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Shetland seafood firm goes into administration
Shetland-based seafood company Isle of Shuna has gone into administration.
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Faroese fisheries chief urges continued joint management of mackerel
Fisheries minister Jacob Vestergaard has underlined the continued commitment of the Faroe Islands to finding a new and lasting solution for joint management of the northeast Atlantic mackerel stock.
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Pew opposes MSC certification of surface longline catches
The Pew Environment Group has criticised a proposal asking the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to certify as sustainable a fishery that threatens vulnerable marine species including bluefin tuna, blue marlin, short-fin mako sharks and loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles.
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NewsRolls Royce’s new hybrid shaft generator
The new Hybrid Shaft Generator (HSG), developed by Rolls Royce, is an advanced power electric system that will allow for flexible use of speed, enabling better efficiency of both propeller and engines.
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NewsNorwegian seafood export growth continues
Except for October 2009, when figures were flat, Norway’s seafood exports have enjoyed uninterrupted growth for the last 22 months.
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Greenpeace calls for seafood industry to help save Ross Sea, Chilean seabass
Greenpeace has released a new report detailing what it describes as “the destructive fishing practices used to catch Antarctic toothfish”, also known as Chilean seabass, and exposes how the fishing industry is engaged in a “gold-rush” for toothfish in the remote waters of the Southern Ocean.
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NewsOptimised propulsion from MAN Diesel
Following a refit of its propulsion system, the trawler Jette Kristine has increased its bollard pull. The refit, carried out in Frederikshavn, Denmark, replaced the propulsion gear with a new propeller and nozzle.
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Scots urge Faroes to reverse decision to set own mackerel quota
Responding to the news that the Faroe Islands has decided to follow Iceland’s lead and declare an increased mackerel quota for this year, the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has called on the Faroese to reverse their decision and rejoin the previously operated international regime of fisheries management.
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NewsNOAA reopens further 5,000sq miles of Gulf
NOAA has reopened 5,144 square miles of Gulf waters to commercial fishing. The move was announced after consultation with the FDA and under a reopening protocol agreed to by NOAA, the FDA, and the Gulf states.
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Eighty percent of Taiwan's grouper farms back in operation after Morakot
Taiwan''s grouper industry has mostly recovered from the damage caused by Typhoon Morakot last August, with an average of 80% of grouper aquaculture farms having resumed operations, the Fisheries Agency said.
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NewsIreland unveils seaweed research project
Irish researchers have embarked on a project aimed at providing essential data on the cultivation of three popular seaweed species to assist in the growth of the country''s seaweed industry.
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Seafish announces £1m seafood project fund
Seafish, the UK authority on seafood, is inviting people with innovative ideas to apply for grants from the 2011 Seafish Industry Project Fund worth up to £1 million (€1.2 million/$1.6 million).
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NewsFaroes ‘forced’ to set own mackerel quota
The Faroe Islands had no choice but to set its own quota when faced with its exclusion from this year’s northeast Atlantic mackerel agreement by the EU and Norway, claimed the Faroe Shipowners’ Association.
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Marine Harvest appoints rival’s VP to head global sales
Marine Harvest ASA has appointed Ola Brattvoll as group director for the new business unit Global Sales & Distribution. The new unit will be in operation from 1 January 2011.
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Live Lobster buys Bumble Bee Foods’ sardine plant
Bumble Bee Foods has entered into an agreement with Massachusetts-based Live Lobster Co Inc, for the sale of the North America seafood company''s former sardine manufacturing plant at Prospect Harbor, Maine.
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New Zealand boosts support for Pacific fisheries
New Zealand will commit an additional NZD 4.8 million (€2.6 million/$3.5 million) to support the management and policing of the Pacific’s fisheries, Prime Minister John Key has announced.
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Akva CEO leaves following market ‘misjudgement’
Knut Molaug has left his position after 22 years as CEO of Akva Group ASA. CFO Morten Naerland has been temporarily appointed as CEO of the aquaculture equipment manufacturer.
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MSC defends certification of Fraser River sockeye salmon
Following intense criticism of the recent Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of British Columbia’s (BC) Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery levelled at the NGO by three BC conservation groups, the MSC has prepared a point-by-point response defending the move.
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Australian aquaculture booms despite tuna, lobster
The value of farmed salmonid production rose by 7% to AUD323 million (€224.3 million/$295.7 million) in 2008-09, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics – Bureau of Rural Sciences (ABARE–BRS) Australian fisheries statistics 2009 report.
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NewsFleet survey heads to Cornwall
The Seafish fleet survey headed to Cornwall, UK, last week where Seafish chief economist, Hazel Curtis, undertook a number of skipper interviews and got an update on local issues.
