News

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

SeaWeb’’s Seafood Champions finalists were announced during the opening session of the Seafood Summit 2011, currently being held in Vancouver, Canada.

1st February 2011

Seafood Champions finalists announced

1st February 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

On 1 January 2011 Italian government legislation introduced an outright ban on plastic shopping bags, which will have to be replaced by biodegradable alternatives.

31st January 2011

Applause for Italys ban on plastic bags

31st January 2011

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Manufacturer of mounting solutions for marine electronics, Seaview, has appointed Interform Marine as its distributor for the UK and Ireland.

30th January 2011

Seaview appoints Interform Marine

30th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Toralla, a major mussel producer has been certified as Friend of the Sea.

29th January 2011

Chilean mussels certified sustainable

29th January 2011

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Nesco Weighing Ltd has just released a new version of its Wavecheetah II touch screen marine weighing system, and supplied the first units to companies in Scotland and Ireland

28th January 2011

New software for Nesco’s Wavecheetah II

28th January 2011

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood Scotland has been in Lyon, France, this week at the country’s largest foodservice show SIRHA, promoting the very best of Scottish seafood.

28th January 2011

Scottish seafood tops menu in Lyon

28th January 2011

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Iridium Communications Inc. has announced it is establishing a Global Service Program for its Iridium OpenPort® broadband marine satellite communication product.

28th January 2011

Iridium to establish service network

28th January 2011

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Safety equipment manufacturer, McMurdo Ltd, has launched a new corporate website, www.mcmurdolimited.com, which showcases the range of brands in the McMurdo portfolio.

27th January 2011

McMurdo launches new corporate website

27th January 2011

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Safety equipment manufacturer, McMurdo Ltd, has appointed John Caballero to the new role of Sales Director for the Americas.

27th January 2011

McMurdo’s new Sales Director for Americas

27th January 2011

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Anova Food’s ocean farm raised pompano has achieved certification under the Good Aquaculture Practices standard also known as AquaGAP.

27th January 2011

Pompano receives AquaGAP certification

27th January 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

In the wake of the certification of its saithe fishery, UK Fisheries, DFFU and Doggerbank GmbH have entered their Arctic cod and haddock fisheries for MSC assessment.

27th January 2011

Cod and haddock fisheries to be assessed

27th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A decade after members of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) approved an international plan to conserve sharks, a new analysis finds that it has yet to be fully…

27th January 2011

Shark populations dwindling

27th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Experienced fishermen have until 31 March 2011 to take advantage of funding towards the costs of training from Seafish, the Department for Transport and the European Fisheries Fund.

27th January 2011

Time running out for funded training

27th January 2011

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., has announced that it has made an investment in SkySails GmbH & Co. KG, the market and technology leader for automated towing…

27th January 2011

DSM invests in SkySails

27th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine Farms Vietnam, in collaboration with Nordic Group, will be launching a major public relations campaign to promote farm-raised cobia to restaurants, grocery stores, caterers, and consumers in the United States.

26th January 2011

Cobia marketing campaign to be launched

26th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new large-scale research project will prepare for commercial aquaculture – to ensure an adequate supply of the lice eaters.

26th January 2011

Big investment to combat salmon lice

26th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Independent certifier, Moody Marine, has suspended the MSC certificate for Loch Torridon langoustine.

25th January 2011

Langoustine MSC certification suspended

25th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A cross-party alliance of Euro-MPs determined to prevent a “hijack” of planned EU Common Fisheries Policy reform will hold its first meeting in Brussels today.

25th January 2011

Fishing Policy reform at risk of “hijack”

25th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK sales of ‘alternative’ fish have soared following Channel 4’s Fish Season in January.

19th January 2011

Alternative fish sales soar after ‘Fish Fight’

19th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fishing is the UK’s most dangerous industry and in a bid to improve safety, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is holding a series of events for Yorkshire fishermen next week.

19th January 2011

UK: RNLI works with Yorkshire fishermen to improve safety

19th January 2011