All Industry News articles – Page 251
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NZ’s largest fishery to be re-assessed
The New Zealand hoki fishery has entered re-assessment under the MSC’s program for well-managed and sustainable fisheries.
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NewsCall for action on IUU fishing
The EU must promote international action to fight IUU fishing, including stepping up inspections at sea, closing markets to illegal seafood and imposing sanctions on negligent states, says resolution voted by Parliament.
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Pascal Divanach recognised by highest EAS Award
At the final wrap up and closing session of the Aquaculture Europe 2011 in Rhodes, Greece, Dr Pascal Divanach, Director of the Institute of Aquaculture and member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR), was presented with an Honorary Life Membership of EAS.
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NewsGreenpeace releases tuna bycatch video
Video footage captured by a tuna industry whistleblower has been released by Greenpeace, showing the extent of the bycatch caught by purse-seine vessels deploying FADs in the Pacific Ocean.
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NewsObituary: Dr James E. Kirkley, Fisheries Economist
Dr James Ellison Kirkley Sr., 65, died in September following a long struggle with cancer.
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Caviar producer confirmed Friend of the Sea
Calvisius Caviar and its farmed white sturgeon from Agroittica Lombarda have recently passed a second full Friend of the Sea audit since initial approval in 2008.
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Donation helps Freshwater grow salmon and trout
Water monitoring solutions provider YSI has donated technology and expertise to The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute.
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FAO publishes aquaculture papers
The FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department has recently published seven technical documents on aquaculture.
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NewsNZ focus on aquaculture
The recent New Zealand Aquaculture Conference demonstrated that the country is looking forward to a new era of sustainable growth and investment in aquaculture.
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NewsICCAT must address swordfish decline
Oceana is calling on the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to address the 50% decline in Mediterranean swordfish.
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NewsEU fish subsidy data lacking
Fishsubsidy.org has launched a new database of payments under the European Fisheries Fund, from 2007 to 2010.
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NewsRoy Palmer joins BAP in Australasia
The Best Aquaculture Practices certification program has expanded its international marketing team with the addition of Roy Palmer as BAP''s new business development manager for Australasia.
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Second German Baltic fishery MSC certified
Fishing cooperative Küstenfischer Nord eG Heiligenhafen has received the MSC certificate for its eastern Baltic cod.
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NewsEU plans to protect tunas and swordfish
At the ICCAT Regular Meeting, the European Union has said that it will table ambitious proposals for the conservation of Mediterranean swordfish, and tropical tunas and sharks, in line scientific recommendations.
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Faroe Islands auctioned mackerel quota
This summer saw the first time that the Faroese authorities sold part if its mackerel quota by auction.
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Seafish discussion process nears completion
This autumn’s industry discussion on the future of Seafish is nearing completion.
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NewsWWF: Ban bluefin farming
WWF has released a new study showing current fishing capacity doubling bluefin tuna quotas in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean and points to the need to strengthen the current capacity reduction plan.
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Canadian exploratory turbot pot fishery
An exploratory turbot pot fishery that will test new harvesting equipment has received $61,253 funding from the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Government.
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NewsDutch oyster fisheries enter assessment
The association represents two fisheries, targeting two species – Native Oyster and Pacific Oyster – that will be assessed at the same time.
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No confirmed cases of ISA in BC
There have been no confirmed cases of infectious salmon anaemia in wild or farmed salmon in British Columbia.
