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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A researcher at the University of Maine at Machias has received a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the potential for new aquaculture markets for two shellfish in Maine.

15th August 2013

$600,000 grant for aquaculture research in Maine

15th August 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A three-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership between HR Wallingford and the University of Exeter is being launched this month to predict the impact of underwater noise on fish.

14th August 2013

The impact of underwater noise on fish

14th August 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

University of Salford DNA testing has found that that supermarket skate and ray wings, despite being labelled as from sustainable stocks, are actually being taken from declining species.

14th August 2013

Declining skate and ray wings sold in supermarkets

14th August 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK fisherman, David Warwick, is tweeting his daily FishTales in a bid to highlight the problems faced by the often “misunderstood” fishing industry.

14th August 2013

Fisherman tweets industry views

14th August 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new Rabobank report says that the outbreak of Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) in shrimp will give second-tier shrimp producing regions the opportunity to step up production and capture market share –…

14th August 2013

An opportunity for new shrimp producers

14th August 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A New Zealand man has been sentenced to 200 hours community service after getting caught selling illegal paua on Facebook.

14th August 2013

Poacher caught on Facebook

14th August 2013

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Raymarine’s TH Series handheld thermal cameras have a new safety enhancing software upgrade - InstAlertTM.

13th August 2013

Technology update for thermal cameras

13th August 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish is looking to reduce its standard rate of levy for the first time in over 14 years; a move it says will help reduce the “financial burden” of 90% of business…

13th August 2013

Seafish to reduce levy rates

13th August 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The key suspect in the Environmental Justice Foundation’s (EJF) investigation into human trafficking and human rights abuses in Thailand’s seafood industry has been arrested.

13th August 2013

Human trafficking suspect arrested

13th August 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two appeals put forward to the New Zealand High Court against King Salmon’s proposal to develop new fish farms in the Marlborough Sounds have been rejected.

12th August 2013

King Salmon development dispute

12th August 2013

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The Baader Group has taken over the business activities of Seafood Innovations Pty Ltd. and Seafood Innovations International Group Pty Ltd. in Australia.

11th August 2013

Baader takes over Seafood Innovations

11th August 2013

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Small Pacific islands are to see greater economic benefits with the promotion of more sustainable and locally owned and operated tuna fisheries, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific.

9th August 2013

Roadmap to transform Pacific tuna fisheries

9th August 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

EU Member States that overfished in 2012 will suffer deductions from their 2013 quotas.

8th August 2013

Deductions announced from 2013 quotas

8th August 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Australia’s first processing plant has achieved Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

8th August 2013

BAP for Australia

8th August 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Carly Wills interviews Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, following his call for an early meeting of the Coastal States to find a solution to the ongoing dispute over…

8th August 2013

Iceland calls for a fair solution on mackerel

8th August 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The United Kingdom has ratified the International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006).

7th August 2013

UK ratifies Maritime Labour Convention

7th August 2013

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Menakhem Ben-Yami reviews two very different fishing books.

7th August 2013

Salmon fishing and a traumatic tale

7th August 2013

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Ireland is the leading EU quota holder of boarfish (Capros aper) at 56,666 tonnes.

7th August 2013

Ireland’s biggest fish resource is difficult to process

7th August 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Russian Salmon Company, one of Russia’s largest fish producers, has announced plans to establish a large-scale aquaculture complex in the Murmansk region of Russia, which will specialise on the production of juvenile…

7th August 2013

Russia’s largest aquaculture plant

7th August 2013

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

In its latest report into seafood fraud, Oceana has found that commonly swapped species in the United States can cost up to twice as much as their cheaper counterparts.

7th August 2013

Seafood mislabelling – an expensive business

7th August 2013