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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has introduced new guidelines on labelling for fish and aquaculture products to help consumers make informed decisions on the food they eat.

23rd July 2013

New labelling guidelines

23rd July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two Pescanova Group seafood processing plants have received Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

22nd July 2013

BAP for Pescanova

22nd July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two fisheries in East Africa are to receive funding for improvement projects to bring them up to the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) Environmental Standard for Sustainable Fishing.

22nd July 2013

East African fishery funding

22nd July 2013

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Bryan Gibson reports on the recent court battle between the UK’s under 10m fleet and the producer associations over quota share.

18th July 2013

Under 10m fleet wins quota battle

18th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oceana has completed its third annual Baltic Sea expedition, aiming to expose the weaknesses of the current network of marine protected areas.

18th July 2013

Oceana completes expedition

18th July 2013

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

A Flow Ice generator, designed and built by Pam Refrigeration in Cape Town, is now in use for the rapid cooling of freshly caught salmon in road tankers for a Tasmanian salmon…

18th July 2013

Unique Flow Ice application in Tasmania

18th July 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Mississippi State University scientists have found that catfish can thrive for the first six weeks after hatching by feeding on naturally occurring zooplankton – which could save producers money.

18th July 2013

Keeping fish feeding costs down

18th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Simon Coveney , Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has announced that €2.4m in grant aid will go to 25 seafood processing companies under the 2013 Seafood Processing Business Investment…

18th July 2013

Ireland announces €8m in new investment

18th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The first reading of the €6.5bn European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) by the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament has been received with mixed reaction.

18th July 2013

EMFF reaction

18th July 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Peruvian anchovy fishing company Hayduk Corporation has recently repowered one of its anchovy purse seiners, the Ana Lucia.

18th July 2013

Cummins Power for Peruvian purse seiner

18th July 2013

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

So far this year Spanish refrigeration company Tucal has been very active in North Africa, mainly in Morocco and Mauritania.

18th July 2013

Tucal active in North Africa

18th July 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Mevagissey, UK, based scalloper Brian Ball has opted for a new JCB repower for his 7.98m vessel Charlotta.

18th July 2013

JCB repower for British scalloper

18th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Spanish government and other involved parties have reached an agreement to prohibit trawling over the coralligenous communities and rhodolites beds on the seamounts of the Mallorca Channel and the area East…

17th July 2013

Trawling prohibited in Cabrera

17th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Albion Fisheries Ltd has become the first Canadian full line seafood distributor to earn Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

17th July 2013

BAP certification for Canadian distributor

17th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Îles-de-la-Madeleine lobster (Homarus americanus) trap fishery in Canada has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

17th July 2013

Canadian lobster fishery achieves certification

17th July 2013

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Menakhem Ben-Yami interviews Robin Alden, Executive Director of Penobscot East Resource Center and member of Maine Sea Grants Policy Advisory Committee.

17th July 2013

Champion of small-scale fishermen

17th July 2013

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The Espersen Group processing site in Lithuania is the first to use Dybvad Stål Industri’s (DSI) horizontal HKS 38/20, with auto filling and unloading.

16th July 2013

Success for horizontal freezer

16th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission will impose trade sanction measures against the Faroe Islands at the end of this month due to the overfishing of Atlanto-Scandian herring, and similar measures will also be brought…

16th July 2013

Sanctions deadline set

16th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Prince of Wales has praised the work of British fishermen in taking steps to reduce the impact of their industry on the marine environment.

16th July 2013

Prince of Wales praises British fishermen

16th July 2013

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Somali Fair Fishing is an independent Danish-Somali NGO which has initiated a hands-on project, building a local fish factory in Somaliland.

16th July 2013

Pon Power joins the fight against poverty

16th July 2013