All Industry News articles – Page 342
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Council agrees on Control Regulation and 2010 fishing possibilities for Baltic Sea
The Fisheries Council meeting in Luxembourg on 19 and 20 October took a number of important decisions and made headway on a number of issues. The discussions were dominated by the Commission''s proposals for a root-and-branch reform of the CFP control framework and for fishing possibilities in the Baltic Sea ...
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NewsISCZ launches to engage and consult with those who use the marine environment
Over the next few years, parts of the Irish Sea will be given environmental protection as the UK government is committed to establishing a network of Marine Protected Areas by 2012 - as part of the Marine Bill.
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NewsScallop industry move to become more sustainable
The Scallop Strategy Group has appointed Dr Andrew Woolmer to develop a Code of Conduct that will promote sustainable scallop fisheries whilst affording adequate protection to sensitive seabed habitats and species.
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Few Brits put off by the smell of fish
There are lots of fears and myths associated with seafood but few Brits let the smell of fish put them off eating fish, according to a survey by Seafish, the UK authority on seafood.
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NewsLess packaging for 40 million ready meals
As part of its ongoing sustainability drive, Young’s Seafood has relaunched its entire range of standard fish pies in a new format which uses 12% less packaging – a change which will affect 40 million packs a year including the UK’s best-selling ready meal, Admiral’s Pie.
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Pew laments lack of US leadership to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna at CITES
Joshua Reichert, managing director of the Pew Environment Group, last week issued the following statement on the United States'' failure to co-sponsor a proposal for consideration by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) that would protect Atlantic bluefin tuna.
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NewsStatement on listing Atlantic bluefin tuna on endangered species list
Statement from Jane Lubchenco, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator, announcing support for listing atlantic bluefin tuna on international trade endangered species list.
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English plans for sustainable aquaculture
A major two-day workshop, to consider sustainable aquaculture in England concludes today.
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NewsAction on shark finning
A ban on fishermen removing fins from sharks whilst their vessels are at sea will come into force in Scotland within weeks. Earlier this year Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead announced plans to tighten up procedures in Scotland''s seas, and now Scotland is to go a ''significant step further'' by strengthening ...
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NOAA gives great white sharks more protection
New regulations to protect the great white shark are now in effect in NOAA’s Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, a marine protected area just west of San Francisco.
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DFO fines $500,000 for misreporting of crab landings
An extensive investigation by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), has led to $500,000 in fines for misreporting of crab catch and landings.
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Healthy oceans new key to combating climate change
A ''Blue Carbon'' fund able to invest in the maintenance and rehabilitation of key marine ecosystems should be considered by governments keen to combat climate change. A new Rapid Response Report estimates that carbon emissions (equal to half the annual emissions of the global transport sector) are being captured and ...
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New commercial director at Scottish Shellfish
The Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group has appointed Rob Mitchell as Commercial Director, with the direct remit of spearheading business expansion, including export.
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English industry boost from EFF grant
The latest EFF (England) panel on 30 September decided on 20 project applications.
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NewsAlliance agrees on new principles for CFP
Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Eva Kjer Hansen and her British, Scottish and German colleagues last week agreed on new principles that they believe should form the foundation for Europe’s Common Fisheries Policy when it is revised in 2012.
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NewsAction on fish discards
Scotland''s fishermen should be ''suitably rewarded'' for adopting conservation methods, Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead has said.
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NewsCommissioner Borg receives maritime award
Last week in Kiel, the EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Joe Borg, received the Elisabeth Mann Borgese award from the Government of Schleswig-Holstein for outstanding achievements for the seas. This prize is awarded every year in recognition of figures whose work has contributed to protecting and preserving the ...
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News2010 fishing opportunities for the Black Sea
The European Commission recently adopted a proposal for fishing opportunities for the Black Sea for 2010. The Commission proposes a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) of 76 tonnes for turbot, a 25% reduction compared to 2009, and a TAC of 12,750 tonnes for sprat, unchanged from 2009. These proposals are based ...
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Croatian tuna farm takes step towards sustainable tuna farming
A vital step towards closed life cycle farming of the commercially valuable Atlantic Blue Fin Tuna (NBT) was achieved in the Adriatic farming sites of Kali Tuna, a Croatian tuna farming company and the laboratories of the University of Split. Marine scientists at Split University have confirmed that gametogenesis was ...
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New report highlights economic importance of salmon farming
Scotland’s salmon farmers injected £500m into the economy in 2008. The Highlands and Islands continue to be the most significant beneficiaries. When additional downstream added-value processing is considered, the economic benefits are likely to be far greater.
