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NewsBumble Bee and WFF team up
Bumble Bee Foods and WWF have teamed up to educate consumers of the importance of seafood and ocean conservation.
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Seafish guides shellfish harvesters
Seafish has published a risk assessment best practice guidance document to help live bivalve mollusc harvesters make informed active management decisions.
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NewsSuccessful summer for HB Grandi
Icelandic fishing company, HB Grandi, is reeling from a successful summer which saw its freezer trawlers catch 6,440 tonnes of mackerel.
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NewsTrade Commission overthrows US shrimp case
The International Trade Commission has voted against imposing duties on shrimp imported from Thailand, Indonesia, China, India, Ecuador, Vietnam and Malaysia.
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Fighting seafood fraud
Two American trade associations have joined forces in an effort to fight back against seafood fraud.
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Abuse in Thailand' shrimp industry
The latest report from the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) documents accounts of human trafficking into the Thai shrimp industry, confiscation of identification documents, withholding of pay, forced detention and bonded labour.
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NewsTrial to determine how to get the whitest fillet
Nofima scientists are hoping to find out when trawl captured cod should be slaughtered in order to obtain the whitest fillet and best texture.
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Elog solutions certified
OLRAC SPS’ electronics logbook system has been accredited for use in the European Union to comply with EU council regulations.
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UK fishing industry report published
The annual UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2012 report has been published by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) today.
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NewsSpain increases anchovy quota
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment in Spain has announced a 1,000mt increase to the anchovy quota in the Gulf of Cadiz and southern Galicia, thanks to an exchange agreement with Portugal.
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NewsCase study: Protec improves the immune defences of farmed fish around the world
Most aquaculture systems are open to the natural environment, making it difficult to protect fish from parasites, bacteria and viruses and they are subject to environmental fluctuations.
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Fukushima fishing resumes
The Soma Futaba fisheries cooperative is continuing with fishing trials off the coast of Fukushima, following tests that conclude that the radioactive levels of the fish are safe.
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NewsICES awards achievement
The International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) has awarded its ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’ to Odd Nakken.
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NewsNGOs want protection for at-sea observers
WWF and the Association of Professional Observers (APO) are calling on the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to protect at-sea observers and promote their professionalism.
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NewsFarmed salmon beats wild-caught “hands down”
In a blind taste test of 10 samples of wild and farmed salmon, farmed-raised has surprisingly beat wild-caught “hands down”.
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NewsRussian pollock fishery MSC certified
The Russian Sea of Okhotsk walleye pollock fishery has now officially received Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.
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GEA reorganisation
In a reorganisation of its Romanian and Polish operations, the two regional divisions of GEA Refrigeration Technologies have been renamed.
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NewsNZ: Healthy stocks, increased TACs
Due to healthy stocks, catch levels have been increased for a range of New Zealand’s fisheries.
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NewsEducating on R&D
Nofima and the University of Tromsø are collaborating to offer a course aimed at small and medium-sized seafood companies, with the objective of improving their ability of running their own R&D activities.
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NewsNew shrimp trawl design to be tested at sea
A new shrimp trawl designed to have less seabed contact and to achieve greater fuel efficiency is to be tested at sea, thanks to $95,048 funding from the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Government.
