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    Longline training for young fishermen

    2014-03-06T16:39:00Z

    A training programme has been launched in the Maldives to teach longline fishing to young fishermen.

  • SAILOR Fleet One from Cobham SATCOM
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    New Fleet One terminal on the way

    2014-03-06T12:59:00Z

    Cobham SATCOM has signed a contract with Inmarsat to manufacture a new low cost terminal for the Fleet One satcoms service, due to be launched in April this year.

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    No agreement on mackerel for 2014

    2014-03-06T12:05:00Z

    Icelandic Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, said he regrets that the mackerel stock management meeting held in Edinburgh yesterday concluded without an agreement.

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    Catch management system for ‘Hunter’

    2014-03-06T11:35:00Z

    A Norwegian skipper-boat owner has recently installed a completely new catch management system from VCU TCD BV aboard his ship VA-2-S ‘Hunter’.

  • 'Whale Watching With Danushka' has become the first Friend of the Sea certified whale watching company
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    First FOC certified whale watching company

    2014-03-06T11:02:00Z

    Sri Lankan company ''Whale Watching With Danushka'' has become the first in the world to achieve Friend of the Sea certification for sustainable whale watching.

  • Fatty fish like rainbow trout can boost good cholesterol levels. Photo: Gerick Bergsma 2010/Marine Photobank
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    Fish does its part to boost health

    2014-03-05T12:58:00Z

    A recent study carried out by the University of Eastern Finland found that increasing the intake of fatty fish has health benefits, increasing the number of large HDL particles which boost good cholesterol levels.

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    Seafish appoints new corporate relations director

    2014-03-05T12:38:00Z

    Seafish has announced that Mel Groundsell has been appointed the organisation’s new corporate relations director.

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    New Aqualife MD

    2014-03-05T12:29:00Z

    Commercial fish health and welfare company Aqualife has appointed Ronnie Soutar as its new managing director.

  • IMR has ordered a new oceanographic vessel
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    Gondan to build oceanographic vessel for Norway

    2014-03-05T12:02:00Z

    The Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR) has ordered a new oceanographic vessel to be built by Gondan Shipyard in Spain.

  • The Canadian lobster fishery has entered into MSC assessment. Credit: Benson Kua/CC BY-SA 2.0
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    Canadian lobster fishery enters MSC assessment

    2014-03-05T11:25:00Z

    The Bay of Fundy, Scotian Shelf and Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence lobster trap fishery has entered into Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment.

  • Blyth Workcats’ 17m patrol boat for Kent & Essex Fisheries
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    UK fisheries authority orders new patrol boat

    2014-03-05T10:54:00Z

    The UK’s Kent and Essex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (KEIFCA) has ordered a 17m GRP Blyth Workcat for use when monitoring fishing activities around the Kent and Essex coasts.

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    PANOS gets Friend of the Sea certified

    2014-03-04T20:26:00Z

    America’s PANOS brands™ has obtained Friend of the Sea certification for its Yankee Clipper anchovies.

  • Seafood fraud in France remains low compared to other European countries. © Leimdorfer Gilles - INTERLINKS IMAGE, Carrefour
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    Seafood fraud: France comes out on top

    2014-03-04T17:03:00Z

    A year-long investigation into fish labelling fraud carried out by researchers from Bloom, Ocean, INSERM and the Museum of Natural History revealed that species substitution in France remains low compared to other European countries.

  • Seaweed cultivation at SAMS
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    Scotland leads the way for sustainable aquaculture in Europe

    2014-03-04T16:36:00Z

    Dr Keri Wallace and Dr Adam Hughes from SAMS Research Services Ltd (SRSL) explain Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) and its benefits.

  • The angle cutting option allows it to follow the curved lines of the bone frame very closely, further reducing pinbone material
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    Marel introduces new whitefish processing line

    2014-03-04T12:04:00Z

    Marel will introduce its new FleXicut water-jet trimming and portioning robot for whitefish at Seafood Expo Global in Brussels in May.

  • A new EJF report reveals new evidence of human trafficking and the routine use of violence in the Thai fishing industry. Credit: Environmental Justice Foundation/www.ejfoundation.org
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    Slavery continues in Thailand’s fisheries sector

    2014-03-04T11:05:00Z

    In its latest report, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) reveals new evidence of human trafficking and the routine use of violence in the Thai fishing industry.

  • The brands named and shamed by Greenpeace as ‘Dirty tuna’
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    Tesco in strife over dirty tuna

    2014-03-03T17:38:00Z

    The UK’s largest supermarket, Tesco, has come in last place compared to other leading supermarkets in a Greenpeace tuna sustainability league table highlighted by Channel 4’s Fish Fight programme.

  • The Pebble Mine would pose a risk to Alaska's wild salmon. Photo: Ben Knight
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    EPA works to protect wild salmon

    2014-03-03T14:33:00Z

    The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is invoking its Clean Water Act authority to look at permanently banning or restricting mine waste disposal into the world’s largest wild salmon fishery.

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    First rainbow trout certification

    2014-03-03T13:10:00Z

    Truchas Belmira S.A.S. has become the world’s first rainbow trout processing plant to earn Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

  • In depth NOAA fisheries science and management programme has led to the recovery of some major fisheries in the US. Picture courtesy of NOAA
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    Why monitoring makes sense

    2014-03-03T11:20:00Z

    How has the combination of sound fisheries science and management programmes led to the recovery of some fisheries? Adrian Tatum reports.