World Fishing News – Page 222

  • WA’s billion-dollar seafood story?
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    WA’s billion-dollar seafood story

    2019-12-17T16:39:00Z

    New research shows that Western Australia’s commercial fishing and aquaculture operators inject nearly one billion dollars into the WA economy and create more than 6000 local jobs each year.

  • EU Commission notifies Panama over IUU
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    EU Commission notifies Panama over IUU

    2019-12-17T16:36:00Z

    The European Commission has notified the Republic of Panama about the risk of being identified as a non-co-operating country in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Panama had already received a yellow card in November 2012, which was then lifted in October 2014.

  • Osprey doors’ success in Scotland
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    Osprey doors’ success in Scotland

    2019-12-17T16:31:00Z

    The Lovie family, who fish out of Kinlochbervie with their two demersal trawlers Endeavour IV and Venture II, have been seeing excellent results with their new trawl doors since switching to the new Ospreys from Morgére.

  • Serving Russia’s Norwegian-based fleet
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    Serving Russia’s Norwegian-based fleet

    2019-12-17T16:28:00Z

    Through mutually beneficial agreements between Russia and Norway, the Russian whitefish fleet has enjoyed access to the fishing grounds in the western Barents Sea and inside the Norwegian zone.

  • Why sustainable fisheries need VMS
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    Why sustainable fisheries need VMS

    2019-12-17T16:23:00Z

    There has been discussion across the industry about adapting AIS for fisheries monitoring. Increasingly AIS is seen as a transparent and freely available tool and as a result fishermen and companies are questioning why they should have a separate VMS, writes Jean-Pierre Cauzac, Head of Strategic Projects at the ...

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    Celiktrans snýr aftur á IceFish árið 2020

    2019-12-17T08:48:26Z

    Celiktrans hefur langa reynslu af að smíða skip fyrir Íslendinga. Fyrirtækið hefur sent hingað þrjá ferskfisktogara fyrir Brim ásamt uppsjávarskipum.Víkingur og Venus voru smíðuð fyrir Brim, auk þess sem Ísfélagið fékk Sigurð og Síldarvinnslan Börk frá upphaflegum eigendum þeirra í Noregi.„Nú eru fjögur uppsjávarskip frá skipasmíðastöð okkar að veiðum ...

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    Celiktrans returns to IceFish in 2020

    2019-12-17T08:48:20Z

    Celiktrans has a track record of building for Iceland, having delivered three fresher trawlers operated from Reykjavík by Brim, as well as pelagic vessels.Víkingur and Venus were built for Brim, while Ísfélag's Sigurður and Síldarvinnslan's Börkur were acquired from their original Norwegian owners."There are now four purse seiner-pelagic trawlers ...

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    Færeyskur búnaður fyrir veiðar og eldi

    2019-12-17T08:48:14Z

    „Þátttaka í sýningu þarf að vera ómaksins virði, og við lítum á IceFish sem vettvang til að hitta íslenska viðskiptavini okkar,“ segir Bogi Nón hjá Vóninni.„Við hittum einnig suma af viðskiptavinum okkar frá öðrum löndum líka, sérstaklega gesti frá Kanada og Grænlandi sem koma á IceFish.“Hann sagði íslenka markaðinn ...

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    Faroese gear for fishing and aquaculture

    2019-12-17T08:48:09Z

    "An exhibition has to be worthwhile, and we see IceFish as the place to meet our Icelandic customers," said Vónin's Bogi Nón."We also always see some of our customers from other countries there, especially visitors from Canada and Greenland who come to IceFish."He commented that the Icelandic market is ...

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    Sérsniðið frá Lavango

    2019-12-17T08:48:04Z

    „Starfsemin á bak við það sem við gerum hefur ekkert breyst. Við verðum á IceFish í þriðja sinn vegna þess að við teljum þetta mikilvægustu sýninguna fyrir íslenskan markað," sagði Kristján Karl Aðalsteinsson, framkvæmdastjóri.„Við sérhæfum okkur í sérsmíðuðum kerfum fyrir fiskvinnslu. Við framleiðum fyrir veiðiskip, vinnslur og fiskeldisfyrirtæki sem ...

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    Tailor-made from Lavango

    2019-12-17T08:47:59Z

    "The activities behind what we're doing haven't changed. And we'll be at IceFish for the third time because we see this as the most important exhibition for the Icelandic market," said the company's CEO Kristján Karl Aðalsteinsson."We specialise in tailored systems for fish processing, supplying fishing vessels, processors and ...

  • Virginijus Sinkevicius, the new European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Photo: European Commission
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    Fruitful talks with the EC

    2019-12-16T12:57:00Z

    Members of the European fishing industry, represented by Europêche, have met the newly elected Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries to discuss the challenges faced by the sector.

  • Tersan has launched an LNG powered live fish carrier Photo: Tersan
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    LNG powers live fish carrier

    2019-12-16T12:53:00Z

    Tersan Shipyard has launched an LNG powered live fish carrier which is under construction for Nordlaks, Norway.

  • Danish Fish brand extends to farmed fish
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    Danish Fish brand extends to farmed fish

    2019-12-13T19:57:00Z

    A new collaboration has expanded the Danish Fish quality mark to fish from the aquaculture sector, in addition to wild-caught fish.

  • WSI video competition open to 2020 entries
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    WSI video competition open to 2020 entries

    2019-12-13T19:54:00Z

    The WSI ‘women in the seafood industry’ video competition is open for the fourth time and is accepting entries from now until July 2nd.

  • The first smolts from Scottish Sea Farms’ new hatchery are safely out at sea Photo: Scottish Sea Farms
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    Major milestone for SSF’s new hatchery

    2019-12-12T14:51:00Z

    Scottish Sea Farms’ new £55m Barcaldine Hatchery has achieved a critical milestone with the first smolts having gone safely out to sea pens.

  • Norcod is relaunching commercial cod farming in Norway Photo: Norcod
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    Norcod plans cod farming revolution

    2019-12-12T09:49:00Z

    In an attempt to take aquaculture to a new level, Norcod is planning to relaunch commercial cod farming on an unprecedented scale.

  • Shellfish stakeholders in England, Wales, NI and the Channel Islands are working together to promote a profitable future for the sector
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    Working group focuses on shellfish future

    2019-12-11T09:57:00Z

    Stakeholders in the shellfish industries of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands have formed a working group to define a strategy aimed at promoting a sustainable and profitable future for the sector.

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    Investment and awards at Brim

    2019-12-11T09:02:05Z

    The Environmental Award was presented by President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson to Brim CEO Guðmundur Kristjánsson."Brim has set targets and developed reliable methods to measure results, reduce waste and increase value of all processes. The company has reduced significantly the omission of CO2 and invested in new technology ...

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    Brim fjárfestir og hlýtur verðlaun

    2019-12-11T09:01:55Z

    Guðni Th. Jóhannesson forseti afhenti Guðmundi Kristjánssyni, forstjóra Brims, Umhverfisverðlaun atvinnulífsins.„ Þá hefur Brim sett sér markmið og mælikvarða til að mæla árangur, draga úr sóun og auka verðmæti. Brim hefur dregið markvisst úr losun gróðurhúsalofttegunda, fjárfest í nýrri tækni og skipum sem hefur skilað miklu,“ segir í tilkynningu ...