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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has called for a freeze on any further reductions in the number of days fishing vessels can put to sea and is warning that a significant proportion of…

29th August 2010

SFF: no more days at sea cuts

29th August 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

South African net manufacturing specialist Alnet has added to its range of nylon, knotless Kapenta nets with polyethylene knotless Kapenta nets.

29th August 2010

Alnet’s new polyethylene nets

29th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The rock lobster commercial catch quota in South Australias lower south east will be capped at 1,250 tonnes until stocks recover. And a month at each end of the southern zone rock…

27th August 2010

Quota tightened to save southern rock lobster

27th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The board of UK seafood authority Seafish has appointed Dr Paul Williams as interim chief executive with effect from October 2010.

25th August 2010

Seafish appoints interim CEO

25th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Rongfu Aquaculture Inc, one of Chinas leading companies in the cultivation, harvesting, and trading of tilapia, snakefish, and other aquatic products, has been designated by the local government to operate the 3,300-acre…

25th August 2010

Chinese tilapia giant wins park contract

25th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Gail Shea, Canadian minister of fisheries and oceans (DFO) has announced CAD 637,678 (€474,935/$600,830) in funding to support innovation and sustainability in the aquaculture industry in British Columbia.

25th August 2010

Canadians invest in BC aquaculture

25th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fraser River sockeye salmon returns could reach between 20 million and 25 million fish this year, making it the second, possibly even the largest run in 60 years, according to independent fisherman…

25th August 2010

Record returns on Fraser River’s MSC salmon

25th August 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The new ‘aquaport’ in Urk in the Netherlands is now regularly receiving commercial shipments of live lobsters from Halifax in Nova Scotia. The first consignment arrived on 21 May, and they have…

24th August 2010

New live lobster terminal up and running at Urk

24th August 2010

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Funz San Industry is currently working on a project that includes two slipway winches with a capability of 150T@5m/min and two slipway winches with capability of 60T@5m/min. These winches are for a…

24th August 2010

Large order book for Taiwan winch manufacturer

24th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Clearwater Seafoods has reported second quarter EBITDA of $7.1 million (€5.5 million) on sales of $65.2 million (€50.6 million), a decrease on comparative figures for the same period of 2009 of $8.5…

20th August 2010

Clearwater Q2 profits dip

20th August 2010

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Dyrkorn has opened a new depot in the north Norway port of Båtsfjord to bring its services closer to the area where most of the country’s longlining activity takes place.

19th August 2010

Dyrkorn opens Båtsfjord depot

19th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Aquaculture giant Cermaq has reported an EBIT pre fair value of NOK 215 million (€22.7 million/$35 million) for the second quarter of this year based on strong results in all parts of…

19th August 2010

Salmon prices boost Cermaq bottom line

19th August 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

This year has been another good year for orders of Naust Marine’s (NM) Automatic Trawl Winch System (ATW) and its AutoGen system for automatic power management of generators, said the company.

18th August 2010

American Seafoods, Murmansk contracts for Naust

18th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Plans to regenerate Newlyn Harbour have been put on hold after £3.2 million (€3.9 million/$5 million) of European Fisheries Fund cash was turned away by the harbour commissioners.

18th August 2010

Newlyn mothballs fish market upgrade

18th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK supermarket chain Morrison’s is to sell Cornish albacore tuna under a new name in an attempt to make it more appealing to customers.

17th August 2010

Retailer renames Cornish tuna as Coruna

17th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sonar technology company Marport Deep Sea Technologies introduced its latest software defined sonar products at the Nor-Fishing 2010 exhibition in Trondheim, Norway.

17th August 2010

Marport introduces new products at Nor-Fishing

17th August 2010

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

After a period of organisational changes and downsizing Mustad Longline has hired a new senior project manager. The appointee, Arne Tennøy will join the company’s sales office in Aalesund, Norway.

17th August 2010

New senior project manager for Mustad Longline

17th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Waterford shellfish processor Erin Isle Seafood Ltd has become the latest Irish company to switch from sodium metabisulphite to Prawnfresh treatment for prawns.

16th August 2010

Irish shellfish processor signs up to Prawnfresh

16th August 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Hot on the heels of Cygnus Marine’s recent demise, Ronnie and Mary Coote’s Kingfisher Boats, established in 1986, finally closed for business at the end of June, ending half a century of…

16th August 2010

Cornish boat builder sells up

16th August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scientists are reporting significant changes in the distribution of coastal fish species in south-east Australia which they say are partly due to climate change.

15th August 2010

Climate change impacts SE Australia fish species

15th August 2010