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Greenland halibut to undergo MSC assessment
An international group of scientists will arrive in Greenland this week to examine the sustainability of Greenland’s halibut fishery as part of the MSC certification process.
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NewsTop 10 young fish friers announced
The 10 semi-finalists for the ‘best young fish frier’ award at the 2017 National Fish & Chip Awards have been announced.
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NFI Crab Council announces first European member
Netherlands-based Fisherman’s Choice has become the newest member of the National Fisheries Institute’s Crab Council.
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First British certified sustainable plaice
Direct Seafoods is set to be the first supplier to offer British certified sustainable plaice.
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Three Western Australian fisheries enter assessment
Three of Western Australia’s most commercially valuable finfish fisheries have entered Marine Stewardship Council full assessment - the Western Australia Kimberley and Pilbara demersal scalefish trap fisheries and the Gascoyne demersal line fishery.
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News‘Debra Maria’ powered by JCB
A new catamaran for UK fisherman Robert Mole is powered by twin Mermaid JCB engines.
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Bakkafrost not associated with whaling
Bakkafrost has issued a statement confirming that none of the company’s fish farming activates are associated with whaling, and that there is no whale meat in its feed.
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Sites considered for oyster aquaculture in Mississippi
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is considering multiple sites for off-bottom oyster aquaculture.
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NewsMSC recertification for PNA's tuna fishery
The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) tuna purse seine skipjack and yellowfin fishery is to undergo reassessment to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Fisheries Standard.
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Still work to do to protect the deep sea
The United Nationals General Assembly (UNGA) recently took part in a workshop to review the implementation of a set of landmark resolutions adopted by the General Assembly.
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NewsNew size PE container
RPC Sæplast is introducing a third size into one of its top-selling PE reusable plastic container ranges for food processing.
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FIP Managers Meeting hosted by NFI Crab Council
FIP leaders from China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam came together recently in Bangkok, Thailand, for the FIP Managers Meeting, a blue swimming crab sustainability symposium.
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NewsNine Thai shrimp farms enroll in iBAP
Nine shrimp farms in southern Thailand’s Surat Thani province have become the latest aquaculture facilities to enrol in the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) iBAP programme.
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NewsMarine research in Malta concludes
Oceana has concluded its at-sea research in Malta to explore deep-sea areas, underwater caves and sandbanks within the LIFE BaHAR for N2K project.
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Mackerel season in full swing
The mackerel season takes place at the height of summer, before the fleet switches its attention to herring in the early autumn. At present factories in the Westmann Islands, Vopnafjörður and several east coast ports are seeing regular landings of mackerel for processing, and the shore-based processing industry has ...
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Industry support for IceFish
Organisations that have already confirmed their support for the 2017 IceFish exhibition include those who have provided invaluable support in previous years, including the Ministry of Industry and Innovation and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, both of which are directly concerned with Iceland's fisheries.Recent re-confirmations include the National Association ...
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IceFish 2017 looking strong
More than a quarter of the companies participating in the 2014 exhibition have already booked their spaces for next year's event. With the 2017 sales brochure due to be made available to our entire client database later this month, we are expecting regular exhibitors from Iceland and other countries ...
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First IceFish Bursary Awards set for this year
The bursary will be awarded at the end of this year with ISK 1 million available for two candidates to start their studies in January next year, with a second bursary to be awarded to two further candidates in 2017. Applications for the bursary are open to candidates who ...
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NewsUnder-reporting in Caribbean fisheries
Marine fisheries catches have been drastically under-reported in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean, threatening the marine environment and livelihoods of the local community, a new study says.
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Record profit for Thai Union
Thai Union Group (TU) has reported a 16.9% on-year rise in the second quarter of 2016, with a net profit of THB1,527m.
