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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Deep-sea gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean’s Levant Sea are causing a scramble to start drilling – while concerns for irreversible damage to outstanding marine biodiversity are being ignored, says WWF.

14th February 2011

WWF: Gas drilling threatens marine life

14th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On 17 February and for the second year running, Carrefour will host Les Jours Bleus – a high-impact in-store campaign organised in partnership with two leading seafood brands Findus and Labeyrie.

14th February 2011

Les Jours Bleus encore!

14th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The First Minister and Fisheries Secretary met with fishing leaders on11 February to discuss shared priorities for the Scottish fleet.

14th February 2011

Scotland: Fishing industry talks

14th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A coalition of fishermen’s groups set up to provide a united voice on how marine protected areas are established in UK waters has confirmed that it will be exhibiting at the Fishing…

14th February 2011

Fishing Coalition to highlight concerns over Marine Protected Areas

14th February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thousands of endangered marine turtles could be saved in the Coral Triangle region if the fishing industry started using innovative and responsible fishing gear, a WWF analysis shows.

13th February 2011

WWF: Gear changes can save turtles

13th February 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission adopted, on 11 February, a proposal for a draft negotiating mandate, addressed to the Council for a transitional, time-limited renewal of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement Protocol.

13th February 2011

Proposal to extend fisheries partnership agreement with Morocco for one year

13th February 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Third Meeting of Regional Fishery Body Secretariats Network (RSN 3) was held in Rome, Italy 7-8 February 2011.

13th February 2011

RSN addresses fisheries governance areas

13th February 2011

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