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Ireland announces €4.3m for processing and aquaculture
Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has announced the award of €4.3 million in grants to 51 seafood enterprises under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Operational Programme for the seafood sector.
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NewsNew vessel to help fight illegal fishing
New Zealand campaign group, Earthrace Conservation, has unveiled concept designs of its new 60m trimaran to be used for conservation missions around the world.
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New SFP fishery improvement projects rating system
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has announced a new evaluation tool and grading system for fishery improvement projects (FIPs).
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NewsLerwick fishing projects moving ahead
The first part of Lerwick Port Authority’s current three-phase development programme will significantly upgrade facilities for the important fishing industry at the Shetland port – with the second phase due for completion in the autumn.
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Welsh fishermen learn from the Irish seafood industry
Leading seafood businesses from across Wales visited their counterparts in Ireland this week to learn new ways to grow both their catch and their profits.
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Seafoodexport achieves Friend of the Sea certification
French company Seafoodexport has achieved Friend of the Sea certification for Omega-3, fish oil and fishmeal from European anchovy and sardine.
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NewsNew MOB device introduced to fishermen
Ocean Signal’s new professional man overboard device for fishermen will be introduced at Skipper Expo Int. Aberdeen on the Caley Fisheries stand.
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NewsAramark expands MSC certification to Canadian universities and colleges
Aramark has announced that it has achieved MSC Chain of Custody certification, this allows it to source and serve wild-caught seafood that is sustainable and traceable to a certified fishery.
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Fisheries monitoring to be fast-tracked in New Zealand
New Zealand Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has signalled the Government’s intention to speed up the rollout of monitoring equipment on commercial fishing vessels.
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Scottish shellfish farm statistics released
Marine Scotland Science has published the Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2015.
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WorldFish project increases Egypt farm profits by 27%
At the end of the four-year Swiss-funded Improving Employment and Income through Development of Egypt’s Aquaculture Sector (IEIDEAS) project, participating farmers reported US$16,000 in extra annual profit, with a total of US$D27 million added to the sector over the duration of the project.
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NewsIllegal fishers convicted
Fishers from Papua New Guinea have pleaded guilty and been convicted for commercial fishing inside the Torres Strait Protected Zone.
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NewsNew Challenger Worksafe Pro 300 lifejacket
ISP (International Safety Products) has added a new lifejacket to its workplace range, the Challenger Worksafe Pro 300.
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The way forward for European aquaculture
EU Commissioner, Karmenu Vella, presented progress made and obstacles that need to be addressed in further developing a sustainable aquaculture sector in the EU at a high-level joint event with the Dutch Presidency of the Council yesterday,
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NewsGlobal brands say no to Arctic fishing
Global brands alongside the Norwegian Fishing Vessel Owners Association, Fiskebåt, Russian fishing giant, Karat and Europe’s largest processor of frozen fish, Espersen, have agreed to halt further expansion of cod fishing into the previously frozen Northern Barents Sea.
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NewsEconomic losses predicted from discard ban
Europêche organised a meeting in the European Parliament on 24 May to discuss the economic impact of landing obligations and the discard ban.
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NewsNorth Sea cod enters MSC assessment
North Sea cod entered Marine Stewardship Council assessment last week, in move organised by a coalition of fishing organisations, supermarkets, seafood brands, and the seafood industry body Seafish.
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Lobster research and education awards announced in Maine
The Maine Department of Marine Resources has announced that it will provide four organisations with grant awards from the Research, Education and Development fund.
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NewsTwo companies certified to new FoS shipping standard
Friend of the Sea has launched its new international certification for sustainable shipping, and two large global shipping companies have achieved certification to the new standard.
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NewsScoping study to help shape Centre of Excellence
A new two-phase scoping study, initiated by the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) in partnership with Highlands and Island Enterprise, will launch at Aquaculture UK, canvassing industry opinion on a proposed Centre of Excellence.
