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Marine Harvest Canada (MHC) has become British Columbia’s first salmon company to achieve three-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

9th July 2013

Three-star BAP certification for Marine Harvest Canada

9th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Now all sharks landed in EU ports and by EU vessels worldwide must have their fins still attached to their bodies.

9th July 2013

Shark finning ban

9th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seawork 2013 attracted record numbers of commercial marine professionals with over 7,300 visitors this year, a 6% increase on 2012.

9th July 2013

Record year for Seawork

9th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The second week of September has been dubbed ‘Think Fish Week’ by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and World Wide Fund for Nature-Netherlands (WWF-NL).

9th July 2013

First ‘Think Fish’ campaign launched in The Netherlands

9th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Faroese government is urging the EU to return to the negotiating table to resolve the dispute about the herring stock, with the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs now stepping in as…

9th July 2013

EU economic boycott threatens Denmark as well as the Faroe Islands

9th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Associated Seafoods Ltd (ASL) has revealed plans to make its Scottish smoked salmon and shellfish the main promotional focus for future market growth after receiving positive customer feedback.

8th July 2013

ASL growth driven by Scottish salmon

8th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine Harvest Canada (MHC) has become the first farm raised salmon producer in British Columbia to achieve three star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

5th July 2013

Marine Harvest Canada BAP certified

5th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

One of the largest supplier of animal feeds to UK public aquariums, Marine Nutrition, has received Marine Stewardship Council certification (MSC).

4th July 2013

Marine Nutrition gets MSC

4th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Nofima, the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fishery and Aquaculture, says that Brazil has chosen Norway as its collaborative partner to help modernise its aquaculture industry because it is a forerunner in fish…

4th July 2013

Amazonian fish farming

4th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scotland based deck machinery specialists ACE Winches has been recognised for its strong performance with regard to health and safety and environmental standards.

4th July 2013

Double ACE for winch manufacturer

4th July 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The company, formerly Volda Mekaniske Verksted, was established in 1913 in Volda, Norway, and was taken over by the Scana group in 1998. Today Scana Volda is a recognised supplier of propeller…

4th July 2013

Scana Volda celebrates 100 years

4th July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

McMurdo, part of the Orolia Group, was at this year’s Seawork Exhibition to introduce the latest edition to its product range, the new Personal Automatic Identification System (AIS) beacon, Smartfind S20, which…

4th July 2013

McMurdo extends portfolio

4th July 2013

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Swedish herring fishery in the North Sea has been recertified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

4th July 2013

Swedish herring fisheries recertified

4th July 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Kal Knickerbocker has been appointed the new director of aquaculture at the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

4th July 2013

Florida names new director of aquaculture

4th July 2013

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Development work on Associated Seafoods Ltd (ASL) multi-million pound upgrade programme of its seafood processing facility in Buckie, north-east Scotland, is progressing well.

4th July 2013

New processing facility progressing well

4th July 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A peer-reviewed scientific paper has confirmed the lack of evidence of negative impacts on wild salmon stocks from fish farming.

3rd July 2013

Salmon farming does not impact wild stocks

3rd July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A man from Auckland, New Zealand, has been fined a total of $42,000 for possessing snapper that had not been reported.

3rd July 2013

Big fine for black market snapper trading

3rd July 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The finalists of the Aqua Nor Innovation Award 2013 have been announced – and due to the number of exceptional projects this year, there are four finalists instead of the usual three,…

3rd July 2013

Innovation Award finalists announced

3rd July 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Wales’ largest fishing port, Milford Fish Docks, is set for a major redevelopment plan as part of the Port of Milford Haven’s £60 million Milford Dock Master Plan.

3rd July 2013

Regeneration plans for Welsh fishing port

3rd July 2013

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Korean National Assembly has amended its fisheries law to help curb illegal fishing.

2nd July 2013

South Korea amends fisheries law to address illegal fishing

2nd July 2013