 million South East Area European Fisheries Fund.

23rd October 2013

£2.6m scheme for Northern Ireland

23rd October 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The first meeting of the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) has been held in Melbourne, Australia.

23rd October 2013

First meeting of the SIOFA

23rd October 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Representatives of the EU pelagic fishing industry met with Commissioner Damanaki on Monday to put forward a solution to resolving the long running mackerel dispute.

23rd October 2013

Solution to mackerel dispute put forward

23rd October 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

AKVA Group has won yet another contract to supply cage farms for salmon farming operations in Russia - a contract worth around 50m NOK (US$8.5m).

23rd October 2013

Another Russian win for AKVA

23rd October 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new report concludes that higher market prices helped the EU fishing fleet stay profitable in 2011, despite less fish being landed.

22nd October 2013

EU fleet profitable

22nd October 2013

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

Marine Harvest has signed a new contract for the labelling and tracking of its fish boxes.

22nd October 2013

Marine Harvest signs labelling and tracking contract

22nd October 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Skretting Norway has officially opened its extended fish feed plant in Averøy, Norway - the largest and most modern fish feed plant in the world.

22nd October 2013

Skretting opens world’s largest feed plant

22nd October 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish is looking for businesses to take part in user trials of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions profiling tool that can help identify energy ‘hotspots’ in the seafood product supply chain.

22nd October 2013

Seafish seeks energy ‘hotspots’

22nd October 2013

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Tucal has expanded its range of plate freezers with a new mini-freezer, which has been especially designed for small capacities and small factories.

22nd October 2013

New Tucal mini-freezer

22nd October 2013

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Marine Rescue Technologies introduced its latest man overboard technology in October, which has been designed and developed to meet new international standards that could be introduced as early as February 2014.

17th October 2013

Life saving the sMRT way

17th October 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) has adopted its work programme for 2014-2018, along with is budget for next year.

17th October 2013

Control agency plans for 2014-2018

17th October 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

DG Mare has released a new publication on the possibilities offered by the Axis 4 of the European Fisheries Fund (EFF).

16th October 2013

Axis 4: a pocket guide to spending

16th October 2013

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

A new line weighting study in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery has shown a reduced risk to seabird capture with no influence on fish catch rate.

16th October 2013

New line weighting system a success

16th October 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A letter signed by 200 scientists has been sent to the European Parliament, urging it not to invest in the subsidies voted for by the Fisheries Committee.

16th October 2013

Scientists urge Parliament to end investment in subsidies

16th October 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A discards research project, ‘Utilisation of discards in bait’, has found that commonly discarded species could be used to balance the current shortage of bait in the supply chain.

16th October 2013

Using discards for bait

16th October 2013

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Airmar Technology Corporation has acquired all of the assets of Marport Deep Sea Technologies’ Commercial Fishing division.

16th October 2013

Airmar acquires Marport fishing division

16th October 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fisheries representatives have gathered together in Australia to talk about the sustainable management of southern bluefin tuna.

15th October 2013

Bluefin tuna meeting

15th October 2013

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the Scottish Fishing Federation (SFF) writes for World Fishing & Aquaculture on the Scottish fishing industry.

15th October 2013

Scottish fisheries – sustainability and independence

15th October 2013