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  • Sea lice are one of the long-term challenges facing the aquaculture industry and affect production across the world
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    Sea lice breakthrough

    2013-06-26T13:17:00Z

    Scottish aquaculture genetics company Landcatch has succeeded in making farmed salmon more resistant to sea lice.

  • Queens Panga & Shrimp Noodles Red Curry is the first product to carry both the ASC and MSC logos © Nils van Houts/ASC
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    First ASC and MSC labelled product available in The Netherlands

    2013-06-26T12:04:00Z

    Queens Panga & Shrimp Noodles Red Curry, combining farmed pangasius and wild-caught shrimp, has become the first product to carry the ASC logo for responsible aquaculture and the MSC ecolabel for sustainable wild-catch.

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    New oyster farming technique approved in Florida

    2013-06-26T11:35:00Z

    Spring Creek Oyster Company has received approval for its plans to use the full water column to grow oysters in Franklin County, Florida - the first enterprise of its kind in this area.

  • Fish transhipment at sea. © Environmental Justice Foundation
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    Belize bans transhipments of fish at sea

    2013-06-26T10:09:00Z

    The Belize Fisheries Department has announced a moratorium on unmonitored transhipments of fish at sea for Belize-flagged vessels, effective immediately.

  • FIUN fishermen with catch of the day, FIUN ©
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    FIUN fishery MSC certified

    2013-06-25T19:31:00Z

    The Fishing Industry Union of the North (FIUN) Barents and Norwegian Seas cod and haddock fishery has been MSC certified.

  • New GLOBALG.A.P. Board 2013  (l to r): Guy Callebaut, Zhiqiang (David) Zhang, Martin Hofstede, Hugh Mowat, Richard Yudin, Bert Urlings, Jim Jefcoate, Leon Mol, Horst Lang, Mari Carmen Morales Abad, Kristian Moeller
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    GLOBALG.A.P. appoints new board members

    2013-06-25T17:19:00Z

    GLOBALG.A.P. has appointed Guy Callebaut as its new Chairman and Jim Jefcoate as Vice-Chairman for a four-year term.

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    Norway government buys more Cermaq shares

    2013-06-25T15:52:00Z

    The Norwegian government has bought 9.46 million shares in Cermaq ASA at auction, at NOK108 per share, bringing the percentage of shares owned by the State to 53.77%.

  • The Researchers will develop a tool that enables participants to carry out a simplified life-cycle assessment of their products. Photo: Frank Gregersen © Nofima
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    Analysing the sustainability of fishing

    2013-06-25T12:58:00Z

    Over the next three years, Nofima researchers will be analysing the variables related to the sustainability of wild caught fish.

  • John Burton
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    IPNLF announces new chairman

    2013-06-25T10:48:00Z

    The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) has announced that John Burton, Founder of World Wise Foods Ltd, has been appointed the new Chairman of the Foundation.

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    ASC to develop Feed Standard with help from industry

    2013-06-25T10:39:00Z

    The Aquaculture Stewardship Council is launching a project to develop the ASC Feed Standard, which should be ready by the end of 2015.

  • Professor Callum Roberts, Anita Barker, Chair of the Humber Seafood Group and Paul Williams, CEO of Seafish
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    Humber Seafood Summit

    2013-06-24T20:12:00Z

    This year’s Humber Seafood Summit will take place on the 18-19 September and will tackle the issues of Reputation and Integrity.

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    MSC suspends Faroese herring certification

    2013-06-24T20:00:00Z

    The Faroese Pelagic Organisation’s (FPO) MSC certificate for Atlanto-Scandian herring has been suspended.

  • The 800 SEABOAT RIB
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    New MST 800 SEABOAT

    2013-06-24T17:48:00Z

    UK boatbuilder Marine Specialised Technology (MST) is introducing its new 8m RIB, fitted out as a patrol and enforcement craft for the Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority, at the Seawork commercial marine exhibition this week.

  • SETFIA says protecting property rights is the best protection for resource
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    Property right protection

    2013-06-21T17:28:00Z

    Australia’s South East Trawl and Fishing Industry Association (SETFIA) is calling on the Federal Minister for Fisheries to protect the Commonwealth industry’s property rights and sustainable of fish stocks.

  • H&T Walker is a successful UK tuna import business now up for sale
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    Tuna supplier up for sale

    2013-06-20T20:40:00Z

    A UK tuna importer and supplier is up for sale for £2m after its owner decided to retire after 50 years in the business.

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    Norwegian saithe fisheries recertified

    2013-06-20T16:30:00Z

    The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has recertified the Norwegian North East Arctic and North Sea saithe fisheries for another five years.

  • An objection to the certification of the Russia Sea of Okhotsk pollock fishery has been upheld
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    Russian pollock fishery decision sent back to IMM

    2013-06-20T14:51:00Z

    A Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Independent Adjudicator has upheld an objection to the certification of the Russia Sea of Okhotsk pollock fishery, and has handed the assessment back to assessor Intertek Moody Marine (IMM) to review.

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    Commission takes Belgium to court

    2013-06-20T14:00:00Z

    The European Commission is taking Belgium to court over its failure to implement the Directive on the investigation of maritime accidents.

  • HB Grandi's the Vopnafjördur factory in action Photo:HB Grandi/Jón Sigurðsson.
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    HB Grandi gears up for summer

    2013-06-20T12:49:00Z

    HB Grandi’s processing plants are gearing up for the summer season. Production will re-start in July when fishing is underway for mackerel and Atlanto-Scandian herring.

  • Working aboard a Thai fishing boat © EJF
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    Thailand remains on trafficking watchlist

    2013-06-20T11:32:00Z

    It has just been announced that Thailand will remain on the Tier 2 Watchlist of the US State Department Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, for the fourth year.