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    Supporting Australia’s fisheries

    2014-05-14T10:04:00Z

    The Australian Coalition is delivering an election commitment to help the fishing industry around Australia provide more jobs and remain among the best managed in the world, with an additional $9m allocated in the Budget.

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    SFF voices concerns over EU fishery access

    2014-05-13T16:31:00Z

    In a letter to First Minister Alex Salmond, the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) has voiced its concerns on fishery access to Scottish waters, should there be independence.

  • L-R: Richard Lochhead MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment; Alastair Salvesen CBE, Chairman of Dawnfresh; and Jeremy Cooper, Freedom Food Chief Executive, at European Seafood Expo in Brussels
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    Dawnfresh trout Freedom Food certified

    2014-05-13T14:27:00Z

    Dawnfresh has become the first company in the UK to receive RSPCA Freedom Food certification for its farmed rainbow trout.

  • Icelandic CEO Magnus Bjarnason and Marel CEO Arni Oddur Thordarson
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    Icelandic Group buys FleXicut

    2014-05-13T14:08:00Z

    Icelandic Group has purchased a new FleXicut water-jet cutting robot for high precision bone detection and removal, from Marel.

  • Vilhjálmur Vilhjálnsson, CEO of HB Grandi, and Árni Oddur Thórdarson, CEO of Marel. Photo: Marel.com
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    Contract signed in Brussels

    2014-05-13T11:58:00Z

    On the first day of Seafood Expo Global in Brussels last week, HB Grandi signed a contract for the purchase of a RevoPortioner low pressure forming machine from Marel Townsend Further Processing.

  • Ahmet Tuncay Sagun and Torben Svejgaard signed the MoU in Brussels
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    New joint venture feed company

    2014-05-13T11:41:00Z

    A new joint venture fish feed company was announced at Seafood Expo Global in Brussels last week.

  • The three organisations came together at Seafood Expo Global to develop the next steps towards achieving efficiencies across the standards
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    Sharing the goal of responsible aquaculture

    2014-05-13T11:26:00Z

    The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) and GLOBALG.A.P. came together at Seafood Expo Global to develop the next steps towards achieving efficiencies across the three programmes, following on from the MoU signed at last year’s event.

  • Lerwick Harbour
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    Fishing industry to benefit from Lerwick Harbour development

    2014-05-13T10:47:00Z

    A large new jetty at Lerwick Harbour in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, is due to begin in the third quarter this year, which will benefit the fishing industry.

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    Marel’s new Fish MD

    2014-05-13T10:14:00Z

    Sigurdur Olason has been appointed managing director of Marel’s Fish Industry Center.

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    World’s first three-star pangasius

    2014-05-13T10:09:00Z

    Vietnam’s NTSF Seafoods Group has become the world’s first company to offer three-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) pangasius.

  • Last year, the grants were spent on lifejackets, hand-held radios and other safety equipment
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    NFFO commits £50,000 to training

    2014-05-12T15:15:00Z

    The UK''s National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations’ (NFFO) Training Trust is committing £50,000 for fishermen’s training, safety equipment and general education about the fishing industry in 2014.

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    Redesigned grader

    2014-05-12T11:59:00Z

    Marelec premiered its redesigned compact grader M3/6 at Seafood Processing Global in Brussels in May.

  • Kaj Olesen’s Dark Meat Remover and Pinbone Remover can now be combined in one machine
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    Two machines in one

    2014-05-12T11:50:00Z

    Kaj Olesen launched its Combined Easy Matic Dark Meat Remover and Pinbone Remover at Seafood Processing Global in Brussels in May.

  • Baltic Sea species like Butterfish are under threat. Photo: Oceana/ Carlos Minguell
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    Baltic Sea under threat, says Oceana

    2014-05-09T10:45:00Z

    As the number of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Baltic Sea and Kattegat continue to increase, little work is being done to actually protect them, leaving the area open to threat, says Oceana.

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    ISSF researchers work towards bycatch mitigation

    2014-05-08T17:26:00Z

    A team of International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) researchers and fishers are to embark on a journey through the Pacific in search of better fishing practices as part of the ISSF Bycatch Project.

  • The most advanced pelagic plant in the North Atlantic will be ready for producing high quality pelagic fish this summer
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    Refrigeration contract for new pelagic plant

    2014-05-08T15:44:00Z

    Frost and Skaginn have signed a contract for a new pelagic plant in Fuglafjordur, Faroe Islands.

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    Bringing broadband to small vessels

    2014-05-08T13:38:00Z

    Inmarsat Maritime has launched its Fleet One to fishing boat and yacht owners – a service that was only previously available to much larger vessels.

  • Trawlmaster screen shot
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    Customer impressed with Notus Trawlmaster

    2014-05-08T13:21:00Z

    Notus Electronics Ltd delivers net monitoring solutions to fisheries worldwide, and for some years the Alaskan fishery has been a very important market for the company.

  • Branding fresh farmed salmon is nothing new. Credit: SSPO
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    Presentation is key to packaging

    2014-05-08T12:55:00Z

    There have been recent comments about the branding of fresh farmed salmon in order to make it stand out as a premium product and therefore attract customers.

  • Some progress has already been made under the new CFP. Credit: Feliciano Guimarães/CC BY 2.0
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    Can politics win over reality?

    2014-05-08T12:17:00Z

    As the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) becomes law, Adrian Tatum considers the key changes and looks at what else needs to be done.