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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The SFF is pleased with the outcome of EU-Norway negotiations to decide upon quotas for shared stocks in 2013.

22nd January 2013

SFF welcomes results of EU-Norway negotiations

22nd January 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The third round of fisheries negotiations between the EU and Norway has secured a “positive result” for UK fishermen.

22nd January 2013

Positive result for UK fishermen

22nd January 2013

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

According to media reports, Oman’s Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has secured financial allocations close to OMR 500m (US$1.2m) to develop the countrys fisheries sector during 2013 to 2020.

22nd January 2013

Oman to invest in fisheries growth

22nd January 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Certain restrictions on fishing in EU waters were removed by a European Parliament vote this week meaning that small-scale fishermen may be able to catch Baltic cod in coastal areas during closed-season…

17th January 2013

Baltic cod fishing restrictions may be reduced

17th January 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Europe is gradually losing its position as the world’s leading centre of aquaculture research to China and the surrounding Asian countries, says Jean Dhont, secretary of the ASEM Aquaculture Platform, an EU…

17th January 2013

EU aquaculture research losing out to China

17th January 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oceana has described the Board of Trustees of the Archipelago of Cabrera Maritime-Terrestrial National Park in the Balearic Islands as inoperative, due to its almost total lack of activity in 2012.

17th January 2013

Oceana: National Park Board responsible for its deterioration

17th January 2013

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

After a successful year, plate freezer manufacturer Freezertech has expanded by adding a new CNC Machining Centre to its workshop.

17th January 2013

Freezertech expands manufacturing with new machinery

17th January 2013

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Just six months after Tucal launched the new model of its vertical plate freezer with automatic unloading system in January 2012, the Spanish company sent the first units to a Latin American…

17th January 2013

Vertical plate freezer shows immediate advantages

17th January 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fresh, frozen and canned albacore tuna from the American Albacore Fishing Association (AAFA), has achieved MSC certification for a second time for the North and South Pacific albacore fisheries.

16th January 2013

First MSC tuna fishery re-certified

16th January 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) scientists have just released a spatial risk analysis identifying hotspots where lost fishing nets are threatening the country’s turtle population.

16th January 2013

Discarded net threat to Oz turtles

16th January 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Australia’s Government has given the country’s marine users just 30 days to consult on its management plans for the newly created Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network, but there is a worry over the…

16th January 2013

Oz Government reveals marine reserve plans

16th January 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Tonga’s Minister of Fishery, Sangster Saulala, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the operation of 12 additional tuna fishing vessels which will operate in Tonga waters in 2013.

16th January 2013

12 more tuna vessels for Tonga

16th January 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Union and the Ivory Coast have agreed on a new Protocol to implement the EU/ Ivory Coast Fisheries Partnership Agreement, providing the EU with fishing opportunities for tuna and other…

16th January 2013

EU-Ivory Coast FPA

16th January 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Salmon and Trout Association (S&TA) is questioning the certification of Scottish farmed salmon by the RSPCA/Freedom Food.

16th January 2013

S&TA questions Freedom Food certification

16th January 2013

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Bryan Gibson writes on the issue of food waste and asks if we should be making more of the resources we have.

15th January 2013

Is it time for the fishing industry to re-calibrate its moral compass?

15th January 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon farming company FishFrom is due to submit a planning application for the world’s biggest onshore farm, in which the fish will be produced without ever swimming in rivers or the sea.

15th January 2013

World’s biggest onshore farm planned

15th January 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

According to a new US study published this week, fisheries managers should get better at spotting environmental conditions that help or hinder fish stocks to enable better management plans.

15th January 2013

US study says environment key to fish stocks

15th January 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK fishing industry has thrown its support behind the Skipper Expo International fisheries exhibitions in Galway and Aberdeen, with many companies reportedly choosing to exhibit at both shows.

15th January 2013

Fishing industry supports Galway and Aberdeen Expos

15th January 2013

DECK MACHINERY

DECK MACHINERY

Private equity fund NORD II is coming in as the new owner of Rapp Marine Group, with the aim of helping the continuing development of the Bodø-based industrial group through growth in…

15th January 2013

New owners for Rapp Marine Group

15th January 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

For a fish farm, predatory birds are pests that kill and damage the farm’s fish stocks.

15th January 2013

Fish farm or PV power plant?

15th January 2013