All Industry News articles – Page 303
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NOAA reopens further 7,000 sq miles of Gulf
NOAA has reopened 6,879 square miles of Gulf waters about 180-200 nautical miles south of the Florida panhandle, between the Florida-Alabama state line and Cape San Blas, to commercial and recreational fishing.
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NewsPeterhead’s new quay opens on time
Peterhead Port Authority’s new all-weather deepwater Smith Embankment quay has opened for business - on time and within budget.
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NewsNew rule denies IUU boats entry to US
A new federal rule is being introduced that will allow NOAA’s assistant administrator for fisheries to deny a vessel entry into a US port or access to port services if that vessel has been listed for engaging in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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US west coast fishermen sent catch share applications
NOAA’s Fisheries Service has mailed applications to almost 240 trawl fishermen and processors on the US west coast to invite them into what will be arguably the most important change in west coast trawl fisheries management in a generation
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Sri Lanka lifts all fishing restrictions
The Sri Lankan government has lifted all restrictions that were imposed on fishing in the seas around the island due to LTTE terrorism, the Defence Ministry announced.
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Scottish Salmon Co appoints board members
The Scottish Salmon Company Ltd (SSC) has appointed three new non-executive directors to its board, Robert M Brown III, Merete Myhrstad and Viacheslav Lavrentyev.
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Norwegian skipper fined for illegal mackerel
A Norwegian fishing skipper who admitted trying to smuggle more than 70 tonnes of mackerel out of EU waters has been fined £20,000 (€22,745/$31,988) in Shetland, UK.
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Gulf of Mexico eyes ecosystem management
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene its Ecosystem Scientific and Statistical Committee and Socioeconomic Panel in Tampa, Florida, to discuss ways in which socioeconomic data can be integrated into fisheries science in moving toward ecosystem-based fishery management.
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Technology to probe deeper into oceans
Australian scientists will use the data from a new AUD 22 million (€15.6 million/$21.9 million) array of high-tech equipment to probe deeper into the nation’s surrounding oceans.
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NewsMarine Harvest wants in on consolidation
Salmon farming giant Marine Harvest has filed an official complaint against rules that prevent the company from growing any larger in Norway, saying it wants to participate in the consolidation of the industry.
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Closed tuna cannery in American Samoa to reopen
Chicken of the Sea (COS) International has transferred its closed tuna cannery in American Samoa to US-based Tri Marine International.
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Handlined jumbo squid receives eco-label
Friend of the Sea has announced the certification of Seatec’s jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas). Seatec is a supplier of calamari products under the BelOcean brand based in Chile.
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Saudi kingfish contract for Akva
The Akva Group has won a contract with the National Prawn Company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for delivery of a pre-grow-out system for the production of yellowtail kingfish.
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NewsRoss Sea toothfish MSC assessment: objection upheld on four points
An independent adjudicator has instructed the third-party certifier Moody Marine to amend the final report of the Ross Sea toothfish MSC assessment to take into account his decision to uphold four of the objections lodged by the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) against the certification.
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NewsKing crab quotas down, snow crab up
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has released the total allowable catch (TAC) figures for the upcoming crab season and, as expected, the harvest level for Bristol Bay red king crab is lower than last season after summer surveys reported the stock remains in a declining trend.
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Mackerel quota talks to get underway
Crucial talks between the EU, Norway, Iceland and the Faroes to discuss mackerel quotas for 2011 will commence in London on Tuesday 12 October and Scottish fishermen’s leaders say they will be pressing for a deal that does not jeopardise their share in the international fishery and which also protects ...
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Survey: more consumers aware of MSC
Close to one in four adults are aware of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) eco-label – an increase of more than two and a half times since 2008, according to a survey carried out by AMR Marketing Research.
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Cooke announces $150m expansion
Cooke Aquaculture is planning to spend $150 million (€107.4 million) over five years to expand its Nova Scotia operations.
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Angola invests $62m in fishery protection
Angola’s government has spent $62 million (€44.4 million) on 10 new fishery and aquiculture monitoring boats to protect the country’s resources and to fight illegal fishing off the country''s coast.
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Scots: blue whiting quota shows mackerel threat
The release of the latest scientific advice for the catch uptake of blue whiting recommending a 2011 quota of only 40,000 tonnes is a stark reminder of the threat facing the valuable mackerel stock if uncontrolled fishing by Iceland and the Faroes continues, claimed the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation this week.
