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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Ireland’s Marine Institute and the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) have announced a new strategic alliance.

13th February 2011

Institutes form new strategic alliance

13th February 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The first independently validated disinfectants have been listed under the new Aquaculture Disinfectant Listing Scheme.

12th February 2011

Aquaculture disinfectant products listed

12th February 2011

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The Brodarski Institute, a Croatian institute of maritime technologies, has recently designed BIOS 2 - a new research ship for the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries in Split.

10th February 2011

Research vessel BIOS 2

10th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On 10 February, the EU NAVFOR warship FNS Pohjanmaa secured and assisted the fishing vessel Golden Wave after a request to assist from the South Korean government.

10th February 2011

EU NAVFOR warship assists Golden Wave

10th February 2011

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Transas has developed a state-of-the-art fishing gear handling simulator.

10th February 2011

Transas’ new gear handling simulator

10th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US Department of Commerce and NOAA have released draft national aquaculture policies that support sustainable marine aquaculture.

10th February 2011

US releases draft aquaculture policies

10th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation will be calling for a new vision for Scottish fishing when it meets with First Minister Alex Salmond and Cabinet Secretary for Fisheries Richard Lochhead in Aberdeen tomorrow.

10th February 2011

SFF lays out demands for new Government

10th February 2011

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Representatives from electronics supplier, EMA Group, have responded to a recent article published in WF* about an Inmarsat broadband satellite service solution being used on fishing vessels for monitoring their activity and…

10th February 2011

Iridium for fisheries – an ideal choice?

10th February 2011

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Seafood Processing America (SPA), held in conjunction with the International Boston Seafood Show (IBSS), opens its doors on 20 March for three days.

10th February 2011

This month all roads lead to Boston

10th February 2011

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

The PPS group has announced the launch of the new PPS ‘Easy-Clean’ fish box in 15kg and 25kg capacities.

9th February 2011

PPS launches new ‘Easy-Clean’ fish box

9th February 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Sinkaberg-Hansen AS has signed a contract for the installation and deployment of a new production control system for salmon with AKVA group Software AS.

9th February 2011

SinkaBerg-Hansen chooses AKVA software

9th February 2011

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Youngs Seafood, The Seafood Company and Findus UK will be brought together to create Youngs Seafood Limited, the UKs largest supplier of fish and seafood to retailers and consumers.

9th February 2011

Launch of Youngs Seafood Limited

9th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Valentine’s Day looks set to bring a boom for Scotland’s shellfish farmers with sales of mussels predicted to double as consumers snap-up up the ‘new food of love’.

9th February 2011

Valentine’s boom predicted for mussels

9th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

ICES and RACs are planning to form regional task forces to tackle the problem of weak stock assessments impaired by deficiencies in the data used to estimate abundance and advise on management…

8th February 2011

RACs and ICES plan increased cooperation

8th February 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A shortage of pangasius, caused by increased costs forcing producers out of business, will severely limit supplies of this cheap alternative ‘whitefish’ species, particularly to the EU where importers are reluctant to…

7th February 2011

Pangasius shortage to hit Europe’s whitefish market

7th February 2011

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Fishing 2011 is the UK’s flagship annual fishing event and the emphasis on fishing gear will highlight the international fishing industry’s determination to reduce discards. Whilst this will ultimately only be achieved…

7th February 2011

Major focus on gear performance and discards

7th February 2011

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The general feeling in political circles is that the first year of the European Union’s illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing regulation (No 1005/1008) was a success. However, many of these same…

7th February 2011

End IUU: Remove the weak links

7th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

NOAA has reopened 4,213 square miles (10,911 sq km) of area it had previously closed to royal red shrimp fishing in the Gulf of Mexico in response to the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil…

7th February 2011

Royal red shrimp fishing waters reopened in Gulf of Mexico

7th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Fishmongers Company and the Shellfish Association of Great Britain have announced an initiative to assist the New Under Ten Fishermens Association in their representation of fishermen in the under 10m fleet.

7th February 2011

Fish associations link up

7th February 2011

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Ester J is using an electronic monitoring system as part of a research program to better determine the rate of interaction between sea lions in areas off the Gillnet, Hook and Trap…

6th February 2011

Ester J ready for e-monitoring

6th February 2011