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NewsIntegrating offshore mariculture and renewable energy
The first presentation of day two of the 2014 Offshore Mariculture Conference was delivered by Neil Sims, president of the Ocean Stewards Institute and CEO of Kampachi Farms, who presented his paper on water quality monitoring via telephone from Hawaii.
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NewsMarine Harvest installs ‘green’ decking
In a bid to minimise its environmental impact, Marine Harvest has installed Fusion Marine decking made from environmentally-friendly recycled plastic at its Ardnish Feed Trials unit at Lochailort.
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NewsFish farming is still the future
The key theme emerging from the 2014 Offshore Mariculture Conference is that aquaculture is still the future.
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NewsNewfoundland mussel plant earns BAP certification
Green Seafoods Ltd’s mussel processing plant in Newfoundland, Canada, has earned Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.
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NewsBaader and Norway Seafoods join forces
Germany-based Baader Group and Norway Seafoods are joining forces to create a better and more efficient processing line for cod and other whitefish species.
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DNA testing confirms FoS origin
DNA analysis carried out in March 2014 has confirmed that Friend of the Sea labelled products are what they say they are.
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NewsPeruvian scallop farm enters ASC assessment
A Peruvian scallop producer has become the first company in the world to enter assessment against the Aquaculture Stewardship Council Bivalve Standard.
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First sustainable Spanish partnership
Seafood retail company, Congalsa, has become the first Spanish company to partner with the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) to ensure the ecological sustainability of its seafood supplies.
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NewsEurope’s mackerel war wanes
The new three-party agreement on mackerel share allocations puts the north-east Atlantic pelagic industry on a much more sustainable footing, writes Jason Holland.
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NewsMarine milestone for England’s seas
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has published England’s first ever plans for the future of its seas to provide much-needed guidance for sustainable development.
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NewsSeagrass conservation in Indonesia protects fisheries
Research by Swansea University and partners shows that protecting seagrass meadows throughout Indonesia is critical for national food security and important fisheries exports.
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NewsNew name, new game?
Menakhem Ben-Yami looks at the recent shift in fisheries management science.
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NewsSpanish fisheries in decline, says new study
Despite an increase in fishing, Spanish fisheries are catching less than 60 years ago, according to a new study by Oceana Europe.
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UK and China fish trade strengthened
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between the UK and China, in order to strengthen fishing trade links and help safeguard exports worth £70m each year.
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NewsSpeaking up for small-scale fisheries
Menakhem Ben-Yami fights the case for small-scale fisheries throughout the world.
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Dias Group enters bankruptcy
Turkish aquaculture company, Dias Group, has applied for voluntary bankruptcy due to “threatened inability to cover its debts”.
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NewsProcessing smaller fish just got easier
For the last 20 years the fish processing and canning industries have found that fish have become smaller and smaller, meaning that that yesterday’s processing machines can no longer cope with today’s demand, as the fish are often smaller than originally envisaged by the engineers.
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News‘FS Stormy’ delivered
The latest live fish carrier from Havyard, ‘FS Stormy’ was officially named in Fosnavaag, Norway, on 29 March.
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IFFO RS Standard opens up to non-members
IFFO, the Marine Ingredients Organisation, has agreed to open up its Global Standard for Responsible Supply (IFFO RS) to non-IFFO members.
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Shrimp fisheries combine to achieve MSC re-certification
Two Canadian MSC certified fisheries, the Gulf of St. Lawrence (GOSL) northern shrimp and the Gulf of St. Lawrence northern shrimp trawl Esquiman Channel fisheries, have joined in a cooperative effort into one combined shrimp fishery that has earned MSC re-certification.
