Latest News – Page 189
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NewsScottish seafood processing recruitment drive
Scotland’s £1.6bn seafood industry has launched a campaign to help find the right candidates to fill numerous vacancies within the processing sector.
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NewsRearing salmon and lobsters side-by-side?
Growing juvenile lobsters in salmon farms as part of an integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) system is showing promising signs, according to researchers at the University of Stirling
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NewsTurbulent times for Russian seafood
China’s import ban could leave millions of tonnes of Russian fish unsold and result in thousands of job losses, as it seems that Russia is running out of options to avoid the worst case scenario becoming a reality
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NewsAce Aquatec supports three new charities
Aquaculture and marine equipment supplier, Ace Aquatec, has announced three new chosen charities to support.
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NewsTrade deal: CFPO sets out five year plan
The Cornish Fish Producers'' Organisation (CFPO) has responded to the 5.5 year ''adjustment period'' within the Brexit trade deal by issuing a statement of policies and aims covering 2021 to 2026.
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NewsSkretting Vietnam to build new facilities
Skretting is building a new factory in Vietnam as part of its commitment to aquaculture in the country and the broader southeast Asia region.
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NewsYanmar powers first ever hybrid LFC
The first ever hybrid propulsion live fish carrier will be powered by Yanmar engines.
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NewsSTARFISH to support small-scale fisheries
A EU-funded two-year project (2020-2021), proposes new technologies for the safety of small-scale fishing people and sustainable marine resource management. STARFISH 4.0 aims to provide digital tools to support and study Mediterranean small-scale fisheries.
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NewsÅkerblå and Ocean Ecology team up
Norwegian fish health, environmental and technical consultancy group Åkerblå Group is investing in British marine and environmental survey specialist Ocean Ecology Ltd. The companies will fast-track the build-up of a joint service offering for the aquaculture industry in the UK and Ireland.
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NewsBioMar acquires majority stake in Viet-Uc
BioMar has expanded its global shrimp feed influence with the majority acquisition of the Viet-Uc feed business.
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NewsWider services for North African fisheries
Smart network solutions provider Marlink has extended its partnership with Soremar Group to provide an enhanced range of safety and vessel management services to fishing operators in North Africa.
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NewsNetflix propaganda-spiracy?
The National Fisheries Institute has slammed the forthcoming Netflix offering Seaspiracy as outright propaganda by vegan activists, suggesting that the channel offer viewers a “propaganda” tab that reflects the content.
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NewsAker BioMarine sets sustainability goals
Krill harvesting and processing company Aker BioMarine has announced some ambitious sustainability goals for the coming years, pledging to reduce its CO2 emissions per tonne of krill produced by 50% by 2030, and to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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NewsCharity partnership enables education scheme
UK charity Fishing into the Future (FITF) has formed a partnership with the Fishmongers’ Company that includes a substantial grant to implement a three-year work programme.
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NewsSeafish consultation gets underway
The public body that supports the seafood industry in the UK is asking the seafood industry to share views on the organisation’s future direction and funding as part of a strategic review.
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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.
