All Industry News articles – Page 309
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NewsCanadians invest in BC aquaculture
Gail Shea, Canadian minister of fisheries and oceans (DFO) has announced CAD 637,678 (€474,935/$600,830) in funding to support innovation and sustainability in the aquaculture industry in British Columbia.
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Record returns on Fraser River’s MSC salmon
Fraser River sockeye salmon returns could reach between 20 million and 25 million fish this year, making it the second, possibly even the largest run in 60 years, according to independent fisherman and Pacific Salmon Commission Fraser Panel member Mike Griswold.
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Clearwater Q2 profits dip
Clearwater Seafoods has reported second quarter EBITDA of $7.1 million (€5.5 million) on sales of $65.2 million (€50.6 million), a decrease on comparative figures for the same period of 2009 of $8.5 million (€6.6 million) and $70.2 million (€54.5 million).
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NewsSalmon prices boost Cermaq bottom line
Aquaculture giant Cermaq has reported an EBIT pre fair value of NOK 215 million (€22.7 million/$35 million) for the second quarter of this year based on strong results in all parts of the company’s operations.
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NewsNewlyn mothballs fish market upgrade
Plans to regenerate Newlyn Harbour have been put on hold after £3.2 million (€3.9 million/$5 million) of European Fisheries Fund cash was turned away by the harbour commissioners.
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NewsRetailer renames Cornish tuna as Coruna
UK supermarket chain Morrison’s is to sell Cornish albacore tuna under a new name in an attempt to make it more appealing to customers.
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NewsSri Lankans adopt UK responsible fishing scheme
More than 20 Tuna King boats in Sri Lanka have achieved certification in the Responsible Fishing Scheme (RFS). All of the certified boats are longliners catching tuna and mid-water species out of the port of Beruwala.
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Marport introduces new products at Nor-Fishing
Sonar technology company Marport Deep Sea Technologies introduced its latest software defined sonar products at the Nor-Fishing 2010 exhibition in Trondheim, Norway.
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Irish shellfish processor signs up to Prawnfresh
Waterford shellfish processor Erin Isle Seafood Ltd has become the latest Irish company to switch from sodium metabisulphite to Prawnfresh treatment for prawns.
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Climate change impacts SE Australia fish species
Scientists are reporting significant changes in the distribution of coastal fish species in south-east Australia which they say are partly due to climate change.
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NewsNew fishing show for Scotland
Mara Media Ltd, owner of the Irish Skipper publication and the Irish Skipper Expo, have announced the launch of a new fishing exhibition for the Scottish fishing and processing industry.
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Shetland seafood firm goes into administration
Shetland-based seafood company Isle of Shuna has gone into administration.
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Faroese fisheries chief urges continued joint management of mackerel
Fisheries minister Jacob Vestergaard has underlined the continued commitment of the Faroe Islands to finding a new and lasting solution for joint management of the northeast Atlantic mackerel stock.
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Pew opposes MSC certification of surface longline catches
The Pew Environment Group has criticised a proposal asking the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to certify as sustainable a fishery that threatens vulnerable marine species including bluefin tuna, blue marlin, short-fin mako sharks and loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles.
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NewsNorwegian seafood export growth continues
Except for October 2009, when figures were flat, Norway’s seafood exports have enjoyed uninterrupted growth for the last 22 months.
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Greenpeace calls for seafood industry to help save Ross Sea, Chilean seabass
Greenpeace has released a new report detailing what it describes as “the destructive fishing practices used to catch Antarctic toothfish”, also known as Chilean seabass, and exposes how the fishing industry is engaged in a “gold-rush” for toothfish in the remote waters of the Southern Ocean.
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Scots urge Faroes to reverse decision to set own mackerel quota
Responding to the news that the Faroe Islands has decided to follow Iceland’s lead and declare an increased mackerel quota for this year, the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has called on the Faroese to reverse their decision and rejoin the previously operated international regime of fisheries management.
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NewsNOAA reopens further 5,000sq miles of Gulf
NOAA has reopened 5,144 square miles of Gulf waters to commercial fishing. The move was announced after consultation with the FDA and under a reopening protocol agreed to by NOAA, the FDA, and the Gulf states.
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NewsIreland unveils seaweed research project
Irish researchers have embarked on a project aimed at providing essential data on the cultivation of three popular seaweed species to assist in the growth of the country''s seaweed industry.
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Eighty percent of Taiwan's grouper farms back in operation after Morakot
Taiwan''s grouper industry has mostly recovered from the damage caused by Typhoon Morakot last August, with an average of 80% of grouper aquaculture farms having resumed operations, the Fisheries Agency said.
