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    Þeir redda því hjá Landvélum

    2017-02-06T08:37:03Z

    “Íslenska sjávarútvegssýningin er viðburður sem við viljum taka þátt í,” segir Ingvar Bjarnason framkvæmdastjóri Landvéla. Þar getum við hitt viðskiptavini okkar alls staðar af landinu því enginn þeirra lætur sig vanta. Það er ekki að ástæðulausu að hún er kölluð Sýningin með stórum staf.Ingvar segir að Landvélar líti á ...

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    Engey arrives home

    2017-02-06T08:36:45Z

    Engey is the first of three new groundfish trawlers for HB Grandi, and the first of a new generation of whitefish vessels being built at yards in Turkey, Norway and China for Icelandic operators, with both freezers and fresher vessels under construction.Delayed from departing, ironically by heavy snow in ...

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    WSI launches at IceFish

    2017-02-06T08:36:21Z

    WSI aims at promoting women's contribution to the seafood industry and this will be the very first time that a women's association has a stand at a fishing industry trade. “The choice for launching the association in Iceland is two-fold: its fishing industry is very dynamic and the country ...

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    It's The Exhibition…

    2017-02-06T08:35:56Z

    Over the years its business has spread from its origins in agriculture to the wider manufacturing and industrial sectors, while Landvélar's core activities remain service and consultancy for pneumatic and hydraulic fluid-driven, high and low pressure transmission and control systems, as well as consultancy and advice for the provision ...

  • Damen vessel for Norwegian salmon farms
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    VOLT Service selects Damen’s new Utility Vessel 4312

    2017-02-03T09:47:00Z

    Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with VOLT Service AS for a Utility Vessel (UV) 4312 to undertake delousing operations and other services at Norwegian salmon farms.

  • The training pilot featured a variety of different scenarios including being in the water with and without survival gear
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    Man overboard course for fishermen

    2017-02-02T12:12:00Z

    A ground-breaking new pilot training course for fishermen aimed at preventing man overboard incidents and improving survival and recovery procedures has just been completed at the RNLI’s Training College in Dorset, UK.

  • Skaginn 3X has launched
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    Skaginn and 3X Technology united under a single brand

    2017-02-02T09:41:00Z

    Skaginn and 3X Technologies have joined their product and service offerings together and will know jointly be known as Skaginn 3X.

  • The SNP chip has been created to enable more precise selection of Coho broodstock
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    Genomic tool for SRS-resistance in coho

    2017-02-01T14:03:00Z

    A Chilean aquaculture collaboration claims to have developed the first genomic tool for assaying whole-genome variation in coho salmon.

  • Trends in Scottish Fish Stocks 2016 was produced by the NAFC Marine Centre UHI
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    Scottish fishermen welcome new report on recovering fish stocks

    2017-02-01T10:14:00Z

    A new report has highlighted that most major whitefish stocks have increased in Scottish waters since the mid-2000s while fishing pressure has reduced.

  • Jamestown, St Helena Photo: Andrew Neaum/Wikipedia
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    St Helena to establish UK’s first one-by-one only tuna fishery

    2017-01-31T09:31:00Z

    The International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF), the St Helena government, the St Helena Fisheries Corporation have launched a new project to protect the island’s tuna fishery.

  • SOLIX units come in two versions - GPS and CHIRP Digital Sonar and Humminbird’s MEGA Imaging version
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    Humminbird fish finder launch

    2017-01-30T16:34:00Z

    Humminbird has combined what it calls all its best features and placed them into its new SOLIX series which promises to take the guess work out of fish-holding structures for anglers.

  • Kingfisher Fish and Chips in Plympton, Plymouth, has been crowned the best fish and chip shop in the UK
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    Britain’s best fish and chip shop

    2017-01-30T12:11:00Z

    Kingfisher Fish and Chips in Plympton, Plymouth, has been crowned the best fish and chip shop in the UK at the 2017 National Fish & Chip Awards, organised by Seafish.

  • Chefs Peter Manifis and Don Hancey prepare a magnificent squid risotto for the teachers' lunch
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    Teachers turn to WAFIC for education

    2017-01-30T09:16:00Z

    The Western Australian Fishing Industry Council has hosted a professional development day (PDD) for secondary school teachers as its places a strong emphasis on education.

  • Huitres Favier Earl has become the first farm in France to achieve ASC certification
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    ACS certification first for French oyster farm

    2017-01-26T17:49:00Z

    Huitres Favier Earl has become the first farm in France to achieve Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification.

  • Smart Village concept uses Sensorex water sensors for shrimp farms
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    Sensorex water sensors chosen for smart village

    2017-01-26T09:53:00Z

    Sensorex sensors are being used to monitor shrimp farms at a pioneering “Smart Village” in India called Mori Village.

  • The new plant will utilise fish skin to manufacture marine collagen for global nutraceutical markets
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    Iceland’s Marine Health Product House

    2017-01-25T13:15:00Z

    Four fishing companies in Iceland plan to join forces with Codland to build a Marine Health Product House in the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland.

  • IFFO has stated its position on the great FFDR debate
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    IFFO position on forage fish dependency ratio

    2017-01-24T17:54:00Z

    The International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organisation (IFFO) has published a position paper analysing the forage fish dependency ratio (FFDR) to provide its position on the complex debate.

  • Strike talks aground
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    Strike talks run aground

    2017-01-24T12:41:00Z

    Progress towards a settlement between Icelandic seamen and vessel owners came to an end yesterday when the seamen’s unions walked away from the negotiating table.

  • Lily Mae delivered by Macduff
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    Macduff delivers Lily Mae to Scottish Sea Farms

    2017-01-23T13:34:00Z

    The Shetland Division of Scottish Sea Farms has taken delivery of the latest newbuild from Macduff Shipyards.

  • Anne Ruston, assistant minister for agriculture and water resources
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    Ensuring the long-term sustainability of South Pacific regional fisheries

    2017-01-20T09:30:00Z

    Approximately 150 international delegates met in Adelaide, Australia for the fifth Commission Meeting of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO).