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Cooke Aquaculture has humanely euthanised two cages of fish in Nova Scotia after routine testing raised suspicion of the Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) virus.

21st February 2012

Cooke responds to ISA suspicion

21st February 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Aqua 2012 event, organised by the European (EAS) and World Aquaculture Societies (WAS), will take place in Prague from 1-5 September.

20th February 2012

Aqua 2012 focuses on global aquaculture

20th February 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

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John Whitehead OBE has been re-appointed by UK Fisheries Ministers as Chair of Seafish through to December 2012, continuing in a role to which he was first appointed in June 2010.

20th February 2012

John Whitehead reappointed Seafish Chair

20th February 2012

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Simon Coveney, Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine recently went to sea on an Irish Sea prawn trawler to view a demonstration of innovative fishing nets which significantly reduce unwanted…

17th February 2012

Coveney views new discard reduction nets

17th February 2012

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

For the first time in its 66 year history, a Canadian is at the helm of the National Fisheries Institute (NFI), the largest seafood trade association in the US.

17th February 2012

Canadian chairs US seafood association

17th February 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

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A Spanish purse seiner is the first tropical tuna vessel in the world to test the latest in electronic monitoring technology, designed to replace, or supplement, human observers.

17th February 2012

‘Electronic Eyes’ monitor tuna fishing

17th February 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

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Nutreco has announced that CEO Wout Dekker will be leaving Nutreco by the end of 2012, marking the end of his almost 30-year career at the company, with 12 years as CEO.

16th February 2012

Nutreco CEO to step down at end of 2012

16th February 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

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John West Australia and New Zealand has recently announced a new Sustainable Seafood partnership with the world’s largest conservation organisation, WWF.

16th February 2012

John West partners with WWF-Australia

16th February 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

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Indonesian fishing vessel Jimbar Wana was apprehended by AFMA on 10 December 2011, after it had been sighted by surveillance aircraft illegally fishing in the Australian fishing zone.

16th February 2012

AFMA destroys foreign fishing vessel

16th February 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

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Safeway Inc. has announced that its own brand skipjack (chunk-light) canned tuna will be responsibly caught using free-school purse-seine methods.

16th February 2012

Safeway announces sustainable sourcing

16th February 2012

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Iridium Communications Inc. has launched its second-generation maritime broadband platform, Iridium Pilot™, which will utilise the Iridium OpenPort® service.

15th February 2012

Iridium Pilot™ raises the bar for maritime communications

15th February 2012

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Orolia has announced that it has been awarded a contract worth around €500,000 for the supply of a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) for the observation of fishing fleets.

15th February 2012

Orolia awarded €500,000 VMS contract

15th February 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

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Following a successful independent audit of the Alaskan and Canadian salmon fisheries, Calkins & Burke is now authorised to export Friend of the Sea labelled salmon.

15th February 2012

Calkins & Burkes salmon is FoS

15th February 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

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One of the worlds largest freezer longliner fishing vessels has been ordered for Alaska fishing company Alaskan Leader Fisheries LLC.

15th February 2012

Worlds largest longliner for Alaska

15th February 2012

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Canada’s University of Guelph has received nearly $1m from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) for two projects to benefit Canada’s aquaculture industry.

15th February 2012

U of G receives $1m from NSERC

15th February 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

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Duchy College has announced that it will deliver apprenticeships in fish and shellfish proficiency skills in Cornwall and Devon, with support from Seafood Cornwall Training and the Sea Fish Industry Authority.

15th February 2012

Skills boost for Cornwall and Devon

15th February 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

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Seafish continues to enjoy a superb response to its ‘Fish is the dish’ campaign.

14th February 2012

Seafish ‘Fish is the dish’ campaign enters top 10 of the Tots 100

14th February 2012

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The EU and Greenland have reached an agreement on a new Protocol to implement the EU/Greenland Fisheries Partnership Agreement, which will enter into force on 1 January 2013 and will be valid…

14th February 2012

New Protocol to EU and Greenland FPA

14th February 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

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Research published by the new economics foundation (nef) finds that poor management of fish stocks is draining jobs and profits.

14th February 2012

£2.7bn and 100,000 jobs lost at sea

14th February 2012

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INDUSTRY NEWS

The Best Aquaculture Practices programme has withdrawn its certification of Cumbrian Seafoods Ltd.

14th February 2012

Best Aquaculture Practices defends brand

14th February 2012