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NewsCook Islands fishery MSC certified
The Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) South Pacific albacore longline fishery has become the first Chinese tuna fleet to be certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).
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MSC UK Awards winners
Aldi has won the MSC Convenience Retailer of the Year award at this year’s MSC UK Awards, with competitor Lidl in close second place.
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NewsInaugural salmon sustainability report
The Global Salmon Initiative (GSI) has launched an interactive online Sustainability Report setting a new benchmark for transparency in reporting for a global food sector.
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NewsNew assessment highlights overfishing threat
The recently published European Red List of Threatened Species has found that a total of 7.5% of all European marine fish species are threatened with extinction in European waters.
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Peipsi Lake species FoS certified
The Estonian company Katroni Ltd. has achieved Friend of the Sea certification for perch, pike-perch and Northern pike originating from Peipsi Lake in Estonia.
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WA announces vessel biosecurity initiative
Western Australia has announced a new risk assessment tool for use by managers of commercial, non-trading, petroleum and commercial fishing vessels coming into WA ports along the coast.
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First Central American feed mills BAP certified
Two Cargill feed mills - Cargill de Honduras S. de R. L. and Cargill de Nicaragua S.A. - have earned Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.
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NewsGround-breaking crew agreement
Tuna company Albacora, the UGT (Spain’s General Union of Workers) and the global trade union, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), have signed the first collective agreement covering non-European Union nationals employed on the company’s boats.
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NewsEU funded Sea Change project
A new €3.5m EU Horizon 2020-funded project, coordinated by The Marine Biological Association, UK, seeks to raise European citizens’ awareness about the links between the ocean and human health.
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World’s first BAP certified rainbow trout farms
US-based Clear Springs Foods, Inc. has become the world’s first company to achieve Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification for its rainbow trout farms.
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Clever seals outsmarting fishermen
Bryan Gibson looks at the problems that seals can cause for fishermen and fish farmers.
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NewsMaaskant Shipyards builds sustainable shellfish dredger
Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam is constructing an innovative shelfishl dredger for a Dutch fishing cooperative.
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Marine Harvest-AquaChile merger terminated
Marine Harvest has confirmed that the merger process between Marine Harvest Chile and AquaChile has been terminated.
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First aquaponic urban farm for London
GrowUp Urban Farms has been granted planning permission to build London’s first commercial scale aquaponic urban farm.
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NewsTackling the issue of seafood packaging
The Association of International Seafood Professionals (ASIP) is in talks with Shiva Balivada, a father of nanotechnology applications in India and co-founder of Polar Bear International, to tackle the issue of plastic packaging.
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Ocean Prosperity Roadmap released
Scientists of a new research series say economic, nutrition and conservation gains could be made from the ocean in the next 10 years if the global fishing industry adopts sustainable reforms.
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US electronic monitoring and reporting grants
The US National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has announced the first round of grant awards for the Electronic Monitoring and Reporting (EMR) Grant Program.
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NewsKongsberg extends hydroacoustic product range
Kongsberg Maritime has extended its portfolio of sophisticated scientific hydroacoustic products with the launch of the Simrad EK80, a high precision wideband echo sounder.
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Overfishing - the major threat to European fish species
Overfishing is apparently the major threat to fish in European seas with sharks, commercial deep-sea species, groupers, and halibut among most threatened species.
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New research uncovers real identities
The number of fishing vessels changing between two ‘passports’ – one real and one fake – to disguise illegal and over fishing is increasing, according to a new report.
