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Hampiðjan's fibre-optic breakthrough
The company has been quietly developing its DynIce Optical Data cable for some years, focusing on overcoming the challenges of protecting the vulnerable fibre itself from elongation and bending forces in a protective jacket around three fibres within the cable itself."We look forward to showing the DynIce Optical Data ...
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Herring season ahead
Landing 600 tonnes of mackerel to Brim's factory in Vopnafjörður, skipper Theódór Thórðarson of pelagic vessel Venus said that the mackerel are moving fast, but with no clear pattern to their movements."They don't seem to have decided where they want to go. We've seen them shifting quickly eastwards for ...
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Demand for new fishing capacity
The company has been a regular participant over the years, going back to 1999 when BP Shipping was instrumental in building research vessel Árni Friðriksson, which was delivered by Asmar in Chile to Iceland's Marine Research Institute.Since then BP Shipping has been part of the development of much of ...
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NewsJoin the Great British Beach Clean, urges SSF
Residents and local groups are being urged to join Scottish Sea Farms for a series of organised beach cleans, part of the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) Great British Beach Clean which takes place 20 - 23 September 2019.
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NewsRFC signs finance agreement with Sberbank
An agreement on the financing of the Russian Pollock processing plant has been signed Russian Fishery Company (RFC) CEO Fedor Kirsanov and Marina Perebeynus, Deputy Chairman of the Far Eastern Bank of Sberbank.
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NewsPractise your skills with a master fishmonger
Seafood lovers around the UK will have the opportunity to get behind the fish counter and practise their filleting skills with a certified Master Fishmonger during this year’s Seafood Week on 4–11 October
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NewsFishing plastic from the Adriatic Sea
In May and June this year around forty fishing boats from San Benedetto del Tronto, on Italy''s Adriatic coast, collected and brought ashore all the plastic recovered during fishing. A month after the start of the activity, FPT Industrial and the Fishing for Plastic initiative partners took stock at the ...
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NewsBrussels becomes Barcelona
Organisers of the annual Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global events have announced that next year’s exhibition in Brussels will be the last one before the event moves to a new home in Barcelona in 2021.
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NewsClean Seas has ambitious plans for kingfish
Australian kingfish producer, Clean Seas Seafood, has announced plans to expand sales volumes by 50% to 4000 tonnes a year by 2022 and 6000 tonnes by 2025.
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NewsNew longliner for Ervik Havfiske
Marin Teknikk will design and engineer a longliner factory fishing vessel to be built by Tersan Shipyard for Ervik Havfiske to carry out fishery operations in the Atlantic.
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NewsEuropêche supports WTO IUU stance
Europêche has given full support to an ambitious World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreement which aims to abolish fishery subsidies which the trade body says are contributing to overcapacity and overfishing.
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NewsOnline hub unifies traceability efforts
The Seafood Alliance for Legality and Traceability (SALT) has launched an online learning hub to showcase seafood traceability efforts around the globe and encourage collaboration across industry, governments and NGOs.
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NewsRecord year for Women in Seafood video comp
The ‘Women in Seafood’ (WSI) video competition 2019 has enjoyed a record year with 32 entries from 14 countries, an 88% increase compared to last year.
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NewsNew Skretting feed gives farmers flexibility
Aquaculture feed company, Skretting, has developed a new grower diet aimed at providing farms with greater levels of flexibility.
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NewsGulf of Guinea security key to oil stability
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has commended the federal government of Nigeria for hosting the upcoming Global Maritime Security Conference, saying the talks will go a long way in addressing security concerns in the Gulf of Guinea.
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NewsIndonesia launches seaweed capsule industry
The Indonesia Seaweed Industry Association (ASTRULI) has attended the launching event of the seaweed capsule shell industry at Airlangga University in Surabaya, Indonesia.
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NewsBrown trout 'genetic superpowers' explained
Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute have completed sequencing the brown trout reference genome, helping settle a longstanding debate over whether the fish is a single species, or several.
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NewsThai Union's 'Sustainability Superwoman'
Thai Union Group''s global director of corporate affairs and sustainability has been recognised as one of Asia’s ''Top Sustainability Superwomen'' for encouraging positive change across the global seafood industry.
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NewsPM slammed for fisheries policy hypocrisy
Scottish fishermen’s leaders welcomed Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Peterhead last week, while the Chair of the European Parliament''s Fisheries Committee has branded the PM’s fisheries policies as hypocritical and out of step with reality.
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NewsNorwegian pelagic order goes to Turkish yard
Teige Rederi has placed an order for a Salt-designed pelagic vessel to be built at the Cemre yard in Turkey.
