News

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

IT company Fivium has been awarded a contract to deliver an IT system to support the modernisation and consolidation of UK marine licensing processes.

22nd February 2011

Fivium to modernise UK marine licensing processes

22nd February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On the 13 February, the Yemeni fishing vessel Alfardous was believed to have been pirated close to Socotra Island in the Gulf of Aden.

22nd February 2011

Alfardous believed to have been pirated in Gulf of Aden

22nd February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Predatory fish such as cod and tuna have declined by two-thirds over the past 100 years, while small forage fish such as sardine and anchovy have more than doubled, according to researchers.

22nd February 2011

Fishing leaves fewer big fish, more small

22nd February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Clearwater Seafoods has announced that two of its processing facilities have been certified under the British Retail Consortium (BRC) standard for food safety.

20th February 2011

Clearwater announces BRC certification

20th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Josh Reichert, managing director of the Pew Environment Group, has issued the following statement in response to the withdrawal of the Japanese whaling fleet from the Southern Ocean one month early:

19th February 2011

Pew: Japanese whaling statement

19th February 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Celtic Sea Herring Management Advisory Committee (CSHMAC) has entered its herring, sprat and sardine fisheries for MSC assessment.

18th February 2011

Celtic Sea herring, sprat and sardine fisheries enter MSC assessment

18th February 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Marine scientists are trialling the first near-shore water temperature forecasts to assist Australia’s aquaculture farm managers contending with rising ocean temperatures.

17th February 2011

Trialling ocean temperature forecasts for fish farms

17th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Vietnam’s Anova Corporation has set up a joint venture with Norwegian fish feed producer EWOS Group, a division of Noway’s Cermaq ASA, to operate and expand a plant in the Mekong Delta.

16th February 2011

Anova sets up joint venture

16th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

RNLI lifeboat crews from Eyemouth and Berwick-upon-Tweed assisted a stricken fishing vessel after receiving a call from Forth Coastguard.

16th February 2011

RNLI lifeboat crews assist stricken Eyemouth fishing vessel

16th February 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

TRAFFIC Japan today hosted a seminar, which was broadcast live online, entitled “Towards traceability and sustainable use of marine resources: international trends and activities in Japan”.

16th February 2011

TRAFFIC hosts online fisheries seminar

16th February 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Marine Harvest, the worlds leading seafood company and largest producer of farmed salmon and processed seafood, has purchased two Aquaculture Net Cleaning Systems from Hughes Pumps.

16th February 2011

Revolutionary net cleaner chosen for Scottish salmon farms

16th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scotland is expanding its catch quota trial in a bid to reduce discards.

16th February 2011

Scotland tackling discards

16th February 2011

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Communications supplier H2OSatellite says there’s no question that the FleetBroadband FB150 product from Inmarsat with its compact antennae and below decks equipment is bringing global, reliable maritime satellite communications within reach of…

15th February 2011

Making technology work harder and cheaper

15th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Marine Harvest Group has decided to change the organisation on group level from a geographic to a functional organisation with two business units; Farming and Global Sales and Marketing.

15th February 2011

Changes at Marine Harvest

15th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Wärtsiläs Board of Directors has appointed Björn Rosengren M.Sc. as the new President and CEO of Wärtsilä Corporation.

15th February 2011

Wärtsilä appoints new president and CEO

15th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On 9 February, 15 fishery observers boarded tuna purse seiners owned by Spanish shipowners Atuneros Vascos, Inpesca, Pevasa and Seabreeze Ventures – all part of the Pevaeche group.

15th February 2011

Observers board Pevaeche’s tuna seiners

15th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Novartis Animal Health, Inc. has entered into an agreement with Intervet/Schering-Plough that grants exclusive rights to Novartis to potentially commercialise a new Pancreas Disease (PD) vaccine for use in farmed salmon.

15th February 2011

Novartis to develop vaccine to prevent Pancreas Disease in farmed salmon

15th February 2011

NEWS

NEWS

Fisheries production in the Philippines has achieved strong growth during the past decade in spite of the impact of overfishing on fish stocks in a number of important fishing zones.

15th February 2011

Philippines government urges fishermen to develop mariculture

15th February 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Nutreco has announced that it has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares in Shihai Co Ltd., a reputable and profitable fish and shrimp feed company in China.

14th February 2011

Nutreco agreed to acquire Chinese company

14th February 2011

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

No one can dispute the need for nature reserves or Marine Protected Areas (MPA) in certain marine and coastal habitats such as coral reefs, sponge and inshore seagrass beds, and some other…

14th February 2011

Marine Protected Areas: What do they do to fishermen?

14th February 2011