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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Operation Blue Rage, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s bluefin tuna defence campaign, kicked off yesterday with the departure of two of its ships from the port of Toulon, France.

2nd June 2011

Operation Blue Rage begins

2nd June 2011

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Meslee Insurance Services Inc., an insurance brokerage located in Los Angeles, has announced the formation of a new specialty insurance brokerage unit, Aquaculture Insurance Exchange (A.I.E.), catering to aquaculture risks located in…

1st June 2011

Insurance brokerage for North American aquaculture

1st June 2011

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

McMurdo presented Smartfind S10 Automatic Identification System (AIS) Beacon at Norshipping in Oslo, Norway.

1st June 2011

McMurdo debuts Personal AIS Beacon

1st June 2011

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Ships Electronic Services Ltd (SES) launched a new range of rescue devices from Italian manufacturer Wamblee at this year’s Seawork exhibition in June.

1st June 2011

New rescue devices launched at Seawork

1st June 2011

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Communications and safety at sea specialist Ocean Signal, has recently appointed Sartech as UK distributor for its SafeSea product range.

1st June 2011

Ocean Signal appoints Sartech as distributor

1st June 2011

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Marine distress signals company, Chemring Marine, has secured a five-year contract to supply Pains Wessex and Comet products to the Survitec Group.

1st June 2011

Chemring Marine secures five-year agreement

1st June 2011

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

This year PROCONCEPT is launching its new TCM 300 slicer.

1st June 2011

New PROCONCEPT slicer

1st June 2011

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

DSI has taken an important step forward by establishing an export stronghold in Brazil in order to offer plate freezers to one of the largest food industries in the world.

1st June 2011

DSI to supply plate freezers to Brazil

1st June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafood Romo East Jutland and Isefjord blue shell mussel dredge fishery in Denmark have entered full assessment against the MSC standard.

1st June 2011

Blue shell fishery seeks certification

1st June 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Following an operational decision, the Scottish Fisheries Sustainability Accreditation Group (SFSAG) has announced that it has changed its certification body for the MSC assessment of North Sea nephrops.

1st June 2011

Scottish fishery changes certifier

1st June 2011

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Cretel launched Adamas 2 - a new fully automatic double lane skinning machine – in May, at ESE in Brussels.

31st May 2011

New skinning machine from Cretel

31st May 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Australia’s largest and most valuable prawn fishery, the Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF), has entered full assessment for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

31st May 2011

Prawn fishery enters MSC assessment

31st May 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A specialist facility that is expected to play an instrumental role in the growth of the aquaculture industry both in the UK and overseas is officially open for business in Northumberland, North…

31st May 2011

Aquaculture centre set to play key role

31st May 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Over 50 organisations, businesses and fishermen from Canada and the US have submitted a joint letter to the Canadian General Standards Board opposing proposed draft Organic Standards for Finfish Aquaculture.

31st May 2011

Organic label fails to meet principles

31st May 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation Nephrops Focus Group hosted a meeting of industry, fishermen, Marine Scotland management, gear manufacturers and experts at the end of last week.

31st May 2011

Scottish prawn fishermen meet to spearhead new initiatives to reduce discards

31st May 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New Colmar Brunton polling has revealed that New Zealanders want more than a third of their oceans protected in marine reserves – a 100-fold increase on current levels.

30th May 2011

Kiwis want over a third of New Zealand oceans protected

30th May 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The bioactive fatty acid TTA in fish feed can have an extremely positive effect on fish health, says Nofima.

29th May 2011

Promising fatty acid in fish feed

29th May 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has announced that $649,527 in fisheries enforcement penalties will be returned to 11 individuals or businesses.

28th May 2011

Fishery penalties returned to 11 fishermen

28th May 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oceana has launched its new campaign to Stop Seafood Fraud at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

26th May 2011

Oceana launches US campaign to stop fraud

26th May 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The British Trout Association has announced that land based farmed British trout has received a ‘green’ endorsement from environmental organisation, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS)

26th May 2011

British trout given green light by MCS

26th May 2011