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English company orders new trawler
Whitby company Lockers Trawlers Ltd. has placed an order for a versatile 25m whitefish vessel with local boat builder Parkol Marine Engineering.
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Australian fish is sustainable fish
Professor Ray Hilborn and Dr Bob Kearney have released a paper titled, ‘Australian seafood consumers misled by prophets of doom and gloom’.
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First Chinese Omega-3 fish oil company Friend of the Sea certified
Sinomega is the first Chinese manufacturer of Omega-3 fish oils to achieve Friend of the Sea certification.
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New Faroese Fisheries Minister
It has been reported that Jákup Mikkelsen, Faroese Minister of Fisheries has been replaced by Jacob Vestergaard.
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WWF campaign nears 100,000 signatures
WWF will tell MEPs in a presentation to the petitions committee today that they need to end overfishing and save Europe’s seas and fishing industry from decline.
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Global Partnership for Oceans announced
The World Bank has announced the supporting organisations that will make up its Global Partnership for Oceans.
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Vietnam approves master plan
Vietnam’s agricultural sector will export fisheries products worth US$11 billion by 2020 under a master plan approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, official media have reported.
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Tsunami debris task force crisis meet
A task force for the 2011 Japanese tsunami marine debris field, which is floating towards Hawaii, has met at the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) In Hawaii to share information to help avert the crisis.
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SFF welcomes haddock discard move
The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has welcomed the move by the European Commission to use emergency powers to reduce and avoid excessive discarding of haddock in the West of Scotland.
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Call for change welcomed
An influential group of back-bench MPs today called for a ''sea change'' in the way fisheries are managed in the future.
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Oregon approves three marine reserves
Our Ocean has expressed support for Oregon legislature’s action to designate three marine reserves and protected areas off Cape Falcon, Cascade Head, and Cape Perpetua.
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New Zealand seafood rated ‘green protein’
New Zealand seafood is rated as the ‘green protein’, a report on the environmental cost of New Zealand food production has found.
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Prawnfresh Plus improves catch quality
A group of Florida shrimp fishermen are enjoying a significant economic boost after improving the quality of their catches by switching to Prawnfresh Plus.
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Shark fin trade ban moves forward in Maryland
This week the Maryland House of Delegates held a hearing on a newly introduced bill (HR 393) that would ban the sale, trade, distribution and possession of shark fins throughout the state.
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Shetland report on data deficient fish stocks
A new report conducted by the NAFC Marine Centre in the Shetland Islands, has revealed that more than half of the main species landed by Scottish whitefish vessels come from stocks that are data deficient.
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Wrasse farming initiative announced
The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) and the Meridian Salmon Group have signed a three year agreement with Otter Ferry Seafish Ltd to commercially farm Ballan wrasse in salmon cages for the first time.
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Bakkafrost’s salmon farm certified
Bakkafrost, the largest salmon farmer in the Faroe Islands, has achieved the GlobalG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance Standard, following assessment of its business by Food Certification International (FCI).
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Seakura launches new organic seaweeds
From its production facility located in the Natural Reserve of Michmoret on the Israel coast, Seakura Ltd has launched a new line of organic seaweed products that have been especially produced for European consumers.
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Scottish salmon Dubai’s 'dish of the day'
The best of Scottish produce was on display recently for an international audience in Dubai at Gulfood, one of the world’s largest food and hospitality shows.
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Investment boost for Loch Fyne Oysters
Scottish seafood business Loch Fyne Oysters has secured significant investment which will allow it to capitalise on its brand and penetrate new export markets.