All Industry News articles – Page 239
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NewsTracing escaped farmed salmon
Physical marking of farmed salmon and DNA tracing will now be tested as methods of finding out if a salmon in the sea or river is an escaped farmed salmon and, if so, which farm it comes from.
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NewsNew funding for bycatch projects
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has announced new contributions from three organisations that will support at-sea science projects with the goal of reducing bycatch in tuna fisheries.
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Skipper Expo the most successful to date
Skipper Expo International Galway 2012, held 24-25 February, came to an end with satisfied customers, new contacts and excellent business being done over the two days of the event.
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NewsDiverse catch is better for ecosystems
Fishing for a ‘balanced harvest’ can achieve productive fisheries as well as environmental conservation, an international scientific team reports in the journal ‘Science’.
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NewsAFMA closes second area in scalefish and shark fishery following sea lion deaths
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority has closed zone B of the Australian Sea Lion Management Zone following confirmation that three Australian sea lions died there when they were caught in gillnets in February.
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NewsNew Zambian fish farm development project
Fusion Marine Ltd has won a £0.5m contract to supply fish farm pens and associated aquaculture equipment for a new tilapia farming venture in Zambia.
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WFC lands sixth keynote speaker
The World Fisheries Congress (WFC) has announced that James L. Anderson, The World Bank’s leader of Global Program on Fisheries and Aquaculture (PROFISH) will speak at the Congress in May 2012.
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NFI Crab Council welcomes new member
Mobile Alabama-based Carrington Foods has joined the National Fisheries Institute’s Crab Council.
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NewsMorrisons to process seafood
UK supermarket Morrisons has announced plans to launch its own seafood processing business to deliver quality fish into its stores.
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NewsSpain sells MSC certified fresh fish
Eroski has become the first Spanish retailer to carry fresh fish certified by the Marine Stewardship Council.
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New appointment to regional council
NOAA has announced the appointment of Francis D. “Dewey” Hemilright Jr. of North Carolina to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, who will serve on the council until 10 August 2014.
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Roach: Salmon situation handled well
The Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture associate deputy minister, Greg Roach, has released a statement on the ISA scare at Cooke Aquaculture.
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EC gets tough on unsustainable fishing
The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Regulation which would authorise the Commission to impose a range of measures against third countries that allow unsustainable fishing.
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Show attendance signals recovery of Japan’s seafood industry
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) has announced that it will be sponsoring its Japan Pavilion at the upcoming International Boston Seafood Show 2012 (IBSS),
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New shark-resistant aquaculture net
A shark-resistant net for open-ocean, warm-water fish farming is being introduced and is the result of a collaboration among NET Systems, Inc., DSM Dyneema and the Cape Eleuthera Institute.
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NewsSecond Environship order for Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce has announced a second contract for a vessel to one of its Environship designs, a 75m LNG-powered vessel for Norway''s Eidsvaag for fish farm supply along the Norwegian coast.
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NewsFirst farmed fish harvest in US waters
Marine biologists at Kampachi Farms have announced the successful final harvest from the Velella Research Project, which raised fish for the first time in US Federal waters.
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NewsFaroese mackerel catch limit set
Faroese Minister of Fisheries, Jacob Vestergaard, has announced a total catch limit for mackerel fisheries in Faroese waters in 2012 of 148,375 tonnes.
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ISSF calls for “complete closure” of purse seine fishery
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has released its position statement for the upcoming 8th Regular Session of the WCPFC to be held this month in Guam.
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Government supports biodiesel research
Newfoundland’s Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development plans to establish a demonstration bio-refinery that will convert fish oils into biodiesel, with support from the Provincial Government.
