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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

This autumn’s industry discussion on the future of Seafish is nearing completion.

14th November 2011

Seafish discussion process nears completion

14th November 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

WWF has released a new study showing current fishing capacity doubling bluefin tuna quotas in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean and points to the need to strengthen the current capacity reduction plan.

14th November 2011

WWF: Ban bluefin farming

14th November 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An exploratory turbot pot fishery that will test new harvesting equipment has received $61,253 funding from the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Government.

14th November 2011

Canadian exploratory turbot pot fishery

14th November 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The association represents two fisheries, targeting two species – Native Oyster and Pacific Oyster – that will be assessed at the same time.

14th November 2011

Dutch oyster fisheries enter assessment

14th November 2011

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The newly designed FPM-200 nobbing machine is the latest machine from Swedish company SEAC .

10th November 2011

SEAC machine increases yield

10th November 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has said that good progress is being made in fish stock recovery.

10th November 2011

Progress in fish stock recovery

10th November 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

International frozen seafood supplier Pacific Andes’ Singapore-listed subsidiary China Fishery has acquired two Peruvian fishing companies, Consorcio Vollmacht S.A.C. and Negocios Rafmar S.A.C., for a total of US$26.16 million.

10th November 2011

China Fishery acquires fishmeal plant and increases quota

10th November 2011

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Cabinplant A/S has been awarded ‘The Danish Engineering Product Prize 2011’ for its patent-pending robot trimming and packing line, in the sub category ‘Production, Machinery, Transport’, by trade magazine Mediehuset Ingeniøren.

10th November 2011

Cabinplant wins engineering prize

10th November 2011

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

At the beginning of October, during the Conxemar exhibition in Vigo, refrigeration company Kinarca held a conference on ‘Energy efficiency for industrial refrigeration plants’, which received very good feedback customers old and…

10th November 2011

Kinarca holds refrigeration conference

10th November 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Vaagland Båtbyggeri shipyard in Norway has entered into a contract to build a new purse seiner for Norwegian fishing company Fiskebas AS.

10th November 2011

Fiskebas orders new purse seiner

10th November 2011

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Ishida Europe has launched a new generation of its QX-1100 tray sealer.

9th November 2011

Ishida Europe launches new tray sealer

9th November 2011

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Businesses in the Scottish fish processing sector could save more than 127,000 litres of water per employee per year and save thousands of pounds, according to Business Stream, a Scottish non-domestic water…

9th November 2011

Scottish fish processors could save water and money

9th November 2011

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

In June this year, Vónin delivered a new 2,048m pelagic trawl to M/V Jupiter FD42, for mackerel surface pair trawling.

9th November 2011

New Vónin pelagic multi-trawl

9th November 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Aquaculture is the worlds fastest-growing source of animal protein and currently provides nearly half of all fish consumed globally, according to a report published by FAO.

9th November 2011

Aquaculture meeting growing demand

9th November 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US National Transportation Safety Board has issued five safety recommendations to the U.S. Coast Guard, regarding tougher standards for commercial fishing vessels, crew training and increased use of flotation devices.

9th November 2011

Calls for fishing safety improvements

9th November 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

In a New Zealand first, the Ministry of Fisheries has reported that forensic paint sampling had been used to identify the location of a vessel where fish was illegally dumped.

9th November 2011

NZ fisherman fined after forensic investigation

9th November 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat certain ASSI Brand frozen oysters from Korea, following an outbreak of illness in Washington state caused by norovirus.

9th November 2011

ASSI Brand frozen oysters recalled

9th November 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Keith Ashfield, Canadian Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, concluded a trade and cooperation mission in China and Japan last week.

9th November 2011

Canada boosts cooperation in Asia

9th November 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Each fishing vessel has the potential to become a platform for research, says Mike Park, chief executive of the Scottish White Fish Producers’ Association.

8th November 2011

Scientists need to talk more to fishermen

8th November 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Union has officially extended measures to protect threatened porbeagle sharks from fishing.

8th November 2011

EU protects porbeagle sharks

8th November 2011