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NewsStudent receives award for marine conservation research
Bangor University PhD student Jack Emmerson has been awarded the Marine Conservation Society Wakefield Memorial Award, for his project ‘Sustainable static-gear fisheries in the Irish Sea’.
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MoU to boost BAP shrimp availability
The Global Aquaculture Alliance has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with National Fish & Seafood and Minh Phu Seafood Corporation, in an effort to grow the availability of four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) shrimp in Vietnam.
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NewsThailand steps up enforcement to avoid EU import ban
Thailand’s fishing industry is awaiting the outcome of an inspection by an EU delegation in late January of new measures being enforced by the government to combat illegal fishing and to prevent the use of trafficked labour by the fisheries industry, reports David Hayes.
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NewsOceana disappointed by lack of EU action
Conservation organisation Oceana has expressed disappointment as a seminar organised by the European Commission and the Mediterranean Advisory Council (MEDAC) to discuss the state of fish stocks in the Mediterranean ends with no concrete decisions.
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NewsGetting to the bottom of the ‘mislabelling’ issue
Bob Milne looks at the recent – and conflicting - seafood mislabelling studies.
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NewsBuilding tomorrow’s fishing
Fishing net manufacturer Le Drezen has recently supplied a purse seine net to Gevred, Compagnie Française du Thon Océanique (CFTO)’s new 77m freezer tuna seiner.
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INAPRO: Innovating aquaponics
Aquaponics may be still largely unknown by the general public, but it’s a growing trend which has the potential to feed the growing world population.
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NewsResearch priorities identified to avoid bycatch
The Shark By-Watch UK 2 project has released a new report drawing on the expertise from across the industry, the retail supply chain, science and NGOs.
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ASC appoints new Supervisory Board members
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has announced that Aldin Hilbrands, Meghan Jeans, Scott Nichols and Ling Cao have joined the ASC Supervisory Board.
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EMFF launched in the UK
The UK launch event for the €243 million European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) was held in Poole on 8 February.
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WWF calls for long-term action on Med fisheries
WWF is calling on the European Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, to act with more than short-term measures to establish a real and efficient long-term recovery for Mediterranean fish stocks.
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NewsNew markets for lumpfish to be explored
Norwegian food research institute, Nofima, has launched a project to find out if there could be other markets for lumpfish, apart from in the fight against sea lice.
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NewsNew pens for Cooke Aquaculture Scotland
Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has ordered new fish farm pens from Fusion Marine, bringing Cooke’s total investment in new equipment to almost £1m in the last eight months.
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NewsHarvest strategies for Indian Ocean tuna
The government of the Maldives and the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) brought more than 50 fisheries officials and experts to the Maldives to discuss the management of the Indian Ocean’s tuna stocks and to align on an agreed proposal for the implementation of robust harvest control rules (HCR) ...
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NewsScience fiction?
Menakhem Ben-Yami takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the possible technology of the future.
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NewsNew research vessel for Sweden
Skipsteknisk AS has been awarded the design contract for a new Fishery and Oceanographic Research Vessel for the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).
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Oceana calls for emergency closures
Oceana is urging the EU to announce “concrete proposals to overcome the severe overfishing that is threatening the short-term future of Mediterranean fisheries”.
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NewsProject to boost aquaculture efficiency in Egypt
The Embassy of Switzerland’s Office for International Cooperation, WorldFish and Care International have joined forces to launch a project to boost production of inexpensive, nutritious and safe fish from sustainable aquaculture systems in Egypt.
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NewsKrill oil extraction technology now available for other species
The solvent-free oil extraction technology developed for krill by Chilean-based consultancy Tharos has spread beyond the original industry.
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NewsUS seafood traceability program proposed
The National Ocean Council Committee to Combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and Seafood Fraud has announced its proposal for creating a US seafood traceability programme.
