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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An agreement has been reached for a radical overhaul of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy, following nearly two years of negotiations.

30th May 2013

CFP reform agreed

30th May 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has released the annual sustainability overview of fishmeal and fish oil fisheries covering the 28 principal reduction areas around the Atlantic Ocean and South America.

29th May 2013

Fishmeal and fish oil overview

29th May 2013

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Marel has launched a new intelligent portion loading (IPL) Robot that can be configured to virtually any application in the protein sector.

29th May 2013

New IPL robot from Marel

29th May 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

In a bid to better understand the Atlantic Ocean and to promote the sustainable management of its resources, the European Union, the United States and Canada, have agreed to join forces on…

29th May 2013

Atlantic Ocean research alliance

29th May 2013

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Espersen Lietuva UAB, one of the most modern fish processing companies in Europe, has installed two printers from Linx Printing Technologies for labelling its boxes.

29th May 2013

Processing company chooses Linx printers

29th May 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New Zealand seafood company Sealord has announced that its canned tuna products will soon be FAD-free – new supplies of Sealord Yellowfin Tuna will be FAD-free from July this year and the…

29th May 2013

Sealord tuna goes FAD-free

29th May 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Turkish shipyard Tersan has delivered the 69.9m stern freezer trawler ‘Havstrand’ to Norwegian fishing company Strand Havfiske.

29th May 2013

Tersan Shipyard announces delivery of ‘Havstrand’

29th May 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oceana has filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for its “failure to require adequate observer coverage” for the New England groundfish fishery for cod, haddock and flounder.

29th May 2013

Oceana sues NMFS

29th May 2013

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

Grimsby, UK, based PPS East, supplier of plastic fish boxes, tubs and pallets to the seafood industry, has introduced an internet based fish box management system to all Humber fish merchants who…

28th May 2013

PPS East introduces fish box management system

28th May 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Overfishing has reduced fish populations and biodiversity across much of the worlds oceans causing fisheries to become over reliant on shellfish - but the University of York says this approach is extremely…

28th May 2013

Relying on shellfish – a risky business

28th May 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new collection of Fishlove images are now on display at the baudoin lebon gallery in Paris.

28th May 2013

Fishlove’s new collection

28th May 2013

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Ishida Europe is launching a new top-of-the range multihead weigher, which it says offers even higher speeds, improved user interface, ultra-efficient operation and exceptional robustness even in the harshest of factory environments.

28th May 2013

New Ishida RV multihead weigher

28th May 2013

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

This summer Scanmar is launching a new clump sensor in the SS4 sensor generation, providing 100% accurate distance measurements between the clump(s) and both trawl doors.

28th May 2013

Scanmar launches SS4 clump sensor

28th May 2013

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Swedish and Danish nephrops fisheries, Fiskeri AB Ginneton and Danske Fiskeres Producent Organisation (DFPO), have entered into full Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment as a joint client group - a world first.

28th May 2013

Joint MSC for nephrops fisheries

28th May 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

According to WWF, certain European Countries with large fishing industries are using bullying tactics to push members of the European Parliament into accepting a deal that will allow overfishing to continue until…

28th May 2013

European Parliament “bullied” into allowing overfishing

28th May 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has said that it has reaffirmed its commitment to the sustainable management of bluefin tuna during the 2013 main fishing season in the Mediterranean and the Eastern Atlantic.

28th May 2013

EU committed to tuna recovery plan

28th May 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Atlantic Halibut Councils Canadian Atlantic halibut fishery has become the first of its kind to receive Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

24th May 2013

Canadian halibut MSC certified

24th May 2013

NEWS

NEWS

The Ukrainian fishing industry is on the verge of big changes, due to the government’s recent adoption of a state programme, Of the development of fishing industry in Ukraine until 2016, reports…

23rd May 2013

Development plans for Ukrainian fisheries

23rd May 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The importance of iodine for pregnant women and new mums who are breast feeding their children has been highlighted in new research from Surrey and Bristol Universities.

23rd May 2013

Iodine important for pregnant/breast feeding women

23rd May 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine Scotland has published a report outlining the environmental factors affecting the key Fladens prawn fishery in the North Sea.

22nd May 2013

Environmental factors affecting prawn fishery

22nd May 2013