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INDUSTRY NEWS

The latest round of grants under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) will give support to 68 projects across the Scottish sea fisheries, aquaculture and fish processing sectors.

12th June 2012

£3.5m boost for Scottish fishing

12th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish government has said that at today’s EU Council meeting “the fight to protect the future of Scotland’s fishing industry reaches boiling point”.

12th June 2012

Scotland: Future of fishing to be decided

12th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Agriculture & Fisheries Council is meeting in Luxembourg today and is expected to reach political agreement on the two main proposals within the framework of the Common Fisheries Policy reform.

12th June 2012

Ag & Fish Council meet today

12th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Last week the New York Senate Environmental Conservation Committee voted in favour of a bill to ban the trade, sale, possession and distribution of shark fins throughout the state.

11th June 2012

Bill to ban shark fin trade in New York

11th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has set out its intentions for fixing fishing opportunities for 2013, which it says shows that improvements made to end overfishing are working.

11th June 2012

EC: Improvements for some fish stocks

11th June 2012

NEWS

NEWS

The recent hijacking of the Naham 3 fishing vessel is the latest in a series of attacks by Somali pirates on Taiwanese boats fishing for tuna in the Indian Ocean, reports David…

10th June 2012

Taiwan’s seeks closer cooperation with fishery-rich island nations

10th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

SNP MEP Alyn Smith has called for greater awareness of the benefits of Omega 3 after receiving his own test results at Stirling Universitys world-leading Institute for Aquaculture.

10th June 2012

Scots to benefit from new Omega 3 testing

10th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new underwater video system has been trialled by Seafish to see whether fishermen themselves can monitor environmental conditions in marine protected areas (MPAs).

8th June 2012

Seafish trials automated system to monitor environmental conditions in MPAs

8th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Today is World Oceans Day and OCEAN2012 is launching the third European Fish Weeks, when European citizens will organise public events to raise awareness of overfishing and of decision-makers’ responsibility to end…

8th June 2012

European Fish Weeks raise awareness

8th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Representatives from the European Commission and Norway will be discussing the EU-Norway fishing agreement for 2013 and beyond in Orkney this week.

7th June 2012

EU-Norway fish talks in Orkney

7th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki, is visiting Greenland on 7-9 June 2012.

7th June 2012

Maria Damanaki visits Greenland

7th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fish, the oceans and secure jobs are core to a new ‘sustainable world’ plan, but there are worrying questions about the bill and cash to fund it.

7th June 2012

Rio+20 – Turn off the lights?

7th June 2012

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The prototype of Baader’s new filleting machine, the BAADER 582, was shown at SPE 2012 in Brussels.

7th June 2012

BAADER 582 on its way!

7th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Icelandic Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture has appointed Sigurgeir Þorgeirsson, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, to head Icelands team of negotiators during mackerel talks.

7th June 2012

Iceland appoints mackerel negotiators

7th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Tasmanias salmon industry is on the verge of a major expansion worth tens of millions of dollars in Macquarie Harbour on the West Coast which will create over 200 jobs.

7th June 2012

Tasmanias biggest fish farm

7th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thailand, the worlds largest tuna exporter, is coming under pressure to export more this year, although most are cautious about the prospect.

7th June 2012

Pressure on Thailand to export more tuna

7th June 2012

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Norway is looking to capitalise on the high demand for coldwater prawns. Jason Holland looks at one of the most important commercial species in the world.

6th June 2012

Opportunity knocks

6th June 2012

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Marel, the world’s largest fish processing equipment manufacturer, has set up a new unit in the research and development centre at its Icelandic headquarters.

6th June 2012

Marel’s new approach to removing pinbones from whitefish

6th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Supermarket chain Lidl and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) have announced that all wild-caught fresh and frozen fin fish products sold by Lidl in The Netherlands will now be labelled with the…

6th June 2012

Lidl achieve sustainability milestone

6th June 2012

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

PPS East showcased its new designs for a family of returnable lightweight airfreight boxes at the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels, which are being developed for the delivery of flown-in fresh fish.

6th June 2012

PPS East showcases new box designs

6th June 2012