Latest News – Page 552
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NewsDamen awarded South African contract
Damen Shipyards Cape Town has been awarded the repair and maintenance contract to get the South African fleet of Fisheries Research Vessels and Fisheries Protection & Surveillance Vessels operational as soon as possible.
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NewsMerger to create world largest bass and bream producer
Greek aquaculture companies Dias Aquaculture and Selonda have announced that they are merging to become the largest sea bass and sea bream producer in the world.
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NewsNew sales manager for ASAP Supplies
Global marine equipment distributor, ASAP Supplies Ltd, has appointed Tom Edwards as its new sales manager.
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NewsSFF supports Skipper Expo 2013
The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) is set to sponsor this year’s Skipper Expo International Aberdeen, taking place from 10 to 11 May 2013 at the Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC), Scotland.
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NewsProgramme boosts South African aquaculture
A new Aquaculture Development and Enhancement Programme (ADEP) has been launched by South Africa’s Minister of Trade and Industry, in a bid to boost investment and growth within the aquaculture sector.
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NewsPelagic quota props up Faroese fishing
The Faroese stock exchange (VMF) says that although in the last few years its demersal fishing market has collapsed, at the same time pelagic fishing quotas have increased and the catch has been good, propping up the country''s fishing industry.
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NewsMore evidence that omega-3 improves heart health
New research from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the University of Washington has found older adults who had the highest blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids lived, on average, 2.2 years longer than those with lower levels.
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NewsUK fleet profit down on 2011
Estimates made by Seafish using its new dataset suggest that although the UK fleet made a profit last year, operating profit decreased compared to 2011.
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NewsIMR project to study fish reactions to sound
A research project being carried out by the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Bergen to map the sound field inside a fish pen at Austevoll is using three 8m long, active hydrophone arrays designed by Chelsea Technologies Group Ltd.
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ACE lands factory upgrade contract
ACE Refrigeration has landed a six-figure refrigeration contract with Associated Seafoods, one of Scotland’s best known seafood companies.
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NewsRepower for ‘Deadliest Catch’ vessel
The Time Bandit, featured in the Discovery Channel series ‘The Deadliest Catch’, was repowered towards the end of last year.
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NewsScottish fish stocks increasing
A new report by the NAFC Marine Centre has found that the abundance of the main species caught by Scottish fishermen has increased over the last five or six years.
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NewsFirst vessel to install DSI automatic freezer
Dybvad Stål Industri is installing three of its horizontal DSI HS 34/12 freezers on Greenland trawler Tuugaalik.
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NewsPrim7stars shrimp a Friend of the Sea
Prim7stars shrimps, caught by Atlantic Shrimpers Limited, have been certified as Friend of the Sea.
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NewsNorway Seafood Group troubles
World Fishing & Aquaculture has learned that Norwegian fish processor, Norway Seafood Group, has had to suspend production at two of its filleting plants and one saltfish plant, due to the challenging cod market.
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NewsCormorants impacting on UK fish stocks
As numbers of cormorant seabirds continue to rise, The Angling Trust, the representative body for game, coarse and sea anglers in England, has urged the UK government to review the current licensing system for controlling numbers of the bird, which it says are damaging fish stocks.
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NewsMore evidence of seafood mislabelling
Research from the University of Salford has found that large amounts of white fish sold in Britain are incorrectly labelled and sold as cheaper species of fish.
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Extra training for Northern prawn fishers
Fishermen from the Australian Northern Prawn Fishery have undertaken new TAFE-recognised training on best-practice fishing to help them reduce their bycatch and avoid protected species such as turtles.
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Australian fish mapping tool launched
FishMap has been launched to allow users to discover which fish live in any location at any depth along Australia’s continental shelf and slope.
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NewsConstruction tenders for one of Oman’s largest harbours
Bidding is due to begin for the construction of one of Oman’s largest fishing harbours.
