World Fishing News – Page 210

  • Seafood
    News

    Local focus for Scottish seafood industry

    2020-04-21T17:52:00Z

    The Scottish seafood industry is adapting to new guidelines, developing new consumer routes, and meeting increased local demand as it works to supply fresh seafood during the COVID-10 pandemic, according to Seafood Scotland.

  • Seafish is issuing key worker status certificates Photo: Seafish
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    COVID-19: Key worker status certificates

    2020-04-20T12:42:00Z

    Seafish has created ‘critical worker certificates’ for fishermen and other key workers in the industry to use in the course of their work.

  • £10m is being made available to fishing and aquaculture businesses in England
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    COVID-19: £10m fund for seafood sector

    2020-04-20T12:34:00Z

    More than 1,000 fishing and aquaculture businesses in England affected by the coronavirus pandemic will receive cash grants through a fisheries support scheme.

  • The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have dire economic consequences for fishing sector workers in developing countries Photo: WorldFish
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    COVID-19: Assessing impact on fishing sector

    2020-04-17T16:24:00Z

    WorldFish, together with the CGAIR Research Programme on Fish Agri-food Systems and its partners, is attempting to assess the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on fish and aquatic food systems in developing countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific.

  • Nueva Pescanova Group has appointed a new executive chairman Photo: Neuva Pescanova Group
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    Nueva Pescanova appoints new chairman

    2020-04-17T15:22:00Z

    Nueva Pescanova Group’s board of directors has unanimously elected José María Benavent as executive chairman and reappointed Ignacio González as managing director, a position he has served since February 2016.

  • Genes hold the key to identifying which salmon are resistant to sea lice Photo: SAIC
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    Breeding resistance to sea lice

    2020-04-16T12:22:00Z

    A new selective breeding method is being developed by a Scottish research consortium that could enhance fish health and well-being by improving salmon resistance to sea lice.

  • Funds from the Scottish Crown Estate will be used to help struggling coastal businesses and organisations Photo: Quentin Bates
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    COVID-19: Scottish Crown Estate support

    2020-04-16T12:15:00Z

    Coastal businesses and voluntary sector organisations affected by COVID-19 will benefit from a £7.2 million Scottish Crown Estate fund which is devolved to councils.

  • Support announced for Welsh fisheries
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    Support announced for Welsh fisheries

    2020-04-15T13:56:00Z

    A new grant to support fishing businesses during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been announced by Lesley Griffiths, the Welsh Government’s Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs.

  • Engineering for Arctic Offshore project
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    Engineering for Arctic Offshore project

    2020-04-15T13:48:00Z

    In co-operation with partners at engineering company Techano AS, Naust Marine is fabricating and delivering electrical systems to the Arctic Offshore Fish Farming project off the coast of Tromsø in Norway.

  • Pandemic hits women harder, says WSI
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    Pandemic hits women harder, says WSI

    2020-04-15T13:32:00Z

    Is a gender viewpoint needed to examine the COVID-19 risks and impacts on fisheries and aquaculture? According to Natalia Briceño-Lagos and Marie Christine Monfort of the International Organisation for Women in the Seafood Industry (WSI), at this point of the pandemic, though we can’t fully depict what the consequences ...

  • Cabinet Secretary Fergus Ewing has paid tribute to Scottish fish farmers Photo: Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation
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    COVID-19: Praise for fish farmers

    2020-04-15T08:19:00Z

    Scottish Cabinet Secretary Fergus Ewing has paid tribute to Scotland’s fish farming workers for ensuring the supply of fresh salmon, trout and shellfish continues to reach UK supermarkets.

  • Seafish is supporting the UK seafood industry through COVID-19 Photo: Seafish
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    COVID-19: Helping find new routes to market

    2020-04-15T08:11:00Z

    Seafish is working on ways to support the UK seafood sector through the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Karstensen-built fishing trawler
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    Wärtsilä energy package for Scottish trawler

    2020-04-14T13:48:00Z

    Wärtsilä will supply a propulsion and power package for a new 75m long fishing trawler being built at Karstensens shipyard in Denmark for Scottish owners and operators Wiseman Fishing Co and Northbay Fishing Co.

  • Aller Aqua and TripleNine have conducted a successful trial into functional ingredients in fish feed Photo: Aller Aqua
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    Functional ingredient trial a success

    2020-04-09T14:52:00Z

    A research collaboration to identify which components of raw materials most benefit fish health and growth in a sustainable way has been hailed a success.

  • WAFIC CEO, Alex Ogg
    News

    COVID-19: WAFIC welcomes support approval

    2020-04-09T14:48:00Z

    Western Australian Fishing Industry Council’s (WAFIC) chief executive has welcomed the Fisheries Minister’s decision to approve the seafood industry’s COVID-19 recovery and stimulus package.

  • New Mørenot factory delivers first cage net
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    New Mørenot factory delivers first cage net

    2020-04-08T14:03:00Z

    After having its trawl door production at Plunge in Lithuania for the last seven years, the company last year began expanding its facilities there to include aquaculture net production.

  • Skaginn 3X strengthen sales network
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    Skaginn 3X strengthens sales network

    2020-04-08T13:55:00Z

    Skaginn 3X has appointed Viktoría Alfreðsdóttir as Regional Sales Manager for Russia and Asia.

  • Cretel's brand-new production facilities and a new generation of skinners
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    New factory and new skinning machine range

    2020-04-08T12:45:00Z

    Belgian food processing equipment and industrial washing systems manufacturer Cretel has taken a step into the future by moving into a brand-new production facility in Ghent, following this up with the launch of a new generation of the company’s skinning machines

  • Japan has lifted the inspection order for Indian Black Tiger shrimps Photo: FAO
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    Japan lifts Black Tiger shrimp inspections

    2020-04-08T10:26:00Z

    Japan has lifted the inspection order for Indian Black Tiger shrimps after export consignments were found to be free of any residue of the anti-bacterial drug furazolidone. 

  • News

    MMG stefnir að öflugri þátttöku á IceFish

    2020-04-08T08:47:56Z

    Hafnarborgin Måløy á vesturströnd Noregs er miðstöð hæfileika og sérþekkingar þar sem er fjöldi fyrirtækja, allt frá veiðarfæraframleiðendum til skipasmíðastöðva og skipahönnuða.„Við viljum láta siglingageirann, bæði núverandi og nýja viðskiptavini, vita að við erum til og erum góður valkostur við aðrar hafnir við Norður-Atlantshaf. Í Måløy getum við boðið ...