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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

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

For the first time scientists have been able to develop a completely vegetarian diet that works for marine fish raised in aquaculture, the key to making aquaculture a sustainable industry.

7th August 2013

The key to sustainable aquaculture

7th August 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Belize Aquaculture Ltd. has become the first shrimp company in Belize and the second in Central America approved to offer three-star BAP shrimp.

6th August 2013

Three-star shrimp from Belize Aquaculture

6th August 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish has recently appointed two new directors, who joined the organisation in July to help deliver and implement the group’s new corporate plan.

6th August 2013

Seafish appoints two new directors

6th August 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new three week fishing course designed to introduce people to the fishing industry has been well received by the local community in Looe, Cornwall, UK.

5th August 2013

Fishing course success

5th August 2013

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Jeppesens new C-MAP MAX-N Wide cartography, designed for popular navigation systems from global marine electronics company Navico, is now available to boaters worldwide.

4th August 2013

New Jeppesen C-MAP MAX-N Wide cartography

4th August 2013

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The Swedish Maritime Administration is investing SEK50m to improve and modernise the Swedish coastal radio network, the cornerstone of search and rescue activities in Swedish waters.

4th August 2013

Sweden to modernise coastal radio network

4th August 2013

NEWS

NEWS

Chile’s fishing industry is at the crossroads of development with this year seeing a new law passed that is aimed at helping the country maintain its position as one of the world’s…

3rd August 2013

A new kind of future

3rd August 2013

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The Mediterranean Fisheries Research, Production and Training Institute in Turkey has ordered a new Fisheries Control, Audit and Research Vessel from Akdeniz Shipyard.

3rd August 2013

Akdeniz Shipyard wins research vessel order

3rd August 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has published a popular version of its fish stock advice for 2014.

1st August 2013

Fish stock advice

1st August 2013

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Croatia’s accession to the EU means the country will have to face fresh challenges in its fishing sector. Adrian Tatum reports.

1st August 2013

Croatia prepares for Europe

1st August 2013

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

VSTEP has delivered a NAUTIS DNV Class A FMB simulator to Australian training organisation Seafood and Maritime Industries Training (SMIT).

1st August 2013

Simulator delivered to training company

1st August 2013

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Tersan Shipyard, located in Turkey, has delivered the 74.7m stern freezer trawler ‘Volstad’ to Norwegian fishing and offshore company Volstad AS.

1st August 2013

Tersan Shipyard delivers ‘Volstad’

1st August 2013