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  • Plaice, lemon sole, monkfish and megrim have been tagged around Shetland
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    NAFC undertakes fish tagging

    2013-08-06T14:41:00Z

    As part of a project on data deficient fish species, the NAFC Marine Centre’s Science and Technology department has tagged and released a range of different demersal fish species at various locations around Shetland.

  • Belize Aquaculture’s shrimp hatchery, farm and processing plant earned BAP certification on 26 July
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    Three-star shrimp from Belize Aquaculture

    2013-08-06T14:18:00Z

    Belize Aquaculture Ltd. has become the first shrimp company in Belize and the second in Central America approved to offer three-star BAP shrimp.

  • Prawns fed with Novacq feed additive grow faster and are healthier
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    Game changer for prawn industry

    2013-08-06T11:53:00Z

    After 10 years of research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) scientists have perfected the Novacq™ prawn feed additive.

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    Seafish appoints two new directors

    2013-08-06T11:47:00Z

    Seafish has recently appointed two new directors, who joined the organisation in July to help deliver and implement the group’s new corporate plan.

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    Morpol closes US sales office

    2013-08-06T11:42:00Z

    Salmon processing company Morpol has announced that the US sales office, Morpol America, will close on 30 August 2013.

  • The NFI Crab Council has announced Ed Rhodes as its new executive director
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    New executive director for NFI Crab Council

    2013-08-06T11:17:00Z

    Ed Rhodes has been announced as the new executive director of the NFI Crab Council.

  • Scallops. ©Yaroslav Osadchyy/Dreamstime.com
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    Extra fishing days for UK scallopers

    2013-08-06T11:06:00Z

    In exchange for observing area closures the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has issued fishing vessel licence variations allowing UK scallop fishing vessels extra effort in the English Channel.

  • The students were presented with certificates last week
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    Fishing course success

    2013-08-05T15:08:00Z

    A new three week fishing course designed to introduce people to the fishing industry has been well received by the local community in Looe, Cornwall, UK.

  • C-MAP MAX-N Wide screenshot
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    New Jeppesen C-MAP MAX-N Wide cartography

    2013-08-04T21:11:00Z

    Jeppesen''s new C-MAP MAX-N Wide cartography, designed for popular navigation systems from global marine electronics company Navico, is now available to boaters worldwide.

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    Sweden to modernise coastal radio network

    2013-08-04T20:48:00Z

    The Swedish Maritime Administration is investing SEK50m to improve and modernise the Swedish coastal radio network, the cornerstone of search and rescue activities in Swedish waters.

  • Chilean fishing vessels
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    A new kind of future

    2013-08-03T16:10:00Z

    Chile’s fishing industry is at the crossroads of development with this year seeing a new law passed that is aimed at helping the country maintain its position as one of the world’s leading fishing nations. Adrian Tatum reports.

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    Akdeniz Shipyard wins research vessel order

    2013-08-03T14:47:00Z

    The Mediterranean Fisheries Research, Production and Training Institute in Turkey has ordered a new Fisheries Control, Audit and Research Vessel from Akdeniz Shipyard.

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    Fish stock advice

    2013-08-01T21:08:00Z

    The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has published a popular version of its fish stock advice for 2014.

  • Tied up: Croatia's fishing fleet will have to make significant changes to its fleet and equipment to comply with EU laws
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    Croatia prepares for Europe

    2013-08-01T17:32:00Z

    Croatia’s accession to the EU means the country will have to face fresh challenges in its fishing sector. Adrian Tatum reports.

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    Ned-Deck Marine becomes PALFINGER NED-DECK

    2013-08-01T15:56:00Z

    Since the integration of Ned-Deck Marine into the PALFINGER GROUP in 2010, the Business Area PALFINGER MARINE has strengthened its position as a deck equipment supplier in the maritime, offshore and wind industries worldwide.

  • The bottom grown blue mussel sector if a key contributor to the aquculture sector in ROI and NI
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    MSC for cross-border Irish mussels

    2013-08-01T14:25:00Z

    The bottom grown blue mussel sector in Northern Ireland (NI) and the Republic of Ireland (ROI) has received Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

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    Simulator delivered to training company

    2013-08-01T14:25:00Z

    VSTEP has delivered a NAUTIS DNV Class A FMB simulator to Australian training organisation Seafood and Maritime Industries Training (SMIT).

  • Volstad
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    Tersan Shipyard delivers ‘Volstad’

    2013-08-01T13:57:00Z

    Tersan Shipyard, located in Turkey, has delivered the 74.7m stern freezer trawler ‘Volstad’ to Norwegian fishing and offshore company Volstad AS.

  • The new SAILOR 800 VSAT
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    New SAILOR 800 VSAT antenna

    2013-08-01T11:06:00Z

    Cobham has announced the forthcoming launch of a brand new SAILOR VSAT antenna.

  • Ocean Signal’s rescueMe PLB1
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    World’s smallest PLB

    2013-08-01T10:41:00Z

    This year Ocean Signal has introduced the world’s smallest Personal Locator Beacon the rescueME PLB1 which is typically 30% smaller than other PLBs.