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NewsTilapia firm's Q3 sales rocket 27%
HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries Inc has reported a third-quarter sales increase of 27%. The Seattle-based company recorded Q3 sales of $28.2 million (€20.3 million), up from $22.2 million (€16 million) achieved in the same period of 2009.
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McMurdo appoints European sales manager
McMurdo Ltd has appointed a European sales manager. David Duffin joins the company to handle sales of the McMurdo and Kannad Marine brands of commercial and leisure marine safety products throughout Russia, North Africa and the European region.
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Marine Conservation Zone project publishes its second progress reports
The four regional stakeholder groups within the UK’s Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) project have published a second set of regional progress reports, as part of the development of recommendations for future Marine Conservation Zones.
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NZ delivers aquaculture legislation amendment bill
Aquaculture New Zealand has welcomed the introduction of the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment Bill (No 3) into parliament.
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NewsAquaculture News & Opinion
A one-stop-shop for all the latest news and developments from the fish farming sector
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NewsAnalysis & Interviews
Making sense of the regulations affecting the commercial fishing and aquaculture industries
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NewsHB Grandi makes pearlside application
HB Grandi has sent the Icelandic Ministry of Fisheries a formal application to carry out experimental fishing on pearlside and intends to send its pelagic vessels onto this fishery if a licence is granted.
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Bocuse d’Or chef visits Scottish fishing industry
Bocuse d’Or competition UK finalist Simon Hulstone and his sous chef Jordan Bailey, have visited Peterhead to learn about the Scottish seafood industry and the species they will be using for the final of this prestigious competition.
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PNA changes licensing for longliners
A new licensing system for longline fishing vessels in the Pacific will go into effect at the start of next year. The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) will no longer sell licenses for individual longline vessels, which use hooks and lines to catch tuna.
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Top US seaport’s mayor calls for investigation of NOAA, NMFS and NEFMC
The mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts, the highest dollar-volume US seaport, has asked for a federal investigation of all parties involved with the implementation of fishing regulations, laws, and frameworks, and into the rule making processes of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) ...
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EU bans Pakistani seafood exports again
The European Union has once again banned imports of Pakistani seafood because the exporter has neglected to lift its food safety regulations to global standards.
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Canadian fishermen win treaty rights decision in tax court
Canada''s Norway House fishermen who argued that the fish they caught in off reserve waters was their personal property and therefore tax exempt under their treaty have scored a major victory in Federal Court. On 29 October Justice JE Hershfield ruled they did not have to pay income tax on ...
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NewsInternational fraud: $4bn tuna black market
The rapid demise of Eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna, the source of prized sushi around the world, is due to a $4 billion (€2.8 billion) black market and a decade of rampant fraud and lack of official oversight, according to a new investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
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NewsUmami wins $20m bluefin tuna contract
Umami Sustainable Seafood has announced Baja Aqua Farms of Mexico, of which it owns 33%, has executed sales agreements with Japanese buyers including a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atlantis Group, the 62% shareholder of Umami, for a total of $20 million of bluefin tuna.
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Cermaq achieves best quarter results ever
Norwegian-based salmon farming giant Cermaq has presented an EBIT pre fair value adjustment of NOK 502 million (€61.7 million/$87 million) for Q3 2010. Adjusted for gains on divestment, the EBIT was NOK 432 million (€53.1 million/$74.9 million) which is the best quarterly result Cermaq has ever achieved.
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35-yr lease granted for first US deep ocean aquaculture site
The Board of Land and Natural Resources of the State of Hawaii granted an application from Hawaii Oceanic Technology for a 35-year lease on the company’s 247-acre deep open ocean aquaculture site, permitted by the same board in October 2009.
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Vietnam aquaculture targets 10% growth
Vietnam’s fish farming industry is aiming to achieve annual growth of 8-10% until 2015, with export revenue estimated to reach $6.7 billion (€4.7 billion) by 2015 and $8 billion (€5.6 billion) by 2020.
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NewsNew guide exposes ocean acidification
Manmade ocean acidification will have profound impacts on commercial marine shellfisheries, even without a further increase of CO2 emissions, according to a new report.
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Artificial reefs boost Taiwan fishery
An artificial reef off Taiwan''s east coast has yielded a harvest of more than 230 tonnes of seafood so far this year, with value of the catch expected to grow further, according to the Fisheries Research Institute under the Council of Agriculture (COA).
