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ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

MaxSea’s TZ Professional v4 has been released, bringing with it a number of new features that expand its functionality for fishing.

13th May 2019

MaxSea launches TZ v4

13th May 2019

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The Slippurinn Akureyri shipyard has contracted to deliver turnkey catch handling deck systems for fresher trawlers Kaldbakur and Björgúlfur.

13th May 2019

Turnkey deck installations from Slippurinn

13th May 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Based firmly in the Norwegian port of Måløy with its long fishing tradition, Babord is a new venture with a number of interesting twists on the process of bringing seafood to the…

12th May 2019

Babord: Harbour to Home

12th May 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

United States Congressman Don Young has introduced the Keep Finfish Free Act which places a moratorium on commercial permitting of marine finfish aquaculture facilities in federally controlled areas of the ocean.

10th May 2019

Congress moves to ban ocean fish farming

10th May 2019

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Observer training, maritime boundaries and new training initiatives were on the agenda of a high-level meeting in Honiara between the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and senior representatives of the Overseas Fisheries Cooperation…

10th May 2019

FFA and Japan agree Pacific fisheries support

10th May 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and Fair Trade USA have joined forces to drive improvements in the aquaculture sector in Indonesia, the second biggest producer of farmed fish in the world.

9th May 2019

ASC and Fair Trade focus on Indonesia

9th May 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) has announced that BluGlacier has joined the GSSI Global Partnership as a funding partner.

9th May 2019

BluGlacier joins GSSI as funding partner

9th May 2019

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A new seafood logistics company has been launched in Scotland, offering Scottish fish and shellfish processors an overnight distribution service to mainland Europe.

8th May 2019

Scottish seafood next day Europe delivery

8th May 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry, has welcomed the first group certification under the Responsible Fishing Scheme (RFS), a certification programme for commercial fishing vessels which recognises…

8th May 2019

First RFS group certification awarded

8th May 2019

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

New laws on packaging which came into force in Germany on 1st January 2019 requires significantly higher recycling rates for plastic packaging and will have far-reaching consequences for industry, and GEA has…

8th May 2019

FoodTray for sustainable MAP packaging

8th May 2019