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NewsNZ focus on aquaculture
The recent New Zealand Aquaculture Conference demonstrated that the country is looking forward to a new era of sustainable growth and investment in aquaculture.
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NewsKenya to boost inland and coastal fisheries development
Kenya recently launched a number of important new fishery initiatives, including two major investment programmes aimed at developing sustainable inland and marine fisheries, reports David Hayes.
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NewsICCAT must address swordfish decline
Oceana is calling on the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to address the 50% decline in Mediterranean swordfish.
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NewsEU fish subsidy data lacking
Fishsubsidy.org has launched a new database of payments under the European Fisheries Fund, from 2007 to 2010.
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Shipowners’ announces no increase in premiums
P&I insurance provider, The Shipowners’ Club, has held its premiums to the previous year’s levels, and has reported an increase of 7.3% in earned premiums for the half-year ended August 2011.
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NewsUK dispute over European Marine Sites
The first rounds have been fired in what may be a lengthy dispute between two conservation bodies and the UK Marine Management Organisation relating to the relationship between fishing and obligations under EU Habitats legislation, writes Andrew Oliver, partner and specialist in sea fisheries and marine environmental law, at solicitors ...
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NewsRoy Palmer joins BAP in Australasia
The Best Aquaculture Practices certification program has expanded its international marketing team with the addition of Roy Palmer as BAP''s new business development manager for Australasia.
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Shetland salmon farm refurbishment project
Salmon farm pens in Shetland are being recycled into new and stronger units in a collaborative project between Northern Isles Salmon and aquaculture equipment supplier Fusion Marine.
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Second German Baltic fishery MSC certified
Fishing cooperative Küstenfischer Nord eG Heiligenhafen has received the MSC certificate for its eastern Baltic cod.
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NewsEU plans to protect tunas and swordfish
At the ICCAT Regular Meeting, the European Union has said that it will table ambitious proposals for the conservation of Mediterranean swordfish, and tropical tunas and sharks, in line scientific recommendations.
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Faroe Islands auctioned mackerel quota
This summer saw the first time that the Faroese authorities sold part if its mackerel quota by auction.
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Seafish discussion process nears completion
This autumn’s industry discussion on the future of Seafish is nearing completion.
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NewsWWF: Ban bluefin farming
WWF has released a new study showing current fishing capacity doubling bluefin tuna quotas in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean and points to the need to strengthen the current capacity reduction plan.
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Canadian exploratory turbot pot fishery
An exploratory turbot pot fishery that will test new harvesting equipment has received $61,253 funding from the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Government.
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NewsDutch oyster fisheries enter assessment
The association represents two fisheries, targeting two species – Native Oyster and Pacific Oyster – that will be assessed at the same time.
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No confirmed cases of ISA in BC
There have been no confirmed cases of infectious salmon anaemia in wild or farmed salmon in British Columbia.
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NewsSEAC machine increases yield
The newly designed FPM-200 nobbing machine is the latest machine from Swedish company SEAC .
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Progress in fish stock recovery
The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has said that good progress is being made in fish stock recovery.
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China Fishery acquires fishmeal plant and increases quota
International frozen seafood supplier Pacific Andes’ Singapore-listed subsidiary China Fishery has acquired two Peruvian fishing companies, Consorcio Vollmacht S.A.C. and Negocios Rafmar S.A.C., for a total of US$26.16 million.
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NewsCabinplant wins engineering prize
Cabinplant A/S has been awarded ‘The Danish Engineering Product Prize 2011’ for its patent-pending robot trimming and packing line, in the sub category ‘Production, Machinery, Transport’, by trade magazine Mediehuset Ingeniøren.
