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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A small-scale commercial aquaculture developed project in Malawi has received £337,000 from the Scottish Government’s International Development Fund.

26th March 2013

Malawi aquaculture project receives funding

26th March 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish has compared the Total Allowable TACs agreed by the EU for 2013 with the scientific recommendations made the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) in a new document,…

26th March 2013

Seafish analysis of 2013 TACs

26th March 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scotland’s St Andrews University has launched a new company, Xelect, in a bid to improve the health and quality of fish with support from local law firm, Murray Donald.

25th March 2013

Xelect launched to improve fish health

25th March 2013

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

With the onset of the 21st century, the US fisheries management administered by NOAA Fisheries has been promoting and implementing individual and tradable quotas (ITQ), which with time gained a new name…

24th March 2013

Catch shares – who to believe?

24th March 2013

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Japanese government and fishing industry are stepping up efforts to halt the long term decline in seafood consumption during the past two decades and reverse the recent trend for meat consumption…

24th March 2013

Japan seeks to boost seafood consumption

24th March 2013

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Andrew Martin looks at how the horse meat scandal could impact on the seafood industry.

24th March 2013

Labelling must be accurate or suppliers will suffer

24th March 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new project coordinated by Nofima aims to improve the survival rate and health of salmon smolt transferred to cages at around one year old.

24th March 2013

Training camp for salmon smolt

24th March 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Following a new study about how the recent EU ban on fish discards could have a significant short term impact on some seabirds, conservationists are calling for urgent marine protection in European…

22nd March 2013

Protection needed for seabirds

22nd March 2013

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The American NGO Pew Charitable Trusts is spending millions of dollars financing NGOs that deal with marine conservation by coming into public and legal conflicts with the American fishing industry and management,…

21st March 2013

Pew drops anchor in Europe

21st March 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Nova Scotia government has not approved an application by Snow Island Salmon for a new salmon aquaculture site in Shoal Bay, near Sheet Harbour, Halifax Regional Municipality, following a 22-month-long review…

21st March 2013

Fish farm application rejected

21st March 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Aqua Gen is installing a new automated production line that ensures standardised and optimal treatment and fertilisation of the newly stripped eggs.

21st March 2013

New line for automated egg handling and fertilisation

21st March 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

AKVA group has won a new contract worth over US$10m for the delivery of its cage farming technology to National Prawn Co. (NPC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

21st March 2013

AKVA wins National Prawn Co. contract

21st March 2013

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A new €5m project to address the challenge of assessing seafood safety issues relating to contamination has been launched.

21st March 2013

New project to assess contaminants in seafood

21st March 2013

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Polar Fishing Gear’s Poseidon Remote Controllable Trawl Doors have completed successful sea trials onboard the 70m Icelandic research vessel, Árni Fridriksson.

21st March 2013

Revolutionary doors from Polar

21st March 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Catch limits in New Zealand have been increased for rock lobster (crayfish), scallops and surf clams.

21st March 2013

New NZ shellfish catch limits

21st March 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

FoodChain Europe, the company which advises the food industry on meeting its legal obligations and a leading authority on food authenticity, is hosting its second food fraud conference on 21 May in…

20th March 2013

Food fraud conference

20th March 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

European Parliament has voted today on a proposal to amend the conditions for deep-sea fishing in the North-East Atlantic Ocean.

20th March 2013

EP votes on deep-sea fishing

20th March 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Argentine Patagonian toothfish fishery operating in Argentine Federal Continental Shelf waters has entered into full MSC assessment.

20th March 2013

Argentine Patagonian toothfish fishery enters assessment

20th March 2013

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seven Florida companies sold more than $18 million of seafood products at the three-day International Boston Seafood Show this month.

20th March 2013

Florida seafood sales total $18m at trade show

20th March 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The latest results of the MSC’s DNA testing program have been published and have found that the overall mislabelling rate for MSC certified products was 1%, or just three mislabelled samples.

20th March 2013

Latest MSC DNA testing results

20th March 2013