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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

French shoppers will find it easier to choose certified sustainable seafood when a new, nationwide awareness campaign, Les Jours Bleus, is launched in Carrefour stores in January.

27th January 2010

Les Jours Bleus launched to promote certified sustainable seafood

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The hoki trawl fishery operating in the Argentine EEZ and adjacent waters has entered full assessment to be considered for MSC certification and is the second South American fishery to officially seek…

27th January 2010

Argentine hoki fishery seeks MSC certification

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Dutch Association of Suspended Mussel Culture Farmers has entered full assessment for MSC certification.

27th January 2010

Dutch blue shell suspended culture mussel producers seek MSC certification

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The North Sea (areas IVa, IVb, IVc) will be closed to vessels using towed gear of 100mm and above for the rest of January.

27th January 2010

Cod recovery zone – North Sea closure

27th January 2010

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

A fisherman’s life has been saved by marine distress signals after an accident in Iceland, which sadly proved fatal for a colleague.

27th January 2010

Pains Wessex and Comet marine distress signals save fishermen

27th January 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Carnitech has now joined with Marel to pool resources, and at Seafood Processing America will be highlighting some of the equipment and systems that the companies have to offer.

27th January 2010

Marel and Carnitech introduce ‘the best of both’ at Seafood Processing America 2010

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Union and Norway have struck a crucial long-term agreement on mackerel management in the North-East Atlantic, which provides for stable quota shares and for agreed access arrangements for their respective…

27th January 2010

EU/Norway agreement on mackerel management

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Citing “the significant environmental degradation caused by salmon farming”, Target has announced that it will discontinue sales of all farmed salmon products in its stores.

27th January 2010

Target eliminates farmed salmon in all stores

27th January 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Lighthouse Caledonia has signed a software agreement with AKVA group Scotland Ltd for the supply of Fishtalk Control and Fishtalk Value Chain Planner.

27th January 2010

AKVA groups Fishtalk to Lighthouse Caledonia

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The World Ocean Council will convene a wide range of ocean industries at the Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) to be held in Belfast, UK, 15-17 June, 2010.

27th January 2010

Ocean industries to tackle ambitious program at Sustainable Ocean Summit

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Atlantic Fast Food chippy in Coatbridge, Glasgow, UK, has won first place at this year’s National Fish & Chip Shop of the Year competition, organised by Seafish.

27th January 2010

Atlantic Fast Food crowned UK’s top chippy

27th January 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marinas in the Firth of Clyde and on the Argyll coast are to be surveyed by marine scientists following the discovery of another invasive non-native species in Scottish waters.

27th January 2010

Unwelcome arrival of sea squirt in Scottish seas

27th January 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Tucal has designed a new vertical plate freezer with a mechanised unloading system which enables just one worker to unload the frozen blocks effortlessly and quickly.

24th January 2010

New vertical plate freezer with mechanised unloading

24th January 2010

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Baltic Marine Contractors’ (BMC) main office is located in Tallinn and offers mechanical and electrical services for MaK marine customers in The Baltic States and in Finland.

22nd January 2010

BMC establishes a new office in Rotterdam

22nd January 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Aqualine AS has developed a new generation of big and safe net cage systems and reports that the 500-series with floating tubes of 500mm have become a great success.

22nd January 2010

A new generation of net cage systems

22nd January 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Both sectors can be described as ‘traditional’ and are mostly comprised of small and medium sized companies, employing less than 10 persons or family businesses. With EU enlargement, an additional contribution of…

22nd January 2010

A new impetus for European aquaculture development?

22nd January 2010

DECK MACHINERY

DECK MACHINERY

Triplex AS has recently, through its Chilean branch, Triplex Chile Ltda., completed the first installation of one of its corkline stackers onboard a Chilean purse seiner.

22nd January 2010

Triplex innovates in Chile

22nd January 2010

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A recent full-scale bollard pull test on the Esbjerg-based fishing vessel Jette Kristine showed an increase in bollard pull performance of an impressive 23.5%.

22nd January 2010

Jette Kristine gets 23.5% more bollard pull

22nd January 2010

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The latest step in the evolution of the Cat® 3500 engine line is the launch of the Cat 3512C and 3516C Diesel Electric Propulsion (DEP) engines, to better meet critical customer requirements…

22nd January 2010

Caterpillar launches marine DEP engines

22nd January 2010

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

MAN Diesel recently entered a new industry segment with the launching of the tuna-freezing purse seiner Playa de Azkorri in Spain’s Basque Country.

22nd January 2010

MAN Diesel moves into specialist fishing segment

22nd January 2010