Latest News – Page 258
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NewsCarsoe breaks into the Chinese market
Carsoe has broken into the Chinese market with the order of a complete processing plant for a one of the world’s largest newbuild krill trawlers.
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NewsOptimar acquired by investment firm
A global investment company has acquired Optimar a leading provider of automated fish handling systems from its Norwegian financial investors Credo Partners.
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NewsSkaginn 3X to deliver new Vardin Pelagic plant
Skaginn 3X will design a new automated Vardin Pelagic plant, which allows for initial capacity of 1300t per day.
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NewsWestern Australia’s new multi-species mollusc hatchery
A big win for Western Australia’s aquaculture industry and the the state’s economy was marked as Premier Mark McGowan and Fisheries Minister Dave Kelly opened the new multi-species mollusc hatchery in Albany. The hatchery, fully operational in 2018, will see over 350 WA jobs created over the next ten years ...
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NewsFirst cobia farm becomes ASC certified
The Open Blue farm in Panama has become the first cobia producer in the world certified to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) standard. To attain certification, the farm was assessed by an independent auditor against a set of robust requirements stipulated by the ASC Seriola and Cobia Standard.
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NewsLoch Duart signs contract with EWOS
Independent salmon farming business Loch Duart has signed a three-year salmon feed deal with aqua feed supplier EWOS.
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NewsPingtan’s fish products on JD.com
Pingtan Marine Enterprise has announced that its fish products have gone online on JD.com and will be available to consumers. The Company has first launched three of its fish products including pomfret, yellow croaker and ribbon fish cuts on JD.com, and it expects to launch more products in the future.
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NewsEros chooses Fleet Xpress
Norwegian fishing company Eros A/S has signed a contract with Inmarsat Maritime to install Fleet Xpress on three fishing vessels operating in the North Sea, Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea.
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NewsVideos show Scottish aquaculture support
A video case study campaign highlights how the Scottish aquaculture industry is embracing support to innovate and grow.
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NewsAustralia’s seafood sector continues to grow
Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Anne Ruston has welcomed the ABARES Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics 2016 report setting out that the value of the Australian fisheries and aquaculture sector increased by 9% to $3 billion in 2015-16, injecting an additional $270 million into rural and regional economies.
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NewsMarine Harvest acquires Northern Harvest
Marine Harvest has reached an agreement to acquire Northern Harvest, a salmon farming company in eastern Canada.
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NewsFukushima radiation: Study shows migratory fish not affected
Following the massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima Prefecture released vast quantities of radioactive materials into the atmosphere and ocean, raising concerns over the consumption of seafood from the Pacific
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NewsJapan’s pole-and-line fishery gets MSC assessment
Japanese fishing company Ishihara Marine Products Co. Ltd. has entered its pole-and-line skipjack and albacore tuna fisheries for assessment against the MSC Fisheries Standard. The Ishihara company caught 1780 tonnes of skipjack and albacore tuna in 201
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NewsBroodstock Capital expands with new investment fund
Seafood investor Broodstock Capital has raised NoK200 million for another dedicated investment fund for the seafood and aquaculture industries.
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NewsMarin Teknikk secures contracts for Russian Fishery companies
Marin Teknikk has achieved what it calls a break-through in the Russian market by securing design and engineering packages for four new long-line vessels.
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NewsSilage solution targets high value FPC
A new silage solution has been designed to produce high quality fish protein concentrate (FPC) that maximises market value.
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NewsEuropêche appoints managing director
Europêche has appointed its five-year policy advisor Daniel Voces de Onaíndi as managing director.
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NewsThai Union looks to its workers’ rights
Thai Union Group has launched a Vessel Code of Conduct and vessel improvement programme to help improve ethical labour in the fishing sector.
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NewsRecord year for Bergur-Huginn
Icelandic fishing company Bergur-Huginn is celebrating its 45th anniversary, as well as a record year for its two trawlers Bergey and Vestmannaey.
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NewsWorkshop seeks to address global undernutrition
Participants at the Global Workshop on Nutrition-sensitive Fish Agri-food Systems agreed that evidence is mounting for fish as a solid investment choice for helping to reduce global undernutrition.
