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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A series of 15 marine surveys in 2011, covering over 2,000 square miles, have uncovered rare species and furthered knowledge of the biodiversity of Scotlands seas.

3rd January 2012

Scottish marine surveys find rare species

3rd January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The first round of a two-year, $28.5m license retirement programme has been launched by the Government of Canada.

3rd January 2012

Chinnok license retirement programme announced in British Columbia

3rd January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service, challenging a new rule that it says expands overfishing of highly imperiled Atlantic bluefin tuna.

3rd January 2012

Lawsuit filed to protect US bluefin

3rd January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Tasmanian Minister for Primary Industries and Water, Bryan Green, has announced that the total allowable catch for rock lobster in Tasmanian waters will be unchanged for the 2012-2013 season.

23rd December 2011

Tasmania rock lobster catch unchanged

23rd December 2011

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Scallop and whelk processor, AM Seafoods, has a new £1.5m facility that will double its production capacity.

22nd December 2011

Processor doubles production capacity

22nd December 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Crown Estate is to increase its annual investment in aquaculture research and development to over a quarter of a million pounds from 2013, continuing to support a sector which is vital…

22nd December 2011

Boost for aquaculture in rent review

22nd December 2011

DECK MACHINERY

DECK MACHINERY

Rapp Hydema and Triplex have been awarded a deck machinery contract for Australias Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (CSIRO).

21st December 2011

CSIRO awards deck machinery contract

21st December 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

World Fishing & Aquaculture will be taking a short break between Christmas and the New Year, so we would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers a very Merry…

21st December 2011

Season’s Greetings from World Fishing

21st December 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, has said that he is “delighted” with the outcome of the December Fisheries Council.

21st December 2011

Coveney: Record outcome for Ireland

21st December 2011

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

In December four identical longliners set sail from Shandong Province in China to Fiji.

20th December 2011

Tuna longliners for Fiji

20th December 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK Government has secured a victory for the fishing industry by stopping a massive cut in the number of days that fishermen are allowed to spend at sea.

20th December 2011

UK victory in fisheries negotiations

20th December 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

At the weekend, the EU Fish Council in Brussels decided on catching opportunity for 2012, with Scottish days at sea being cut.

20th December 2011

Scottish fishing days slashed

20th December 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Following the announcement of the acquisition of Cumbrian Seafoods by Lion Capital a few weeks ago, the company’s former employees are still in a precarious position in the run up to Christmas.

19th December 2011

Cumbrian employees facing uncertainty

19th December 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An Independent Adjudicator has upheld the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) unassociated purse seine skipjack fishery.

19th December 2011

PNA certification upheld

19th December 2011

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Cummins Inc. has named Jenny Bush General Manager for the Commercial Marine Business.

15th December 2011

Cummins names new commercial marine general manager

15th December 2011

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Caterpillar has introduced the Cat® C175-16 marine propulsion engine that the company says is at a size, power and rpm that will drive new, more profitable vessel designs for all segments of…

15th December 2011

Caterpillar launches Cat® C175-16

15th December 2011

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A recently launched patrol vessel, Zhong Guo Yu Zheng, for the Chinese Fisheries Department employs the proven technology of two engines turning into a gear with a single output to a single…

15th December 2011

Cummins engines for Chinese patrol vessel

15th December 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Tasmanian company Seafarm Systems has commissioned shipbuilder Incat Tasmania to construct an aluminium catamaran, equipped with net cleaning equipment, for a leading operator in Norway’s salmon industry.

15th December 2011

Tasmanian boat heading for Norway

15th December 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Mainstream Canadas Brent Island farm in B.C. is the first salmon farm in the world to be certified to the Global Aquaculture Alliances Best Aquaculture Practices new standards for farmed salmon.

15th December 2011

First salmon farm earns BAP certification

15th December 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new model built around biological data from electronic tags, ear bone microchemistry and fisheries catch data for Atlantic bluefin tuna indicates fishing on one side of the Atlantic influences the other…

14th December 2011

Comprehensive study on status of tuna

14th December 2011