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    Best Aquaculture Practices defends brand

    2012-02-14T19:33:00Z

    The Best Aquaculture Practices programme has withdrawn its certification of Cumbrian Seafoods Ltd.

  • Now users check pollock, haddock, herring, turbot, sole, brill, redfish, deepwater shrimp, fjord shrimp and peeled shrimp with the app, in addition to salmon, cod and plaice
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    More species on iPhone app

    2012-02-14T19:24:00Z

    Nofima is quadrupling the number of different fish species that users can check with the ‘How fresh is your fish?’ iPhone app.

  • Norway captures about 93% of its cod in the Barents Sea. Along with the haddock in these waters, cod was recently certified as being sustainable under the Marine Stewardship Council eco-label
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    A seafood superpower

    2012-02-14T19:15:00Z

    Norway is a country that’s small in population but mighty in fish exports

  • The signing of the contract for the new Chinese trawler
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    New Chinese trawler contract for SENER

    2012-02-14T17:09:00Z

    SENER has signed a joint contract with the China Ship Development and Design Center (CSDDC) and China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Co. Ltd for a new trawler for the China National Fisheries Corporation (CNFC).

  • WESMAR has introduced its new line of trawl sonar catch sensors
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    WESMAR introduces new catch sensors

    2012-02-14T16:56:00Z

    Sonar equipment manufacturer WESMAR has introduced its new line of trawl sonar catch sensors.

  • More than 200 executives representing 93 companies from 23 countries watched demonstrations of Marel’s latest salmon processing equipment at its Salmon Showhow last month
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    ‘Innovation factory’ develops new salmon processing machines

    2012-02-14T16:00:00Z

    “There is a lot going on in Marel’s ‘innovation factory’,” says Stella Björg Kristinsdóttir, the company’s fish industry marketing manager. And much of this innovation will be on show at the processing exhibitions soon taking place in Boston and Brussels, she adds.

  • 15-20% of the world’s catch comes from IUU. Credit: Greenpeace
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    Poor FPAs make illegal fishing easy

    2012-02-14T15:40:00Z

    The bilateral fisheries agreements, known as Fisheries Partnership Agreements (FPAs), that exist between the EU and third countries have been providing the perfect cover for illegal fishing activities

  • Fish farm visit - Offshore Mariculture 2010
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    Call for papers - Offshore Mariculture 2012

    2012-02-09T00:15:00Z

    The call for papers for the 4th Offshore Mariculture Conference, organised by Mercator Media Ltd, has now been released. The event is a must attend for all fish farmers.

  • Sustainability issues surround the blue swimming crab
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    NFI Crab Council fight for sustainability

    2012-02-08T20:19:00Z

    US crab import companies are banding together in a coalition to protect the sustainability of the blue swimming crab and fund fishery improvement efforts in Indonesia, the Phillipines and Vietnam.

  • Pescafria get MSC certified Photo: Pescafria-Pesquera Rodríguez
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    First Spanish fishery gets MSC cert

    2012-02-08T12:58:00Z

    Pescafria-Pesquera Rodríguez has become the first Spanish and the first EU Barents Sea cod fishery to be awarded for sustainability under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Programme.

  • Sainsbury’s is the UK's largest retailer of MSC certified seafood
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    Sainsbury’s launches 100th MSC product

    2012-02-07T14:35:00Z

    The UK’s largest retailer of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified fish, Sainsbury’s, has announced the launch of its 100th MSC product, breaking the UK record for sustainably sourced fish.

  • The ISU aims to to build a global consensus on sustainable fisheries management
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    Royal positivity towards sustainable fisheries

    2012-02-06T17:30:00Z

    There is real cause for optimism about the future of the world’s fish stocks, despite evidence of its continued decline, according to a new Royal sustainability report.

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    AKVA sells Maritech business in Norway

    2012-02-03T04:00:00Z

    AKVA group Software AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of AKVA group ASA, has entered into an agreement with Fishware Invest AS, for sale of the Maritech business in Norway for a price of NOK34.5m.

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    Seafood Industry Research Fund evolves

    2012-02-03T04:00:00Z

    After 40 successful years of addressing the research needs of the seafood community, the Fisheries Scholarship Fund is evolving into the Seafood Industry Research Fund (SIRF).

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    Seafish industry meetings moved

    2012-02-02T16:09:00Z

    Seafish is moving next week''s follow-up meetings with the UK fishing industry to later in the month while it waits on the final detail of its new operating structure and objectives being agreed.

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    Back to slavery

    2012-02-02T14:27:00Z

    Things are going from bad to worse. Over six years ago (WF June 2005) I wrote here about low-paid and badly treated "foreigners" onboard large, distant-water fishing vessels, some of which flying FOC (flag-of-convenience) and some IUU (Illegal, unreported and unregulated).

  • Hugh’s Fish Fight was set up to try to change discard laws
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    Bringing Europe together on discards

    2012-02-02T14:03:00Z

    It was a move seen by many as long overdue, but 2011 was to be the year that Europe was to come together as one to change the rules on discards forever.

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    Regions speak out on future of fisheries

    2012-02-02T13:36:00Z

    A seminar was held at the European Parliament on 1 February entitled “The Future of the European Fisheries Sector”, organised by the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) and the MAREMED project.

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    Seafish invites applicants for feasibility study into uses for discarded fish

    2012-02-02T11:49:00Z

    Seafish is commissioning a project to assess potential uses for discarded fish that is not destined for human consumption.

  • Shark fins. Credit: NOAA
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    ISSF bans shark finning

    2012-02-02T11:39:00Z

    A measure passed by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation will require industry participants to adopt policies that prohibit shark finning and refrain from transactions with vessels that engage in finning.