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  • Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall hails the news as “brilliant”
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    UK shoppers take to pouting

    2011-03-15T10:58:00Z

    Since going on sale at 400 Tesco stores six weeks ago, pout fillets have already achieved 50% of sales of cod fillets.

  • Iceland is being urged to abandon commercial whaling. Credit: NOAA
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    Iceland whale slaughter condemned

    2011-03-15T10:57:00Z

    Iceland is being urged to abandon its commercial whaling as the US and 10 other countries issued a statement condemning the cruel and unnecessary killing of endangered fin whales and minke whales.

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    Fishing reform

    2011-03-15T10:30:00Z

    The Scottish Government is bringing together some key opinion formers in the EU to highlight Scotland''s vision for sustainable fishing, at an event in Brussels on 15 March.

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    Increased management measures for halibut

    2011-03-15T10:19:00Z

    NOAA’s Fisheries Service has announced it is implementing the regulatory recommendations of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) due to concerns over declining halibut stocks.

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    King Harald to open Aqua Nor 2011

    2011-03-15T10:14:00Z

    H.M. King Harald will officiate at the opening of Aqua Nor 2011 on 16 August 2011 in Trondheim, Norway.

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    Healthspan's Omega-3 supplements promote Friend of the Sea origin

    2011-03-15T09:56:00Z

    Healthspan, the UK''s leading home shopping supplier of vitamins, minerals and health supplements, was awarded Friend of the Sea certification for its Omega-3 supplements.

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    Faroese mackerel fisheries in 2011

    2011-03-15T09:49:00Z

    After another unsuccessful attempt to reach an agreement on multilateral management measures, the Minister of Fisheries has announced a total catch limit for mackerel fisheries in Faroese waters in 2011 of 150,000t.

  • Cap Lizard aground on Burhou. Credit: Nigel Shaw
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    RNLI rescues five French fishermen

    2011-03-11T12:45:00Z

    Alderney RLNI volunteer lifeboat crew rescued five French fishermen who had taken to a life raft early Tuesday morning after their fishing boat had run aground and been abandoned on Burhou.

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    Shea provides fishers with long-term economic benefits

    2011-03-11T12:45:00Z

    Gail Shea, Canadian Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, has announced changes to the licensing policy for the Atlantic Canada and Quebec inshore fishery to allow for the issuing of licences to wholly owned companies.

  • Kongeåen River Fish Farm, Denmark is an example of a freshwater fish farm which recycles its water. The high-tech and environmentally friendly model fish farms use water from boreholes, rather than from rivers, and are based on water recirculati...
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    Salmon breeding comes ashore

    2011-03-10T13:42:00Z

    The environmentally friendly Danish model fish farms are to be expanded from the current freshwater farms to also include saltwater fish farms.

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    Mackerel talks underway

    2011-03-10T10:53:00Z

    A senior Scottish Government official is part of the EU delegation that is seeking to put in place a new international agreement for the mackerel stock.

  • Greenpeace says that John West is now the UK’s most environmentally unfriendly tinned tuna company
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    Tinned tuna giants go shark friendly

    2011-03-10T10:44:00Z

    Princes – who sells more tinned tuna than any other company in the UK – is going to stop using a fishing method which is responsible for killing sharks.

  • This handout photo, release 30 August 2010, compares the size of the GE-salmon (background) to an Atlantic salmon of the same age (foreground). Photo by Barrett & McKay Photo/AquaBounty Technologies/Handout, NP
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    GE-salmon – blessing or monster-fish?

    2011-03-09T16:57:00Z

    Both, the monster created by Shelley''s fictional Frankenstein character and the legendary Golem of Prague created by Rabbi Maharal, were made of dead material and put to life by magic.

  • The Hercules doors on Vestmannaey
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    Orders coming in for Polar Fishing Gear

    2011-03-09T15:58:00Z

    Polar Fishing Gear of Iceland has recently introduced its new ‘Hercules’ trawl doors - a low aspect version of it semi-pelagic ‘Mercury’ trawl doors suitable for bottom and ‘off the seabed’ fishing.

  • Baader’s salmon processing line
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    Baaders salmon processing solution

    2011-03-09T13:47:00Z

    Baader says it is aware that food processors are always searching for improved ways to monitor and control their production and is offering a Production Management Software to monitor and optimise the overall production performance.

  • The WiseFish family
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    WiseFish seafood software solution

    2011-03-09T13:00:00Z

    Maritech will present a new version of WiseFish, a comprehensive, scalable software solution, tailor-made to meet the needs of seafood producers.

  • The Ishida Fresh Food Weigher presents another solution to the handling and weighing of sticky products, featuring a linear multihead design, fed by belts from an infeed table
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    Seafood packing solutions from Ishida Europe

    2011-03-09T11:39:00Z

    New to Ishida’s quality control range is its latest checkweigher, the DACS-G, which delivers even higher speed and accuracy and, at the touch of a button, can switch between two weighing ranges, allowing manufacturers and processors to handle more products on one machine.

  • The freezlite bed freezer
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    freezelite – the modular fluidised bed system

    2011-03-09T11:19:00Z

    The freezelite bed freezer is designed for cooling and freezing bulk products such as shrimps and prawns.

  • The MMO is extending the deadline for applications to the sole discard reduction trial. Credit: NOAA
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    Sole discard reduction trial

    2011-03-09T10:03:00Z

    The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has decided to extend the deadline for applications to the sole discard reduction trial in response to industry feedback and queries.

  • Eric Schwaab, Assistant Administrator for NOAA Fisheries. Credit: NOAA
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    US turning a corner in ending overfishing

    2011-03-09T09:49:00Z

    Assistant NOAA Administrator for Fisheries Eric Schwaab has said that the US is making good progress toward meeting the mandate to end domestic overfishing.