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A multi-million dollar tuna cannery and loin factory has been proposed for Doma, West Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

19th June 2013

$250m tuna cannery for Solomon Islands

19th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

European Member States have exhausted their bluefin tuna quotas early and purse seiners from Spain, France, Italy, Malta and Greece are back in ports.

19th June 2013

Tuna season ends early

19th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The 85th meeting of the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) was held last week in Mexico, the results of which have been welcomed by the European Commission.

19th June 2013

Progress at IATTC meeting

19th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The winners of the UK’s Crown Estate’s 2013 Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards have been announced.

18th June 2013

Scottish aquaculture awards

18th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Nutreco has positioned itself in the global top three shrimp feed suppliers after completing its acquisition of 75% of the shares in Ecuador’s Gisis SA.

18th June 2013

Nutreco completes Ecuador acquisition

18th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The latest comprehensive scientific assessment of the status of New Zealand’s fisheries has been released.

17th June 2013

NZ stock assessments

17th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Changes have been made to regulatory controls of some of New Zealand’s most valuable fisheries, including a decision to extend consultation on the Otago/Southland Paua fisheries review.

17th June 2013

NZ amends fishing regulations

17th June 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Nearly one in five Scottish salmon farms are breaching Environmental Quality Standards for residues of seal lice treatments, which are toxic to lobster, crabs and prawns.

14th June 2013

Chemical pollution at Scottish salmon farms

14th June 2013

HEME

HEME

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