All Industry News articles – Page 275

  • This year to date, exports of pelagic fish are valued at NOK2.8bn, 23% more than in the same period last year. Photo: Johan Wildhagen ©NSEC
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    High herring prices = record exports

    2011-05-10T13:12:00Z

    The value of Norwegian exports of pelagic fish in April 2011 totalled NOK402m, an increase of NOK160m (60%) compared to April 2010.

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    New Sri Lanka tuna FIP

    2011-05-10T13:03:00Z

    The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership has formally launched the Sri Lanka Fisheries Improvement Partnership (FIP).

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    GAA Boston session addresses seafood shortage

    2011-05-10T12:59:00Z

    The crowd at the GAA''s session during the International Boston Seafood Show heard experts address the massive expansion of global seafood demand that will soon face the aquaculture industry.

  • Berwick all-weather lifeboat with the upturned fishing boat. Credit: RNLI/Michael Avril
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    Berwick lifeboat crew rescues two fishermen

    2011-05-08T06:00:00Z

    Berwick lifeboat crew rescued two local fishermen after their fishing boat capsized, leaving them clinging to the side of their upturned vessel for 90 minutes before the alarm was raised.

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    FCI awarded accreditation for GlobalG.A.P. CFM v 2 Standard

    2011-05-08T06:00:00Z

    Food Certification International (FCI) has become the first European based certification body to be awarded accreditation to inspect and certify aquaculture feed production plants against a new Global Feed Manufacturers Standard.

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    SFF congratulates Mike Park on WWF award

    2011-05-07T06:00:00Z

    The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) has welcomed the news that Mike Park, chief executive the Scottish Whitefish Producers Association, has received the WWF Award for Conservation Merit 2011.

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    Gulf Council to convene vessel monitoring system advisory panel

    2011-05-06T06:00:00Z

    The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene its Vessel Monitoring System Advisory Panel 24-25 May 2011 in Tampa, Florida.

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    AQUA 2012: Global aquaculture - securing our future

    2011-05-06T06:00:00Z

    The Boards of Directors of the European Aquaculture Society (EAS) and the World Aquaculture Society (WAS) have announced that the AQUA 2012 event will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, from September 1-5 2012.

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    Scottish seafood in global spotlight

    2011-05-05T15:42:00Z

    Scottish seafood is vital to achieving our ambitions for the food and drink sectors, according to the new Chairman of leadership body Scotland Food and Drink.

  • The “How fresh is your fish?” app. ©Nofima
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    New iPhone app for fishmongers

    2011-05-05T12:05:00Z

    A new iPhone app from Nofima was launched at this week’s European Seafood Exposition in Brussels.

  • GLOBALG.A.P presented Version 4 at ESE
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    GLOBALG.A.P presents new Version 4

    2011-05-05T11:43:00Z

    During a news conference at the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels GLOBALG.A.P presented the new revised Version 4.

  • Vinh Hoan Corporation’s Provocake
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    Vietnam and France take top honours at Seafood Prix d’Elite

    2011-05-05T10:46:00Z

    Vinh Hoan and Halieutis were awarded the top prizes in the 11th Seafood Prix d’Elite new products competition at the European Seafood Exposition.

  • Maria Damanaki. ©European Union, 2010
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    Brussels hearing on discards

    2011-05-05T10:31:00Z

    Speaking this week in Brussels at the stakeholder’s hearing on discards, Commissioner Damanaki said that times have changed – and we no longer have time to waste when it comes to the CFP reform.

  • Commissioner Damanaki at the European Seafood Exposition
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    Maria Damanaki at ESE

    2011-05-05T09:41:00Z

    Yeserday, at the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels, Commissioner Maria Damanaki participated in a roundtable discussion with WWF/Industry Alliance for CFP reform.

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    Forum on marine spatial planning in US

    2011-05-03T06:00:00Z

    The World Ocean Council will bring ocean industries together on 13-14 July in Washington D.C. to dscuss coastal and marine spatial planning (CMSP) process underway in the US.

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    New standard for sustainable eels

    2011-05-03T06:00:00Z

    A new sustainability eco-label, the Sustainable Eel Standard (SES), has been designed to take account of the eel’s unique life-cycle.

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    Ireland contributes to international fisheries protection

    2011-05-03T06:00:00Z

    The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has announced that Ireland, United Kingdom, France and Spain will share patrol vessels and personnel, in a continuing effort to monitor trans-boundary fisheries.

  • Scallops. Credit: NOAA
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    Proposals to raise scallop catch limits

    2011-05-03T06:00:00Z

    NOAA has proposed raising the catch limit for Atlantic sea scallop vessels from the current level of 47 million pounds to 51 million pounds in 2011 and to 55 million pounds in 2012.

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    SFF: Serious implications if inappropriate regulation is used for discards ban

    2011-05-02T19:51:00Z

    The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation is warning that significant sections of the fishing industry could face an unmanaged failure if inappropriate regulations are implemented to place a proposed ban on discards.

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    Salmon exports reach record levels

    2011-05-02T19:41:00Z

    Fresh Scottish salmon exports reached record levels in 2010, according to new figures published by Scottish Salmon Producers'' Organisation (SSPO).