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NewsSri Lanka to buy 400 deepsea fishing vessels in industry overhaul
Sri Lanka minister Rajitha Senaratne has revealed the country’s fisheries sector will be encouraged to upgrade in 2011 with measures introduced to increase both fish harvests and the prices of fish.
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NewsHB Grandi trawler catch value grows 12%
In spite of a reduction in quotas, the catch landed by HB Grandi’s eight trawlers came to approximately 51,500 tonnes with a value of around ISK 11.3 billion (€73.5 million/$97.9 million) in 2010.
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NIWA undertakes 20th Chatham Rise survey
On New Year’s Day, the New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research of New Zealand’s (NIWA) research vessel Tangaroa departed for its first voyage since its recent NZD 20 million (€11.7 million/$15.6 million) upgrade, making its 20th consecutive trip to the Chatham Rise to study the abundance ...
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Greenpeace applauds tuna no-take zone
Greenpeace has welcomed the entry into force on 1 January 2011 of a huge marine conservation area in the west and central Pacific. In an attempt to rescue the region''s declining bigeye and yellowfin tuna stocks, the no-take zone bans purse seine fishing from 4.5 million square kilometres over five ...
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NewsComplete conveyance solutions for seafood
The Seafood Team at US-based supplier of conveyance solutions and services Intralox develops handling systems for all types of fish processing operations, from onboard ocean-going factory trawlers through to the packaging end of a processing plant.
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NewsVietnamese tilapia farm deaths
More than 150 tonnes of red tilapia have died in the past week in Cao Lanh District in the southern province of Dong Thap, resulting in losses of VND35 billion (€1.3 million/$1.8 million) for fish farmers.
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Vietnamese shrimp region sets export target of $850m
Vietnam’s southern-most province of Ca Mau hopes to increase seafood exports by 11.8% to $850 million (€647.8 million) next year, local officials have said. To achieve the target, the province will zone 10,000 hectares of land for breeding tiger shrimp by 2015.
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Japan and Taiwan to resume fishery talks
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has said that a 17th round of fishery talks with Japan will most likely take place in 2011 after a one-year hiatus.
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Pakistan's seafood exports value rises 37%
Pakistan’s seafood exports increased by 37% to $96.9 million (€73.9 million) in the July to November period of the current fiscal year, according to provisional figures from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
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Hiru expands further into fish farming through new business investment
China’s Hiru Corporation has set up the Jiangxi Fisheries Biology Co to continue the company’s expansion into the aquaculture industry.
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NewsPelagic pair fitted out with new Triplex net bins
Triplex AS has announced a contract with Larsnes Mek Verksted AS for the delivery of a newly-developed Triplex Net Handling System for a built-in net bin to the new vessels Eros and Kings Bay.
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NBK Capital buys stake in Kilic Deniz
NBK Capital has completed its fifth investment in Turkey by acquiring a 20% equity stake in Kiliç Deniz, the country''s largest aquaculture company.
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NewsRecord exports for Vietnam shrimp
The value of shrimp exports from Vietnam will amount to more than $2 billion (€1.5 billion) this year, dramatically up on the $1.7 billion (€1.3 billion) recorded in 2009, said the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (Vasep).
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Japanese bribe Russian fishing authorities
Four Japanese fishery companies paid around ¥500 million (€4.6 million/$6.1 million) in bribes to Russian officials for three years so they could fish in Russia''s exclusive economic zone more than allowed under a bilateral agreement, media reports in Tokyo have claimed.
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Study: BC salmon farms amplify sea lice
A new scientific study claims farmed salmon can significantly amplify sea lice in coastal waters of British Columbia (BC), and that controlling lice outbreaks presents substantial challenges to industry, regulators, and salmon conservationists.
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South Korea secures greater pollock quota
South Korea has secured the right to catch 47,001 tonnes of pollock in Russian waters in 2011, a 201-tonne increase compared with 2010.
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NewsAmerica bans shark finning in its waters
US Congress has banned the practice of shark finning in all US waters in a move environmental advocates say international regulators should emulate.
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New provisions for releasing detained vessels
A number of recent vessel detentions have meant that new provisions under the UK’s Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 relating to the lodging of bonds to secure the release of vessels have been put into practice.
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India ramps up shrimp exports to US, Japan
Indian seafood exports increased 15.4% in rupee terms and 21.5% in dollar terms during the April to October period on the strength of higher demand for shrimp from the US and Japan.
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NewsAlaska pollock re-certified under MSC
The Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Alaska pollock fishery (BSAI) has earned Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) re-certification having been independently assessed and again found to be sustainable and well-managed.
