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ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

OLRAC SPS’ electronics logbook system has been accredited for use in the European Union to comply with EU council regulations.

26th September 2013

Elog solutions certified

26th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The annual UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2012 report has been published by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) today.

26th September 2013

UK fishing industry report published

26th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment in Spain has announced a 1,000mt increase to the anchovy quota in the Gulf of Cadiz and southern Galicia, thanks to an exchange agreement with…

26th September 2013

Spain increases anchovy quota

26th September 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Most aquaculture systems are open to the natural environment, making it difficult to protect fish from parasites, bacteria and viruses and they are subject to environmental fluctuations.

25th September 2013

Case study: Protec improves the immune defences of farmed fish around the world

25th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Russian Sea of Okhotsk walleye pollock fishery has now officially received Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

25th September 2013

Russian pollock fishery MSC certified

25th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Due to healthy stocks, catch levels have been increased for a range of New Zealand’s fisheries.

24th September 2013

NZ: Healthy stocks, increased TACs

24th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Nofima and the University of Tromsø are collaborating to offer a course aimed at small and medium-sized seafood companies, with the objective of improving their ability of running their own R&D activities.

24th September 2013

Educating on R&D

24th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new shrimp trawl designed to have less seabed contact and to achieve greater fuel efficiency is to be tested at sea, thanks to $95,048 funding from the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial…

24th September 2013

New shrimp trawl design to be tested at sea

24th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marel’s 13th Salmon ShowHow will take place at Progress Point in Copenhagen, Denmark, 5 February 2014.

24th September 2013

Marel Salmon Showhow

24th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Aquaculture operators are being given the chance to tender for a new demonstration project in the coastal waters of southwestern England, addressing the sustainable production of marine finfish.

23rd September 2013

British finfish project

23rd September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Senator Lisa Murkowski has introduced legislation to combat the influence of outside certification parties on Alaska’s sustainable seafood industry.

19th September 2013

New legislation for Alaskan sustainability

19th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Western Zone of the Gulf of Mexico will be closed to commercial fishing for king mackerel at 12:00 noon (local time) on 20 September 2013, as the commercial quota is expected…

19th September 2013

King mackerel fishery closure

19th September 2013

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Next week Associated Seafoods Ltd (ASL) will integrate its Scottish smoked salmon operation into its modern new processing facility in Buckie, north-east Scotland.

19th September 2013

Associated Seafoods’ facility nears completion

19th September 2013

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

At the end of September Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam will deliver the bright pink mussel dredger ‘Lottie Holly’ to Welsh shellfish company, Myti Mussels Ltd.

19th September 2013

Pink dredger for Myti Mussels

19th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A study by researchers from the University of Minnesota has shown that extinction and overfishing threats from multispecies fisheries can be identified decades before species are over-harvested and populations decline.

18th September 2013

Preventing fishery collapse

18th September 2013

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

A free online health service has been launched to help people working in small businesses in higher-risk sectors in England – including fishing - who suffer from work-related ill health.

18th September 2013

Free health service for fish workers

18th September 2013

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

New research is being released that examines customer attitudes towards culinary preparation of seafood.

17th September 2013

Seafood consumption study

17th September 2013

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

‘Atlantic Viking’ has become the fourth in a series of five trawlers delivered to Norwegian owners by Tersan Shipyard in Turkey.

17th September 2013

Tersan Shipyard delivers ‘Atlantic Viking’

17th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Michael Lodge, the Independent Adjudicator for the objection against Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the Russia Sea of Okhotsk pollock fishery, has cleared the fishery for certification.

17th September 2013

Russian pollock fishery can be certified

17th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Ugly Animal Preservation Society has named the “world’s ugliest animal”, the blobfish, as its new mascot.

16th September 2013

Blobfish ugliest animal!

16th September 2013