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Portuguese MSC certificate suspended
Following the surveillance audit carried out in December 2011, Moody Marine Intertek has suspended the MSC certification of the Portuguese sardine purse seine fishery.
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Cooke Aquaculture invests in ice system
Cooke Aquaculture, the largest Atlantic salmon producer on the East Coast, has invested in a state-of-the-art ice system that will boost the quality of its products while reducing energy consumption.
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BAP certifies Skuna Bay Salmon Farms
The Global Aquaculture Alliance has announced the Best Aquaculture Practices certification of four salmon farms owned and operated in British Columbia, Canada, by Grieg Seafood B.C. Ltd.
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NewsThai fisheries target value added export processing
Fisheries production in coastal regions along Thailand’s eastern and western seaboards close to Bangkok has been badly affected since October by heavy flooding in central Thailand as the huge volume of floodwater slowly drains off into the Gulf of Thailand, reports David Hayes.
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NewsNew hope for eel
Richard Cook, MD Severn & Wye Smokery, releasing glass eels into the ThamesWhile it’s true the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) has significantly declined in numbers, it’s wrong to say this centuries-old delicacy has been overfished. In fact from February this year eel buyers will have the opportunity to buy sustainable ...
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Study says Friend of the Sea is best aquaculture standard
A new study by the University of Victoria’s Seafood Ecology Research Group has said that Friend of the Sea’s Absolute Performance Score was better than all major sustainable aquaculture schemes operating at an international level.
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2012 SBT spawning season starts early
Clean Seas Tuna Limited has reported early progress with its strategy of bringing forward spawning from the company’s Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) broodstock.
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NewsWorld’s largest fish feed carrier nearing completion
BioMar’s new fish feed carrier, Høydal, is nearing completion, and should be ready to load its first cargo of feed from BioMar’s factories in Norway on 1 May.
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NewsMSC certification for PNA tuna fishery
The PNA Western & Central Pacific skipjack tuna fishery has achieved certification to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) environmental standard for sustainable and well managed fisheries.
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NewsBigeye not at risk, but still overfished
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has released its 2010 tuna fishery assessment report, which says that bigeye tuna continues to be overfished in the western and central Pacific tuna fishery.
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NewsSeafish compares TACs with ICES advice
Seafish has published a document comparing the TACs for 2012 agreed by the European Commission with the scientific recommendations made by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).
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Three die in vessel fire
Three fishermen have died in a fire onboard the Korean fishing vessel Jung Woo 2 near Antarctica on Wednesday.
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NewsSpelling out the species
One vital aspect of packaging is to label it so that it provides accurate information about the product inside.
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NewsCanadian government funds Vancouver Island aquaculture projects
Funding has been announced for four innovative Vancouver Island aquaculture projects, including a project to develop closed-containment technology.
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NewsNew NOAA Fisheries head
Eric Schwaab is to leave his position as assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries to serve as NOAA’s acting assistant secretary of commerce for conservation and management, starting on 17 January.
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Update on the future of Seafish
Following the ‘Discussion with Industry’ workshops last autumn on the future of Seafish, the four Fisheries Ministers will soon publish a summary of the discussion and high level outcomes.
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SPPA takes over from Herring Buyers
The Herring Buyers Association Ltd has changed its name to the Scottish Pelagic Processors Association Ltd (SPPA) and will be know by that title with immediate effect.
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NewsGreenwich Uni leads €4.6m coastal project
Researchers at the University of Greenwich are leading a €4.6 million project helping to regenerate coastal fishing communities on both sides of the English Channel and the southern North Sea.
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NewsNew BC aquaculture regulation vessels
Six British Columbia-made aquaculture regulation vessels have joined the Canadian fleet.
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United Supermarkets in a Lone Star first
The Marine Stewardship Council has announced that United Supermarkets of Lubbock, Texas is the first Lone Star State regional grocery chain to obtain MSC’s Chain of Custody certification.
