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ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Cobham has announced the forthcoming launch of a brand new SAILOR VSAT antenna.

1st August 2013

New SAILOR 800 VSAT antenna

1st August 2013

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

This year Ocean Signal has introduced the world’s smallest Personal Locator Beacon the rescueME PLB1 which is typically 30% smaller than other PLBs.

1st August 2013

World’s smallest PLB

1st August 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture has backed the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation adopting trade measures with regard to the Faroe Islands.

31st July 2013

Trade sanctions against the Faroe Islands supported

31st July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson has written to Iceland’s fellow Coastal States (EU, Norway and the Faroe Islands) to propose new negotiations to find a solution to the…

31st July 2013

Iceland calls early Coastal States meeting to resolve mackerel dispute

31st July 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The New Brunswick government in Canada is investing $400,000 in a new programme to accelerate the development of its oyster aquaculture industry.

31st July 2013

Oyster aquaculture investment in New Brunswick

31st July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A number of shellfish harvesting sites in Scotland have been closed, following the detection of unusually high levels of toxins which can cause acute food poisoning.

31st July 2013

Shellfish poisoning outbreak

31st July 2013

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A regional symposium is being organised to address the main issues related to sustainable small scale fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

31st July 2013

Small scale fisheries symposium

31st July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fourteen animal welfare, environmental and conservation organisations have applauded Gov. Andrew Cuomo for signing a law that bans the possession, sale, trade and distribution of shark fins in New York.

31st July 2013

New York bans shark fin trade

31st July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK fisherman, Andy Giles, is set to document a day’s fishing through a series of tweets as part of a new initiative to raise awareness of the complex and dangerous nature of…

31st July 2013

Fishermen ‘Tweets from the Deep’

31st July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Guangdong Gourmet Aquatic Products’ processing plant in Wuchuan, Guangdong, China, has attained Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

31st July 2013

Chinese processor first to offer one-star pompano

31st July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group’s (SPSG) North Sea herring fishery has been recertified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), making the herring fishery the only Scottish fishery currently recertified under the programme.

31st July 2013

UK’s biggest MSC fishery recertified

31st July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has carried out a global assessment to identify the potential for offshore mariculture development in regions where land, near-shore space and freshwater is limited.

29th July 2013

Offshore mariculture assessment

29th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Government has established a five point action plan underpinned by up to £6m of funding for prawn and white fish fishermen in Scotland who have faced tough conditions in recent…

26th July 2013

Action plan for Scottish fishing

26th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Norway’s Cermaq has entered into a “definitive” share purchase agreement with Altor and Bain Capital for the sale of its fish feed business, EWOS.

25th July 2013

Cermaq to sell EWOS

25th July 2013

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Skipper Karsten Mølgaard from Hirtshals has reported that getting a new set of 15 VF flying trawl doors from Thyborøn Trawldoors was a “very good experience”.

25th July 2013

Flying trawl doors “working out well”

25th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has initialled a 4-year Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement (FPA) with the Morocco.

25th July 2013

EC initials protocol with Morocco

25th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has proposed a reduction of 30% for the Bay of Biscay anchovy total allowable catch (TAC) for the 1 July 2012 - 30 June 2013 season.

25th July 2013

30% cut proposed for Bay of Biscay anchovy

25th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new report on fish stocks in the Northeast Atlantic has further confirmed that they may be in sustained recovery.

24th July 2013

Fish stocks recovery

24th July 2013

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

All vessels over 12m operating in certain waters around the UK now have two months to demonstrate compliance with an existing EU regulation to reduce cetacean bycatch, effective from 1 July 2013.

24th July 2013

Banana Pingers to reduce bycatch

24th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Pacific hake offshore fishery has entered assessment for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) re-certification.

24th July 2013

Pacific hake fishery enters re-assessment

24th July 2013