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Canada proceeds with Aquaculture Strategy
The Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) has announced that it will proceed with the execution of its National Aquaculture Development Strategy.
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NewsLogbook offenders fined over £38,000
The owner, De Ridder Rederij BVBA, and master, Maarten Harteveld, of the Belgian beam trawler Grietje Hendrika have been sentenced for three counts of failing to accurately complete an EU logbook.
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NewsSeafood importer is fined US$40,000
Former chef and owner of Kin Seafood Importing Corporation, Kai Kin Ng, has been fined US$40,000 for illegal possession of Northern abalone.
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NewsDamen dredger for Egyptian aquaculture
A new Damen Cutter Suction Dredger, type CSD500, has been built under license by Canal Naval Construction for the Egyptian General Authority for Fish Resource Development.
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NewsPotatoes to extend minced fish shelf life
A group of researchers from the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, have extracted a group of substances from potato peelings that prevent the development of rancid smells in minced fish.
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Seal deaths linked to natural causes
Scientists have concluded that the deaths of seal pups discovered by Oceana’s expedition team were not caused by human activities.
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CFA “astounded” by marine park proposals
The Commonwealth Fisheries Association (CFA) has released a statement saying it is astounded the Australian government believes that $100 million will be adequate to compensate the fishing industry for the impacts of the proposed marine reserve networks.
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NewsKorean shellfish may be contaminated
The US FDA fears that fresh, frozen, canned and processed oysters, clams, mussels and whole and roe-on scallops in the US from Korea may have been exposed to human fecal waste and could be contaminated.
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NewsSFP annual sustainability overview
The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has released its annual sustainability overview of fisheries used for fishmeal and fish oil from the most recent assessment period of 2009-10.
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Prawn fishermen to cut discards by 70%
Scotland’s prawn fishermen will significantly cut their level of fish discarding, following agreement reached for the use of new fishing gear designs.
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US: Many life rafts not USGC approved
US Coast Guard fishing vessel dockside examiners have reported that they are starting to see an increasing number of inflatable survival craft installed on some fishing vessels that are not Coast Guard-approved.
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NewsOz to create world's largest marine reserve
The Australian Government has confirmed the final network of marine reserves, which once proclaimed under national environmental law, will protect Australia’s most precious ocean environments.
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NewsRussian salmon fishery MSC certified
The NE Sakhalin Island pink salmon fishery on Russia’s east coast has been awarded Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.
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Neptune a Friend of the Sea
Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. has been certified as a Friend of the Sea.
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NewsGreenhouse Gas consultation launched
A draft consultation has been launched to help the seafood industry look at greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from aquatic food products.
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ASC gets salmon standard
The Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue has handed over the global salmon standard for responsible farming to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC).
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Australia creates world's biggest marine park network
Australia has created the world’s biggest network of marine protected areas, as countries prepare to meet for the Rio+20 meeting on sustainable development.
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NewsNASCO maintains Atlantic fishing ban
NASCO, responsible for conserving and managing Atlantic salmon stocks, has decided that a commercial fishing ban in the mixed-stock fishery off the coast of Greenland and the Faroes will remain in place until 2014.
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NewsOceana concludes Baltic Sea expedition
After seven weeks at sea, Oceana’s second Baltic Sea Expedition to document ecologically important areas and analyse their threats, has come to a close.
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NewsNo firm dates agreed for discard ban
The UK Government has said that the general approach agreed at this week''s EU Council meeting in Luxembourg is a major step towards a radical reform of the broken Common Fisheries Policy.
