News

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Alpha Micro and Ocean Signal have been working together to develop global maritime distress safety systems to ensure super-swift response from rescue services.

7th September 2011

EPIRB gets GPS chip

7th September 2011

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

International Safety Products (ISP) has recently launched the new Challenger Worksafe Pro commercial lifejacket.

7th September 2011

New lifejacket from ISP

7th September 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Linde Gases has announced the launch of its new SOLVOX® OxyStream solution, a unique low-pressure oxygenation system to help increase fish production volume, optimise fish meat quality and improve operations from an…

6th September 2011

Linde launches oxygenation technology

6th September 2011

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

In response to market demand, Ishida Europe has launched the world’s first high performance split dual-lane tray packing system for fresh foods.

6th September 2011

Ishida launches world’s first fully integrated tray packing solution

6th September 2011

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

DanFish Stand A136: Marel will be exhibiting the latest products in the company’s commitment to innovation at this year’s DanFish in Aalborg.

6th September 2011

Marel shows the way

6th September 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An investigation has been launched to determine why a large number of fish were recently found dead in the Minjiang River in East China’s Fujian province.

6th September 2011

Chinese fish deaths investigated

6th September 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Bundaberg Port is facing a compensation claim from an aquaculture company that asserts that it “wasted” hundreds of thousands of dollars to delays, blocks and obstacles when trying to set up a…

2nd September 2011

Crab farm seeks compensation

2nd September 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Kenyan Government has increased its agricultural budget and it seems that the aquaculture sector will benefit from a KES121m (US$1.28655m) share.

2nd September 2011

Kenya gains aquaculture funding boost

2nd September 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) has said that the strategy underpinning attempts to rebuild cod stocks around the North Sea has been fundamentally challenged.

2nd September 2011

Cod plan based on a flawed assumption

2nd September 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A recent report into Australia’s eastern orange roughy stock may pave the way for a targeted quota, Simon Boag of South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association told World Fishing.

1st September 2011

Australia’s orange roughy stock considered

1st September 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A salmon company with interests abroad has decided to delay its stock market debut onto the Santiago Stock Exchange, due to the extreme volatility of both domestic and world markets.

1st September 2011

Salmon company delays floatation

1st September 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sealord is considering legal action against Greenpeace after Auckland was flooded with posters and banners that condemned the company for “unsustainable” tuna fishing methods, something which Sealord denies.

31st August 2011

Sealord considers action against Greenpeace

31st August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The value of farmed salmonids rose by 13% to AU$369.1m (US$393.4m) in 2009-10, to make it Australia’s most valuable fisheries product.

30th August 2011

Australian salmonids see values rise

30th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation is playing host to delegates from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICE), so as to enhance their understanding of the key issues facing the fishing industry.

30th August 2011

Fishermen play host to parliamentary delegates

30th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oil firms will be facing legal action by Chinese fishermen who say that that a spill from a ConocoPhillips platform caused the scallop population in Bohai Bay to be devastated.

30th August 2011

Chinese fishermen suing oil company

30th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Spanish fishermen have warned that under the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) they would become an endangered species, and that the proposed changes would decimate the smaller sized operations.

29th August 2011

CFP would make fishermen “endangered species”

29th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New statistics published by the UK’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) show an increase in the quantity and value of fish landed by the UK fleet in 2010 compared with 2009.

26th August 2011

Quantity and value of UK landings increase

26th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The labour standards and conditions in foreign-owned vessels are to be investigated by the New Zealand government but the Maritime Union said it will “need to shine a light into dark places.”

25th August 2011

Labour inquiry into foreign-owned vessels

25th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Commercial shrimp farming in New Mexico seems unlikely, but a study into its viability is being carried out that might result in a new, inland shrimp market.

24th August 2011

Shrimp from New Mexico?

24th August 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Despite the recent declaration by New Zealand’s fisheries and aquaculture minister Phil Heatley that the western hoki stock had been rebuilt, there’s been a call for a “precautionary approach” to raised quotas.

24th August 2011

Call for care on NZ hoki quota

24th August 2011