World Fishing News – Page 324
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NewsHB Grandi, volumes and values down
According to information published by Icelandic fishing company HB Grandi its fleet landed 141,867 tonnes of fish valued at ISK14 billion during 2016. This a 19% reduction in volume compared to its 2015 catch levels, and catch values fell by 16%.
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NewsTaking mussel farming to another level
Northlight Seafood is ready to start production and embark on its ambitious project after years of research.
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NewsSeamen’s dissatisfaction runs deep
According to Konráð Alfreðsson, vice-chairman of Icelandic Seamen’s union Sjómannasamband Íslands (SÍ), there is deep dissatisfaction among seamen who are currently on strike.
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NewsTrawler design contract for Skipsteknisk
Skipsteknisk AS has secured the design contract for a new Arctic factory freezer trawler for Niisa Trawl Aps, located in Nuuk, Greenland.
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NewsAustralia and PNG in joint IUU patrol
The Australian Border Force (ABF) and the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Defence Force Maritime Element conducted joint patrol to identify and intercept Vietnamese illegal fishing vessels.
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NewsSustainably caught tuna forecast to double
Demand for MSC-certified tuna and fishing industry interest is expected to see “wild catch” tuna tonnage double from the waters of the (PNA) in 2017.
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Rock lobster thieves high and dry
Western Australia’s fisheries minister Joe Francis has branded stealing other fishermen’s rock lobster catches as un-Australian, and threatens severe penalties for those caught lifting someone else’s pots.
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Íslenski markaðurinn
ppsjávarveiðiflotinn hefur lokið við að endurnýja skipakost sinn en útgerðirnar Ísfélagið, Síldarvinnslan og HB Grandi hafa fengið ný veiðiskip í hendur. Nú stendur yfir endurnýjun í flota botnveiðiskipa en nýju skipin á að afhenda í lok árs 2017. Samherji, FISK Seafood, HB Grandi, Rammi, Gunnvör og VSV fá öll ...
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Öll helstu samtök og stofnanir styðja IceFish 2017
Íslenska sjávarútvegssýningin og sjávarútvegsverðlaunin eiga rót að rekja til ársins 1984 og hafa meira en tvöfaldast að umfangi síðan þá. IceFish er haldin þriðja hvert ár að beiðni sýnenda en það tryggir að nýjar vörur og þjónusta eru kynntar á sýningunni sem hefur sannað sig sem mikilvægur viðburður á ...
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The Icelandic Market
The Icelandic fisheries are at the forefront of sophistication in terms of technology, from navigation and fish-detection through to gear and equipment. The recent upgrading of Iceland's fishing vessels is well underway, bringing more energy efficient technology, new generation on-board handling and ice-less storage. The pelagic fleet completed its ...
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Leading associations support IceFish 2017
This long-running event started in 1984 and has, since the first exhibition, more than doubled in size. The three year cycle of the show is a direct response to the wishes of the exhibiting companies, as it ensures they have new products on display at each event. The exhibition ...
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NewsLatest phase of discard ban takes effect
UK fisheries minister George Eustice announced on New Year’s Day that the latest phase of the discard ban for demersal species has now come into force.
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NewsÍsfell’s new Flateyri aquaculture facility
Icelandic fishing gear supplier Ísfell has established a facility at Flateyri in north-western Iceland for cleaning and servicing aquaculture cages, providing servies to the region’s growing aquaculture sector.
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NewsBusy year for Gullberg
The Gullberg fish processing plant at Seyðisfjörður in Eastern Iceland has had a busy year, processing 3600 tonnes of groundfish.
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NewsMCS Network celebrates a busy 2016
According to the MSC Network’s executive director Harm Koster, in 2016 the Network promoted effective and efficient MCS to combat IUU fishing. In March it celebrated the fifth GFETW in Auckland, New Zealand.
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NewsThai Union and LPN provide labour rights booklet to ?migrant workers
Thai Union Group PCL, in collaboration with the Labour Rights Promotion Network Foundation (LPN), developed an educational labor rights booklet for migrant workers in Samut Sakhon.
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Sustainable solution success for Scottish Aquaculture
An investment in Scotland’s first Thermolicer device is proving a success for Scottish Sea Farms (SSF).
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NewsDeeper widescan sounder from WASSP
The New Zealand-based manufacturer of multibeam technology, WASSP Ltd, has released its new F3L, a low frequency wideband 80 kHz system.
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NewsLaunching rainbow trout eggs
AquaGen has identified two genetic markers (QTLs) with significant correlation to flavobacteriosis resistance that will be used in rainbow trout egg production.
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NewsKevin Wheeler joins Seafood Harvesters
The US Seafood Harvesters commercial fishing group has hired Kevin Wheeler from the Consortium for Ocean Leadership as its new executive director.
