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    Aucxis develops P-Fish

    2013-11-28T13:18:00Z

    Belgian business automation specialist Aucxis has developed P-Fish, an extensive Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) package, in collaboration with five renowned fish processing companies in The Netherlands.

  • The Scottish Salmon Company reported revenues of £18.4m achieved on harvest volumes of 4,531 tonnes
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    Scottish Salmon Company Q3 results

    2013-11-28T12:01:00Z

    The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) PLC’s Q3 results revealed its performance has improved over the year to date compared to 2012.

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    Black Sea quotas

    2013-11-28T10:49:00Z

    Black Sea fishing opportunities for 2014 have been proposed by the European Commission.

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    Chilean rock lobster fishery enters MSC assessment

    2013-11-27T17:24:00Z

    The Chilean Juan Fernández rock lobster fishery (Jasus frontalis) has entered into independent, third party assessment in the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification programme.

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    EFF deadline extended

    2013-11-27T16:04:00Z

    Applicants in England can still take advantage of the funding available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF), as the deadline has been extended until 30 June 2014.

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    Free fishing industry course

    2013-11-27T13:03:00Z

    From early next year, those looking to pursue a career in the fishing industry will be able to take part in a free course at Coleg Llandrillo college in Wales.

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    Snapper 1 monitoring programme

    2013-11-27T12:19:00Z

    By 1 December this year, 25% of New Zealand’s Snapper 1 trawl fleet will have cameras or observers in place.

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    MSC first for Estonia

    2013-11-27T11:49:00Z

    After a year-long scientific assessment the Estonian prawn fishery has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, making it the first Estonian fishery to become MSC certified.

  • A Google Earth image of a fishing weir along the Persian Gulf coast. © 2013 DigitalGlobe/Google Earth
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    Google Earth could validate catch statistics

    2013-11-27T11:32:00Z

    University of British Columbia scientists have found that large fish traps in the Persian Gulf could be catching up to six times more fish than what is being officially reported.

  • Helga María AK leaving Gdansk. Credit: HB Grandi/Rósa María Tómasdóttir
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    Helga María refit

    2013-11-27T10:11:00Z

    HB Grandi’s recently refitted vessel ‘Helga María AK’ is now on its way home from Poland and is expected to dock in Reykjavík this week.

  • LIFE has started out with the objective of representing and defending low impact fishing operations in coastal waters
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    New organisation throws fishermen a LIFEline

    2013-11-26T18:17:00Z

    Fishermen from eight different European countries have created an organisation specifically to represent low impact fishermen in Europe.

  • Transgenic Atlantic Salmon - AquAdvantage Salmon - (background) and a sibling conventional Atlantic salmon of the same age. Photo: AquaBounty Technologies
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    AquaBounty production deemed safe for Canada

    2013-11-26T16:57:00Z

    AquaBounty Technologies is now able to produce its AquAdvantage Salmon (AAS) on a commercial scale after being approved by Environment Canada.

  • Thor and Sture Claesson flanking one of the new doors
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    Great results from Thyborøn doors

    2013-11-26T15:50:00Z

    Danish trawler ‘Ceton’ has a new set of 14m2 15 VF midwater doors from Thyborøn Trawldoors.

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    SinkabergHansen doubles capacity

    2013-11-26T14:33:00Z

    Norwegian aquaculture operator SinkabergHansen recently invested approximately NOK25 million in renovating its premises, including a complete new BAADER Salmon Line.

  • The new Ishida FLEX-Grader
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    New FLEX-Grader from Ishida

    2013-11-26T14:13:00Z

    Ishida Europe has launched a new solution for a wide range of fish, meat and poultry batching and grading applications.

  • The European Commission has proposed trade measures against three countries. Credit: Mike Markovina/Marine Photobank
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    Three countries face sanctions

    2013-11-26T13:33:00Z

    Belize, Cambodia and Guinea are facing trade measures after failing to show commitment to tackling illegal fishing.

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    Report: Unreported trade of bluefin tuna

    2013-11-26T11:48:00Z

    A new WWF study has found that between 2000 and 2010 the equivalent of 18,704 tons of live bluefin tuna were traded via Panama without being reported to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).

  • Dubai Maritime City partners with SalMar
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    New salmon factory in Dubai

    2013-11-26T11:22:00Z

    Dubai Maritime City is to partner with Norwegian salmon farming company SalMar ASA to build a state-of-the-art smoked salmon factory in Dubai.

  • Bluefin tuna. Credit: Marco Care/Marine Photobank
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    ICCAT bluefin quotas

    2013-11-26T10:29:00Z

    At the ICCAT annual meeting it was decided to set the 2014 quota for bluefin tuna in the East Atlantic and the Mediterranean at 13,400 tonnes - recognising that early signs of stock recovery have yet to be confirmed by scientific assessments.

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    European Fisheries Fund review

    2013-11-25T17:47:00Z

    The UK’s European Fisheries Fund (EFF) 2012 annual review is now available for download.