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Largest fishing event in the north returns
The Exhibition will cover every aspect of the commercial fishing industry from catching and locating to processing and packaging, right through to marketing and distribution of the final product. Even in the face of economic turmoil, the last show in 2008 proved yet another success: nearly 500 companies ...
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Íslenska sjávarútvegssýningin 2008 sló í gegn!
Íslenska sjávarútvegssýningin var síðast haldin 2008 og heppnaðist mjög vel þótt hún væri haldin dagana áður en hrunið mikla varð. Nær 500 fyrirtæki frá 33 löndum sýndu vörur sínar og 12.429 gestir komu frá 50 löndum, þar með taldir 75 VIP-gestir og sendinefndir frá Kanada og Ekvador. Mercator Media ...
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Icefish 2008 - a great success!
The last Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition held in 2008 was a great success despite being held immediately prior to the economic crisis. Nearly 500 companies from 33 countries exhibited and 12,429 attendees came from 50 countries including 75 VIPs and delegations from Canada and Ecuador. For the next ...
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NewsChina, Japan, US lead fish consumption
China is the largest consumer of seafood, but the environmental impact of countries like Japan and the US is magnified by a taste for fish at the top of the food chain, such as tuna or salmon, according to a new report.
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Orange roughy fishery reopens, hoki quota up
New Zealand’s fishing industry has welcomed an increase to this season''s hoki quota as well as the reopening of an orange roughy fishery on the north west of the South Island, which closed a decade ago due to dwindling stocks.
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Papua New Guinea upgrades vessel monitoring system
VComms, a subsidiary of SatComms, a leading provider of satellite communication solutions based in Australia, has been selected by the National Fisheries Authority (NFA) of Papua New Guinea to provide a turnkey integrated vessel monitoring system (VMS) for fisheries management under a multi-year agreement.
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Waitrose sells UK’s first Friend of the Sea mussels
Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group (SSMG) rope grown mussels are the first farmed seafood in the UK to be awarded Friend of the Sea (FoS) certification.
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Detained Chinese trawler captain back home
Chinese trawler captain Zhan Qixiong has been returned by charter plane to Fuzhou, capital of southeast China''s Fujian Province, following his high profile detention in Japan.
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Scots to urge action on mackerel at council
At the AgriFish Council meeting in Brussels on Monday 27 September, Scottish fishermen will be pressing the European Commission to give a clear signal of intent that strong action will be taken against Iceland and the Faroes if the two countries fail to reach an acceptable deal on international mackerel ...
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New species enter NZ fishing quota system
New Zealand’s Ministry of Fisheries has announced catch limits and other management controls for two new species - bladder kelp and Patagonian toothfish - that will become part of New Zealand''s internationally-recognised Quota Management System (QMS) on 1 October 2010.
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Italian caviar gains Friend of the Sea eco-label
Caviale srl’s Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii), Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baeri) and Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii) have been certified by Friend of the Sea for being sustainably reared and managed.
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NewsCooking with Cobia arrives on the web
Following the launch of its Vietnamese-farmed cobia at Brussels’ European Seafood Expo (ESE) in April this year, aquaculture company Marine Farms has initiated a new UK website, www.cookingwithcobia.co.uk.
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$15m damage to Kaohsiung aquaculture
Aquaculture operations in southern Taiwan''s Kaohsiung County suffered combined losses of TWD 470 million (€11.2 million/$14.9 million) as a result of flooding caused by the recent Typhoon Fanapi, said the county government''s Agriculture Department.
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StarKist delivers first low sodium tuna pouches
To provide a solution to growing US consumer concern regarding sodium, StarKist Co, a leading US producer, distributor and marketer of seafood products, has launched Low Sodium Tuna in convenient ‘Flavor Fresh Pouches’.
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NewsNew langoustine factory opens for SFO
A new langoustine processing factory near Glasgow, UK, was opened on 22 September by Scottish fisheries secretary Richard Lochhead.
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NewsEU tackles shark finning loopholes
Members of the European Parliament have launched an initiative to press for strengthening the EU ban on shark ‘finning’ – the practice of slicing off a shark’s fins and discarding the carcass at sea.
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Debate starts on aquaculture’s pros and cons
An international aquaculture conference with more than 700 participants from 60 countries brought together to evaluate where fish farming stands today and to look at upcoming challenges and opportunities gets underway today in Phuket, Thailand.
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Flamborough Head named North Sea’s first No Take Zone
The North Sea’s first ‘No Take Zone’ (NTZ) has been formally established to protect marine wildlife off Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire. This is the third NTZ to be designated in British waters and the first to incorporate intertidal habitat.
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Detained skipper strains China-Japan relations
China has stepped up its maritime dispute with Japan by halting high-level exchanges over the extended detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain.
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India seafood exports grow 22%
Indian seafood exports increased by 22% in July to $170 million (€129.4 million), compared to $139 million (€105.8 million) in July 2009, due to greater US, Japanese and European demand.
