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NewsUS releases first subsea BP spill report
The first analysis about subsea monitoring in the Deepwater Horizon vacinity has been released.
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News8,000 square miles of Gulf fishing closed area reopened
NOAA has opened more than 8,000 square miles of previously closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico, because the agency had not observed oil in the area.
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NewsCroatian fisheries chief: integration is best for aquaculture
Tourism presents a significant obstacle to the development of global aquaculture, but both these vital industries need to follow Croatia’s lead and find greater harmony, according to one of the country’s fisheries leaders.
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NewsEU ambitions for Croatian fish farmer
Despite two decades of hardship, war and a loss of markets, Matko Jasprica has kept his Croatian fish farm alive and now hopes to start exporting to the EU.
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NewsSri Lanka fisheries attract ice plant investors
Sri Lanka has attracted private sector investment to set up ice manufacturing plants in the island''s north and east where the fisheries industry is recovering after the end of a 30-year war and harvests increasing to supply domestic and export markets.
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NewsPelagic pair trawl ban lifted in Mauritania
Mauritania has temporarily lifted its ban on pelagic pair trawling ban to make it attractive for Irish and Scottish pelagic refrigerated seawater (RWS) trawlers to target mackerel, horse mackerel, sardines and sardinella off northwest Africa.
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NewsBP oil spill: fishing closure increases to 36%
The NOAA has again had to modify the commercial and recreational fishing closure in the oil-affected areas of the Gulf of Mexico.
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NewsOrganic farm nears maximum output
Croatian fish farmer Riba Mljet will next year reach its annual production target of 200 tonnes at which point the organic producer of seabass, seabream and meagre will cap its output.
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Aussie illegal crab seizures
More than 216 illegal crab and fish traps have been seized, and more than 80 crabs and fish have been returned to the water alive, as part of a targeted operation in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia, said the state''s Primary Industries Minister Steve Whan.
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NewsNIMPL opens new factory for NZ mussel industry
A NZD 23 million (€13.2 million/$16.4 million) mussel processing facility which will help provide the world’s largest half-shell production capacity has opened in Tauranga, New Zealand.
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NewsMEPs rally for stronger aquaculture sector
A stronger European aquaculture industry could help meet growing consumer demand by providing alternatives to wild fish species. But safeguards are needed to prevent environmental and public health risks, according to a new resolution adopted by the European Parliament.
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FarSounder awarded TNO fisheries research order
FarSounder has received an order from The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), for an advanced fisheries research project.
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NewsObama: BP will pay for ‘oil spill epidemic’
In his first national address from the Oval Office, President Barack Obama vowed to make BP pay for the damage caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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NewsDevalued euro rocks Vietnamese exports
The ongoing economic turbulence in Europe is setting up problems for Vietnamese seafood exporters.
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Seafish launches free Hygiene ELearning Programme
UK seafood authority Seafish has launched a Hygiene ELearning Programme (HeLP) suitable for seafood food handlers. Access to the new programme is free of charge and the registration process is informal to encourage more seafood handlers to participate in food safety training.
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NewsLobster fishers face potential five-year ban
Lobster populations in a large area of the Atlantic Ocean have shrunk so much that biologists have recommended a five-year ban on catching to allow stocks to bounce back.
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Chilean hake fishery enters MSC assessment
Sociedad Nacional de Pesca has entered its Chilean hake (Merluccius gayi gayi) trawl fishery into the independent, third-party assessment under the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certification programme.
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New almanac for UK and Irish fishing fleets
In August this year, book publisher A&C Black will launch the only almanac available in the UK and Ireland that is solely oriented towards the fishing industry.
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NewsSeafish appoints new interim chairman
UK seafood authority Seafish has announced the appointment of John Whitehead as interim chair of the organisation following the completion of Charles Howeson’s three-year term as chair.
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NewsBlue skies research rises in the East
Fish R&D in East Asia has put much of its past effort into promoting standards to meet ‘Western’ import health and quality regulations. Peter O’Neill finds signs of a significant value shift upwards on the lucrative bio and innovation fronts.
