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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

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Ireland is hosting important fisheries negotiations on the annual fishing arrangements for 2013 between the European Union and Norway, commencing today, 15 January.

15th January 2013

Ireland hosts fisheries negotiations

15th January 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oceana has requested that the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) reports on management of the material extracted in the dredging of Mahón harbour in Minorca.

15th January 2013

Plans to dump sediment at sea blasted

15th January 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

According to media reports, Chilean exports of fishery products and aquaculture in 2012 reached US$3.8bn in the first 10 months – a 1% increase over the same period in 2011.

15th January 2013

Chilean exports on the rise

15th January 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Shark and ray communities in the Adriatic Sea have been highly depleted in recent years, with fishing being a key driver of the decline.

14th January 2013

Fishing drives loss of shark and ray in the Adriatic

14th January 2013

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Five Star Fish Ltd., supplier of fish products to the UK foodservice market, appointed PPS East to evaluate the opportunity of using plastic returnable transit packaging (RTP) last year.

14th January 2013

PPS crates get Five Star approval

14th January 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Construction is due to start in February on a new flagship purse seiner/trawler for Norwegian fishing company Ytterstad.

13th January 2013

Skipsteknisk vessel for Norway

13th January 2013

DECK MACHINERY

DECK MACHINERY

Marine product and service provider, Fendercare Marine, has signed an exclusive agency agreement with the Norwegian marine equipment supplier, Maritim Trading AS.

13th January 2013

Fendercare Marine and Maritim Trading AS join forces

13th January 2013

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

In mid-April Jemison Marine of Bayou LaBatre, Alabama, is looking to launch its latest vessel – a 86x24ft scalloper.

13th January 2013

Jemison scalloper to be launched this year

13th January 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Tenneco and Cormetech Inc. have signed a joint development agreement to collaborate on designing ultra-large diameter selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalysts for marine engine applications.

10th January 2013

Tenneco and Cormetech sign joint development agreement

10th January 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

John Deere Power Systems (JDPS) has launched its new Marine Tier 3 PowerTechTM 4.5L and 6.8L propulsion and generator-drive engines, meeting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Marine Tier 3 emissions regulations.

10th January 2013

John Deere announces new Tier 3 engines

10th January 2013

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Andrew Martin reports on how Marel’s specialist salmon processing technology exhibition is attracting interest from around the world.

10th January 2013

Salmon ShowHow attracts processors from further afield

10th January 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Marine propulsion research and development company, Contrapel Ltd, has released details of its new propulsion system for boats, which aims to make future boats more economical, manoeuvrable, safer, stronger and better for…

10th January 2013

Worlds first above the water-line propeller system

10th January 2013