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Ecuador supports sustainable fisheries
Ecuador’s new Fishing and Aquaculture Law, passed in April, is designed to toughen the existing system of sanctions and to improve surveillance, control and monitoring.
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International safety certification for Crusta
Dutch Seafood company, Crusta Oceans, has been certified as compliant with an international food safety standard.
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Gondan launches new freezer trawler
A new freezer stern trawler for Norwegian shipowner, Engenes Fiskeriselskap, has launched at Gondan shipyard at Figueras in northern Spain.
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Sustainable fisheries management vital
The Marine Stewardship Council''s (MSC) CEO has called for an acceleration of the uptake of sustainable fisheries management globally in response to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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Fishing review a ‘hammer blow’, says NFFO
The UK government-sponsored Benyon Review that advocates banning fishing in a new set of areas known as highly protected marine areas (HPMA) is a hammer blow for fishing communities already ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit, says the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO).
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Macknade puts sustainability on the menu
Kent-based food hall Macknade has taken its sustainable business to the next level by launching a new fish butchery.
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Inshore fisheries management action plan
The next steps for a collaborative project aimed at improving how inshore fisheries are managed in the UK have been published.
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Warm-water aquaculture technology
Bayer Animal Health has signed supply and distribution agreements with water treatment technology suppliers, Cytozyme Laboratories and Chengdu Kehongda Technology, as well as farm management technology provider, XpertSea Solutions.
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Salmon investors at risk, says think tank
Salmon production is fast approaching the practical physical limits permitted by current coastal farming methods, putting investors at risk, says non-profit financial think tank Planet Tracker.
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Allies in automation in Russia and Asia
Skaginn 3X has signed major pre-engineering contracts with Russian and South Korean companies that are planning to modernise and automate their fish processing for more efficiency, quality and yield.
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Fish health focus for SSF’s new Fair Isle
??The coronavirus lockdown hasn’t stopped Scottish Sea Farms putting into operation a new service vessel which will play a crucial role in protecting fish health; particularly gill health which is currently one of the main threats to farmed salmon globally.
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Mariculture in Alaska workshop
NOAA Fisheries and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission have hosted a workshop to help realise the goal of developing a US$100 million mariculture industry in Alaska within the next 20 years.
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Seabass as alternative to shrimp in India
A demonstration farm of Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA), which works under the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), has produced 15 tonnes of seabass from just one hectare, an initiative that could help encourage farmers to grow this fish as an alternative to shrimp aquaculture.
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Carr and Sons Seafood acquires Nolan Brand
Award-winning Irish seafood producer Carr & Sons Seafood, based at Killala in Co Mayo has acquired HJ Nolan Seafood, Dublin, effective from March 2020.
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Metapod aims to square the feed circle
Salmon Group is set to source locally-produced protein produced by Metapod from insect meal, which provides an alternative to usual soya and fishmeal feeds.
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American Seafoods trawler in lockdown
American Seafoods'' trawler American Dynasty is under lockdown at the Port of Seattle after a large number of its crew tested positive for COVID-19.
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MarinTrust helps Panama fishery improve
Fishery managers at a Panama small pelagics fishery are working on a series of improvement milestones to enable their processing plant to achieve full MarinTrust certification.
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Consultation on New Zealand catch limits
Fisheries New Zealand is beginning a consultation on proposed changes to catch limits for a range of fisheries for the new fishing year beginning in October.
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Bakkafrost orders hybrid wellboat
As part of Faroese salmon producer Bakkafrost’s strategy to produce larger quantities of sustainable farmed salmon, it has ordered a new wellboat to be built at the Sefine shipyard in Turkey, with a 2022 delivery date.
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Farmers warned against ‘fake’ king crab
Losses experienced by some crab farmers in the Philippines have been traced to the very low survival of crablets that were misidentified as the popular king crab.