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Chinook salmon return to California
For the first time, California salmon reintroduced to their historical habitat as juveniles are returning to their home rivers to spawn demonstrating successful recovery for restored rivers and streams.
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AKVA launches Land Based Americas
Backed by strong growth around the world in land-based aquaculture sector, AKVA Group has announced the formation of Land Based Americas.
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Maine’s lobstermen under industry pressure
More than a thousand lobstermen came out to protest the current right whale regulations NOAA proposes to implement in Maine. According to the lobster fishermen, lines would be reduced by 50% and the suggestion to put more traps on a line makes it highly dangerous for small boats in an ...
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Europêche slams Baltic cod fishery closure
Europêche has hit back at the European Commission''s decision to immediately close the eastern Baltic cod fishery.
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Anti-seal netting investment pays off
Scottish Sea Farms has reported a significant reduction in ‘last resort’ seal shootings as its investment in rigid new pen netting systems surpasses £5.7m.
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Attendance support for inshore conference
Fishermen from across the UK are being offered funding to support their attendance at the Future of Our Inshore Fisheries conference in London on 8th-9th October 2019.
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Canada invests in New Brunswick harbours
Canada’s Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Jonathan Wilkinson, and the Member of Parliament for Miramichi-Grand Lake, Pat Finnigan, have announced a round of investment in New Brunswick fishing harbours.
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Scotland’s first Carrier Transicold unit
Aberdeenshire-based Lunar Freezing has become the first company in Scotland to take delivery of Carrier Transicold’s new flagship Vector® HE 19 MT (High Efficiency, Multi-Temperature) trailer refrigeration unit.
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APPG examines marketing and certification
Parliamentarians and representatives from across the fisheries sector taken part in an all-party forum in Westminster to discuss marketing of UK seafood. Arranged by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries, discussion focused on consumer preferences for sustainable products and how the seafood industry is responding, including via certification.
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Octopus reproduction research milestone
The Nueva Pescanova Group has been able to close the reproduction cycle of octopus in aquaculture after decades of research.
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Export Credit Norway finances trawlers
Icelandic fishing company Bergur-Huginn has been issued a loan from Export Credit Norway in connection with delivery of the Vestmannaey stern trawler from Vard’s Aukra facility in Norway.
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Fuel scheme protects distributors
Fuel specialist OTS TankCare has created an independent fuel certification scheme for fuel distributors that has been authorised by the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers.
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New project to replace oil-based plastics
A collaborative project has launched aimed at developing and producing new bio-based thermoplastic composite materials in an effort to reduce ecological impact on the marine environment.
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Oxymat to exhibit generators at Aqua Nor
Generator manufacturer, Oxymat, has completed the development of its Nordic series, Half pallet, Pallet and larger O200 series.
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Acuapesca Group retains FoS certification
Peruvian seafood processor and exporter, Acuapesca Group, has retained its Friend of the Sea certification for its sustainable seafood production.
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Caribbean commission convenes
The Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission will convene in Miami to promote the conservation and sustainable management of marine flora and fauna in the wider Caribbean region.
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Omega christens new ship for Cooke Uruguay
Omega Shipyard, a subsidiary of Omega Protein, has christened the latest ship to be built in its Moss Point shipyard in Mississippi.
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Satlink to help modernise Kiribati fisheries
The Kiribati Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development’s (MFMRD) has selected Satlink, a Spanish engineering company specialising in sustainable fishing solutions, to assist in modernising its Fisheries Management Platform.
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IPNLF and ISSF launch pole-and-line guide
A new handbook detailing science-based best-practices for maximising catch value and also minimising the environmental impacts of these fisheries is jointly published by and the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) and the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF).
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Resqunit sets up in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
The Norwegian venture behind the innovative flotation device designed to allow lost lobster and crab gear to be retrieved has set up in Canada, with its new headquarters in the Dartmouth Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship’s (COVE) Start-Up Yard.