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Commerce Dept appoints fisheries advisors
The US Department of Commerce has announced the appointment of three new public marine fisheries advisors.
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NewsMalaysian researcher wins fish award
Clara Bah, a researcher at the Department of Food Science, University of Otago in New Zealand has won the first ever Peter Howgate Award for young fish technologists.
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Marport names Sean Chapman as Chief Sonar Engineer
Marport Deep Sea Technologies Inc. has named Sean Chapman as Chief Sonar Engineer.
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NewsNofima invests in marine biotechnology
Nofima’s bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromsø will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in Kaldfjord near Tromsø and expanded from 150 square metres to around 1000 square metres.
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Detrimental impact of ocean warming
The findings of a study published in Nature Climate Change indicate negative effects on the growth of a long-lived south-east Australian and New Zealand inshore species – the banded morwong.
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Busy summer ahead for NAFC
The NAFC Marine Centre has announced major sea-based surveys to be conducted this year in Shetland waters, to improve knowledge of commercial fish stocks and the environment.
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Cod Farming in Nordic Countries Conference
Held at the Grand Hotel, attendees can benefit from both events making their visit even more valuable. In recent years the fish farming industry has reduced the focus on cod farming and as a result the production of farmed cod has also reduced. Research and development work has ...
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Rúmlega helmingnum þegar ráðstafað!
Atvinnuleysi hefur minnkað úr 9% í 7% frá því að hrunið varð á Íslandi árið 2008, hagvöxtur er nær 3% og rekstrarhalli ríkissjóðs aðeins 5%. Þessu til viðbótar er fiskur svo sannarlega í brennidepli á ný, því á undanförnum þremur árum hefur útflutningsverðmæti fisks og sjávarútvegstengdra afurða aukist um ...
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82% of exhibition space already sold!
Since the Icelandic crisis in 2008, unemployment has fallen from 9% to 7%, growth is nearly 3%, while Iceland's deficit is a mere 5%. On top of this fish is definitely back in focus, in the last three years the export value of fish and fish related products ...
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Pew statement on Chile finning ban
Matt Rand, director of global shark conservation for the Pew Environment Group, has issued a statement in response to the Chilean Senate passage of Chile’s first-ever ban on shark finning.
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MSC reaches 9,000 products
UK retailer Waitrose has helped the Marine Stewardship Council to tip the balance on 9,000 ecolabelled products worldwide.
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NewsPurse seine alignment from Notus
Notus’ Seinemaster has been providing critical information on depth, sink rate and temperature for many years, and now major improvements in the system have been made to provide additional, critical information to purse seiners.
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ECDIS gains accreditation for training
ECDIS Ltd has gained accreditation from the Nautical Institute for its Type Specific ECDIS training course.
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NewsWWF: Mekong dam deferral signals recognition of potential negative impacts
The intergovernmental panel of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) has deferred the final decision on the construction of the Xayaburi dam in Laos to the ministerial level, following concerns raised by Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.
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NewsRussian fishery enters MSC assessment
Two Russian Federation companies, Vityaz-Avto Co, Ltd and Delta Co, Ltd., have entered the Ozernaya River sockeye salmon fishery into full MSC assessment.
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NewsAll DH oil spill waters now open
NOAA has now reopened 1,041 square miles of Gulf waters immediately surrounding the Deepwater Horizon wellhead, just east of Louisiana.
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First Awards nomination received!
The entry will be launched later this summer so the entry is top secret for now but definitely something to look forward to in the coming months. The exciting new product will be on display at the Icelandic Fisheries exhibition so make sure you stop at the Egill stand ...
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First Australian exhibitor books for Icefish!
A company representative attended the exhibition to collect the grand prize of USD$30,000 in the fourth WWF (World Wildlife Fund) International Smart Gear Competition, a competition that brings ideas, policy and science together in order to find solutions to reduce by-catch in fishing world wide. The prize was ...
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VIP visitors stay for free
Icelandic Fisheries is fast approaching and as an ongoing part of our marketing strategy for the Exhibition we are again dedicating part of our promotional budget to pay for accommodation for selected international visitors. We are looking for names of International Processors, Fleet Manager and Skippers to invite ...
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Japan’s earthquake radiates out East and West
A the time of writing, India was reporting collapsing orders for high value seafood exports to Japan due to consumers cutting back on eating out, writes Peter O’Neill.
