All Industry News articles – Page 173

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    Seafish guides shellfish harvesters

    2013-09-30T17:19:00Z

    Seafish has published a risk assessment best practice guidance document to help live bivalve mollusc harvesters make informed active management decisions.

  • HB Grandi caught a total of 6,440 tonnes of mackered this summer. Photo: HB Grandi/Jón Sigurðsson
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    Successful summer for HB Grandi

    2013-09-30T16:34:00Z

    Icelandic fishing company, HB Grandi, is reeling from a successful summer which saw its freezer trawlers catch 6,440 tonnes of mackerel.

  • The decision ensures American consumers continue to have access to healthy shrimp. Photo: Philip Chou/SeaWeb/Marine Photobank
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    Trade Commission overthrows US shrimp case

    2013-09-27T15:45:00Z

    The International Trade Commission has voted against imposing duties on shrimp imported from Thailand, Indonesia, China, India, Ecuador, Vietnam and Malaysia.

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    Abuse in Thailand' shrimp industry

    2013-09-26T16:37:00Z

    The latest report from the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) documents accounts of human trafficking into the Thai shrimp industry, confiscation of identification documents, withholding of pay, forced detention and bonded labour.

  • Ragnhild Aven Svalheim, Research Fellow at Nofima, is managing the trial. Photo: Jon-Are Berg-Jacobsen © Nofima
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    Trial to determine how to get the whitest fillet

    2013-09-26T14:20:00Z

    Nofima scientists are hoping to find out when trawl captured cod should be slaughtered in order to obtain the whitest fillet and best texture.

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    UK fishing industry report published

    2013-09-26T10:57:00Z

    The annual UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2012 report has been published by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) today.

  • The Spanish anchovy quota has been increased. Credit: J. L. Perea/CENEAM - MMA
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    Spain increases anchovy quota

    2013-09-26T10:39:00Z

    The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment in Spain has announced a 1,000mt increase to the anchovy quota in the Gulf of Cadiz and southern Galicia, thanks to an exchange agreement with Portugal.

  • News

    Fukushima fishing resumes

    2013-09-25T13:14:00Z

    The Soma Futaba fisheries cooperative is continuing with fishing trials off the coast of Fukushima, following tests that conclude that the radioactive levels of the fish are safe.

  • Odd Nakken (left) received the 'Outstanding Achievement Award'
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    ICES awards achievement

    2013-09-25T12:31:00Z

    The International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) has awarded its ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’ to Odd Nakken.

  • Fisheries observers play a critical role. Credit: NOAA
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    NGOs want protection for at-sea observers

    2013-09-25T11:50:00Z

    WWF and the Association of Professional Observers (APO) are calling on the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to protect at-sea observers and promote their professionalism.

  • Farmed salmon has come out on top in a Washington Post taste test. Credit: Jebulon/ CC BY-SA 3.0
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    Farmed salmon beats wild-caught “hands down”

    2013-09-25T11:16:00Z

    In a blind taste test of 10 samples of wild and farmed salmon, farmed-raised has surprisingly beat wild-caught “hands down”.

  • The Russian Sea of Okhotsk pollock fishery is now MSC certified. Credit: NOAA
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    Russian pollock fishery MSC certified

    2013-09-25T10:28:00Z

    The Russian Sea of Okhotsk walleye pollock fishery has now officially received Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

  • Hon Nathan Guy © Crown Copyright 2007
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    NZ: Healthy stocks, increased TACs

    2013-09-24T14:22:00Z

    Due to healthy stocks, catch levels have been increased for a range of New Zealand’s fisheries.

  • Senior Scientist Kjell-Arne Rørvik taking a blood test during sampling at Nofima’s research station at Averøy in Møre og Romsdal in May 2010. Credit: Wilhelm Solheim © Nofima
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    Educating on R&D

    2013-09-24T13:48:00Z

    Nofima and the University of Tromsø are collaborating to offer a course aimed at small and medium-sized seafood companies, with the objective of improving their ability of running their own R&D activities.

  • Derrick Dalley, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture
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    New shrimp trawl design to be tested at sea

    2013-09-24T13:18:00Z

    A new shrimp trawl designed to have less seabed contact and to achieve greater fuel efficiency is to be tested at sea, thanks to $95,048 funding from the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Government.

  • News

    Marel Salmon Showhow

    2013-09-24T12:07:00Z

    Marel’s 13th Salmon ShowHow will take place at Progress Point in Copenhagen, Denmark, 5 February 2014.

  • As part of its BREP-funded research, the New England Aquarium is using ultrasonic transmitters to help estimate the post-release mortality of angled and released Atlantic cod. Credit: New England Aquarium
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    Grants awarded for bycatch reduction

    2013-09-24T10:54:00Z

    NOAA Fisheries has awarded 16 grants totalling nearly $2.4m as part of its Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program.

  • Cefas says there is little to distinguish between the look of salmon and trout marine fish farms
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    British finfish project

    2013-09-23T16:34:00Z

    Aquaculture operators are being given the chance to tender for a new demonstration project in the coastal waters of southwestern England, addressing the sustainable production of marine finfish.

  • Senator Lisa Murkowski
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    New legislation for Alaskan sustainability

    2013-09-19T16:23:00Z

    Senator Lisa Murkowski has introduced legislation to combat the influence of outside certification parties on Alaska’s sustainable seafood industry.

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    King mackerel fishery closure

    2013-09-19T15:55:00Z

    The Western Zone of the Gulf of Mexico will be closed to commercial fishing for king mackerel at 12:00 noon (local time) on 20 September 2013, as the commercial quota is expected to have been reached by then.