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Longline training for young fishermen
A training programme has been launched in the Maldives to teach longline fishing to young fishermen.
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New Fleet One terminal on the way
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
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’
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’.
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First FOC certified whale watching company
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.
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Fish does its part to boost health
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
Seafish has announced that Mel Groundsell has been appointed the organisation’s new corporate relations director.
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New Aqualife MD
Commercial fish health and welfare company Aqualife has appointed Ronnie Soutar as its new managing director.
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Gondan to build oceanographic vessel for Norway
The Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR) has ordered a new oceanographic vessel to be built by Gondan Shipyard in Spain.
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Canadian lobster fishery enters MSC assessment
The Bay of Fundy, Scotian Shelf and Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence lobster trap fishery has entered into Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment.
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UK fisheries authority orders new patrol boat
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
America’s PANOS brands™ has obtained Friend of the Sea certification for its Yankee Clipper anchovies.
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Seafood fraud: France comes out on top
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.
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Scotland leads the way for sustainable aquaculture in Europe
Dr Keri Wallace and Dr Adam Hughes from SAMS Research Services Ltd (SRSL) explain Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) and its benefits.
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Marel introduces new whitefish processing line
Marel will introduce its new FleXicut water-jet trimming and portioning robot for whitefish at Seafood Expo Global in Brussels in May.
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Slavery continues in Thailand’s fisheries sector
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.
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Tesco in strife over dirty tuna
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.
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EPA works to protect wild salmon
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
Truchas Belmira S.A.S. has become the world’s first rainbow trout processing plant to earn Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.
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Why monitoring makes sense
How has the combination of sound fisheries science and management programmes led to the recovery of some fisheries? Adrian Tatum reports.