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NewsJapan seeks to boost seafood consumption
The Japanese government and fishing industry are stepping up efforts to halt the long term decline in seafood consumption during the past two decades and reverse the recent trend for meat consumption to outpace fisheries products in the national diet, reports David Hayes.
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NewsLabelling must be accurate or suppliers will suffer
Andrew Martin looks at how the horse meat scandal could impact on the seafood industry.
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NewsTraining camp for salmon smolt
A new project coordinated by Nofima aims to improve the survival rate and health of salmon smolt transferred to cages at around one year old.
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NewsProtection needed for seabirds
Following a new study about how the recent EU ban on fish discards could have a significant short term impact on some seabirds, conservationists are calling for urgent marine protection in European waters.
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NewsPew drops anchor in Europe
The American NGO Pew Charitable Trusts is spending millions of dollars financing NGOs that deal with marine conservation by coming into public and legal conflicts with the American fishing industry and management, reports Menakhem Ben-Yami.
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Fish farm application rejected
The Nova Scotia government has not approved an application by Snow Island Salmon for a new salmon aquaculture site in Shoal Bay, near Sheet Harbour, Halifax Regional Municipality, following a 22-month-long review process.
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NewsNew line for automated egg handling and fertilisation
Aqua Gen is installing a new automated production line that ensures standardised and optimal treatment and fertilisation of the newly stripped eggs.
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GAA seeks award candidates
The Global Aquaculture Alliance is looking for candidates for the inaugural Global Aquaculture Innovation Award.
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NewsAKVA wins National Prawn Co. contract
AKVA group has won a new contract worth over US$10m for the delivery of its cage farming technology to National Prawn Co. (NPC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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NewsNew project to assess contaminants in seafood
A new €5m project to address the challenge of assessing seafood safety issues relating to contamination has been launched.
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NewsRevolutionary doors from Polar
Polar Fishing Gear’s Poseidon Remote Controllable Trawl Doors have completed successful sea trials onboard the 70m Icelandic research vessel, Árni Fridriksson.
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NewsNew environmentally friendly wire rope
Asia One Marine has introduced its Fishcable this year, which aims to reduce pollution caused by ropes greased with petrol based or synthetic chemical greases.
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NewsNew NZ shellfish catch limits
Catch limits in New Zealand have been increased for rock lobster (crayfish), scallops and surf clams.
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NewsFood fraud conference
FoodChain Europe, the company which advises the food industry on meeting its legal obligations and a leading authority on food authenticity, is hosting its second food fraud conference on 21 May in Birmingham, UK.
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EP votes on deep-sea fishing
European Parliament has voted today on a proposal to amend the conditions for deep-sea fishing in the North-East Atlantic Ocean.
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NewsArgentine Patagonian toothfish fishery enters assessment
The Argentine Patagonian toothfish fishery operating in Argentine Federal Continental Shelf waters has entered into full MSC assessment.
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Florida seafood sales total $18m at trade show
Seven Florida companies sold more than $18 million of seafood products at the three-day International Boston Seafood Show this month.
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NewsMediterranean and Black Sea sharks risk extinction
A new FAO study has found that shark populations in the Mediterranean and Black Sea have dropped dramatically over the last two centuries and now risk extinction if current fishing pressure continues.
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NewsJakarta skipjack fishery seeks MSC certification
In a bid to capitalise on the increase in international demand for sustainably managed pole-and-line and hand-line caught fish, Jakarta’s skipjack fishery is gearing up for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.
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NewsLatest MSC DNA testing results
The latest results of the MSC’s DNA testing program have been published and have found that the overall mislabelling rate for MSC certified products was 1%, or just three mislabelled samples.
