All Industry News articles – Page 127
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New Trailblazer Apprenticeship
UK authority Seafish has been given the green light to develop a new Trailblazer Apprenticeship for new entrant fishermen in England.
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NewsPresidential Task Force releases IUU action plan
The Presidential Task Force on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Seafood Fraud has released its action plan.
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NewsIUU vessel detained
IUU-listed fishing vessel ‘Kunlun’ has been detained for investigation by Thai officials in Phuket.
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Spain tackles IUU fishing
The Spanish government is launching an investigation into several companies for alleged links to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing under its new fisheries law.
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NewsNew technique improves fishery forecasts
A powerful method for analysing and predicting nature’s dynamic and interconnected systems is providing new forecasting and management tools for Canada’s premier sockeye salmon fishery.
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NewsMAN power and exhaust cleaning for trawlers
Three new wetfish trawlers designed by Nautic for Icelandic fishing company HB Grandi will boast MAN Diesel & Turbo main engines and selective catalytic reduction (SCR), the Danish engine designer reports.
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NewsVaccines for Vietnam
Global healthcare leader, MSD Animal Health, is helping protect against a common disease affecting warm water fish in Vietnam with AQUAVAC Strep Sa and NORVAX Strep Si vaccines.
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Four stars for Marine Harvest Canada
Marine Harvest Canada (MHC) is the first salmon company in British Columbia and the second in the world to achieve four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.
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NewsAnti-IUU measures could positively affect pricing
Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. has said that it acknowledges the recent measures taken by the Indonesian government to combat illegal fishing activities on the Arafura Sea of Indonesia, and expects these measures to impact positively on the company’s pricing.
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Canada launches Atlantic Salmon committee
Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada attended the first meeting of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Atlantic Salmon on 9 March, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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NewsProtection of fish nursery areas
Oceana has submitted a proposal to the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean Sea to permanently close key nursery areas in the Strait of Sicily to bottom trawling.
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Hefty fine for illegal mackerel catch
The master and owner of the Dutch registered trawler ''Frank Bonefaas'' SCH-72 were each convicted with illegally retaining onboard mackerel caught in the mackerel box and charged over £102,000.
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NewsMajor milestone for the Maldives
One year on from the launch of the Fishermen’s Community and Training Centre (FCTC) in the Maldives, the pole-and-line skipper curriculum has officially been recognised by the Ministry of Education.
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NewsNFI slams latest Greenpeace campaign
The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is calling on media and industry to research and question Greenpeace’s latest fund raising campaign, which “uses tuna as a poster child for its fund raising efforts”.
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NewsNew tuna freezing vessel for Echebaster
Spanish tuna fishing company, Group Echebaster, is updating its fleet with a new tuna freezer vessel built by fellow Spanish company, Zamakona Shipyards.
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NewsBusiness award for Mercator Media
Mercator Media Limited, publisher of ''World Fishing and Aquaculture'' and organiser of the Offshore Mariculture Conference, has won a business excellence award for international development.
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NewsEastern orange roughy makes a comeback
The eastern orange roughy fishery is to be re-opened after rebuilding to a healthy level where the species can be commercially fished for the first time in 10 years.
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NewsTrawling has “negligible” effect on soft-bottom
A groundbreaking new study recently conducted by California fishermen, The Nature Conservancy and CSU Monterey Bay indicates that bottom trawling only has a “negligible effect” on the seafloor and fish habitat in certain types of soft sea bottom.
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NewsRallying for better shrimp quotas
Representatives from all political parties in Canada''s Newfoundland and Labrador are standing united with inshore harvesters, fish plant workers and business owners to seek better federal quota allocations for northern shrimp.
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Combating pirate fishing and slavery
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) hosted an event in Brussels last night examining the relationship between illegal fishing, overfishing and trafficked, forced and bonded labour in Thailand’s seafood industry.
