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EFF funding for 78 Scottish projects
During a Scottish reception held at the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels this week, Scottish Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead announced funding for 78 projects across the sea fisheries, aquaculture and fish processing sectors.
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NewsEC launches new market Observatory
At the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels this week, EU Commissioner Maria Damanaki launched the new online European Market Observatory for Fishery and Aquaculture Products (EUMOFA).
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NewsCFO gains Friend of the Sea certification
Dutch Cooperative Fishery Organization (CFO) has gained Friend of the Sea certification for its sole, turbot, dab, cod and brill which are fished in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) areas IV b and c and in Dutch coastal waters.
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NewsBig Prawn wins Seafood Prix d’Elite
The UK’s Big Prawn Company and Globe Export have taken away top honours at the 13th Seafood Prix d’Elite new products competition at this year’s European Seafood Exposition in Brussels.
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NewsLast year for European Seafood Exposition
At the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels, the organisers have announced that the name of the event will change in 2014 to Seafood Expo Global, and Seafood Processing Europe will become Seafood Processing Global.
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NewsKaufland donates €100,000 to Gambian fishery
During the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels, German retailer Kaufland presented the Gambian artisanal tonguesole fishery with a cheque worth €100,000 to improve the situation of Gambian fishers and to help finance their upcoming MSC assessment.
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NewsFirst Seafish schools’ education programme
UK seafood authority, Seafish, has launched a new schools’ programme to reinforce its work to educate children on the benefits of eating seafood and to address the "lack of a formal framework for nutrition education within schools."
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NewsNew ocean acidification study
A new study published in the ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA’ has revealed a new insight into the potential effects of ocean acidification on the sensory function of larval tropical cobia.
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NewsGEA lunches mobile ice container
GEA Refrigeration Technologies has recently launched its mobile container solution for the production and storage of flake ice.
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NewsScottish days at sea allocation
Marine Scotland has announced this year''s days at sea allocations for West Coast fishermen and a new opportunity that it says will help to keep the fleet at sea throughout the whole year.
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NewsTersan Shipyard delivers Havbryn
Norwegian fishing company Strand Fiskelsrap has taken the delivery of a 69.9m state-of-the-art stern freezer trawler, built at Tersan Shipyard in Turkey.
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NewsCoatings company to phase out lead chromates
Marine coatings company Jotun has announced that it plans to phase out lead chromates from all of its paint and coatings formulations.
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NewsMauritius urged to deny vessel entry
Greenpeace has urged the Mauritian government to refuse port clearance for a South Korean vessel accused of illegal fishing in order to protect the Indian Ocean.
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NewsUS Coast Guard intercepts illegal trawler
Law enforcement crews from US Coast Guard Station Islamorada intercepted a fishing vessel fishing illegally in American waters this week.
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NewsSkretting investigates low oxygen levels
The UK branch of Skretting, a leading supplier of feed for farmed fish and shrimp, is carrying out trials to identify the effects of low levels of dissolved oxygen in seawater at its Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC).
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NewsProgress on EU-Seychelles FPA
The second round of negotiations between the EU and the Seychelles to agree a new Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement took place this week.
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SEAFARE addresses the future of European smelt
The SEAFARE project held a two-day workshop on the status of the European smelt on 26 March 2013 in Bangor University, Wales.
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NewsSydney Fish Market upgrade
Sydney Fish Market (SFM) has lodged a development application for an AUS$3.8 million boardwalk upgrade, due to commence in August this year.
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NewsFunding for New Zealand aquaculture
Five New Zealand aquaculture projects have been given grants by the Sustainable Farming Fund.
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NewsNFI wants answers from Greenpeace
The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) has come up with a set of 10 questions which it believes reporters should ask Greenpeace before publishing its impending press release about American retailers'' seafood sustainability practices.
