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Offshore Mariculture has a fresh, new look website which has been re-engineered to incorporate ‘responsive design’.

14th June 2013

Offshore Maricultures new Responsive Website

14th June 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Scottish Salmon Company (TSSC) has invested £480,000 in 16 fish farm pens from Fusion Marine for its new site at Loch Striven.

14th June 2013

£480,000 investment in fish farm pens

14th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Boiled and chilled clusters of red king crab have a recommended shelf life of five days, according to the latest shelf life study carried out by food research institute, Nofima.

13th June 2013

Red king crab shelf life study

13th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Next year’s Skipper Expo Int. Aberdeen fishing show will be held on 30-31 May 2014 and a significant number of companies have already signalled their intention to exhibit.

13th June 2013

Skipper Expo Aberdeen 2014 dates announced

13th June 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Researchers at the University of Rhode Island and Greenfins are taking the first steps in the United States towards breeding yellowfin tuna in a land-based aquaculture facility.

13th June 2013

Establishing sustainable tuna aquaculture in Rhode Island

13th June 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Bremnes Seashore AS farm in Norway is the first farm to be audited against the Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s (ASC) Salmon Standard.

13th June 2013

First ASC salmon audit

13th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Research carried out on early mortality syndrome (EMS) at a Malaysian shrimp farm in Malaysia has revealed that the disease is triggered in ponds with a pH of 8.5 or higher.

12th June 2013

EMS trigger found

12th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Pelagic Processors Association (SPPA) is calling on the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) to bar Faroese seafood companies from its membership.

12th June 2013

Call to bar Faroese companies from BFFF

12th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new rule implemented by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council has put a limit on the number of Chinook salmon that can be killed as bycatch in the Central and Western…

12th June 2013

Chinook salmon bycatch rule implemented

12th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has launched its report ‘Sold to the Sea’ in Madrid, Spain.

12th June 2013

EJF report launched in Spain

12th June 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The dates for Aquaculture Europe 2014 have been announced.

12th June 2013

Aquaculture Europe 2014 announced

12th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Nine thousand kilos of discarded fishing nets collected from beaches along the Danajon Bank, Philippines, have been collected and will be recycled into carpet tiles, as part of the Net-Works project.

11th June 2013

Carpet tiles out of abandoned fishing nets

11th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The British public are showing their support for the ‘reshuffle’ in distribution of the UK’s fishing quota with a 110,000 strong petition.

11th June 2013

Public support for UK fishing quota

11th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Iturup pink salmon and chum salmon fishery, the first Russian fishery to be MSC certified, has started the re-assessment process.

11th June 2013

Russian salmon fishery re-assessment

11th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Following screening success throughout the UK and Europe, Seafish will be making its ‘The Business of Fishing’ film available to schools, higher education institutes and other stakeholder groups.

11th June 2013

Seafish film ‘The Business of Fishing’

11th June 2013

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

McMurdo has announced that Smartfind M5 AIS Class A Transponder is now available.

10th June 2013

McMurdo launches Smartfind M5 AIS Class A Transponder

10th June 2013

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Software developer Diginonymous LLC and the Maritime Medical Access Program at The George Washington University (GWU) Medical Faculty Associates have teamed up to offer an advanced shipboard video telemedicine service for the…

10th June 2013

New video telemedicine initiative

10th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Friend of the Sea has announced the certification of Axellus-group cod liver oil, sourced from approved wild arctic cod.

10th June 2013

Cod liver oil Friend of the Sea certified

10th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Tuna, sardines and mackerel under the LaPerla brand canned for German importer, Otto Franck Import KG, have been certified by Friend of the Sea.

7th June 2013

FOS certification for Otto Franck

7th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The owner and skipper of Irish vessel ‘Lia Jan’ have been fined for inaccurate logbook keeping.

7th June 2013

Fines for inaccurate logbook keeping

7th June 2013