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18 March, 2010



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Back to normal soon, at West Minch Salmon
17 March, 2010 -

THE owner of fish farming company West Minch Salmon has said that business should be back to normal soon after a fire affected part of their processing factory at Gramsdale in Benbecula last week.

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Fusion Marine wins major orders from Scottish fish farming companies
17 March, 2010 -

Aquaculture equipment manufacturer Fusion Marine has won orders worth £2.4m to supply salmon pens and associated equipment from three Scottish fish farming companies.

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Stirling University’s Aquaculture research praised in Parliament
16 March, 2010 -

In a recent Scottish Parliamentary debate, the future of Aquaculture was discussed and Scotland’s achievement in dramatically increasing its export of high quality salmon was recognised. Dr Richard Simpson MSP for mid Scotland and Fife, praised the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture for leading the way in this increasingly important field.

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Fusion Marine wins major orders from Scottish fish farming companies
16 March, 2010 -

Aquaculture equipment manufacturer Fusion Marine has won orders worth £2.4m to supply salmon pens and associated equipment from three Scottish fish farming companies.

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LIGHTHOUSE CALEDONIA TO REOPEN MARYBANK PROCESSING PLANT
12 March, 2010 -

Lighthouse Caledonia plans to refurbish and reopen the Marybank processing plant in Stornoway this summer, with the creation of around 90 jobs.

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New monitor that will help save fishermen’s lives set to be major attraction at Fishing 2010
09 March, 2010 -

An innovative new device that could help save fishermen’s lives by warning of vessel instability is likely to provide a focal point of interest at this year’s Fishing 2010 exhibition in Glasgow.

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Oyster farmers gather in Galway
12 March, 2010 -

An IFA Aquaculture meeting of oyster farmers from every corner of the coast was held in the Marine Institute headquarters in Oranmore, Galway today (Friday) to discuss health, environment and trade issues. The meeting was chaired by John Evans of the Marine Institute and is a follow up to a national growers’ meeting held in September 2009 hosted by IFA.

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Iceland fish group denies British Seafood link
05 March, 2010 -

ONE of Iceland's largest seafood businesses has issued a statement stressing in strong terms that it is not affected by the British Seafood collapse even though its main shareholder, Mark Holyoake, is also founder and head of British Seafood.

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FAO wants aquaculture best practice review
09 March, 2010 -

THE Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO, is calling for contributions to the development of a worldwide overview and databank on Codes of Practice, Codes of Conduct, Management Practices and Technical Guidelines in aquaculture.

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Oddsen resigns from Lighthouse Caledonia
05 March, 2010 -

THE Scottish based salmon farming company, Lighthouse Caledonia ASA has announced the resignation of OddGeir Oddsen as Managing Director of the company.

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Chile starts to rebuild shattered fishing industry
08 March, 2010 -

CHILE has started the long job of rebuilding its shattered fishing industry following the devastating earthquake nearly two weeks ago.

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PLANNING REFORM TO BOOST AQUACULTURE
09 March, 2010 -

 

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Support for protection of bluefin tuna
05 March, 2010 -

THE United States has confirmed that it will continue its support for a proposal to ban all international commercial trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna.

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Seafish makes key aquaculture appointment
08 March, 2010 -

SEAFISH, the UK industry authority on seafood, is stepping up its interest in aquaculture, one of the fastest growing sectors in marine food.

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Fish dealer Seatek in administration
08 March, 2010 -

ANOTHER part of the troubled British Seafood Group is under the control of administrators.

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Seafish Marketing wins two awards
02 March, 2010 -

THE Seafish Marketing Communications team has won two awards at the Communicators in Business (Scotland) awards.

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Spending threatens wild fish
05 March, 2010 -

THE UK government was today begged by campaigners to end its careless approach to buying seafood.

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Early interest in Five Star Fish
03 March, 2010 -

THE administrators handling the affairs of the Five Star Fish company are thought to have received a number of preliminary inquiries about buying the business, it was disclosed last night. But so far there have been no firm offers.

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Argo Securities, Market Maker for options at Fish Pool
03 March, 2010 -

The regulated marketplace Fish Pool ASA recently launched salmon options as hedging and investment instruments for its members.

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Draft Standards To Minimise Negative Impacts
02 March, 2010 -

STANDARDS designed to minimise the potentially negative impacts that shrimp and abalone aquaculture can have on the environment, farm workers and communities near aquaculture farms were posted today for the first of two public comment periods.

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Sustainable Oysters to Be Unveiled At Seafood Exhibition
02 March, 2010 -

KAIPARA Oysters, an exciting new brand of organic New Zealand oyster produced in the strong, pristine waters of the outer Kaipara Harbour on the northwest side of North Island in New Zealand, is about to be launched into international foodservice and retail markets.

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