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  • Fish processing
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    Europêche calls for Sahara-inclusive EU-Morocco deal

    2018-02-28T11:07:00Z

    Europêche has called for a new Fisheries Agreement accommodating Western Sahara following a court ruling that the EU’s deal with Morocco is valid while excluding Western Sahara and adjacent waters.

  • squid
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    New Chinese squid FIP

    2018-02-28T09:14:00Z

    A new Chinese squid fishery improvement project (FIP) has been listed publicly for the first time.

  • Fake News, Fake Fish
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    Fake News, Fake Fish

    2018-02-28T07:00:00Z

    Fake news is one of today’s buzzwords, especially in politics where fake news has been dominating the media. It appears that this trend has now been exposed all over, including in conservation of marine and other natural resources. Reports that local people are destroying the environment are in most cases ...

  • fishery workshops
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    TunaSolutions joins IPNLF

    2018-02-27T13:28:00Z

    Digital tuna auction service provider TunaSolutions has become a member of the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF).

  • Katy Davidson
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    First London Oyster Week to promote sustainability

    2018-02-27T13:27:00Z

    The first London event to celebrate oysters aims to challenge preconceptions and promote sustainability.

  • Flexible approach needs reliability
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    Flexible approach needs reliability

    2018-02-27T07:00:00Z

    The obvious choice is not necessarily the right one, as Le Croisic fishermen Dominique Debec points out. He takes a flexible approach to fishing, meeting the challenges of fishing restrictions and oversupplied markets by switching his target species between spider crab, brown crab, shrimp and lobster that he fishes in ...

  • Europêche meeting
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    Call for realistic EU legislation

    2018-02-26T13:40:00Z

    European fishermen have stressed the importance of adopting workable and realistic measures which they say has not occurred with the landing obligation.

  • Longliner has seine netting option
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    Longliner has seine netting option

    2018-02-26T11:17:00Z

    A new longliner ordered by Norwegian operator Atlantic Longline benefits from a relaxation in the regulations that provide a wider choice of fishing gear options. The new vessel will break new ground in being designed and built to alternate automated longlining with seine netting.

  • Crab fishing
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    MSC certification for Russian red king crab fishery

    2018-02-26T09:35:00Z

    The Russian Red King Crab fishery in the Barents Sea has become the first of its kind globally to achieve MSC certification.

  • AMCA components
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    Hercules Hydraulics now sole AMCA UK distributor

    2018-02-23T09:04:00Z

    Hercules Hydraulics has been appointed the sole UK distributor for hydraulic proportional control valves manufacturer AMCA.

  • Brendan O’Hara visits Fusion Marine
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    UK MP visits Fusion Marine

    2018-02-22T10:58:00Z

    Scottish MP Brendan O’Hara has visited Fusion Marine’s new office to learn about the role of aquaculture supply chain companies.

  • MAS find
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    Marine Antiquities Scheme launches in Northern Ireland

    2018-02-22T09:39:00Z

    The Marine Antiquities Scheme (MAS), created to improve underwater heritage knowledge through the recording of marine archaeological finds, is launching in Northern Ireland.

  • Skipsteknisk-designed longliner Geir
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    Skipsteknisk-designed longliner Geir

    2018-02-21T12:15:00Z

    Ålesund fishing company HP Holmeset has gone to naval architect Skipsteknisk for the third time for the design of its new longliner, ordered from Vaagland Båtbyggeri and with a December 2019 delivery date.

  • Nordlaks aquaculture vessel
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    CIMC Raffles to build 430m Nordlaks vessel

    2018-02-21T11:03:00Z

    Nordlaks has signed an agreement with Chinese yard CIMC Raffles to build a 430m long, 54m wide aquaculture ship.

  • Fish by-products
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    Scottish salmon sustainability through by-products

    2018-02-21T10:07:00Z

    New research has found Scottish salmon farming by-product value output could be improved by 803% (£23.7m), adding 5.5% value to the industry.

  • Flag of Bolivia
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    Thailand prosecutes seven stateless fishing vessels

    2018-02-20T11:09:00Z

    Thailand prosecuted seven stateless fishing vessels from December to February.

  • North Sea plaice
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    Six-figure grant for British fisheries improvements

    2018-02-20T10:18:00Z

    A six-figure European Marine Fisheries Fund (EMFF) grant will aid research into the sustainability of six UK fisheries as part of Project UK Fisheries Improvements (PUFKI).

  • Eskja factory
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    Trio team up for pelagic processing factory

    2018-02-19T13:21:00Z

    Skaginn 3X, Frost and Rafeyri have signed a contract with JSC Gidrostroy to supply a pelagic processing factory in Kuril Islands, Russia.

  • Kedam patrol vessel
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    Republic of Palau vessel donation

    2018-02-19T09:29:00Z

    A new patrol vessel, administrative building and vessel berth has been donated to the Republic of Palau.

  • Salmon farm
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    Ultrasound sea lice control project advances

    2018-02-16T09:27:00Z

    Lab testing seeking an environmentally-friendly solution to control sea lice in open finfish production could see an ultrasound solution developed.