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  • Sino Agro Food seeks a listing for aquaculture operations
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    Sino Agro Food seeks spin-off opportunities

    2015-11-16T14:11:00Z

    Sino Agro Food (SIAF) has announced that it has begun exporting various opportunities for a spin-off including a separate listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE).

  • Mr Kuntzsch has introduced a new executive team and a new company strategy
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    Sanford appoints chief customer officer

    2015-11-12T17:24:00Z

    Sanford has appointed Andre Gargiulo as its new chief customer officer to boost its executive team.

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    Recom wins Scottish contract

    2015-11-12T15:53:00Z

    The Stornoway Port Authority has awarded Recom Ice Systems the development work of an ice plant with storage and delivery system.

  • John Goodlad. © MSC
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    Fishing and cage farming paradise

    2015-11-12T13:06:00Z

    A couple of months ago a rare visitor, John Goodlad - a Shetlander who is also a Scottish fishery personality - passed here with his beautiful daughter.

  • Soaked product
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    Processors cheating to meet retailers’ prices

    2015-11-12T12:00:00Z

    In order to meet customer demands, it has long been the practice of processors to bring down the price of frozen fish or shellfish by adding water using polyphosphate solutions, or by excessive glazing, sometimes even both together.

  • Ewan Ferguson, depot manager at Thistle Couriers with Jimmy Buchan
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    TV star’s fresh fish delivery service

    2015-11-12T11:05:00Z

    Jimmy Buchan, star of the BBC’s Trawlermen, has joined forces with Aberdeen-based Thistle Couriers, to bring ‘Skipper’s Choice’ fresh fish selection boxes to the doorsteps of local customers in Aberdeenshire in Scotland and beyond.

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    Bridon agrees £3m of major vessel supply deals

    2015-11-12T10:20:00Z

    Wire and fibre rope manufacturer, Bridon, has agreed a number of major new vessel supply deals in Asia and the North Atlantic totalling more than £3m over the last 18-24 months.

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    New smokery opens at Milford Fish Docks

    2015-11-11T16:55:00Z

    Dragon Fish is opening its new smokery in brand new premises at Milford Fish Docks in Wales later this month, and for the first time in decades fresh fish landed in Milford Haven will be smoked commercially on the docks.

  • A new seafood packing system has been introduced
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    Seafood packing system delivers benefits

    2015-11-11T15:18:00Z

    A new seafood packing system has been introduced that provides important logistical and sustainability benefits compared to more traditional packs.

  • Profitability of the UK fleet was on the rise for 2013 but there are further challenges ahead
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    A year of stability in the UK, but for how long?

    2015-11-11T13:56:00Z

    The UK’s leading seafood authority, Seafish, has released a report on the state of the UK fishing fleet, but there are many challenges ahead, as Adrian Tatum finds out.

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    ISF Icelandic ling first to be MSC certified

    2015-11-11T11:23:00Z

    Iceland Sustainable Fisheries (ISF) has added Icelandic ling to its growing list of MSC certified fisheries, becoming the first ling fishery in the world to be MSC certified.

  • Sanford offers to stop fishing in Hauraki Gulf if all fishers record and report catch
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    Sanford offers to stop fishing in Hauraki Gulf

    2015-11-11T10:08:00Z

    New Zealand''s Sanford, one of the largest fishers in the Hauraki Gulf, has said it is prepared to stop fishing in the area if all fishers record and report what they are catching.

  • Undulate ray. Credit: jmerelo/CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons-
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    Undulate ray quota set for English vessels

    2015-11-11T09:35:00Z

    The UK’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has set a catch limit of 26 tonnes for undulate rays.

  • Marel has signed a deal to equip the portioning and VAP sections of Bakkafrost’s new salmon factory
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    Marel to supply new salmon plant

    2015-11-10T16:33:00Z

    Bakkafrost has signed a deal with Marel for equipping the portioning and value-added production (VAP) sections of its new salmon factory in the Faroe Islands.

  • The EC has proposed fish quotas for 2016 for the Atlantic and the North Sea. Image supplied by Seafish: www.seafish.org
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    Atlantic and North Sea TACs proposed

    2015-11-10T14:21:00Z

    The European Commission has proposed fish quotas for 2016 for the Atlantic and the North Sea, which includes maintaining or increasing quotas for 35 stocks and reducing catches for 28 stocks, based on scientific advice.

  • ASC is looking to improve its its Salmon and Tilapia standards
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    ASC seeks feedback on operational review

    2015-11-10T14:19:00Z

    The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) is inviting public feedback on new papers outlining recommendations to improve its Salmon and Tilapia standards.

  • Illegal trade in European eels is thriving. CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons
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    Eels caught in illegal French trade

    2015-11-10T12:03:00Z

    A British eel expert has said that hundreds of millions of young eels are at the heart of an illegal and growing French export trade.

  • Seafish will be running a series of trawl gear training courses in 2016. Image supplied by Seafish: www.seafish.org
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    UK trawl gear technology courses 2016

    2015-11-10T10:55:00Z

    UK authority Seafish will be running a series of trawl gear training courses at the Sintef Flume Tank in Hirtshals in 2016.

  • New app technology from SuccorfishM2M for data collection and global fisheries evidence
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    New app technology reinvents data collection

    2015-11-10T10:42:00Z

    SuccorfishM2M has launched a new app that allows fishermen to collect data and provide accurate up to date fisheries evidence.

  • President Obama has signed the ‘Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act’ into law. Credit: Elizabeth Cromwell
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    Obama signs IUU Fishing Enforcement Act

    2015-11-10T10:38:00Z

    President Obama has signed into law the ‘Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act’, H.R. 774.