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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority has closed zone B of the Australian Sea Lion Management Zone following confirmation that three Australian sea lions died there when they were caught in gillnets in…

7th March 2012

AFMA closes second area in scalefish and shark fishery following sea lion deaths

7th March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Skipper Expo International Galway 2012, held 24-25 February, came to an end with satisfied customers, new contacts and excellent business being done over the two days of the event.

7th March 2012

Skipper Expo the most successful to date

7th March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fishing for a ‘balanced harvest’ can achieve productive fisheries as well as environmental conservation, an international scientific team reports in the journal ‘Science’.

7th March 2012

Diverse catch is better for ecosystems

7th March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fusion Marine Ltd has won a £0.5m contract to supply fish farm pens and associated aquaculture equipment for a new tilapia farming venture in Zambia.

6th March 2012

New Zambian fish farm development project

6th March 2012

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Detectronic A/S is launching a new, innovative and compact X-ray machine for the food industry.

6th March 2012

New innovative X-ray machine

6th March 2012

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The first steps in Baader’s new advanced Whitefish Processing Line will be shown at SPE - the BAADER 582 Filleting Machine and the BAADER 59 Skinning Machine.

6th March 2012

Baader focuses on whitefish

6th March 2012

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

AFOS is launching a new mini defroster, which measures just one cubic metre in size, at SPE.

6th March 2012

AFOS to launch mini defroster

6th March 2012

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

In 2005 the World Bank (WB) created the Global Partnership on Fisheries (PROFISH) in association with key donors and stakeholders.

6th March 2012

PROFISH: Is it also pro-fishermen?

6th March 2012

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Since the takeover of Hampidjan’s trawl door division, Poly Ice, in Iceland in October last year, the production of Poly Ice trawl doors is well underway at Thyborøn Skibssmedie Ltd in Denmark.

6th March 2012

Poly Ice trawl doors now made in Denmark

6th March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Eroski has become the first Spanish retailer to carry fresh fish certified by the Marine Stewardship Council.

5th March 2012

Spain sells MSC certified fresh fish

5th March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture associate deputy minister, Greg Roach, has released a statement on the ISA scare at Cooke Aquaculture.

2nd March 2012

Roach: Salmon situation handled well

2nd March 2012

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) has announced that it will be sponsoring its Japan Pavilion at the upcoming International Boston Seafood Show 2012 (IBSS),

2nd March 2012

Show attendance signals recovery of Japan’s seafood industry

2nd March 2012

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A shark-resistant net for open-ocean, warm-water fish farming is being introduced and is the result of a collaboration among NET Systems, Inc., DSM Dyneema and the Cape Eleuthera Institute.

2nd March 2012

New shark-resistant aquaculture net

2nd March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Regulation which would authorise the Commission to impose a range of measures against third countries that allow unsustainable fishing.

2nd March 2012

EC gets tough on unsustainable fishing

2nd March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Rolls-Royce has announced a second contract for a vessel to one of its Environship designs, a 75m LNG-powered vessel for Norways Eidsvaag for fish farm supply along the Norwegian coast.

1st March 2012

Second Environship order for Rolls-Royce

1st March 2012

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Rolls-Royce has won a second order for a gas-powered vessel from its Environship range, which will be used to supply feed to fish farms along the Norwegian coast.

1st March 2012

Rolls-Royce wins Environship order

1st March 2012

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has started a multi-year project to work with Commonwealth fishers to minimise the impact of fishing practices on protected and at-risk bycatch species.

1st March 2012

AFMA projects on track to reduce bycatch

1st March 2012

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Marel Chile has announced the largest single sale ever made by the company in Central America, following the purchase of a purpose-built tilapia processing line by Costa Rican processor Terrapez S.A.

1st March 2012

Marel sells tilapia processing line to Terrapez

1st March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine biologists at Kampachi Farms have announced the successful final harvest from the Velella Research Project, which raised fish for the first time in US Federal waters.

1st March 2012

First farmed fish harvest in US waters

1st March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two years after the ‘United We Fish’ rally in Washington, US fishermen will gather again on 21 March in a demonstration supporting the amendment of the Magnuson Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management…

1st March 2012

US fishermen to rally this month

1st March 2012