All Industry News articles – Page 77

  • The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument is a World Heritage listed US National Monument
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    NWHI Monument fishery advisory

    2016-10-03T12:06:00Z

    The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is to advise on President Obama’s proclamation to expand the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI).

  • Baader has launched its new technology centre in Lübeck
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    Baader launches new Lübeck technology centre

    2016-09-30T14:30:00Z

    Baader’s new technology centre in the German city of Lübeck is designed to bring experts together to showcase the latest processing technologies.

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    Canada take the lead in protecting fish stocks

    2016-09-30T11:57:00Z

    Canada will work with its international partners in order to try and ensure sustainable fisheries in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, to promote economic growth and benefits for those living in coastal communities.

  • Phil Macmullen: "Seafish was happy to be approached to look at the potential for new technology"
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    Call for new fishing net technology

    2016-09-29T16:49:00Z

    A new report is calling on industry to invest in new fishing net technology to reduce the impacts of bottom-trawling.

  • Europêche has hit back at Commission's proposed cuts to Baltic Cod
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    Small-scale fishermen lose out

    2016-09-29T14:34:00Z

    Europêche has hit back at the Commission’s 2017 proposals for Baltic cod allocations, which sees an 88% decrease from last year’s figures.

  • 'Akurey' has an overall length of 54.75m and a beam of 13.50m Photo: Celiktrans
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    Newbuild HB Grandi trawler launch

    2016-09-28T10:11:00Z

    The second of three new trawlers for HB Grandi has been launched at the Celiktrans shipyard in Turkey.

  • The Fish Site and the University of St Andrews are offering a new range of modular short courses for aquaculture studies
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    St Andrews offers modular short courses

    2016-09-28T08:19:00Z

    From September 2016, The Fish Site and the University of St Andrews will be offering a new range of modular short courses for students wanting to target their aquaculture studies on a specific topic.

  • Landing Baltic cod
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    Commission proposes reduced cod quota

    2016-09-27T21:06:00Z

    The European Commission has moved to bolster measures for Baltic cod by proposing reduced quotas for both western and eastern cod amounts for 2017.

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    Brexit opportunities for Scotland

    2016-09-27T12:36:00Z

    Ahead of the Holyrood parliamentary debate on Brexit and Scotland’s rural economy, the Scottish fishing industry has been handed an opportunity for significant boosts to investment and employment.

  • Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) bigeye tuna is still overfished Credit: Allen Shimada, NOAA NMFS OST
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    Tuna mostly fished from healthy stocks

    2016-09-26T17:23:00Z

    The global commercial catch of tuna reached 5 million tonnes in 2014 with most being fished from healthy stocks, says the latest ISSF Tuna Stock Status Update published by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF).

  • Europêche president Javier Garat
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    30% closure recommendation outrages industry

    2016-09-26T13:06:00Z

    Europêche, the representative body of the EU fishing sector and EAPO, the European body representing the producer organisations, has expressed its outrage at the decision taken by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to set an ambitious target with the aim of closing off 30% of all marine ...

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    Poachers in Aussie waters convicted

    2016-09-26T10:04:00Z

    The Australian Border Force (ABF) and the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) have convicted 16 illegal foreign fishermen.

  • Vietnam's Ben Tre clam fishery has been re-certified
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    Vietnam clam fishery re-certified

    2016-09-23T11:20:00Z

    The Ben Tre hand gathered clam fishery, based in Vietnam, has been re-certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

  • Vigor’s new Freezer Longliner design is based on the highly successful Marco Longliner
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    New Freezer Longliner from Vigor

    2016-09-22T16:07:00Z

    Vigor is set to unveiled a new 142” Freezer Longliner at this year’s Pacific Marine Expo which takes place in November.

  • The new facility in Redcar, Teeside, will produce FeedKind protein
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    Calysta opens new production facility

    2016-09-21T10:48:00Z

    US biotechnology expert, Calysta, has opened a new production facility in the UK to upscale its production of a novel aquaculture protein that aims to help meet the protein demands of the world’s growing population.

  • One of Julie’s crew with the bird-tracking radar supplied by Furuno
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    Birds of a feather

    2016-09-21T10:43:00Z

    Tuna fishermen in the Maldives seek the help of nature’s best fish finder as the International Pole & Line Foundation and Furuno USA partner on trial of bird-tracking radar technology in sustainable tuna fisheries.

  • Sorting the catch during the herring survey
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    Herring survey

    2016-09-21T10:15:00Z

    A pioneering industry-led survey of a key west of Scotland herring fishery is paving the way for fishermen to provide scientific support to fisheries management.

  • Mr Chung introduced the formation of an elected welfare committee
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    Promoting good labour practices

    2016-09-19T14:39:00Z

    Thai Union has briefed delegates on good labour practices from the ASEAN CSR Network at its facilities in Samut Sakhon province.

  • Seacon’s new SC75 well boat design has a 3000 cubic metre capacity
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    Marine Harvest well boat order

    2016-09-19T13:58:00Z

    DESS/MHG (Marine Harvest) has signed a contract for its new well boats with Artic Group Ships. The SC75 boats are designed by Seacon and get the designation SC75 and the contract is for a single vessel with options for as many as three. The first delivery is planned for the ...

  • The Santy Maria was launched in Nelson on 1 September
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    New Moana vessel launched in NZ

    2016-09-19T10:27:00Z

    A new state-of-the-art vessel has been built for fisherman Roger Rawlinson as the first vessel in Moana New Zealand’s AUS$25-30m fleet renewal project.