Latest News – Page 269
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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.
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NewsGoerlich recertified by Friend of the Sea
Goerlich Pharma has been recertified by Friend of the Sea for sustainable production of seafood-based products.
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NewsFresh impetus for India's seafood industry
India''s vice president has said that the country''s seafood industry needs renewed impetus in order to make growth sustainable, generate employment and to gain a competitive edge in internal markets.
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NewsEU and Mauritania extend partnership deal
The EU and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania have agreed to extend for up to one year the protocol governing the sustainable fisheries partnership agreement which was due to expire in November 2019.
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NewsCrossing borders
While EU seafood exports are in the ascendance, the growing appetite for seafood among European consumers continues to elevate the importance of imported products
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NewsSalmon farmer doubles efforts in gill health
Scottish Sea Farms will lead an applied research project focused on increasing understanding of gill health in farmed salmon, part of its ‘prevention over cure’ approach to fish welfare.
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NewsWhitelink takes delivery of first newbuild
Whitelink Seafoods has expanded its scallop fleet with a new vessel delivered by Macduff Shipyards Eternal Light FR-35 is the company’s first newbuild, now working alongside older scallopers Georgia Dawn, Eternal Promise and Eternal Friend which were acquired between 2015 and 2017.
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NewsEC adopts Baltic Sea proposal
The European Commission has adopted a proposal for fishing opportunities for 2020 for the commercially most important fish stocks in the Baltic Sea.
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NewsXylem unveils new UV disinfection system
Water technology company, Xylem, has introduced a new ultraviolet disinfection system tailored for use in saltwater and other challenging water conditions.
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NewsPutin on the button for Gidrostroy
Shikotan fishing company JSC Gidrostroy had the honour of having Russian President Vladimir Putin press the start button to set its new 900-tonne/day pelagic processing plant rolling.
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NewsCleopatras for Scotland and Shetland
Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar has supplied several new vessels to UK customers this year, with Cleopatra 33s delivered to Fraserburgh and Barra, and a Cleopatra 32 to Whalsay.
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NewsArtemia Pearl launched at Aqua Aquaria India
The Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA), the research wing of the Marine Products Export Development Agency (MPEDA), has standardised the production of quality live feed, stimulating India’s shrimp and fish seed production sector and reducing its dependence on imports from the US and China.
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NewsSatellite comms on smaller boats saves lives
Satellite comms company, Inmarsat, together with the Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, its Department of Fisheries, the UK Space Agency and other partners have successfully completed a three-year fisheries innovation project.
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NewsVestmannaey heads new trawler series
The first of a series of seven new trawlers for Icelandic owners, Vestmannaey VE-54, has docked in its home port for the first time, ahead of the remaining six trawlers for four different companies
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News?Irish fleet does well in albacore season
With over a dozen Irish pelagic and polyvalent vessels currently working south of Ireland and as far down as the Bay of Biscay in their attempt to fill their annual albacore tuna quota, SNG tuna trawls are a strong presence in this fishery.
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NewsAtlantic Menhaden gets MSC Certification
Omega Protein''s Atlantic menhaden fishery has now been officially certified as sustainable against Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standards. The certification comes after a final approval by an independent adjudicator, who had ruled against challenges to the certification. This approval ends a two-year effort by Omega Protein to secure the ...
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NewsResearch to target fish health and growth
Aller Aqua and marine ingredients producer TripleNine have begun a research collaboration to identify components of marine raw materials that particularly benefit fish health and growth, to target better performance and greater sustainability.
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NewsSFP praises new Yucatan octopus FIP
The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has announced the first public posting of a new industry-led fishery improvement project (FIP) covering octopus fishing off the coast of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
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NewsUnderwater vision selects best breeders
Hendrix Genetics and Plant & Food Research have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-develop underwater vision technology for measuring aquaculture breeding stock, using trout as a test case.
