All Industry News articles – Page 47
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NewsHB Grandi to buy Ögurvík
HB Grandi hf has agreed to buy the entire shareholding in fishing company Ögurvík ehf from Brim hf. A correction is expected to be applied to the €95 million purchase price once the results of the company’s financial performance to 31st August 2018 is available.
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NewsSiam Canadian aims for new markets with meat division
Siam Canadian, which has a thirty-year track record as a frozen seafood supplier has now upped its interest in the frozen meat business and officially established a new entity, Siam Canadian – Meat Division, headed by Justyna Popielska and managed from Szczecin.
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NewsTradewind provides credit facility for Peruvian fishmeal producer
Tradewind has announced the closing of a $2.5 million export factoring facility for a producer of fishmeal based in Peru. The aquaculture company sells to buyers in Asia, Europe, South and North America. Tradewind finances the client’s sales on 30 to 60-day terms.
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NewsAFMA project targets Pacific illegal fishers
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and its international partners have wrapped up an operation focusing on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Pacific Ocean on the high seas outside Australian waters.
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NewsPacific leaders welcome aerial surveillance
Pacific Forum leaders have welcomed the increased air surveillance capacity of the new Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Aerial Surveillance Program funded by Australia under the Pacific Maritime Security Program, PMSP.
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NewsNew NFD pole and line vessel
National Fisheries Developments (NFD) has added a 37m long 107t pole and line vessel with a Nigata 6MG 25BX engine to its Solomon Islands flag fleet.
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NewsIcelandic equipment expert expands in Norway
Skaginn 3X AS is expanding in Norway with a new service office in Tromsø which should give both onshore and offshore clients better access to support.
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NewsProposed 2019 Baltic Sea quotas: plaice and western cod up, western herring down
The European Commission has adopted a proposal for fishing opportunities for 2019 for the commercially most important fish stocks in the Baltic Sea. It proposes to increase catches for plaice, western cod, sprat, Gulf of Riga herring and the main basin salmon stocks. Reductions are proposed for the remaining stocks ...
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NewsEco anti-roll stabilisation system contract
GEPS Techno has signed its first commercial contract with CEMRE shipyard in Turkey, to install its autonomous anti-roll stabilisation system in a Norwegian fishing vessel.
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NewsFishermen seek clear seabed as oil and gas infrastructure is decommissioned
The Scottish fishing industry is urging oil and gas companies to ensure that offshore infrastructure is completely removed from the seabed when it is decommissioned.
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NewsAugust’s big fishing, more haddock than ever
August has been a great month for the two fresher trawlers operated by Icelandic company Síldarvinnslan’s subsidiary Bergur-Huginn. The pair have between them landed 829 tonnes of fish during August and each has landed a record-breaking 5000 tonnes of fish this quota year.
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NewsPacific bluefin tuna recovering
NOAA Fisheries has reported that although Pacific bluefin tuna numbers continue to be low, there are signs the population is recovering and rebuilding targets set by international agreement are on track to be met.
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NewsInternational Study Bursary applications open
Fisheries Innovation Scotland has announced that applications are open for the next International Study Bursary 2018.
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NewsNFI warns against China tariffs
A proposed US plan to impose 10 or 25% tariffs against US$200bn of goods sourced annually from China will "harm American workers in multiple ways," claims the National Fisheries Institute (NFI).
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New Lerwick CEO
Lerwick Port Authority''s deputy CEO Captain Calum Grains has been appointed CEO, succeeding Sandra Laurenson who will retire in November after more than 40 years'' service.
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NewsScotland seeks Japanese buy-in
At GB£944m, Scottish seafood international exports rose by 23% last year and a contingent of seafood companies headed for the Japan Seafood Expo 2018 aims to continue the trend.
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NewsJapan’s Usufuku Honten bluefin tuna fishery enters MSC assessment
The first bluefin tuna fishery has been entered for assessment against Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Fisheries Standards. The target of the assessment is a single longline vessel, Dai-ichi Shofuku-maru, which caught 48 tonnes of bluefin tuna in 2017.
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NewsDigital platform offers operational insight
A new digital platform can capture, monitor and analyse system wide data from mounted sensors on linked equipment to help improvement management and quality of seafood in factories.
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NewsUS$6m export factoring facility deal
Tradewind has announced the closing of a US$6m export factoring facility for a seafood processor and exporter based in China.
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NewsSydney Rock Oysters shrinking
Sydney Rock Oysters are getting smaller due to coastal acidification, a new report has found.
