All Industry News articles – Page 246

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    SPPA takes over from Herring Buyers

    2012-01-10T14:00:00Z

    The Herring Buyers Association Ltd has changed its name to the Scottish Pelagic Processors Association Ltd (SPPA) and will be know by that title with immediate effect.

  • Inshore fishing is at the heart of the Penberth community in Cornwall
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    Greenwich Uni leads €4.6m coastal project

    2012-01-10T13:52:00Z

    Researchers at the University of Greenwich are leading a €4.6 million project helping to regenerate coastal fishing communities on both sides of the English Channel and the southern North Sea.

  • Fisheries and Oceans Minister, Keith Ashfield, with retired fishery officer, Max Tscharre, beside the Max Bay. The vessel was named after Mr Tscharre.
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    New BC aquaculture regulation vessels

    2012-01-10T11:48:00Z

    Six British Columbia-made aquaculture regulation vessels have joined the Canadian fleet.

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    United Supermarkets in a Lone Star first

    2012-01-09T04:00:00Z

    The Marine Stewardship Council has announced that United Supermarkets of Lubbock, Texas is the first Lone Star State regional grocery chain to obtain MSC’s Chain of Custody certification.

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    Lochhead: Changes for fisheries needed

    2012-01-06T05:00:00Z

    Scotland''s fishing industry can look forward to both opportunities and challenges in 2012, Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead has said.

  • Child working or child labour in fisheries? A contentious issue
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    New report tackles child labour in fisheries

    2012-01-05T18:30:00Z

    The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has joined forces with the International Labor Organization (ILO) to release draft guidance on tackling the contentious issue of child labour in fisheries.

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    Tuna sold for record $736k

    2012-01-05T16:07:00Z

    A bluefin tuna has been sold for a record 56.49 million yen ($736,000) at the first auction of the year at Tokyo''s Tsukiji fish market.

  • In 2011, Norwegian seafood exports totalled NOK 53 billion. Røst Johan Wildhagen © Sjømatrådet
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    Norwegian exports slightly down in 2011

    2012-01-05T11:49:00Z

    In 2011, Norwegian seafood exports totalled NOK 53bn, a slight fall after seven years in a row of constant growth.

  • From left to right, Victor West, Richard Lochhead and Sandy West on the quayside at Buckie
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    First langoustine landed into Buckie

    2012-01-05T11:39:00Z

    Following a short trip to the North Sea fishing grounds, trawler skipper Sandy West successfully completed the first landing of 2012 of langoustines (prawns) into Buckie.

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    Irish mussel fisheries enter assessment

    2012-01-04T16:50:00Z

    Blue mussel fisheries representing the entire bottom grown mussel landings of Ireland have entered Marine Stewardship Council assessment.

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    Biodiesel company to develop algae farm

    2012-01-04T14:11:00Z

    World Health Energy Holdings, Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent with Prime Inc. India to develop a biodiesel production facility of up to 250 acres, with a budget of up to $100m.

  • Atlantic mackerel. Credit: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
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    MSC to suspend mackerel certification

    2012-01-04T09:33:00Z

    MSC certified mackerel fisheries in the North East Atlantic ocean have received notice that their certificates will be suspended on 30 March 2012 unless issues in the fisheries are resolved.

  • Flame Shell beds were found in Loch Linnhe, Argyll. © Marine Scotland
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    Scottish marine surveys find rare species

    2012-01-03T14:54:00Z

    A series of 15 marine surveys in 2011, covering over 2,000 square miles, have uncovered rare species and furthered knowledge of the biodiversity of Scotland''s seas.

  • Thread herring. Credit: NOAA
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    Mexican fishery enters MSC assessment

    2012-01-03T14:46:00Z

    Camara Nacional de la Industria Pesquera, Delagación Sonora has entered its Gulf of California, Mexico thread herring purse seine fishery into Marine Stewardship Council assessment for certification.

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    Chinnok license retirement programme announced in British Columbia

    2012-01-03T13:51:00Z

    The first round of a two-year, $28.5m license retirement programme has been launched by the Government of Canada.

  • José Graziano da Silva is FAO's new Director-General. ©FAO/Alessandra Benedetti
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    New FAO Director-General

    2012-01-03T13:39:00Z

    José Graziano da Silva has formally taken the helm of the Food and Agriculture Organization.

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    NOAA grant to prevent ciguatera poisoning

    2012-01-03T11:50:00Z

    NOAA has awarded the first year of an anticipated five-year, $4 million grant to scientists researching the causes of ciguatera fish poisoning, focusing on the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.

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    Lawsuit filed to protect US bluefin

    2012-01-03T10:53:00Z

    The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service, challenging a new rule that it says expands overfishing of highly imperiled Atlantic bluefin tuna.

  • Argentina has long claimed sovereignty over The Falklands and the dispute continues
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    Falkland vessels refused port entry

    2011-12-29T15:17:00Z

    The Falklands dispute has once again reared its ugly head in the run up to its 30th anniversary with the decision taken by the Mercosur group of countries to refuse Falkland flagged fishing vessels entry to ports.

  • Steelhead trout Photo: John McMillan, courtesy of Oregon State University
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    Hatcheries cost fish ability to survive in wild

    2011-12-28T17:06:00Z

    A new study has revealed that the impact of a hatchery environment on steelhead trout is so profound that in just one generation genetic traits are developed that cost fish the natural ability to be able to survive in the wild.