Until a few years ago the CFPMT training centre in Boulogne-sur-Mer was dedicated solely to the local seafood industry’s needs, when its remit was extended to other areas of the…
The EU’s new IT tool, christened CATCH, has been launched as a route to streamlining checks on seafood products entering the EU, and is seen as the latest effort in…
Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D., officially opened the new Harbour Administration building in Castletownbere, and took the opportunity to inspect progress on the €23.5m,…
The Workshop on Working and Living Conditions for Fishers was held in Kaohsiung 6-7th May 2019, organised by the the Director-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European…
A contract was signed at the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels this week with the Slippurinn shipyard in Akureyri and KAPP ehf for catch chilling systems to be fitted to…
Cepesca chief executive Javier Garat has underscored the need for Regional Fisheries Management Organisations to be strengthened. Speaking at the 14th round of informal consultations of States party to the…
One of the Vigo-based trawlers fishing for squid in Falkland Islands waters is seeing the benefits of having a WASSP F3X multibeam sonar on board. The 83 metre trawler went…
DuroWipers is demonstrating its ability to cater for all sectors of the commercial marine market securing new contracts to supply wiper systems to two new fishing vessels. Macduff Shipyards has…
Canadian seafood company Icewater Seafoods has signed an agreement with Marel to purchase the $1.6 million FleXicut for its 6500 square metre cod production plant. The investment is the final…
The Spanish tuna fleet has begun the process to assess all its fisheries to the MSC Standard for sustainable fishing, including operations in the the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans,…