Latest News – Page 288
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NewsGael Force Group starts recruitment drive
Gael Force Group’s Fusion Marine aims to expand its workforce with the recruitment of up to 12 positions, with at least six of these jobs newly created as the Scotland-based company prepares for growth.
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NewsSeafood coalition target sustainability
Cermaq and nine other of the world’s largest seafood companies will increase their efforts to strengthen sustainable practices in the seafood industry.
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NewsCould this Cornish beauty spot be a new dawn for UK aquaculture?
It’s 10pm and shellfish entrepreneur Gary Rawle should be relaxing after a day battling the wind, rain and swell, but even after dark, he is still peering through binoculars, watching over his offshore mussel farm at St Austell Bay in Cornwall, a trailblazer for sustainable shellfish farming.
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NewsRenovated research vessel set for action
Renovated marine research vessel ‘Aranda’ has been delivered to the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE ready for use following work carried out by Rauma Marine Constructions Oy at its shipyard in Rauma.
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NewsAFMA project targets Pacific illegal fishers
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and its international partners have wrapped up an operation focusing on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Pacific Ocean on the high seas outside Australian waters.
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NewsVónin pelagic gear scores on mackerel
Greenlandic trawler Markus took delivery of its 1680 pelagic trawl from Vónin last year, ahead of the mackerel fishery, and finished the season as the top catcher, and since then Vónin has supplied the same trawl type to Russian company Dobroflot for fishing mackerel and herring.
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NewsPacific leaders welcome aerial surveillance
Pacific Forum leaders have welcomed the increased air surveillance capacity of the new Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Aerial Surveillance Program funded by Australia under the Pacific Maritime Security Program, PMSP.
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NewsNew NFD pole and line vessel
National Fisheries Developments (NFD) has added a 37m long 107t pole and line vessel with a Nigata 6MG 25BX engine to its Solomon Islands flag fleet.
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NewsFocus on Greece at High Energy Mariculture
With Greece emerging as a key player in the European mariculture industry, Corfu is a prime host location for the 2018 High Energy Mariculture conference. Greece’s aquaculture sector is poised for investment and the conference highlights operating in high energy sites, equipment, adding value, and maximising profit and utilisation.
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NewsSOFIA gives clear warning of climate change challenge
Every few years the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation published its State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) report, providing a snapshot of the world’s fisheries and making predictions for future developments.
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NewsFish ensiling demand up with by-product value
Pump and mixer manufacturer Landia says that demand is up for an ensiling process – which uses formic acid to produce fish silage - as producers seek to create more value from by-products.
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NewsBluestream doors, all about versatility
After putting its efforts into developing their Flipper door that has been shown to meet the needs of the demersal and small pelagic sector, Danish manufacturer Thyborøn Trawldoor switched its attention to the development of its Type 22 VK Bluestream doors that were launched last year, and which range in ...
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NewsAFS meet to delve into aquaculture potential
Fisheries scientists and professionals from around the country and around the world will gather in Atlantic City from August 19 to 23 for the annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society (AFS).
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NewsRussia posts significant growth in oyster and mussel production
Production of delicacies including oysters and mussels has increased significantly in the last few years, largely due to the ban on imports from Western states that was imposed three years ago in response to Western sanctions, reports Eugene Gerden
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NewsIcelandic equipment expert expands in Norway
Skaginn 3X AS is expanding in Norway with a new service office in Tromsø which should give both onshore and offshore clients better access to support.
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NewsProposed 2019 Baltic Sea quotas: plaice and western cod up, western herring down
The European Commission has adopted a proposal for fishing opportunities for 2019 for the commercially most important fish stocks in the Baltic Sea. It proposes to increase catches for plaice, western cod, sprat, Gulf of Riga herring and the main basin salmon stocks. Reductions are proposed for the remaining stocks ...
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NewsNorwegian family firm develops longline catch protection
A system developed to protect longline catches from hungry whales has been presented on Fiskevegn’s stand during this year’s Nor-Fishing exhibition. Cetacean predation on longlines is a major problem in many fisheries around the world, particularly with sperm and killer whales taking fish from the lines.
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NewsCermaq introduces fish welfare policy
Cermaq has implemented a new fish welfare policy based on the framework and recommendations in the FishWell report. While Cermaq already reports on a broad set of fish health and welfare indicators, this is the first step towards developing KPIs for measuring fish welfare as defined in FishWell.
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NewsEco anti-roll stabilisation system contract
GEPS Techno has signed its first commercial contract with CEMRE shipyard in Turkey, to install its autonomous anti-roll stabilisation system in a Norwegian fishing vessel.
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NewsFishermen seek clear seabed as oil and gas infrastructure is decommissioned
The Scottish fishing industry is urging oil and gas companies to ensure that offshore infrastructure is completely removed from the seabed when it is decommissioned.
