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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An Independent Adjudicator has asked third-party certifier Moody Marine Ltd to consider the information of an additional report in its scoring of 5 of the 31 performance indicators used to assess the…

22nd April 2010

Aker Biomarine krill objection

22nd April 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, recently met with her provincial counterparts from Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island to discuss issues affecting the snow crab fishery in the…

22nd April 2010

DFO Canada meets with provinces on Southern Gulf snow crab fishery

22nd April 2010

HEME

HEME

With depleting wild stocks and increasing global demand, farmed fish is one of the fastest growing food sectors. In the Mediterranean, 1.2 million tonnes of fish are farmed annually, with over 110,000…

22nd April 2010

Conference Programme

22nd April 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

AKVA group has signed a new €6.8m contract for delivery of three complete turnkey fish farms to Cromaris in Croatia.

21st April 2010

Breakthrough for AKVA group

21st April 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A strong Scottish contingent is heading for the worlds largest seafood show, the European Seafood Exposition (ESE) in Brussels (April 27-29), where companies exhibiting on the Scottish Pavilion expect to generate sales…

21st April 2010

Scotland at ESE

21st April 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK Government has confirmed an unelected member of the House of Lords will represent Scotland at next months informal Fisheries Council.

21st April 2010

Scotland denied place at fisheries talks

21st April 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

At 2.30pm on Saturday 17 April, Barrows Tamar class lifeboat Grace Dixon was launched to go to the assistance of a fishing boat in Walney Channel.

21st April 2010

Barrow lifeboat assists fishing boat in distress

21st April 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Volunteer RNLI lifeboat crew at Penlee had their Saturday evening disrupted when they were called to tow home a trawler on 17 April 2010.

21st April 2010

Penlee RNLI volunteers tow trawler home

21st April 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

This year Mars Petcare Europe will begin rolling out MSC certification across a selection of fish varieties in the SHEBA® and WHISKAS® brand portfolios across Europe, offering consumers a choice of more…

21st April 2010

Mars Petcare announces commitment to use only sustainable fish by 2020

21st April 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Dutch North Sea plaice-directed fleet has entered full assessment in the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification programme.

21st April 2010

Dutch North Sea plaice fleet goes for MSC certification

21st April 2010

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

McMurdo Ltd’s new SMARTFIND S5 AIS SART has received the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Certificate of Type Approval, authorising it for fitment to UK flagged vessels in accordance with the MCA…

16th April 2010

McMurdo Ltd’s S5 AIS SART receives UK Type approval

16th April 2010

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

McMurdo Ltd has announced that its Kannad Marine SAFELINK AIS SART has been granted the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Certificate of Type Approval.

16th April 2010

UK Type approval for Safelink AIS SART

16th April 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Japanese scallop fisheries represented by Hokkaido Gyoren (Hokkaido Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations), with the largest scallop harvest in the world, are entering into Marine Stewardship Council full assessment.

16th April 2010

Japanese scallop fisheries enter MSC assessment

16th April 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

For the krill fishing season in 2010, China sent two ocean-going fishing vessel Kai li and An Xin Hai to be involved in Antarctic krill fishing.

16th April 2010

Two Chinese vessels join in Antarctic krill fishing

16th April 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

When NIMPL (North Island Mussel Processing Ltd) in New Zealand’s North Island were to expand their production of Greenshell Mussels, it was a specific request of the company to be in the…

16th April 2010

Cabinplant’s new energy-saving cooker/cooler

16th April 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

AKVA group has signed a contract for delivery of three turnkey fish farms to Cromaris d.d. in Croatia, totalling EUR6.8m.

16th April 2010

Major contract for AKVA group

16th April 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Norway’s exports of groundfish including clipfish, salted fish and stockfish in the first quarter of 2010 totalled NOK 2.75 billion - an increase of 13% or NOK 323 million compared with the…

14th April 2010

Record exports of Norwegian cod

14th April 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Ocean Conservancy has released Trash Travels: From Our Hands to the Sea, Around the Globe, and Through Time - a global snapshot of the marine debris problem facing wildlife, economies and…

14th April 2010

Report: Ocean trash one of the worst pollution problems we face

14th April 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood exports from Norway in the first quarter of 2010 were valued at NOK 12.4 billion - an increase of NOK 1.9 billion or 18% compared with the first quarter of 2009.

14th April 2010

Record exports of Norwegian seafood in Q1

14th April 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafish has warned that UK consumers need to greatly increase their intake of oil-rich fish in order to achieve a healthy, balanced diet.

14th April 2010

Consumers need to enrich their seafood habits

14th April 2010