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    New owners for Rapp Marine Group

    2013-01-15T17:06:00Z

    Private equity fund NORD II is coming in as the new owner of Rapp Marine Group, with the aim of helping the continuing development of the Bodø-based industrial group through growth in a global market.

  • The Mézos fish farm in southwestern France. Image courtesy of Groupe UNITe
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    Fish farm or PV power plant?

    2013-01-15T13:55:00Z

    For a fish farm, predatory birds are pests that kill and damage the farm’s fish stocks.

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    Ireland hosts fisheries negotiations

    2013-01-15T11:24:00Z

    Ireland is hosting important fisheries negotiations on the annual fishing arrangements for 2013 between the European Union and Norway, commencing today, 15 January.

  • The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Rush escorts the suspected high seas drift net fishing vessel Da Cheng in the North Pacific Ocean on 14 August 2012. Credit: U.S. Coast Guard
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    NOAA working with nations to address IUU fishing

    2013-01-15T10:42:00Z

    NOAA has submitted a Congressionally mandated report identifying 10 nations whose fishing vessels engaged in IUU fishing in 2011 or 2012, or had ineffective measures to prevent the unintended catch of protected species in 2012.

  • Mahon harbour. Credit: Carles Garcia-Roca, CC BY 2.5 ES
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    Plans to dump sediment at sea blasted

    2013-01-15T10:23:00Z

    Oceana has requested that the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) reports on management of the material extracted in the dredging of Mahón harbour in Minorca.

  • According to reports, Atlantic salmon was the main export product. Photo: WDFW
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    Chilean exports on the rise

    2013-01-15T10:03:00Z

    According to media reports, Chilean exports of fishery products and aquaculture in 2012 reached US$3.8bn in the first 10 months – a 1% increase over the same period in 2011.

  • The small-spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula, is one of the species that underwent the largest decline in the Adriatic Sea.© Giacomo Chato Osio, 2013
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    Fishing drives loss of shark and ray in the Adriatic

    2013-01-14T12:23:00Z

    Shark and ray communities in the Adriatic Sea have been highly depleted in recent years, with fishing being a key driver of the decline.

  • The PPS East crate wash
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    PPS crates get Five Star approval

    2013-01-14T10:42:00Z

    Five Star Fish Ltd., supplier of fish products to the UK foodservice market, appointed PPS East to evaluate the opportunity of using plastic returnable transit packaging (RTP) last year.

  • Construction is due to start this month on a new flagship vessel for Ytterstad
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    Skipsteknisk vessel for Norway

    2013-01-13T21:31:00Z

    Construction is due to start in February on a new flagship purse seiner/trawler for Norwegian fishing company Ytterstad.

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    Fendercare Marine and Maritim Trading AS join forces

    2013-01-13T20:03:00Z

    Marine product and service provider, Fendercare Marine, has signed an exclusive agency agreement with the Norwegian marine equipment supplier, Maritim Trading AS.

  • The scalloper is due to be launched in April
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    Jemison scalloper to be launched this year

    2013-01-13T19:49:00Z

    In mid-April Jemison Marine of Bayou LaBatre, Alabama, is looking to launch its latest vessel – a 86x24ft scalloper.

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    Tenneco and Cormetech sign joint development agreement

    2013-01-10T20:02:00Z

    Tenneco and Cormetech Inc. have signed a joint development agreement to collaborate on designing ultra-large diameter selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalysts for marine engine applications.

  • The PowerTech 4045AFM85 is the most powerful John Deere 4.5L marine engine ever launched
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    John Deere announces new Tier 3 engines

    2013-01-10T19:37:00Z

    John Deere Power Systems (JDPS) has launched its new Marine Tier 3 PowerTechTM 4.5L and 6.8L propulsion and generator-drive engines, meeting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Marine Tier 3 emissions regulations.

  • Salmon processors at last year’s Salmon ShowHow
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    Salmon ShowHow attracts processors from further afield

    2013-01-10T16:49:00Z

    Andrew Martin reports on how Marel’s specialist salmon processing technology exhibition is attracting interest from around the world.

  • The internal installation of the Contrapel Hybrid Drive and shows the units coupled to custom gearboxes
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    Worlds first above the water-line propeller system

    2013-01-10T16:38:00Z

    Marine propulsion research and development company, Contrapel Ltd, has released details of its new propulsion system for boats, which aims to make future boats more economical, manoeuvrable, safer, stronger and better for the environment.

  • Firth of Clyde. Photo: Dave Souza/ Wikipedia
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    Clyde fishery expert joins SIFT

    2013-01-10T16:35:00Z

    The Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust (SIFT) has recruited a leading expert in the management of the Firth of Clyde fishery as a trustee and director in order to develop the collapsed fishery.

  • World Ocean Council membership nearly doubled in 2012
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    Industry alliance membership grows

    2013-01-10T16:14:00Z

    World Ocean Council (WOC) membership has surged over the past 12 months, with more than 25 new members joining, says the ever the growing international cross-sectoral ocean business alliance.

  • In 2012 Norway’s export value and volume was down on 2011. Credit: Alf Børjesson/Norwegian Seafood Council
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    Norwegian exports down in 2012

    2013-01-10T15:57:00Z

    Norway’s seafood export value totalled NOK51.6bn in 2012 - a NOK1.8bn reduction from the previous year.

  • The BC Salmon Farmers Association is welcoming four new members. Picture courtesy of the BC Salmon Farmers Association
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    New year, new members for BC Salmon Farmers Association

    2013-01-10T13:23:00Z

    The BC Salmon Farmers Association has started the new year by welcoming four new members.

  • The reports says that new trade treaties jeopardize fisheries regulation. Credit: Kyle Flood/ CC BY-SA 2.0
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    Report: Trade treaties threaten Canadian fisheries

    2013-01-10T12:47:00Z

    A new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) says that the proposed Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) threatens the sustainability of Canadian fisheries and fishing communities.