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  • The project aims to strengthen Africa’s great potential for increased trade in fish. Credit: WorldFish
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    Pan-African project to focus on fish trade potential

    2015-03-03T12:33:00Z

    A new pan-African project has been launched to strengthen the continent’s great potential for increased trade in fish.

  • The expansion consists of a new extrusion line that will produce feed for tilapia, trout and catfish. Credit: The Photographer/CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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    Cargill invests $7.8m in feed production

    2015-03-03T11:22:00Z

    Cargill Mexico has inaugurated the $7.8 million dollar expansion of its animal feed facility in Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, as part of the celebrations for its 150th global anniversary and 50 years of operations in Mexico.

  • The aim is to fully implement the technology in the PNA skipjack tuna fishery. Credit: NOAA
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    PNA to initiate full scale eCDS trials

    2015-03-03T10:15:00Z

    The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) have decided to initiate full-scale trials of an innovative catch documentation system (eCDS) for onboard fisheries observers in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.

  • Ms Pulkkinen says using Bayesian statistical models can help improve fisheries stock assessments. Photo: Jaakko Huikari
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    New methods to improve stock assessments

    2015-03-02T17:20:00Z

    New mathematical methods used to carry out fisheries stock assessments could help provide more reliable reviews to support decision-making, says Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).

  • Champion sustainable fishing and take a #fishface selfie this #EarthHourUK
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    #fishface challenge this Earth Hour

    2015-03-02T13:35:00Z

    WWF has teamed up with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) for Earth Hour to challenge people to support sustainable fishing and healthy oceans by sharing a #fishface selfie on social media.

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    HB Grandi upgrades fleet

    2015-02-27T16:35:00Z

    HB Grandi is upgrading its fleet this year with two new pelagic vessels to be built by Turkish shipyard, Celiktrans Deniz Insaat Ltd.

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    Tuna workshop to ensure Eastern Pacific future

    2015-02-26T17:27:00Z

    A recent ‘tuna workshop’ is set to help coastal states ensure the effective management of the shared tuna stocks in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

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    Whitefish Programme on display

    2015-02-26T16:47:00Z

    Baader will be showing some of its Whitefish Programme at Seafood Processing Global in Brussels.

  • Export sales now account for 42% of SSC’s revenue
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    SSC continues strong performance

    2015-02-26T16:21:00Z

    The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has continued its strong run with revenues of £30.8m during the last quarter of 2014, a 43% improvement on Q4 2013.

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    Ocean Safety launches new Wipe Clean Lifejacket

    2015-02-26T14:40:00Z

    Ocean Safety has introduced the new Kru Wipe Clean lifejacket for situations when a durable easy clean lifejacket is needed.

  • Fishermen from Wales will be visiting Newlyn Harbour in Cornwall as part of a study tour organised by Cywain Fisheries. ©iStock.com/Deejpilot
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    Welsh fishermen to visit Cornwall for study tour

    2015-02-26T14:19:00Z

    A group of 11 fishermen from Wales will be travelling to Cornwall in England next week to look at ways to add value to their catch and bring more Welsh caught fish and seafood to the marketplace.

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    Logistics solutions partner

    2015-02-26T12:47:00Z

    Girteka Logistics will be present at Seafood Processing Global to present its transportation solutions for fresh, frozen or packaged seafood products.

  • The Proconcept interleaver module
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    Customer satisfied with interleaver

    2015-02-26T12:20:00Z

    Proconcept will be exhibiting its interleaver module for smoked fish slices at this year’s Seafood Processing Global, following its launch at the 2014 event.

  • TracPhone® satellite communications antenna system
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    KVH ships 5,000th TracPhone

    2015-02-26T11:34:00Z

    KVH Industries, Inc. recently shipped its 5,000th TracPhone® satellite communications antenna system for the mini-VSAT Broadbandsm network, adding more than 1,000 units in the past year.

  • Consumers can be confident that many species fished in the SESSF - such as whiting - are from a sustainable, well managed fishery. Credit: AFMA
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    Catch limit increased in Australian fishery

    2015-02-26T10:57:00Z

    The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) Commission has approved the sustainable catch limit increase of 2000 tonnes for the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF).

  • Scanmar’s new hydrophone
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    New noise hydrophone from Scanmar

    2015-02-25T15:50:00Z

    Norwegian company Scanmar is launching its latest innovation - a hydrophone with noise measurement.

  • Acidifying waters make it more difficult for creatures with calcium carbonate shells or skeletons to grow and survive Credit: NOAA
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    The US ocean acidification threat

    2015-02-25T13:07:00Z

    The first nationwide vulnerability assessment for ocean acidification shows that coastal communities in 15 American states which depend on the nation’s US$1bn shelled mollusc industry are at long-term economic risk from ocean acidification.

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    Australian biofouling trial to take place this week

    2015-02-25T11:56:00Z

    Australian-based Franmarine Underwater Services is conducting trials in Henderson, Western Australia this week on an improved treatment system for removing biofouling from hulls, while vessels are still in the water.

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    Seafish appoints new aquaculture manager

    2015-02-25T11:29:00Z

    UK authority Seafish has appointed Lee Cocker as the organisation’s aquaculture manager to help deliver the Domestic Aquaculture Strategy programme.

  • The new research could significantly reduce problems caused by the disease in white shrimp. Photo: Nofima
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    Tackling shrimp disease with genomics

    2015-02-25T10:48:00Z

    New research on markers for genes that determine how well shrimp resists white spot syndrome could significantly reduce problems caused by the disease in the aquaculture industry.