All Industry News articles – Page 180

  • Greenpeace’s fin whale meat loading protest in Hamburg. © Daniel Mueller/Greenpeace
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    Samskip plans to stop transporting whale meat

    2013-07-11T15:49:00Z

    Samskip has announced that it plans to stop transporting whale meat, following a Taiwanese shipping company’s decision to send six containers of whale meat back to Iceland.

  • Tom Kime. Credit: www.tomkimechef.com
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    Sydney's first MSC certified independent restaurant

    2013-07-11T15:43:00Z

    Australian TV Chef Tom Kime will open his sustainable seafood cafe, Fish & Co this week, the first independent restaurant in NSW to achieve Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

  • Map showing proposed areas to be re-opened after long-time closure. Credit: NOAA
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    NOAA proposes opening closed areas

    2013-07-11T12:45:00Z

    To help fishermen adjust to the new quota cuts for groundfish that have been effective since May, NOAA Fisheries has proposed to open approximately 33% of areas that have been closed for nearly 20 years.

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    SFF comments on quota decision

    2013-07-11T11:18:00Z

    Commenting on the High Court decision on the reallocation of fish quotas, Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen'' Federation said:

  • It is feared that the EMFF will fuel overfishing. Credit: William Murphy/CC-BY-SA-2.0
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    EMFF to fuel overfishing

    2013-07-10T14:29:00Z

    Votes have been cast on how taxpayer money from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) will be spent, and the overwhelming response from environmental groups is that this fund will now facilitate overfishing.

  • The EMFF will provide funds to the fisheries sector from 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2020. Credit: Lionel Allorge/CC BY-SA 3.0
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    EMFF vote “sheer madness”

    2013-07-10T11:57:00Z

    The Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament has voted on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) – and has voted in favour of subsidies for new boats.

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    Illegal fish still a problem for Europe

    2013-07-10T11:13:00Z

    A new report by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has found that despite the EU IUU Regulation being in place for three and a half years, illegally caught fish is still entering the EU.

  • The High Court ruling prevents big business from claiming ownership of fish stocks. Credit: David Sandison /Greenpeace
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    Victory for small-scale fishermen

    2013-07-10T10:39:00Z

    The High Court has backed the UK government''s decision to redistribute some of the unused fishing allowances held by big fishing firms to small inshore fishing boats.

  • The freezer trawler 'Venus' is being retired due to the reduction in quotas
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    HB Grandi retires trawlers

    2013-07-09T18:36:00Z

    HB Grandi says that the retirement of two of its freezer trawlers is both part of the company’s strategy to increase land-based production and because of the consequences of a reduction in quotas.

  • The GNDAP aims to improve the systematic and sustainable development of Ghana's aquaculture
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    Ghana aquaculture development plan

    2013-07-09T15:51:00Z

    Ghana has launched its first National Aquaculture Development Plan (GNADP) to guide the systematic and sustainable development of the aquaculture value chain in the country.

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    Faroese saithe MSC certified

    2013-07-09T15:47:00Z

    The Faroe Islands saithe fishery is now Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified, following an 18 month assessment by Det Norske Veritas (DNV).

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    Three-star BAP certification for Marine Harvest Canada

    2013-07-09T12:45:00Z

    Marine Harvest Canada (MHC) has become British Columbia’s first salmon company to achieve three-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

  • Highlights included the sale of three vessels by Netherlands based Damen, including a 27m Shoalbuster off the pontoons
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    Record year for Seawork

    2013-07-09T11:31:00Z

    Seawork 2013 attracted record numbers of commercial marine professionals with over 7,300 visitors this year, a 6% increase on 2012.

  • Shark finning is now banned in the EU. Credit: NOAA
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    Shark finning ban

    2013-07-09T11:31:00Z

    Now all sharks landed in EU ports and by EU vessels worldwide must have their fins still attached to their bodies.

  • ‘Think Fish Week’ will take place during the second week of September
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    First ‘Think Fish’ campaign launched in The Netherlands

    2013-07-09T11:17:00Z

    The second week of September has been dubbed ‘Think Fish Week’ by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and World Wide Fund for Nature-Netherlands (WWF-NL).

  • The Faroe Islands are prepared to negotiate to avoid sanctions. Credit: Claus Ableiter/ CC BY-SA 3.0
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    EU economic boycott threatens Denmark as well as the Faroe Islands

    2013-07-09T10:37:00Z

    The Faroese government is urging the EU to return to the negotiating table to resolve the dispute about the herring stock, with the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs now stepping in as mediator.

  • ASL will be developing a new range of Scottish smoked salmon and cured products. Photo: Morpol
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    ASL growth driven by Scottish salmon

    2013-07-08T16:55:00Z

    Associated Seafoods Ltd (ASL) has revealed plans to make its Scottish smoked salmon and shellfish the main promotional focus for future market growth after receiving positive customer feedback.

  • Tuna species including skipjack are integral to the greater marine ecosystem
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    Strategic tuna plan

    2013-07-08T13:45:00Z

    The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has published a new strategic plan for the next five years in order to better maintain the sustainability of tuna stocks and their ecosystems.

  • MHC's Port Hardy facility processes 35,000 tonnes of Atlantic salmon products annually. Photo: WDFW
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    Marine Harvest Canada BAP certified

    2013-07-05T17:22:00Z

    Marine Harvest Canada (MHC) has become the first farm raised salmon producer in British Columbia to achieve three star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

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    Marine Nutrition gets MSC

    2013-07-04T21:01:00Z

    One of the largest supplier of animal feeds to UK public aquariums, Marine Nutrition, has received Marine Stewardship Council certification (MSC).