All Industry News articles – Page 198

  • Sainsbury’s is offering customers the opportunity to try alternative species for free
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    Sainsbury’s Switch the Fish campaign back this week

    2013-01-24T10:47:00Z

    Sainsbury’s ‘Switch the Fish Day’ to encourage customers to eat alternative fish will be taking place on Friday 25 January.

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    New approach to tuna fishing

    2013-01-24T10:10:00Z

    The Campaign for Eco-Safe Tuna has launched an international effort to promote a more sustainable approach to tuna fishing and labelling.

  • Annamalai Jeyakumari, winner of the 2012 Peter Howgate Award
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    Award for young fish technologist 2012

    2013-01-23T18:01:00Z

    Annamalai Jeyakumari, a researcher at the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, India, has won the 2012 Peter Howgate Award for young fish technologists.

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    New capture-based aquaculture handbook from Nofima

    2013-01-23T16:49:00Z

    Nofima has published a new handbook, designed guide those planning to start the capture-based aquaculture of cod.

  • The blue whiting TAC has been agreed at 643,000 tonnes. Picture courtesy of Seafood Shetland
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    More good news for British fisherman

    2013-01-23T16:26:00Z

    The coastal states negotiations on blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring have just concluded in London, with more positive results for the UK.

  • The small-scale razor clam (Ensis arcuatus) fishery operation in Ría de Pontevedra has been MSC certified
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    First diver-caught razor clam fishery certified

    2013-01-23T14:17:00Z

    Cofradía de Pescadores San Martiño de Bueu has been awarded MSC certification for its small-scale razor clam fishery operations in Ría de Pontevedra.

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    New Zealanders in trouble for fishery violations

    2013-01-23T13:45:00Z

    Six suspects were apprehended by the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) for fisheries violations in two separate incidents last weekend.

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    First European tropical tuna fishery seeks MSC cert

    2013-01-23T11:42:00Z

    The Pesqueras Echebastar tuna fishery has become the first Spanish tropical tuna fishery to enter into full MSC assessment.

  • Fish Market in Nouadhibou Harbour, Mauritania. Credit: Marco Carè/Marine Photobank
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    Europêche unhappy with EU/Mauritania Protocol

    2013-01-23T10:57:00Z

    Commenting on the recent meeting concerning the Protocol between the EU and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Europêche President, Javier Garat, said that vessel owners represented by Europêche were very unhappy with the outcome.

  • Vikenco has become the first European salmon processor to get BAP certified Photo: WDFW
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    First European BAP salmon processing cert

    2013-01-22T16:55:00Z

    A salmon-processing plant in Norway has become the first in Europe to achieve Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

  • The MCS says mackerel is no longer in sustainable supply. Photo: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
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    MCS downgrades mackerel

    2013-01-22T16:04:00Z

    The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has removed mackerel from its ‘Fish to Eat’ list following worries that the stock is being overfished.

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    New UK educational and research facility opens

    2013-01-22T14:28:00Z

    The new Salmonid Rearing and Trials Centre at Sparsholt College in Hamphire, UK, will officially be opened on 31 January by Robert Hughes from aquaculture feed producer Skretting.

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    SFF welcomes results of EU-Norway negotiations

    2013-01-22T11:45:00Z

    The SFF is pleased with the outcome of EU-Norway negotiations to decide upon quotas for shared stocks in 2013.

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    Icelandic Minister responds to mackerel talks

    2013-01-22T11:36:00Z

    The Icelandic Minister for Industries and Innovation, Steingrimur J. Sigfusson, has issued the following statement in response to the EU-Norway negotiations on mackerel which concluded last week:

  • Richard Benyon says that this year UK fishermen won’t have to discard as many fish
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    Positive result for UK fishermen

    2013-01-22T11:22:00Z

    The third round of fisheries negotiations between the EU and Norway has secured a “positive result” for UK fishermen.

  • In future there may be less restrictions surrounding fishing Baltic cod
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    Baltic cod fishing restrictions may be reduced

    2013-01-17T21:01:00Z

    Certain restrictions on fishing in EU waters were removed by a European Parliament vote this week meaning that small-scale fishermen may be able to catch Baltic cod in coastal areas during closed-season summer months.

  • According to reports, Europe is gradually losing its aquaculture research position. Photo:  Wilhelm Andreas Solheim/Nofima
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    EU aquaculture research losing out to China

    2013-01-17T16:40:00Z

    Europe is gradually losing its position as the world’s leading centre of aquaculture research to China and the surrounding Asian countries, says Jean Dhont, secretary of the ASEM Aquaculture Platform, an EU funded research programme promoting EU-Asia cooperation in aquaculture.

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    Oceana: National Park Board responsible for its deterioration

    2013-01-17T15:43:00Z

    Oceana has described the Board of Trustees of the Archipelago of Cabrera Maritime-Terrestrial National Park in the Balearic Islands as inoperative, due to its almost total lack of activity in 2012.

  • Professor Bob Elwood
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    Study shows that crabs can feel pain

    2013-01-16T23:00:00Z

    A researcher from Queen’s University Belfast has found that crabs are likely to feel pain and suggests that the food and aquaculture industries should reconsider how they treat live crustaceans such as crabs, prawns and lobsters.

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    First MSC tuna fishery re-certified

    2013-01-16T19:12:00Z

    Fresh, frozen and canned albacore tuna from the American Albacore Fishing Association (AAFA), has achieved MSC certification for a second time for the North and South Pacific albacore fisheries.