Latest News – Page 202
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NewsNew CEO at Seafood Industry Australia
An exhaustive executive search and interviewing process has culminated in Seafood Industry Australia naming Veronica Papacosta as its new Chief Executive Officer.
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NewsAnnual exhibition celebrates the sea
Generations of artists have sought inspiration from the sea and that tradition continues today as the Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition features around four hundred paintings, with a large number documenting commercial fishing and fishermen at work.
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NewsLongline Survey goes to Plan B, then Plan C
Scientists will install and test a new data collection system on two Massachusetts fishing vessels for the twice-yearly Gulf of Maine Bottom Longline survey. It’s a story of perseverance and flexibility in the face of difficult challenges.
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NewsAquaculture vital for coastal communities
The aquaculture industry contributes to the long-term viability of many communities, according to a new report commissioned by Marine Scotland, which finds that the sector provides year-round, well-paid jobs and supports economic growth in rural, coastal and island areas.
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NewsIndustry proves its resilience
The marine ingredients industry has proved its resilience in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to IFFO president Anne Mette Baek.
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NewsA better take on toothfish
“?We are fishermen,” was the simple reply when asked why a group of Norwegians would go all-in for longline fishing in Antarctic waters, oceans apart from their North Sea home base.
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NewsResuming Pacific aerial surveillance
Fisheries ministers at their 17th Forum Fisheries Committee meeting earlier this month recognised the importance of aerial surveillance, including through the Pacific Maritime Security Program–Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (PMSP/FFA), after noting the increased risk of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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NewsSølvtrans adds third wellboat order
Myklebust Verft has signed a deal with Sølvtrans for a the third in a series of Kongsberg-designed wellboats.
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NewsGrasshoppers and crickets – protein for salmon
Based in Norway, Salmon Group and Metapod are trialling a new, locally produced feed for salmon made from grasshoppers and crickets
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NewsNative flat oysters to be produced on land
Scotland’s Orkney Shellfish Hatchery plans to produce native flat oysters on land, as it completes the first translocation of native flat oyster broodstock from its offsite quarantine area, to its hatchery.
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NewsHigh-performance knotless UHMWPE netting
With testing carried out, high-tech materials company Teijin and fishing gear manufacturer Kinoshita Fishing Net Mfg. Co are now making available the first high-performance knotless fishing net made with an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) film
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NewsTesting Thyborøn’s controllable Type 22 doors
Pelagic trawler Themis S-144 has been the test bench for testing controllable pelagic trawl doors, and an initial round of tests earlier this year is now being followed up before the doors become available commercially.
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NewsCharisma completes herring survey
Shetland pelagic fishing vessel Charisma recently returned to its home port of Symbister on the island of Whalsay after carrying out acoustic survey work for west coast herring.
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NewsTilapia breeding centre construction begins
The GenoMar Genetics Group has begun building a new tilapia breeding and genetics centre in the state of Tocantins, Brazil.
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NewsReimagining fish
Fisheries and aquaculture can lead the crucial overhaul of global food systems
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NewsAquaterra trials show commercial viability
Nuseed has completed three commercial-scale fish trials with industry, confirming the efficacy of Aquaterra Omega-3 canol oil as a partial replacement for fish oil in aquaculture feed.
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NewsTersan launches Nordlaks live fish carrier
A second live fish carrier for Norwegian operator Nordlaks has been launched at the Tersan Shipyard in Turkey, built to an NSK design.
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NewsUS Aquaculture Opportunity Areas selected
Federal waters off the coast of southern California and in the Gulf of Mexico will become the first two regions to host Aquaculture Opportunity Areas, confirms NOAA Fisheries.
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NewsNueva Pescanova wins documentary award
Nueva Pescanova Group has been awarded the IPRA Golden World Awards 2020 for its documentary about a community in Namibia transformed by the fishing industry.
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NewsTaking versatility to a new level
A unique new fishing vessel built to operate primarily as a longliner for Patagonian toothfish has been delivered by Båtbygg in Norway to Austral Fisheries. Cape Arkona also has capacity for pelagic trawling and for fishing with traps.
