Latest News – Page 144
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NewsGAA releases BAP Farm Standard issue 3.0
The Global Aquaculture Alliance has released the third version of its Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) Farm Standard.
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NewsHéðinn meal plant for Síldarvinnslan
A contract has been signed for Héðinn to supply a 380-tonne capacity fishmeal plant for Síldarvinnslan’s Neskaupstaður processing plant, with a May 2022 completion date.
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NewsDigital aquaculture alliance
Nueva Pescanova Group CEO Ignacio González, and Pilar López, president of Microsoft Spain, have signed an alliance, under which both companies will work on the development of innovative solutions to improve the farming of species such as vannamei prawns and Galician turbot.
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NewsASC consults on major programme improvements
ASC has today launched one of its largest ever public consultations and is asking stakeholders to have their say on major proposed improvements to the programme.
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NewsCommission challenged on misinformation
An “explanatory note” on the revision of the EU-fisheries control system reportedly circulated by the European Commission services to a few MEPs, mainly within the Committee on Environment, has come as a shock to fishing industry body Europêche.
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NewsKM to design and equip new Sølvtrans LFC
Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has signed a NOK70 million contract with Norwegian shipyard Myklebust Verft to design and equip a new live fish carrier (LFC) for Sølvtrans.
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NewsClimate change drives Pacific sardines north
Pacific sardines may be moving north as the ocean warms, according to a new study conducted by the University of Santa Cruz and NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center.
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NewsEasy polyamide separation
A mobile near-infrared spectroscopy system developed by German company trinamiX supports the reliable differentiation between polyamide 6 (PA6) and polyamide 6.6 (PA66).
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NewsSustainable label for Australis barramundi
Barramundi producer Australis Aquaculture has become the world’s first producer to achieve certification against the Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s Tropical Marine Finfish (TMFF) Standard for its ocean-based farm in Central Vietnam.
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NewsThai Union commits to onboard monitoring
Thai Union has partnered with conservation organisation The Nature Conservancy (TNC) on a commitment to full transparency in its global tuna supply chains to help combat illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing.
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NewsRoe capelin on the way
As Iceland’s capelin season approaches its end for this year, the high-value roe-bearing capelin are in the spotlight.
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NewsSounder offers species identification
Furuno has introduced a new high-performance echo sounder incorporating newly-patented species identification technology.
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NewsOPAGAC: IOTC should enforce driftnet ban
The Spanish tuna fleet is ‘perplexed’ that the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission intends to assign yellowfin tuna quotes to fleets that use driftnets despite their high bycatch of threatened species.
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NewsSea Harvest Group weathers Covid storm
The Sea Harvest Group has proved resilient despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, growing revenue in 2020 by 10% to R4.4bn and headline earnings by 3% to R421m.
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NewsMSC sets out temporary requirements
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is making temporary changes to its requirements to give assessors alternative ways of checking that fishers and suppliers have met its standards for protecting fish stocks and the environment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NewsFalfish sold to Morrisons supermarket chain
UK supermarket chain Morrisons has acquired Cornish seafood wholesaler Falfish which operates from locations in Redruth and Falmouth. The two already have a longstanding relationship and around half of Falfish’s approximately £40 million turnover is with Morrisons.
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NewsFriend of the Sea recertifies Sapmer
Friend of the Sea has renewed its certification of Sapmer’s purse seine fishery in Indian Ocean. The company can continue displaying the Friend of the Sea logo on its products.
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NewsDigital solution helps with export paperwork
Aucxis believes its cloud-based digital trading platform can help relieve the UK fishing industry of the significant burden of additional export paperwork now needed following Brexit.
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NewsMoU to promote Indian aquaculture exports
The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) and the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) have aligned their various programmes to promote export of marine products and bring better value to stakeholders.
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NewsReduce waste with robotic packing solution
Peruza’s latest automated food packaging solution is said to reduce product giveaway whilst adapting to a range of different products, all with varying final weight requirements.
