Latest News – Page 489
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NewsFish scheme up for ethics award
The UK’s first “community supported fishery”, the cooperative Catchbox scheme, has been nominated for an Observer Ethical Award in the Big Idea category.
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NewsPIANC report advises on fishways
The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC) has published a new report on the construction and operation of fishways, which it says can minimise the negative effect of dams on migratory fish.
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NewsIceland responds to MCS mackerel claims
The Iceland Ministry of Industries and Innovation has responded to the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) rating of Icelandic pelagic caught mackerel as ‘least sustainable’, which has been based on seven justifications.
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NewsIndustry speaks up at conference
The ‘Managing Our Nation’s Fisheries 3’ conference has ended on a positive note, with conference participants developing 128 recommendations covering nine focus topics for improving US fishery sustainability.
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NewsRolls-Royce equips new research vessel
Rolls-Royce has delivered an advanced deck machinery system for a new WesterGeco specialised amazon class seismic research vessel – currently under construction at Flensburger Shipyard in Germany.
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NewsNFFO welcomes CFP compromise
The new mandate for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) announced this week has not fallen short of the mark for all.
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Russian salmon fishery enters assessment
The Narody Severa and Bolsheretsk salmon fishery operating in the Sea of Okhotsk and Western Kamchatka, Russia has entered into full assessment in the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certification program.
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NewsNZ trials electronic monitoring
New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and the Department of Conservation (DOC) have recently trialled an electronic monitoring programme in the Timaru set net fishery, in partnership with the fishing industry.
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NewsFin removal for better traceability
Research conducted by Nofima indicates that visible marking of farmed salmon will make it easier to differentiate escaped farmed salmon from wild salmon - with removal of the adipose fin in farmed salmon being the easiest and cheapest method.
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NewsHokkaido scallop fishery MSC certified
The Hokkaido Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Association’s scallop fishery has achieved MSC certification.
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NewsMackerel back on the Fish to Eat list
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has upgraded European and Norwegian mackerel to a yellow ‘three’ rating on its Fish to Eat List, meaning people can eat it occasionally without endangering the species.
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NewsGillnets fatal for seabirds
A study published today reveals that 400,000 birds are killed each year in gillnet fisheries, exceeding the estimated toll of bird deaths documented in longline fisheries.
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Future fisheries cooperation
The Demersal Working Group of the North Sea Regional Advisory Council (NSRAC) has travelled to Norway to meet with a delegation from the Norwegian Fishermen’s Association (Norges Fiskarlag).
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NewsFCI conducts first pilot ASC trout audit
Scottish independent certification and inspection body, Food Certification International (FCI), is in the process of carrying out its first Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) pilot trout audit for Turkish fish farm company, Kilic Group.
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NewsForum to discuss working conditions
Government, employer and worker delegates are meeting at International Labour Organization (ILO) headquarters to consider ways to promote decent work in the fishing industry through the implementation and ratification of the ILO Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188).
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Iceland responds to call for sanctions
This week Scottish fishermen and politicians have called for sanctions to resolve the ongoing mackerel dispute.
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NewsSeafish runs Trawl Gear Technology Training course
During February the Gear Technology section of Seafish held three trawl gear technology courses for fishermen from England, the last to be funded within the current project, reports Mike Montgomerie, Seafish Gear Technologist.
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NewsCFP compromise offered to European Parliament
Fisheries ministers have agreed on a new mandate for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy, following 36 hours of negotiations.
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NewsSanctions imposed against the Faroes
The European Commission (EC) has outlined a scheme to impose sanctions against the Faroe Islands for its over fishing of herring, but the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association (SPFA) says this needs to be applied to mackerel as well to ensure the future of vital fishing stocks.
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NewsSustainability key to Chilean fisheries
Chile’s Vice Minister of Fishing, Pablo Galilea, has announced that Chile has plans to maintain its position as a world power in fisheries and aquaculture, and believes that his country’s new fisheries law is just the tool to help Chile achieve this goal, reports Carly Wills.
