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  • 'Debra Marie'
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    ‘Debra Maria’ powered by JCB

    2016-08-10T12:39:00Z

    A new catamaran for UK fisherman Robert Mole is powered by twin Mermaid JCB engines.

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    Bakkafrost not associated with whaling

    2016-08-10T11:26:00Z

    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

    2016-08-10T11:08:00Z

    The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is considering multiple sites for off-bottom oyster aquaculture.

  • PNA is confident it can retain its MSC certification for sustainably caught free school skipjack and yellowfin tuna Photo: Taro Taylor /CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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    MSC recertification for PNA's tuna fishery

    2016-08-10T10:03:00Z

    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

    2016-08-09T16:46:00Z

    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.

  • RPC Sæplast is introducing a new 750 litre container to its PE range
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    New size PE container

    2016-08-09T15:25:00Z

    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

    2016-08-09T13:57:00Z

    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.

  • Thailand wants to become world leader in shrimp farming Photo: Philip Chou/SeaWeb/Marine Photobank
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    Nine Thai shrimp farms enroll in iBAP

    2016-08-09T13:48:00Z

    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.

  • Deep-sea coral (Madrepora oculata) and crinoids (Leptometra phalangium). Credit: Oceana © LIFE BaHAR for N2K
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    Marine research in Malta concludes

    2016-08-09T10:09:00Z

    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

    2016-08-09T08:36:33Z

    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

    2016-08-09T08:36:27Z

    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

    2016-08-09T08:36:20Z

    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

    2016-08-09T08:36:13Z

    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 ...

  • Local consumption of conch is close to the total number allowed to be caught under ‘sustainable’ limits Photo: NOAA
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    Under-reporting in Caribbean fisheries

    2016-08-08T17:23:00Z

    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

    2016-08-08T15:14:00Z

    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.

  • Wimbledon Tennis will be one of the London venues to serve sustainable fish
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    London’s top sports venues will all serve sustainable fish

    2016-08-08T14:52:00Z

    Levy Restaurants UK and Delaware North, two of London’s largest sports caterers, have pledged to serve sustainable fish across their businesses.

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    UK fishing fleet survey

    2016-08-04T15:26:00Z

    UK authority, Seafish, is calling for vessel owners and skippers across the UK to participate in its annual economic survey of the UK fishing fleet.

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    Pingtan vessels to operate in Timor-Leste

    2016-08-04T13:46:00Z

    China-based Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. has announced that 13 of its fishing vessels have obtained fishing licenses from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and are expected to operate in the sea area of Timor-Leste.

  • Asia is working in collaboration to combat IUU fishing Photo: SeaDave/CC BY 2.0
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    Asian cooperation to combat IUU fishing

    2016-08-04T12:30:00Z

    ASEAN-SEAFDEC have hosted a cooperative forum in Thailand to cooperate with other Asian countries to develop a joint declaration to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and enhance sustainable fisheries development in the region.

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    EC proposes multi-annual plan for the North Sea

    2016-08-04T11:35:00Z

    The European Commission has proposed a new multi-annual plan for demersal fish stocks in the North Sea.