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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

NOAA-funded scientists have found extensive and biologically diverse coral ecosystems occurring at depths between 100-500ft within a 12 mile span off the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico.

5th January 2011

Thriving middle light reefs found in Puerto Rico

5th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A bluefin tuna sold at an auction in Tokyo for a record 32.49m yen (nearly $400,000/£257,320), to a joint Japanese and Chinese bid.

5th January 2011

Record tuna sold in Tokyo

5th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An interactive large-screen video display at Fishing 2011 in Glasgow will beam live images into the exhibition hall from one of the few remaining flume tanks in the world.

5th January 2011

Flume tank comes to Fishing 2011

5th January 2011

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Singapore-listed marine fuel supplier Chemoil has acquired OceanConnect Holdings marine fuel business for approximately $25 million.

5th January 2011

Chemoil buys OceanConnect Marine for $25 million

5th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Admiral Makarov, a Russian icebreaker has arrived to help ships frozen in the ice in Sakhalin Bay, in the Okhotsk Sea.

4th January 2011

Admiral Makarov arrives in Sea of Okhotsk

4th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Weymouth RNLI volunteers assisted the crew of a fishing vessel who reported their boat was sinking on 3 January. The fishing boat was towed to safety but only after the crew had…

4th January 2011

UK: Weymouth RNLI volunteers assist sinking fishing vessel

4th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Pew Environment Groups project manager, Holly Binns has issued the following statement in response to the Department of Commerce’s final approval of Amendment 17B - a plan to save nine dwindling fish…

4th January 2011

Pew hails new fish protection measures

4th January 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Last year was a year of “ups and downs” for the Scottish fishing industry, according to WWF Scotland’s 2010 end of year assessment of the state of the countrys main whitefish stocks.

4th January 2011

WWF: an up and down 2010 for Scots

4th January 2011

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Seafood Team at US-based supplier of conveyance solutions and services Intralox develops handling systems for all types of fish processing operations, from onboard ocean-going factory trawlers through to the packaging end…

31st December 2010

Complete conveyance solutions for seafood

31st December 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has said that a 17th round of fishery talks with Japan will most likely take place in 2011 after a one-year hiatus.

30th December 2010

Japan and Taiwan to resume fishery talks

30th December 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Pakistan’s seafood exports increased by 37% to $96.9 million (€73.9 million) in the July to November period of the current fiscal year, according to provisional figures from the State Bank of Pakistan…

29th December 2010

Pakistans seafood exports value rises 37%

29th December 2010

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Triplex AS has announced a contract with Larsnes Mek Verksted AS for the delivery of a newly-developed Triplex Net Handling System for a built-in net bin to the new vessels Eros and…

29th December 2010

Pelagic pair fitted out with new Triplex net bins

29th December 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The value of shrimp exports from Vietnam will amount to more than $2 billion (€1.5 billion) this year, dramatically up on the $1.7 billion (€1.3 billion) recorded in 2009, said the Vietnam…

28th December 2010

Record exports for Vietnam shrimp

28th December 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Four Japanese fishery companies paid around ¥500 million (€4.6 million/$6.1 million) in bribes to Russian officials for three years so they could fish in Russias exclusive economic zone more than allowed under…

28th December 2010

Japanese bribe Russian fishing authorities

28th December 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

South Korea has secured the right to catch 47,001 tonnes of pollock in Russian waters in 2011, a 201-tonne increase compared with 2010.

24th December 2010

South Korea secures greater pollock quota

24th December 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

US Congress has banned the practice of shark finning in all US waters in a move environmental advocates say international regulators should emulate.

24th December 2010

America bans shark finning in its waters

24th December 2010

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

A number of recent vessel detentions have meant that new provisions under the UK’s Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 relating to the lodging of bonds to secure the release of vessels…

23rd December 2010

New provisions for releasing detained vessels

23rd December 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Alaska pollock fishery (BSAI) has earned Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) re-certification having been independently assessed and again found to be sustainable and well-managed.

23rd December 2010

Alaska pollock re-certified under MSC

23rd December 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

EWOS Innovation, will be a key partner in a new innovation centre for sea lice research, the headquarters of which will be based at the University of Bergen. It will be supported…

22nd December 2010

A further boost for sea lice research

22nd December 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thai Union Frozen Products Pcl, the worlds largest canned tuna producer, expects its 2011 net profit to rise 30% in line with sales growth, boosted by its acquisition of French-based MW Brands…

22nd December 2010

Thai Union: 30% profit rise in 2011

22nd December 2010