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  • Fish Farming in Mexico
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    Offshore Mariculture Conference programme

    2017-02-14T16:19:00Z

    The 7th Offshore Mariculture Conference is taking place from the 6-10 March 2017 in Mexico and is set to be packed with industry leading speakers and topical debates.

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    Murmansk office for Hampiðjan

    2017-02-14T15:55:00Z

    Hampiðjan has now opened a sales office in Murmansk which has been specially set up to handle sales of fishing gear and servicing for Russian fishing companies.

  • Minister Rushton: “Importantly, the agreement will provide greater certainty in operating conditions for fishers both at a state and Commonwealth level”
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    Working together for better fisheries management

    2017-02-14T15:52:00Z

    The Commonwealth and Western Australia have unveiled an agreement to work together to realign fisheries boundaries off Western Australia.

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    Íslenska sjávarútvegssýningin 2017 fagnar nýjum sjávarútvegsráðherra, Þorgerði Katrínu Gunnarsdóttur

    2017-02-13T12:11:25Z

    Íslenska sjávarútvegssýningin 2017 fagnar nýjum sjávarútvegsráðherra, Þorgerði Katrínu Gunnarsdóttur, og horfir björtum augum til góðrar og náinnar samvinnu við hana og ráðuneyti hennar nú þegar undirbúningur að helstu og bestu sjávarútvegssýningu landsins, #IceFish17, stendur sem hæst (ekki gleyma að skrá þig!). Þorgerður Katrín sendi okkar hlýlega hvatningu og bætir ...

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    New Minister of Fisheries in Iceland

    2017-02-13T11:51:57Z

    The Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition,#IceFish17, is very pleased to welcome a new Minister of Fisheries in Iceland, Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, and looks forward to a fruitful and pleasant collaboration with her and her ministry as the preparations for Iceland's best fisheries show are in full swing (don't forget to register!). ...

  • HBGrandi training
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    Training courses for more than 300 staff

    2017-02-11T21:25:00Z

    With the Icelandic seamen’s strike now well into its second month, the time has been used to hold training courses for HB Grandi’s production staff. The company took the decision not to give staff notice, but has instead kept them on payroll throughout the strike. Courses in both first aid ...

  • Marel will launch its new high-speed linerless labeller to the US market in March
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    Marel linerless labeller US launch

    2017-02-09T14:57:00Z

    Marel will launch its new high-speed linerless labeller to the US market at Seafood Expo North America 2017.

  • The investment in the clam fishery is all part of Clearwater’s growth strategy
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    Clearwater boosts investment in Arctic surf clam fishery

    2017-02-08T12:13:00Z

    Clearwater Seafoods Inc has made a CAN$5 million investment in its Arctic surf clam fishery as part of its growth strategy.

  • MSC celebrates funding allocations with representatives from WWF Netherlands and the Dutch Postcode Lottery
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    Dutch Postcode Lottery boost to sustainable fisheries

    2017-02-08T09:39:00Z

    Funding from the Dutch Postcode Lottery is giving fishermen in developing countries new opportunities to improve the sustainability of their practices.

  • The 2017 Offshore Mariculture Conference will be held in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
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    Mariculture investors should look to Mexico

    2017-02-07T15:24:00Z

    Investors in mariculture should look to the Mexican region for development and expansion in the fish farming industry with the country’s government pledging US$50-70 million to mariculture and its associated infrastructure.

  • EP votes in favour of new proposal
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    EU fishing sector alarmed by vote on external fishing regulation

    2017-02-07T11:21:00Z

    The European Parliament (EP) has voted in favour of the new proposal for a regulation on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets.

  • SAIC Scholars Connect Plus is one of a number of skills-related initiatives underway to encourage new people into the sector
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    Scottish aquaculture scholarship opportunities

    2017-02-06T11:19:00Z

    The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre’s (SAIC) scholarship scheme is back for a third academic year, with 25 funded MSc places available to Scottish and EU students in 2017/18.

  • The Baltic herring and sprat fishery represents more than 90% Finland’s marine catch
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    Finland fisheries in MSC assessment

    2017-02-06T10:05:00Z

    The Baltic herring and sprat fishery into full assessment to the Marine Stewardship Council’s Fisheries Standard by the Finnish Fishermen’s Association.

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    Nýsköpun togaraflotans hafin

    2017-02-06T08:37:21Z

    Engey RE lagðist að bryggju í Reykjavík 25. janúar eftir siglingu frá Tyrklandi þar sem skipið var smíðað. Engey RE er fyrsti ísfisktogarinn af þremur eftir sömu hönnun sem HB Grandi er með í smíðum í skipasmíðastöðinni Celiktrans í Tyrklandi. Skipin eru 54,75 metrar að lengd og 13,5 metra ...

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    Konur í sjávarútvegi (WSI) með sýningarbás

    2017-02-06T08:37:11Z

    Markmið WSI er að kynna framlag kvenna í sjávarútvegi og er þetta í fyrsta sinn sem kvennasamtök eru með bás á sjávarútvegssýningu. “Ástæðan fyrir því að við ákváðum að hefja kynningarstarfið á Íslandi er tvíþætt: Í fyrsta lagi er  íslenskur sjávarútvegur mjög kraftmikill og í öðru lagi er Ísland ...

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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.