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  • Trond Williksen has been appointed board chairman at Mørenot Photo: Mørenot
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    Mørenot appoints new board chairman

    2019-02-11T13:56:00Z

    Mørenot, global provider of equipment and services for the fisheries, aquaculture and offshore industry, has appointed a new chairman.

  • Milford welcomes FPV Rhodri Morgan
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    Wales' Largest Fishing Port welcomes FPV Rhodri Morgan

    2019-02-11T07:00:00Z

    Milford Marina, the largest fishing port in Wales, has welcomed FPV Rhodri Morgan, one of five new fisheries patrol vessels taking to the waters in 2019.

  • Audacious delivery from Macduff
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    Audacious delivery from Macduff

    2019-02-10T22:56:00Z

    Macduff Shipyards have delivered the new Audacious BF-83, to Whitehills owners David Gatt and Barry Reid.

  • The GSSI has welcomed two new funding partners Photo: GSSI
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    GSSI welcomes new funding partners

    2019-02-08T10:13:00Z

    The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) has welcomed two new funding partners.

  • The Korean government has been condemned for failing to tackle an incidence of IUU fishing Photo: CCAMLR
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    Korea fails to tackle IUU fishing

    2019-02-08T10:03:00Z

    International and Korean non-governmental organisations (NGO) have condemned the Korean government for mishandling a case of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing that occurred in the Antarctic.

  • AFMA and the French navy have found no evidence of IUU fishing in the Southern Ocean Photo: AFMA
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    Australia and France patrol Southern Ocean

    2019-02-07T13:54:00Z

    No illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing vessels or activities were detected during a recent joint patrol of the Southern Ocean by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and the French navy.

  • The judging panel for the 2019 Aquaculture Awards has been announced Photo: Aquaculture UK
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    Aquaculture Awards appoints judging panel

    2019-02-07T13:48:00Z

    The judging panel for the 2019 Aquaculture Awards has been announced with the ceremony to take place on 29 May at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, Scotland.

  • New marine research vessel for Ireland
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    Ireland’s Marine Institute plans new marine research vessel

    2019-02-07T09:00:00Z

    The Marine Institute has announced that the design process of Ireland''s new state of the art marine research vessel is now under way. Following an extensive EU tender process, ship design consultants Skipsteknisk have been awarded the contract to design the new state of the art marine research vessel ...

  • European aquaculture - Too soon to be bullish
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    European aquaculture - Too soon to be bullish

    2019-02-07T07:00:00Z

    While a new study claims that EU aquaculture has ‘fully recovered’ from a recent downturn, any celebratory popping of corks will be premature

  • Johnson Marine has bought net cleaning robots from MPI Photo: MPI
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    Johnson Marine orders net cleaning robots

    2019-02-06T07:37:00Z

    Scottish wellboat, harvest and service vessel company, Johnson Marine, has placed an order for two net cleaning robot systems from Norwegian technology company Multi Pump Innovation (MPI).

  • Good progress was made at the latest annual meeting of the SPRFMO
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    ‘Good progress’ made at SPRFMO annual meeting

    2019-02-06T07:23:00Z

    The seventh annual meeting of the Commission of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO), hosted by the European Union in The Hague, has concluded with good progress made on fisheries issues, compliance and the fight against illegal fishing.

  • US pelagic trawler gets TMC compressors
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    US pelagic trawler gets TMC compressors

    2019-02-06T07:00:00Z

    Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors has awarded TMC Compressors of the Seas (TMC) a contract to deliver a complete marine compressed air system to a 100 metre pelagic trawler the yard is building for the Seattle-based Arctic Storm Management Group.

  • Sea Harvest bid for Mareterram
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    Sea Harvest bid for Mareterram

    2019-02-05T12:35:00Z

    The board of Fremantle-based agribusiness, Mareterram Limited has announced that it has entered into a binding bid implementation agreement (BIA) with Sea Harvest Group. Currently the largest shareholder in Mareterram, Sea Harvest has proposed an all cash takeover, in an offer conditional on achieving a 90% shareholding.

  • New Zealand vessel 'Tokatu'
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    Call for New Zealand fisheries reform input

    2019-02-05T11:21:00Z

    The next phase of reform of New Zealand’s fisheries management system has been launched with a call for public input into new rules for the commercial industry designed to improve fishing practices.

  • Broodstock Capital invests in Åkerblå
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    Broodstock Capital invests in Åkerblå

    2019-02-05T09:26:00Z

    Broodstock Capital has invested in Norwegian marine health player Åkerblå, aiming to ramp up Åkerblå’s international efforts.

  • Improving global food security through aquaculture
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    Improving global food security through aquaculture

    2019-02-05T07:00:00Z

    Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector globally, with a key emphasis on sustainable food production, but farmers face a crisis with more than US$ ten billion worth of aquaculture stocks lost annually as a result of disease.

  • Promoting aquaculture in Mozambique
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    Promoting aquaculture in Mozambique

    2019-02-04T15:09:00Z

    In southern Africa’s Mozambique, overall aquaculture production experienced a decline in the last decade, mainly due to high production costs and poor production techniques in the country.

  • Scottish Sea Farms has reduced seal culls thanks to protective netting Photo: Scottish Sea Farms
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    Protective nets reduce Scottish seal culls

    2019-02-04T10:59:00Z

    Scottish Sea Farms has seen a reduction in the number of seals culled to protect farmed salmon stocks thanks to ongoing investment in rigid pen netting.

  • Simon Smith, managing director of Seachill and The Saucy Fish Co. will talk at the inaugural meeting of the Young Seafood Leaders Network Photo: Seafish
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    Young seafood leaders to gather in Grimsby

    2019-02-04T10:42:00Z

    The Young Seafood Leaders Network will hold its first meeting at the Future of Foods Careers event, held at The Grimbsy Institute in February.

  • MEP John Proctor warns of turbulent times ahead for the UK fishing industry Photo: Allott and Associates
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    Turbulent times for UK fishing, warns MEP

    2019-02-01T07:31:00Z

    The UK fishing industry faces challenges if the European Union’s new sustainable fishing policy enforces its strict landing obligations while Brexit fails to reinstate Britain as an ‘independent coastal state’ warns John Procter, MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber.