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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Croatia is at the heart of Europe’s fish farming industry and has been chosen to host the biennial Offshore Mariculture Conference in June.

25th May 2010

Bringing pioneers together

25th May 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation (SSMO) has entered its brown crab, velvet crab, European lobster potting fishery and Shetland inshore scallop dredging fishery into assessment for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

25th May 2010

Shetland shellfish fisheries start MSC assessment

25th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Machines designed to clean oceans after oil spills are to be tried out by BP in the Gulf of Mexico this week.

24th May 2010

Kevin Costner’s ‘Ocean Therapy’ machines tackle Gulf spill

24th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seaway Marine of Macduff has launched a new 11-metre survey and research vessel to be used by Scotland’s University Marine Biological Station, located on the eastern shore of the Isle of Cumbrae…

20th May 2010

New survey vessel on show at Fishing Expo

20th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The China Fishery Group has increased its Peruvian anchovy fishing quota of annual total allowable catch (TAC) through the acquisition of the entire share capital of a Peruvian fishing company Pesquera Alejandria…

19th May 2010

China Fishery ramps up Peru quota

19th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fish farm equipment manufacturer Fusion Marine has delivered eight Triton 450 Open Sea (OS) salmon pens for Marine Harvest’s Marulaig Bay site in South Uist, Outer Hebrides, UK, in an order worth…

18th May 2010

Marine Harvest takes delivery of new open sea pens

18th May 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission has published its report launching discussions on fishing opportunities in EU waters in 2011.

18th May 2010

Brussels seeks to get fisheries management on track in 2011

18th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A recovery plan for salmon in the upper Columbia River watershed has been given the green light.

14th May 2010

$40m salmon hatchery planned for Washington

14th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A project has been launched to safeguard the Irish Seas valuable shellfish industry, including cockles, mussels and edible crab, estimated to be worth £54 million (€63 million/$79.3 million) annually.

14th May 2010

Irish Sea stakeholders move to protect shellfish industry

14th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Nova Scotia government has delighted the Georges Bank seafood industry and extended the moratorium on oil and gas exploration and development for a period of three years.

14th May 2010

Nova Scotia extends Georges Bank moratorium

14th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Independent adjudicator orders reconsideration of MSC certification.

13th May 2010

Toothfish eco-label hangs in the balance

13th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new report that claims UK fishing fleets work 17 times harder today than they did in the 1880s to catch the same amount of fish is fundamentally flawed, says seafood authority.

10th May 2010

Seafish: new study is old news

10th May 2010

HEME

HEME

Delegate places have already been booked from as far afield as Australia, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, USA and The United Kingdom!

7th May 2010

International attendance

7th May 2010

HEME

HEME

Every street and structure in the Old Town area can tell a story of its long history.

7th May 2010

Dubrovnik – UNESCO Heritage Site

7th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Agifish obtains first Friend of the Sea certification for pangasius.

7th May 2010

DKSH sells eco-labelled pangasius

7th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

NOAA Fisheries Service has announced federal waters from 9 to 200 nautical miles off Texas will close to shrimp trawling at 30 minutes after official sunset (local time) on 15 May.

7th May 2010

Shrimp trawl fishery closes 15 May

7th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Vopnafjordur factory deploys new enclosed discharging system for the first time.

7th May 2010

First fishmeal leaves rebuilt HB Grandi factory

7th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The countdown to the opening of the Copper River salmon fishery has begun.

6th May 2010

Alaska’s salmon fishers gear up for opening day

6th May 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

NOAA implements blanket commercial fishery closures in the wake of the oil rig disaster.

5th May 2010

Deepwater Horizon spill closes Gulf Coast fisheries

5th May 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

It has been more than two months since Chiles fishing industry was obliterated by an 8.8 earthquake and tidal waves. Many fishermen feel let down by ineffective government reconstruction measures.

5th May 2010

Chilean government still failing fishermen

5th May 2010