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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

NEWS

NEWS

Australia’s fishing sector has faced a number of challenges in the past few years and as a new government starts to develop its policies, Adrian Tatum charts the progress of one of…

15th October 2013

Tackling change head on

15th October 2013

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Members of the general public, as well as from the fish trade itself, gathered to watch competitors in the UK’s National Federation of Fishmongers (NFF) annual British Fish Craft Championships at the…

15th October 2013

Fish craft championship competition thrills the crowds

15th October 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Kenyan Marine and Fisheries Research Institute have helped build a fish trap that keeps valuable fish in while letting undersized juvenile fish and non-target…

15th October 2013

New trap reduces bycatch in Africa

15th October 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

John Deere Power Systems (JDPS) has announced that it will meet U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Marine Tier 3 emissions regulations with a complete line-up of diesel engines from 74 to 559kW…

15th October 2013

John Deere introduces Tier 3 engines

15th October 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Wärtsilä has launched its new Bio Seal RingTM product for maritime stern tube seal applications.

15th October 2013

Wärtsilä launches new long life seal ring

15th October 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Caterpillar Marine Power Systems is relaunching one of its most successful marine engine platforms.

14th October 2013

Cat engine to resume production this year

14th October 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US Dartmouth College’s Class of 1978 Life Sciences building is using several hundred Nile tilapia in an experiment to develop sustainable fish feed.

14th October 2013

Sustainable fish feed research

14th October 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Canada’s Prince Edward Island (PEI) lobster fishery is to be assessed against the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification programme by an independent, third party.

11th October 2013

PEI lobster goes for MSC

11th October 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Fisheries Sustainable Accreditation Group (SFSAG) saithe fishery has received Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

10th October 2013

Sustainable Scottish saithe

10th October 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has released an alert warning of the imminent arrival of illegal fish in the Korean port of Busan.

10th October 2013

EJF: Illegal fish due to arrive in Korea

10th October 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Parliament has voted in favour of the Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Mauritania.

10th October 2013

EU-Mauritania deal agreed

10th October 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Dr Amir Sagi, Ph.D., a professor at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, has received the 2013 Novus Global Aquaculture Innovation Award.

9th October 2013

Aquaculture award

9th October 2013