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NewsAustralia’s orange roughy stock considered
A recent report into Australia’s eastern orange roughy stock may pave the way for a targeted quota, Simon Boag of South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association told World Fishing.
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Salmon company delays floatation
A salmon company with interests abroad has decided to delay its stock market debut onto the Santiago Stock Exchange, due to the extreme volatility of both domestic and world markets.
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NewsNisqually restoration boosts salmon
A newly restored estuary is giving juvenile salmon from throughout Puget Sound a place to feed and grow before they migrate to the open ocean.
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NewsWhelk harvests may save the day
Labrador has no less than three economic development organisations conducting separate surveys of offshore whelk populations to determine the viability of having local fishermen harvest the species.
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NewsSealord considers action against Greenpeace
Sealord is considering legal action against Greenpeace after Auckland was flooded with posters and banners that condemned the company for “unsustainable” tuna fishing methods, something which Sealord denies.
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NewsAustralian salmonids see values rise
The value of farmed salmonids rose by 13% to AU$369.1m (US$393.4m) in 2009-10, to make it Australia’s most valuable fisheries product.
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Mackerel quota decisions
HB Grandi says there are still some decisions to be taken on the last of this season’s mackerel quotas: according to the company’s pelagic division, there remains only around 2,000 tonnes to be caught.
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Fishermen play host to parliamentary delegates
The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation is playing host to delegates from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICE), so as to enhance their understanding of the key issues facing the fishing industry.
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Chinese fishermen suing oil company
Oil firms will be facing legal action by Chinese fishermen who say that that a spill from a ConocoPhillips platform caused the scallop population in Bohai Bay to be devastated.
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NewsFan heater caused fatal trawler blaze
A combination of “calamitous” modifications came together to cause the fire onboard Vision II which resulted in the deaths of three fishermen who were living onboard while the vessel was in port.
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NewsCFP would make fishermen “endangered species”
Spanish fishermen have warned that under the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) they would become "an endangered species", and that the proposed changes would decimate the smaller sized operations.
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NewsMSC launches mislabelling investigation
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has responded to the claim, outlined in a Current Biology article, that fish had been mislabelled as being from certified sustainable stock.
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Quantity and value of UK landings increase
New statistics published by the UK’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) show an increase in the quantity and value of fish landed by the UK fleet in 2010 compared with 2009.
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NewsHearing homes in on lost salmon
British Columbia''s Cohen Commission has sparked controversy as it tries to determine if aquaculture may have had a hand in the depletion of Fraser River sockeye salmon.
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NewsLabour inquiry into foreign-owned vessels
The labour standards and conditions in foreign-owned vessels are to be investigated by the New Zealand government but the Maritime Union said it will “need to shine a light into dark places.”
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NewsFarm to bask in geothermal warmth
Icelandic energy organisation HS Orka and Stolt Sea Farm have agreed that the aquaculture specialists will utilise surplus hot water from a geothermal plant for breeding Senegalese sole.
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Farming and processing helps Morpol’s results
Morpol’s earnings this last quarter are up €13.8m on the same period a year ago, with both processing revenues and farming balancing lower sales volumes.
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NewsShrimp from New Mexico?
Commercial shrimp farming in New Mexico seems unlikely, but a study into its viability is being carried out that might result in a new, inland shrimp market.
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NewsCall for care on NZ hoki quota
Despite the recent declaration by New Zealand’s fisheries and aquaculture minister Phil Heatley that the western hoki stock had been rebuilt, there’s been a call for a “precautionary approach” to raised quotas.
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Ups and downs for Austevoll
Austevoll Seafood has seen both peaks and troughs recently, as the balance sheet positives were eaten away by IFRS adjustments caused by a drop in prices.
