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NewsNZ trials king crab industry
The government of New Zealand has given the go-ahead for an exploratory permit to find out if it is possible for its fishermen to commercially catch deepwater king and red crab.
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Tasmania to send mussel spat to South Australia
South Australia''s mussel industry is to trial a programme in which hatchery-raised mussel spat will be imported from Tasmania.
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Trawl fishing to close in area of Kodiak
Two key Kodiak-related fisheries decisions came out of the latest North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) meeting in Anchorage, Alaska.
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Seafish offers advice on using seafood nutrition and health claims
Advice on making authorised nutrition and health claims in line with new European legislation is now available on the Seafish website www.seafish.org
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NewsBluefin tuna hit hard by BP oil disaster
Numbers of juvenile Atlantic tuna at a major spawning site in the Gulf of Mexico probably fell by at least 20% this year as a result of the BP oil spill, according to the European Space Agency (ESA), whose satellites are assessing the disaster''s effects on the fish’s habitat.
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NewsPelagic production record for HB Grandi
A total of 17,000 tonnes of products from pelagic species have been processed this year at HB Grandi’s Vopnafjördur factory, smashing the company''s previous production record of 12,700 tonnes set in 2004.
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US looks for new law enforcement chief
The US government is looking to hire a new chief for its fisheries law enforcement arm after the former head of enforcement, Dale Jones, was reassigned to monitoring international seafood trade.
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NewsSummit tackles ocean industry impacts
International governments will decide on measures to minimise the impacts of human activities on the marine environment at the UN summit on biodiversity - the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - which has opened in Nagoya, Japan.
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NOAA seeks comments on proposed reduced harvest of gag
NOAA Fisheries Service is seeking public comment on a proposed rule that would decrease the commercial quota of gag, suspend the use of red grouper multi-use individual fishing quota (IFQ) commercial allocation, and temporarily set the gag bag limit to zero.
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More carp for the Bengali plate
Three species of freshwater fish dear to the Bengali palate may soon be bred throughout the year through an aquaculture ‘trick’ that could help boost fish production.
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US approves Mexico shrimp imports
The US Department of State has certified Mexico under Section 609 of United States Public Law 101-162, which prohibits the import of shrimp and shrimp products harvested in ways that may adversely affect some sea turtle species.
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Maine lobstermen to aid herring research
Ten lobster boats will use sonar to survey populations of the fish in coastal waters next summer and autumn, with the help of a grant from the Maine Technology Institute.
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Salmon group changes name to reflect region
The New Brunswick Salmon Growers'' Association has changed its name and focus to better reflect the industry''s spread out of southwest New Brunswick.
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Tonka Seafoods looks into shrimp processing
Tonka Seafoods Inc is interested in restarting shrimp processing in Petersburg, Alaska, and last week approached the Petersburg Harbor Board seeking permission to build a two-story warehouse close to the Petersburg Community Cold Storage facility.
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NOAA reopens further 7,000 sq miles of Gulf
NOAA has reopened 6,879 square miles of Gulf waters about 180-200 nautical miles south of the Florida panhandle, between the Florida-Alabama state line and Cape San Blas, to commercial and recreational fishing.
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NewsFilleting the smallest fish
It took SEAC AB three years to overhaul its ARENCO SFD-300 to fillet smaller fish from 25 to 50 fish per kg and the result – the ARENCO SFD-300 XS was installed in Sweden, Finland, Latvia and Croatia to work on Baltic herring, sardines, anchovies, vendance, red mullet and horse ...
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NewsMarelec marine scales and graders
The latest installations for marine weighing specialist Marelec NV include the Scottish prawn fishing vessels Achieve and Replenish, while Norwegian vessel Sunderoy installed a MS4/6 six-gate static grader for grading to size and Tosnes has installed a MS5/7 seven-gate grader.
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NewsPeterhead’s new quay opens on time
Peterhead Port Authority’s new all-weather deepwater Smith Embankment quay has opened for business - on time and within budget.
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NewsNew rule denies IUU boats entry to US
A new federal rule is being introduced that will allow NOAA’s assistant administrator for fisheries to deny a vessel entry into a US port or access to port services if that vessel has been listed for engaging in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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Sri Lanka lifts all fishing restrictions
The Sri Lankan government has lifted all restrictions that were imposed on fishing in the seas around the island due to LTTE terrorism, the Defence Ministry announced.
