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Marel’s largest fish processing sale
Marel has sold a new whitefish processing flowline to a seafood processor in northeast Chine – the company’s largest single sale to the fish processing industry.
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NewsSophisticated new Simrad scientific echo sounder
Simrad has expanded its scientific echo sounder portfolio with the introduction of the new multi-transceiver Simrad EK15.
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NewsAntarctica’s Southern Ocean needs protecting
A report by the Antarctic Ocean Alliance (AOA) has called for over 40% of the Antarctica region to be protected from commercial fishing and other industries.
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Olympic Seafoods a Friend of the Sea
Krill harvesting company Olympic Seafoods AS has achieved a full audit by Friend of the Sea.
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Oceana: EU Mediterranean countries jeopardise fisheries management again
On 19 May, the FAO General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) closed its annual meeting, without having taken any decision to address the steepest ever decline in Mediterranean fish stocks, says Oceana.
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Consultation on Irish seafood standard
The Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM) has developed its own certification standard for wild seafood.
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NewsSaudi Arabia and FAO step up cooperation
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is to allocate $66.7m to implement FAO’s technical assistance projects in the country, according to an agreement signed during the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East.
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NewsScottish Aquaculture & Fisheries Bill
Scotland will be introducing new legislation on aquaculture and freshwater fisheries in 2013.
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NewsMSC chair to retire
Marine Stewardship Council chair, Will Martin, will retire from the Board in July 2013, after over a decade of service and leadership.
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Canadian Coast Guard to improve communication and traffic services
The Canadian Coast Guard has announced plans to modernise 12 of its Marine Communications and Traffic Services Centres to improve mariners’ communication and traffic services.
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NewsESE success streak continues
Organisers of the European Seafood Exposition and Seafood Processing Europe, held in Brussels in April, have described the events as “tremendously successful”.
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NewsNew feed carrier Helen Burnie
Fish feed carrier Helen Burnie left Macduff harbour in Scotland in May, after completing trials and tests.
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NewsGAA responds to shrimp story
The Global Aquaculture Alliance has responded to a recent ABC News story on illegal antibiotics being found in imported farmed shrimp in the US.
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NewsNZ: World first to catalogue all species
New Zealand has become the first country in the world to catalogue all of its known living and fossil life.
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NewsResearch into sockeye salmon decline
A new report published in the journal Conservation Letters is citing pink salmon abundance, exposure to farmed salmon, and ocean temperatures as responsible for the decline in Fraser River sockeye salmon abundance.
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NewsText alerts for shellfish harvesters
A new text alert system to notify shellfish harvesters when sewage waste is discharged into the sea is being tested.
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Sea scallop fishery enters MSC assessment
The Full Bay Scallop Association (FBSA) in Canada has entered an Atlantic sea scallop fishery into MSC assessment.
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NewsMarine Harvest to invest £80m in Scotland
Marine Harvest has announced plans to invest around £80m to grow its business and support jobs in rural communities in Scotland between 2012 to 2016.
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ISA restrictions to be lifted
Movement restrictions for infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) on fish farms in the south west Shetland mainland area that have been in place since 2009 are to be revoked.
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NewsEight per cent of US waters protected
New analysis has shown that 8% of US waters are currently designated as marine protected areas (MPAs), with the vast majority of these areas open to fishing and other activities, according to NOAA.
