All Industry News articles – Page 216

  • Previda promotes instestinal health, leading to healthier shrimp and fish. Photo: Philip Chou/SeaWeb
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    Novus product wins innovation award

    2012-08-31T05:30:00Z

    Novus International Inc has won the 2012 North American New Product Innovation Award in Prebiotics for Animal Health for its new product Previda – a health and nutrition solution for aquatic species.

  • ICCAT is funding two research projects on Atlantic bluefin tuna. Credit: AFMA
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    New Atlantic bluefin tuna research projects worth €1.5m

    2012-08-30T15:17:00Z

    The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) will be investing close to €1.5m in two big research projects on Atlantic bluefin tuna.

  • Nor-Fishing 2012 was a success
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    Nor-Fishing 2012 - a busy exhibition

    2012-08-30T12:44:00Z

    Nor-Fishing 2012 has been declared a success by its organisers.

  • Greenpeace activists on an inflatable boat intercepted the world’s second largest factory fishing trawler, the FV ‘Margiris’. © Greenpeace
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    Greenpeace intercepts super trawler

    2012-08-30T10:15:00Z

    Greenpeace activists on an inflatable boat intercepted the world’s second largest factory fishing trawler, the FV ‘Margiris’, and are blocking the ship’s entry into Port Lincoln in South Australia.

  • Research vessel ‘Simon Stevin’
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    Damen delivers ‘silent’ research vessel

    2012-08-30T10:11:00Z

    Damen Shipyards Group has delivered the research vessel ‘Simon Stevin’ to its Belgian client DAB Vloot, the Flemish governmental fleet operator.

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    Increase in fish value landed by UK fleet

    2012-08-30T10:05:00Z

    New statistics published today by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) show an increase in the value of fish landed by the UK fleet in 2011 compared with 2010.

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    EFF deadline approaching

    2012-08-30T10:01:00Z

    Wednesday 12 September is the next deadline for applicants seeking grants from the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) towards large or particularly technical projects.

  • Alaskan pollock trawlers. Photo: Valerie Craig/Marine Photobank
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    Chinook salmon limits enforced

    2012-08-29T17:04:00Z

    A new rule on the limited number of Chinook salmon caught by pollock trawlers has been put into practice by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in the Gulf of Alaska.

  • A scallop dredge catch from the Great South Channel. Credit: NEFSC/NOAA
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    New survey finds juvenile scallops abundant in Mid-Atlantic

    2012-08-29T11:28:00Z

    NOAA researchers using a new instrument have confirmed that there are high numbers of young sea scallops off of Delaware Bay.

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    Swordfish fishery enters MSC assessment

    2012-08-29T11:24:00Z

    Sustainable Swordfish LLC, a group involved with about two-thirds of the US east coast swordfish landings, has entered the SSLLC US North Atlantic swordfish longline fishery into Marine Stewardship Council assessment.

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    New US safety regulations to take effect

    2012-08-29T10:48:00Z

    The US Coast Guard is urging commercial fishing vessel operators to take advantage of mandatory safety examinations prior to the enforcement of new regulations on 16 October.

  • Scotland's freshwater fisheries suuports one of the largest wild salmon populations in Europe. Photo: SSPO
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    Scotland discuss fish farming future

    2012-08-28T14:48:00Z

    The Scottish Government has published its consultation on proposals for the introduction of an Aquaculture and Fisheries Bill to achieve a sustainable future for fish farming.

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    Commission investigates Spanish aid

    2012-08-28T14:45:00Z

    The European Commission has voiced its concern over a request for aid for Spanish aquaculture processing company, Ultracongelados Antartidá.

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    Rockfish shortlisted for National Fish and Chip Award

    2012-08-28T14:39:00Z

    Rockfish in Dartmouth, England, has been recognised as one of the best fish and chip restaurants in the UK in the National Fish & Chip Awards 2013, organised by Seafish.

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    ICES launches series of survey protocols

    2012-08-28T14:16:00Z

    The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has launched a Series of ICES Survey Protocols (SISP).

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    Paolo Bray to speak at Aqua 2012

    2012-08-28T10:55:00Z

    Paolo Bray, director of Friend of the Sea, will be speaking at the 2012 meeting of the World Aquaculture Society, which will be held from the 1-5 September in Prague.

  • L-R: Managing director, Stephen Cameron; SSMG’s two longest serving employees, Isobel Smith and Beth Fraser Khan; and chairman Michael Laurenson
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    SSMG opens new processing facility

    2012-08-28T10:50:00Z

    The Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group has officially opened its new processing facility at Bellshill in central Scotland.

  • The EC has proposed its 2013 Baltic Sea fishing opportunities. Credit: Nikater/Wiki
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    Baltic Sea TACs proposed for 2013

    2012-08-28T10:39:00Z

    The European Commission has tabled its proposal for 2013 Baltic Sea fishing opportunities.

  • On 24 August the Canadian Coast Guard welcomed a new vessel to its fleet in Newfoundland and Labrador
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    New Canadian Coast Guard ship Vladykov

    2012-08-28T10:36:00Z

    Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, has officially welcomed the new Canadian Coast Guard Ship ''Vladykov'' to St. John’s.

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    Falklands toothfish enters MSC assessment

    2012-08-24T05:30:00Z

    Consolidated Fisheries Ltd has entered the Falkland Islands longline Patagonian Toothfish fishery entered full assessment for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.