Latest News – Page 525
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NewsICES awards achievement
The International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) has awarded its ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’ to Odd Nakken.
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NewsNGOs want protection for at-sea observers
WWF and the Association of Professional Observers (APO) are calling on the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to protect at-sea observers and promote their professionalism.
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NewsFarmed salmon beats wild-caught “hands down”
In a blind taste test of 10 samples of wild and farmed salmon, farmed-raised has surprisingly beat wild-caught “hands down”.
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NewsRussian pollock fishery MSC certified
The Russian Sea of Okhotsk walleye pollock fishery has now officially received Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.
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GEA reorganisation
In a reorganisation of its Romanian and Polish operations, the two regional divisions of GEA Refrigeration Technologies have been renamed.
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NewsNZ: Healthy stocks, increased TACs
Due to healthy stocks, catch levels have been increased for a range of New Zealand’s fisheries.
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NewsEducating on R&D
Nofima and the University of Tromsø are collaborating to offer a course aimed at small and medium-sized seafood companies, with the objective of improving their ability of running their own R&D activities.
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NewsNew shrimp trawl design to be tested at sea
A new shrimp trawl designed to have less seabed contact and to achieve greater fuel efficiency is to be tested at sea, thanks to $95,048 funding from the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Government.
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Marel Salmon Showhow
Marel’s 13th Salmon ShowHow will take place at Progress Point in Copenhagen, Denmark, 5 February 2014.
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NewsGrants awarded for bycatch reduction
NOAA Fisheries has awarded 16 grants totalling nearly $2.4m as part of its Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program.
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NewsBritish finfish project
Aquaculture operators are being given the chance to tender for a new demonstration project in the coastal waters of southwestern England, addressing the sustainable production of marine finfish.
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NewsNew legislation for Alaskan sustainability
Senator Lisa Murkowski has introduced legislation to combat the influence of outside certification parties on Alaska’s sustainable seafood industry.
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King mackerel fishery closure
The Western Zone of the Gulf of Mexico will be closed to commercial fishing for king mackerel at 12:00 noon (local time) on 20 September 2013, as the commercial quota is expected to have been reached by then.
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NewsHigh Liner appointment
Keith Decker has been appointed to the newly created position of President and Chief Operating Officer of High Liner Foods.
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Associated Seafoods’ facility nears completion
Next week Associated Seafoods Ltd (ASL) will integrate its Scottish smoked salmon operation into its modern new processing facility in Buckie, north-east Scotland.
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New Hampshire joins groundfish lawsuit
New Hampshire has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and other U.S. officials, challenging substantial new catch limits on many types of groundfish in New England.
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NewsPink dredger for Myti Mussels
At the end of September Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam will deliver the bright pink mussel dredger ‘Lottie Holly’ to Welsh shellfish company, Myti Mussels Ltd.
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News“Extreme” lobster killing is compliant with regulations
Claims by PETA that Linda Bean''s Maine Lobster (LBML) plant uses “a primitive and painful killing method” on its lobsters and crabs have been refuted by Commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), Patrick Keliher.
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NewsMediterranean stocks under threat
The European Commission''s annual ‘State of Fish Stocks in European waters’ seminar concluded that big improvements have been made in EU fish stocks in the North-east Atlantic, whilst Mediterranean stocks are under worsening threat.
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NewsPreventing fishery collapse
A study by researchers from the University of Minnesota has shown that extinction and overfishing threats from multispecies fisheries can be identified decades before species are over-harvested and populations decline.
