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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

DanFish Stand D749:Vestergaard Group consists of four service and maintenance companies within the marine, offshore and power business.

18th August 2011

Total service provider

18th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Commercial fisheries targeting pink salmon on British Columbia’s north coast have discarded over 1.37lbs of chum salmon over the past month, enough to fill 40 transport trucks.

18th August 2011

BC conservationists blast government

18th August 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Supplementary Orders proposed for inclusion in the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment Bill (No 3) will strengthen the legislation, says New Zealand Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Phil Heatley.

18th August 2011

Amendments strengthen aquaculture legislation in New Zealand

18th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scottish farmed salmon continues to show record export growth, according to the latest figures released as the Environment Minister attends Aqua Nor in Norway.

17th August 2011

Scottish salmon exports rising

17th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scotlands Chief Statistician has published the Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2010, which provides information on production and employment.

16th August 2011

Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2010

16th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has tabled its proposal for a new Regulation of the Council and the European Parliament establishing a multiannual plan for the sustainable management of Baltic salmon.

16th August 2011

EC proposes regulation for Baltic salmon

16th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Center for Biological Diversity has requested that the US seek protection for Atlantic bluefin tuna under an international treaty that would ban cross-border trade of this fish.

16th August 2011

Ban sought on bluefin tuna trade

16th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Friends of the Earth Norway, Forum for Environment and Development (ForUM) and Cermaq ASA have agreed on a Joint Statement on the foundation for sustainable aquaculture.

15th August 2011

Cermaq and environmental groups reach agreement

15th August 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The new UK centre for aquaculture has invested in the latest computer generated imagery technologies to help market its facilities to a worldwide audience.

12th August 2011

Astec goes global with the latest CGI technologies

12th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Greenpeace Australia’s latest canned tuna ranking was launched this week at the Sydney Aquarium and contains some exciting new developments for Australia’s canned tuna industry.

11th August 2011

Australia: New canned tuna ranking

11th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

As a result of ongoing monitoring, control and surveillance by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), a fishing vessel was inspected at sea and detained by the Irish Navy and brought to port…

10th August 2011

SFPA inspects illegal landing of fish

10th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Matt Rand, director of global shark conservation for the Pew Environment Group, has issued a statement in response to Chilean President Sebastián Piñera’s signing of Chile’s ban on shark finning.

10th August 2011

Pew salutes Chilean shark finning ban

10th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

NOAA scientists have developed a population model for Atlantic herring that links herring population trends to the size of the haddock population.

10th August 2011

Atlantic herring population trends linked to egg predation by haddock

10th August 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The US North Pacific halibut and the US North Pacific sablefish fisheries that operate in territorial waters off the coast of Alaska, Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska have earned MSC re-certification.

10th August 2011

Alaska fisheries earn re-certification

10th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstalls campaign to ban the practice of discarding fish in EU waters will continue, he stated in this latest installment of his television programme, which was recently aired in the UK.

9th August 2011

Fish Fight continues

9th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish welcomed the latest programme in the Channel 4 series Hugh’s Fish Fight, led by celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, which was aired on Monday 8 August.

9th August 2011

Seafish welcomes return of Hugh’s Fish Fight

9th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sainsburys has revealed it has sold 46 extra tonnes of alternative fish varieties such as coley, pouting, rainbow trout, hake and megrim following the launch of its successful Switch the Fish campaign…

9th August 2011

Tide continues to turn at Sainsburys

9th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scottish Environment Minister Stewart Stevenson has been impressed by aquaculture businesses based in the Hebrides, during a series of engagements undertaken this week.

9th August 2011

Fish farming in the Western Isles

9th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Lifeboat volunteers from Sunderland RNLI Lifeboat Station this week took part in an emergency mission to rescue two men whose 32ft fishing coble had suffered engine failure off Ryhope, Sunderland.

9th August 2011

RNLI rescues two fisherman

9th August 2011

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The opening of the Ship Equip Shanghai Office in 2010 has proved successful with the first contract earlier this year with Ningbo HaiZhiXing Ocean Fishery.

8th August 2011

Ship Equip wins contract in Shanghai

8th August 2011