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    Mainstream Canada tests positive for IHN

    2012-05-17T11:27:00Z

    During routine fish health tests on 14 May, Mainstream Canada''s Dixon Bay farm tested positive for the IHN (Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis) virus.

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    Sealord plans to sell mussel assets

    2012-05-17T11:23:00Z

    New Zealand company Sealord has said that it plans to sell its South Island mussel farming and processing assets, due to a focus back on its core fishing business.

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    Decent standards for fishermen proposed

    2012-05-17T04:00:00Z

    On 21 May, ETF, Europêche and Cogeca will sign an agreement to transpose into EU law ILO Convention 188, which aims to provide worldwide access to decent working and living conditions for fishermen.

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    Anglesey Aquaculture delighted with interest at European Seafood Exposition

    2012-05-17T04:00:00Z

    Anglesey Aquaculture Ltd has said that it was delighted by the reaction to the first appearance of its branded Anglesey Sea Bass at the European Seafood Exposition (ESE), held recently in Brussels, Belgium.

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    MSC seafood finder app hits 500 downloads in first month

    2012-05-17T02:30:00Z

    The Marine Stewardship Council’s sustainable seafood finder mobile app has passed 500 downloads, less than a month after its official launch.

  • Ever wondered what a tuna has for dinner?
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    Tuna stomach analysis for better fisheries

    2012-05-16T18:44:00Z

    Dr Valerie Allain has been analysing two thousand frozen tuna stomachs at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) in Noumea - all in order to promote better fishery management.

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    Crab harvester fined $75,000

    2012-05-16T11:38:00Z

    A commercial crab harvester was fined $75,000 in Richmond Provincial Court, BC, Canada, after being found guilty of numerous violations of the Fisheries Act.

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    Samherji enters MSC assessment for cod, haddock and herring

    2012-05-16T11:32:00Z

    Samherji Hf has entered the Northeast Atlantic cod, haddock and herring fisheries for full assessment for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

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    Snow crab fishery begins MSC assessment

    2012-05-16T11:27:00Z

    Newfoundland and Labrador’s highest value fishery, the snow crab fishery, has entered into Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) assessment.

  • Bering Sea snow crab has been fully rebuilt to healthy levels. Credit: NOAA
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    US: Record number of rebuilt fisheries

    2012-05-16T10:29:00Z

    NOAA’s Status of U.S. Fisheries report has shown that a record six fish populations were declared rebuilt to healthy levels in 2011, bringing the number of rebuilt US marine fish populations in the last 11 years to 27.

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    Seafood Scotland CEO moving to Seafish

    2012-05-16T09:00:00Z

    The chief executive of Seafood Scotland, Libby Woodhatch, is to move to a new role in Seafish as the newly created head of advocacy.

  • Pieter Beelen of Sportvisserij Nederland with a Dutch smoothhound. © SSACN
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    Shark tagging goes international

    2012-05-15T17:39:00Z

    The Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network (SSACN) is collaborating with Sportvisserij Nederland (Royal Dutch Angling Association) and will extend its shark tagging event - Sharkatag - into Dutch waters.

  • The European flat oyster
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    First oyster fishery gets MSC cert

    2012-05-15T16:20:00Z

    Denmark’s Limfjord fishery has become the first oyster fishery to be granted with Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

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    MEP takes part in scientific research

    2012-05-15T15:06:00Z

    SNP MEP Alyn Smith has said that greater awareness of the benefits of Omega 3 could improve the nation’s general health, whilst taking part in a test of his own Omega 3 levels.

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    WFC attracts more than 1,300 delegates to debate future of fisheries

    2012-05-15T14:51:00Z

    The 6th World Fisheries Congress (WFC) has drawn to a close at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, attracting 1,365 delegates from 65 countries.

  • Pole-and-line fisheries need 25,000t of baitfish to catch tuna each year
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    IPNLF publishes baitfish study

    2012-05-15T13:18:00Z

    Pole-and-line fisheries need 25,000t of baitfish to catch tuna each year, according to a new International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) report.

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    Two leading Scottish figures retire

    2012-05-15T12:06:00Z

    Two leading figures in the Scottish seafood processing industry have retired after successfully steering Lossie Seafoods in Buckie to its current position as one the country’s leading premium salmon smokers.

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    Oceana calls upon GFCM to save Mediterranean fisheries now

    2012-05-15T11:28:00Z

    Oceana has urged the FAO General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) to urgently reverse the alarming trend of stock decline in the region.

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    WWF: Wake up call needed

    2012-05-15T11:14:00Z

    WWF has made a statement accusing fisheries ministers of overwhelmingly displaying a lack of ambition to save Europe''s fish stocks and fishing sector from collapse.

  • Other vessel types will be permitted to catch mackerel. Photo: skipinini.fo
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    More Faroese vessels to catch mackerel

    2012-05-15T10:49:00Z

    Faroese minister of fisheries, Jacob Vestergaard, has decided to permit vessels other than purse seiners to catch mackerel.