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NewsNew tuna freezing vessel for Echebaster
Spanish tuna fishing company, Group Echebaster, is updating its fleet with a new tuna freezer vessel built by fellow Spanish company, Zamakona Shipyards.
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NewsInvestment package for Maltese fisheries
The European Commission has adopted a €29m investment package for the Maltese maritime, fisheries and aquaculture sectors, which aims to support smart and green fisheries and aquaculture.
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NewsBusiness award for Mercator Media
Mercator Media Limited, publisher of ''World Fishing and Aquaculture'' and organiser of the Offshore Mariculture Conference, has won a business excellence award for international development.
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NewsEastern orange roughy makes a comeback
The eastern orange roughy fishery is to be re-opened after rebuilding to a healthy level where the species can be commercially fished for the first time in 10 years.
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NewsIntroducing ‘Flipper’
Thyboron has described its new dual purpose ‘Flipper’ trawl door as the most versatile of all of its doors so far.
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NewsTrawling has “negligible” effect on soft-bottom
A groundbreaking new study recently conducted by California fishermen, The Nature Conservancy and CSU Monterey Bay indicates that bottom trawling only has a “negligible effect” on the seafloor and fish habitat in certain types of soft sea bottom.
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NewsRallying for better shrimp quotas
Representatives from all political parties in Canada''s Newfoundland and Labrador are standing united with inshore harvesters, fish plant workers and business owners to seek better federal quota allocations for northern shrimp.
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Combating pirate fishing and slavery
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) hosted an event in Brussels last night examining the relationship between illegal fishing, overfishing and trafficked, forced and bonded labour in Thailand’s seafood industry.
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NewsAotearoa Fisheries updates fleet
Aotearoa Fisheries Limited, New Zealand’s largest iwi-owned fisheries company, is updating its trawler fleet to improve productivity and minimise environmental impact.
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NewsFirst Asian hotel offers certified seafood
The Hilton Singapore has become the first hotel in Asia to achieve Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) Chain of Custody certifications.
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NewsLED lights for bycatch reduction
A research study by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission has found that attaching of a series of LED lights to the fishing line of a shrimp trawl can significantly reduce bycatch.
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Superchill causes aquaculture mortalities
Three Cooke Aquaculture sites in Nova Scotia have reported fish mortalities from extreme cold water temperatures.
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NewsFood product labels hiding the truth
Trying to pass one fish off for another, inevitably cheaper, species is not the only way seafood customers are being deliberately cheated.
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NewsCalvisius Caviar remains Friend of the Sea
Italy’s Agroittica Lombarda’s farmed sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus and Acipenser baerii), branded Calvisius Caviar, has passed its third full Friend of the Sea audit since approval in 2008, underlining its commitment to sustainability.
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NewsNew tool to document the sustainability of fisheries
A new tool to document the environmental impact and sustainability of cod and haddock fishing in the North Atlantic has been developed.
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Cod compromise reached in US
A sector examination request to preserve 30 tonnes of cod in exchange for relaxing some of the Gulf of Maine cod Interim Management Measures enacted in November 2014 has been approved.
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ASL shortlisted for awards
Scottish seafood specialist, Associated Seafoods Ltd (ASL), has been shortlisted for two awards at the forthcoming Grampian Food Forum Innovation Awards 2015.
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Walmart sustainable shopping portal
Walmart has announced the debut of its Sustainability Leaders shop, an online shopping portal on Walmart.com that helps customers identify and purchase products from suppliers that are leading in sustainability.
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NewsEU-Morocco fisheries partnership strengthened
European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella visited the Salon Halieutis fisheries event in Morocco in February to underline the importance of the fisheries partnership and cooperation between the EU and Morocco.
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NewsECsafeSEAFOOD developments
Newly developed sensitive and rapid screening, detection and extraction methods for contaminants in seafood is set to improve safety in Europe.
