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  • Wärtsilä’s Gentle Fish Handling Concept
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    Wärtsilä introduces new fishing vessel concept

    2012-06-26T14:03:00Z

    At Nor-Fishing 2012, Wärtsilä will present a new design concept that it says may represent the future of combined pursers and trawlers.

  • Japanese supermarkets and stores have been selling octopuses and whelks caught off Fukushima for the first time since March 2011. Credit: NOAA
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    First Fukushima seafood sold

    2012-06-26T13:27:00Z

    Supermarkets and stores in the city of Soma, Japan, have showcased octopuses and whelks caught off Fukushima on Monday.

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    Venezuela ends shark finning

    2012-06-26T13:25:00Z

    Venezuela has prohibited commercial shark fishing throughout the 2,211 square kilometers of the Caribbean Sea that make up the popular Los Roques Archipelago.

  • CCGS Vladykov
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    ‘CCGS Vladykov’ arrives at its homeport

    2012-06-26T10:58:00Z

    The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Vladykov has arrived at its homeport in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

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    Oceana: Rio +20 makes no real progress

    2012-06-26T10:47:00Z

    Oceana says that it finds the final Rio +20 declaration to be a weak statement of intent, with no legally binding commitment that fails to respond to the urgent conservation and management needs of the world''s oceans.

  • Karmøy Winch is to supply four new purse seiner/trawlers
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    Karmøy Winch AS to supply four new vessels

    2012-06-25T20:28:00Z

    Karmøy Winch, producer of deck machinery packages for fishing vessels, has recently received an order to supply four new Norwegian pelagic combined purse seiner/trawlers.

  • The Alutech 400
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    Alu launches improved chairs

    2012-06-25T19:29:00Z

    Alu Design & Services, designer and manufacturer of advanced pilot chairs and deck rails, re-launched two of its core product offerings earlier this year, with enhanced design and production standards.

  • The 2010 Offshore Mariculture Conference
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    Offshore Mariculture programme announced

    2012-06-25T10:06:00Z

    The provisional programme has been released for the Offshore Mariculture Conference 2012, organised by Mercator Media Ltd, which will take place from 17-19 October in Izmir, Turkey.

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    Australia’s gemfish plan working

    2012-06-25T04:30:00Z

    Australia’s Harvest Strategy for protecting eastern gemfish is working, says the South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association (SETFIA).

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    New Canadian organic aquaculture standard

    2012-06-22T04:30:00Z

    Canada launched its own organic aquaculture standard in May, giving Canadians the opportunity to choose certified organic farmed seafood including finfish, shellfish and aquatic plants.

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    AIPCE-CEP welcomes EP vote on CFP

    2012-06-22T04:30:00Z

    The EU Fish Processors and Traders Association and Federation of National Organisations of Importers and Exporters of Fish (AIPCE-CEP) have welcomed the EP Fisheries Committee vote on its CFP proposals.

  • Stars are launching a campaign to save the Arctic. Credit: NOAAStars are launching a campaign to save the Arctic. Credit: NOAA
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    Stars demand Arctic sanctuary

    2012-06-21T15:40:00Z

    Famous faces including Sir Paul McCartney, Penelope Cruz, Robert Redford, One Direction, and Sir Richard Branson are demanding that oil drilling and unsustainable fishing are banned in Arctic waters.

  • Continuous Horizontal Process Freezer
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    DSI launches new continuous freezer

    2012-06-21T14:12:00Z

    Dybvad Stål Industri (DSI) has announced that a new freezer for on-time continuous processing is now available, for both onshore and offshore freezing.

  • Reuben Lasker. Credit: Val Ihde, Marinette Marine Corp.
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    NOAA fisheries survey vessel launched

    2012-06-21T13:37:00Z

    NOAA’s Reuben Lasker, a fisheries survey vessel, was launched on 16 June by Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC), the Wisconsin shipyard building the vessel.

  • Royal Rebel
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    Buccaneer Boats launches Royal Rebel

    2012-06-21T13:09:00Z

    The latest ring netter from Buccaneer Boats has been launched and will be operated out of Shoreham, West Sussex, UK.

  • The KBV312 Coast Guard vessel will be used for fisheries control
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    Volvo Penta helps Coast Guard save fuel

    2012-06-21T12:00:00Z

    The first in a series of five advanced Coast Guard vessels has reached its final port destination in Falkenberg on the West coast of Sweden.

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    SKF Thruster Monitoring for marine and offshore thrusters

    2012-06-21T11:39:00Z

    SKF has announced the availability of SKF Thruster Monitoring, an integrated and flexible condition-based maintenance (CBM) solution for propulsion and positioning thrusters in the marine and offshore industries.

  • Norman Lim, MSD Animal Health’s technical services project manager
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    MSD Animal Health appoints product manager

    2012-06-21T11:29:00Z

    Aquatic animal business, MSD Animal Health, has chosen Norman Lim as its new technical services project manager for aquaculture in Asia.

  • The Firth of Clyde. Credit: Dave Souza at Wikipedia. License: CC BY-SA 2.5
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    Firth of Clyde shows signs of recovery

    2012-06-21T11:06:00Z

    A study by Marine Scotland has found that the Firth of Clyde is demonstrating some signs of recovery.

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    Baltic herring and sprat reach MSY

    2012-06-21T10:50:00Z

    The European Commission has announced that central basin herring and sprat stocks in the Baltic Sea have recovered enough to be able to increase the quota for both stocks in 2013.