All Industry News articles – Page 245
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NewsFuel savings for kite propelled fishing vessels
The commercial fishing industry may be set to benefit from innovative new kite technology – aimed at providing fuel savings for vessel operators.
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NewsRockFish rolls MSC certified fish
Dartmouth’s RockFish Seafood & Chips, owned by food writer and restaurateur Mitch Tonks and business partner and long term friend Mat Prowse has achieved MSC certification.
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NewsSeaweed the “next big thing”
AUT University researchers are touting Undaria pinnatifid, a type of seaweed, as the aquaculture sector’s ‘next big thing’ – despite it being a highly invasive and unwanted organism under New Zealand biosecurity laws.
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NewsMainstream begins trial against activist
The Mainstream Canada trial against anti-salmon farming activist Don Staniford began yesterday.
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NewsNew generation of marine topographic mapping
The global marine industry is set to benefit from a new generation of marine topographic mapping and seabed surface models - incorporating the popular UKHO series of nautical charts.
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‘FEEDing Pakistan’ programme launched
The American Soybean Association’s (ASA) World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) programme and the Pakistan Fisheries Development Board have launched the ‘FEEDing Pakistan’ programme.
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NewsEnviro accounting for cod and haddock
A new EU project will carry out environmental accounting for catch and production of cod and haddock.
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NewsWaitrose withdraws fishcakes
Waitrose is withdrawing its own brand Essential Salmon and Dill Fishcakes because of incorrect allergy labelling.
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New ISO standards for fish products
Two new ISO standards for traceability of fish products have been approved.
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Portuguese MSC certificate suspended
Following the surveillance audit carried out in December 2011, Moody Marine Intertek has suspended the MSC certification of the Portuguese sardine purse seine fishery.
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BAP certifies Skuna Bay Salmon Farms
The Global Aquaculture Alliance has announced the Best Aquaculture Practices certification of four salmon farms owned and operated in British Columbia, Canada, by Grieg Seafood B.C. Ltd.
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2012 SBT spawning season starts early
Clean Seas Tuna Limited has reported early progress with its strategy of bringing forward spawning from the company’s Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) broodstock.
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NewsWorld’s largest fish feed carrier nearing completion
BioMar’s new fish feed carrier, Høydal, is nearing completion, and should be ready to load its first cargo of feed from BioMar’s factories in Norway on 1 May.
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NewsMSC certification for PNA tuna fishery
The PNA Western & Central Pacific skipjack tuna fishery has achieved certification to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) environmental standard for sustainable and well managed fisheries.
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NewsBigeye not at risk, but still overfished
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has released its 2010 tuna fishery assessment report, which says that bigeye tuna continues to be overfished in the western and central Pacific tuna fishery.
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NewsSeafish compares TACs with ICES advice
Seafish has published a document comparing the TACs for 2012 agreed by the European Commission with the scientific recommendations made by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).
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Three die in vessel fire
Three fishermen have died in a fire onboard the Korean fishing vessel Jung Woo 2 near Antarctica on Wednesday.
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NewsCanadian government funds Vancouver Island aquaculture projects
Funding has been announced for four innovative Vancouver Island aquaculture projects, including a project to develop closed-containment technology.
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NewsNew NOAA Fisheries head
Eric Schwaab is to leave his position as assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries to serve as NOAA’s acting assistant secretary of commerce for conservation and management, starting on 17 January.
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Update on the future of Seafish
Following the ‘Discussion with Industry’ workshops last autumn on the future of Seafish, the four Fisheries Ministers will soon publish a summary of the discussion and high level outcomes.
