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NewsRaymond Blanc turns fish detective
Celebrity chef, Raymond Blanc OBE, has turned fish detective for a new series of short animations about the importance of sustainable fish and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) label.
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NewsHB Grandi ups the volume
HB Grandi is upping the volume at its Akranes fishmeal plant with a new production line for handling by-products from groundfish production.
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NewsNew facilities for Fijian crab business
The European Union and the Government of Australia have jointly helped support the first ever commercial mud crab business in Fiji.
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Approval for Western Australia’s first aquaculture zone
Western Australia’s first aquaculture development zone has been recommended for approval by the Environmental Protection Authority.
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NewsHazardous materials removed from grounded vessel
The U.S. Navy and other agencies have removed heavy oil, diesel fuel, and batteries from the grounded Japanese commercial fishing vessel ‘Daiki Maru 7’.
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NewsFirst Chilean fishery MSC certified
The Chilean mussel fishery and suspended culture has become the first Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified fishery in Chile.
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New A.S.A.P power inverter
The UK’s A.S.A.P. Supplies will be at the Skipper Expo in Galway Ireland from 7 to 8 March 2014, demonstrating its new ‘on and around the engine’ products, popular among in-shore fishing vessels.
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FSA looks into shellfish poisoning
Scotland’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) is calling for views on shellfish toxin management in a bid to reduce the frequency of shellfish poisoning, local media reports.
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NewsScientific work to “revolutionise” salmon breeding
“Ground-breaking” scientific work is set to improve efforts to develop robust, disease-resistant, farmed salmon.
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NewsA stormy time for UK fishermen
UK fishermen are taking a battering by the country''s “exceptional” winter, which according to the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) is affecting around 4,000 fishermen with losses running into millions of pounds.
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NewsSablefish launches in Europe
Sablefish Canada Inc is launching its acclaimed Kyuquot Sound Black Cod into restaurants and high-end retail in Europe.
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NewsJean-Christophe Novelli to judge seafood competition
TV chef Jean Christophe Novelli has been announced as the judge of the final of the UK Young Seafood Chef of the Year Competition
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Oil and gas exploitation fears
Oceana, the international ocean protection organisation, has warned that nearly 12 of the 26m hectares of Spanish Mediterranean waters are under threat from oil and gas exploration.
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NewsHB Grandi groundfish landing at Akranes
HB Grandi’s Akranes factory began processing fish landed by fresher trawler ‘Sturlaugur H Bödvarsson’ this week - the first groundfish landed by an HB Grandi vessel at Akranes for six years.
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NewsLondon’s first certified sustainable chippy
London Fish & Chips in Covent Garden has become the first traditional fish and chip shop in the capital to become MSC certified, now displaying the blue ecolabel on its menus.
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NewsNew fish farm approved for Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment (BOI) has approved a Senura Aquaculture Lanka (Pvt) Ltd project to build a new fish farm in Chilaw, Sri Lanka.
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First Marine Harvest farms ASC-certified
Marine Harvest has announced that its first two farms have been ASC-certified - Tarmvikodden and Buksevika in Vest-Agder County, Norway.
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Boost for Tasmanian aquaculture
The Australian Government has announced that $3.5 million in funding has been secured for the Huon Aquaculture Value Added Processing Facility project, as part of the Tasmanian Jobs and Growth Plan
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Funding for BC salmon farmers
The BC Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) is to receive $21,000 from the Canadian Government to review global practices and improve fish farming in British Columbia.
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NewsHigh Liner Foods achieves sustainability goal
Nova Scotia-based High Liner Goods Incorporated achieved 99% of its goal to source all its seafood from “certified sustainable or responsible” fisheries and aquaculture by the end of 2013.
