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    New test to detect toxins in fish

    2014-11-27T16:10:00Z

    Scottish food safety company R-Biopharm Rhône has launched a new test to detect toxins in fish.

  • GAA believes shrimp aquaculture could double to reach 8 million tonnes per year by 2020. Source: GAA
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    Lessons learned in the fight against EMS

    2014-11-27T13:49:00Z

    The widespread shrimp disease continues to be a multi-billion dollar problem, but there is reason for rising optimism, writes Jason Holland.

  • Fishing boats in Ghana. Credit: Benggriff/CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Ebola and fish market – curse, blessing or both?

    2014-11-27T11:55:00Z

    Menakhem Ben-Yami looks at how the Ebola scare is affecting West African fisheries.

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    Stavis Seafoods expands facilities

    2014-11-27T10:47:00Z

    Stavis Seafoods has announced that it will take possession of facility space located in Boston, USA, from December this year.

  • The Miss Berdie as she arrived in the Wahl yard at Reedsport Oregon. Photo courtesy of Fred Wahl Shipyard
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    ‘Miss Berdie’ increases capacity

    2014-11-27T10:05:00Z

    Newport, Oregon-based fishing vessel ‘Miss Berdie’ has recently completed a project to increase the vessel’s capacity.

  • Essaouira fishing port, Morocco. Credit: Daniel*D/CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    West African countries to boost sustainable fisheries

    2014-11-26T15:50:00Z

    West African countries are cracking down on illegal fishing and starting to launch community rights based fisheries as part of new efforts to introduce sustainable fisheries management and protect their valuable marine resources.

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    Benchmark acquisitions to boost salmon egg production

    2014-11-26T14:15:00Z

    UK-based Benchmark Holdings PLC is to buy the entire issued share capital of Norway’s SalmoBreed AS and 81.64% of the issued share capital of Iceland’s Stofnfiskur HF.

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    AOS-USA calls for an end to slavery

    2014-11-26T14:03:00Z

    The Apostleship of the Sea of the United States of America (AOS-USA) is calling for an end to human trafficking in the Thai fishing industry, along with the release of activist Andy Hall.

  • The ISSF said that citing ineffective rules and too many exemptions will not protect bigeye Photo: NOAA
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    Stronger measures needed to protect tuna

    2014-11-26T14:00:00Z

    The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) is urging the Western and Central Pacific Council (WCPFC) to eliminate exemptions and optional clauses in its Conservation Measure 2013-01 concerning the management of bigeye, yellow and skipjack tuna.

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    New RFS standards

    2014-11-26T13:56:00Z

    UK authority Seafish''s Responsible Fishing Scheme (RFS) will reach an important milestone next week when the RFS Oversight Board is expected to agree the finalised standards for ISO 17065 accreditation.

  • The 'M/S America’s Finest' will be built at Dakota Creek Industries in Washington using an ST-116 OL design
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    MAN power for US fishing trawler

    2014-11-26T12:34:00Z

    MAN Diesel and Turbo is to supply a MAN 9L32/44CR engine to power a new trawler for independent US fishing company, Fishermen’s Finest.

  • Pacific hake. Credit: NOAA
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    Pacific hake fishery re-certified

    2014-11-26T10:40:00Z

    The Pacific hake mid-water trawl fishery, which operates off the west coast of the United States and Canada, has achieved MSC re-certification.

  • Marinated and breaded pangasius at a pangasius tasting at the Godaco Pangasius Processing Factory in Vietnam
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    Adding value the way forward for pangasius

    2014-11-25T15:53:00Z

    In the first nine months of 2014, the value of Vietnam’s exports of frozen pangasius products remained more or less static at $1.28 billion, a slight rise of 0.2% compared with the same period last year.

  • The report recommends that boats which best meet a new set of environmental, social and economic criteria should receive a quota bonus. Credit: Chris Talbot/CC-BY-SA-2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Rewarding sustainable fishermen

    2014-11-25T15:35:00Z

    A new report says that fishing boats bringing benefits to local communities and conserving UK seas must be rewarded with more opportunities to fish.

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    BAP set to grow again in 2014

    2014-11-25T15:22:00Z

    The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s (GAA) Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) program is again expecting year-on-year growth, in terms of the number of BAP-certified facilities and the volume of product originating from BAP-certified facilities.

  • Mitch Tonks and Matt Dawson
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    Celebrities urge consumers to try more fish

    2014-11-25T15:02:00Z

    The UK’s National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisation’s (NFFO) new blog has been launched with an article by ex-England rugby star Matt Dawson.

  • Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson at the groundbreaking ceremony. Photo/HB Grandi: Sigurður Ólafur Sigurðsson
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    HB Grandi expansion

    2014-11-25T11:51:00Z

    Groundbreaking has taken place for the expansion of HB Grandi‘s Nordurgardur processing plant in Iceland.

  • Abalone at Ocean Grown Abalone’s farm. Credit: Ocean Grown Abalone
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    Abalone farming expansion gets green light

    2014-11-25T11:30:00Z

    Ocean Grown Abalone has been granted approval to expand its abalone aquaculture operations in Flinders Bay, off Augusta, Western Australia.

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    EU and Guinea-Bissau agreement signed

    2014-11-25T10:54:00Z

    The EU and Guinea-Bissau have signed a new three-year fisheries Protocol under the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties.

  • MEP will assess fisheries with the potential for sustainable harvesting and the associated onshore support infrastructure required
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    Long-term plan to boost Somalian fisheries

    2014-11-25T10:51:00Z

    UK-based fisheries consultancy, MacAlister Elliott and Partners (MEP), is working to develop a long-term plan aimed at boosting economic growth for fisheries in Somalia and Somaliland.