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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

SKF has announced the availability of SKF Thruster Monitoring, an integrated and flexible condition-based maintenance (CBM) solution for propulsion and positioning thrusters in the marine and offshore industries.

21st June 2012

SKF Thruster Monitoring for marine and offshore thrusters

21st June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A study by Marine Scotland has found that the Firth of Clyde is demonstrating some signs of recovery.

21st June 2012

Firth of Clyde shows signs of recovery

21st June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has announced that central basin herring and sprat stocks in the Baltic Sea have recovered enough to be able to increase the quota for both stocks in 2013.

21st June 2012

Baltic herring and sprat reach MSY

21st June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee met on Wednesday to vote on the first draft regulation in the common fisheries policy reform package.

21st June 2012

EP votes on first CFP draft regulation

21st June 2012

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

After more than 100 years of independence, marine and industrial engine, generator and gearbox specialist WaterMota has been acquired by the Netherlands based B&N Group.

20th June 2012

B&N Group buys WaterMota

20th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

More than 100 participants from the Asia-Pacific region recently discussed the importance of applying seafood traceability as a way of fighting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.

20th June 2012

Traceability to stop illegal fishing

20th June 2012

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Neste Oil has started producing NExBTL renewable diesel from waste fat sourced from the fish processing industry at its Singapore refinery.

20th June 2012

Producing renewable diesel from fish waste

20th June 2012

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Inshore fisheries and conservation authorities (IFCAs) in the North East, Isles of Scilly and Devon and Severn areas of England are looking for new members.

20th June 2012

Opportunities to influence the management of Englands inshore fisheries

20th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UNs 10-yearly UN Sustainable Development Conference, called Rio+20, is taking place this week (15-22 June) in Rio de Janeiro.

20th June 2012

UN sustainability conference Rio+20

20th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) has announced that it will proceed with the execution of its National Aquaculture Development Strategy.

20th June 2012

Canada proceeds with Aquaculture Strategy

20th June 2012

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Former chef and owner of Kin Seafood Importing Corporation, Kai Kin Ng, has been fined US$40,000 for illegal possession of Northern abalone.

19th June 2012

Seafood importer is fined US$40,000

19th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new Damen Cutter Suction Dredger, type CSD500, has been built under license by Canal Naval Construction for the Egyptian General Authority for Fish Resource Development.

19th June 2012

Damen dredger for Egyptian aquaculture

19th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A group of researchers from the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, have extracted a group of substances from potato peelings that prevent the development of rancid smells in minced fish.

19th June 2012

Potatoes to extend minced fish shelf life

19th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scientists have concluded that the deaths of seal pups discovered by Oceana’s expedition team were not caused by human activities.

19th June 2012

Seal deaths linked to natural causes

19th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Commonwealth Fisheries Association (CFA) has released a statement saying it is astounded the Australian government believes that $100 million will be adequate to compensate the fishing industry for the impacts of…

19th June 2012

CFA “astounded” by marine park proposals

19th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US FDA fears that fresh, frozen, canned and processed oysters, clams, mussels and whole and roe-on scallops in the US from Korea may have been exposed to human fecal waste and…

19th June 2012

Korean shellfish may be contaminated

19th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has released its annual sustainability overview of fisheries used for fishmeal and fish oil from the most recent assessment period of 2009-10.

18th June 2012

SFP annual sustainability overview

18th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scotland’s prawn fishermen will significantly cut their level of fish discarding, following agreement reached for the use of new fishing gear designs.

18th June 2012

Prawn fishermen to cut discards by 70%

18th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

US Coast Guard fishing vessel dockside examiners have reported that they are starting to see an increasing number of inflatable survival craft installed on some fishing vessels that are not Coast Guard-approved.

18th June 2012

US: Many life rafts not USGC approved

18th June 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Australian Government has confirmed the final network of marine reserves, which once proclaimed under national environmental law, will protect Australia’s most precious ocean environments.

14th June 2012

Oz to create worlds largest marine reserve

14th June 2012