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  • Launched in June, the experimental Columbus AIS, on the International Space Station, can pick up all VHF signals vertically from all oceans.
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    Space bandits ahoy!

    2010-07-01T17:08:00Z

    A new VHF signal receiver that utilses space station technology could be deployed in combating pirate fishing.

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    Amberjack quotas set for the Gulf of Mexico

    2010-07-01T17:01:00Z

    NOAA Fisheries Service has adjusted the recreational and commercial quotas for greater amberjack for 2010 to account for quota overruns in 2009.

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    Scottish Fishermen’s Federation announces new president

    2010-06-25T14:47:00Z

    Alan Coghill, the secretary of the Orkney Fisheries Association (OFA), has been elected as the new president of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF).

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    Acting CEO leaves Marine Harvest

    2010-06-25T12:23:00Z

    Acting CEO and director of group operations Canada, Scotland & Others, Thomas Farstad, has decided to leave Marine Harvest ASA to join Aker Seafoods ASA as CEO.

  • Research vessel Brooks McCall sampling stations, 8-25 May, 2010. (Image: NOAA)
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    US releases first subsea BP spill report

    2010-06-24T09:20:00Z

    The first analysis about subsea monitoring in the Deepwater Horizon vacinity has been released.

  • Fishery closure boundary as of 23 June, 2010. (Image: NOAA)
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    8,000 square miles of Gulf fishing closed area reopened

    2010-06-24T09:12:00Z

    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.

  • Croatia's total aquaculture production is about 12,000 tonnes per year with a value of €120 million ($146.8 million).
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    Croatian fisheries chief: integration is best for aquaculture

    2010-06-24T09:00:00Z

    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.

  • The Plankton farm situated 1.5 miles (2.4 km) out to sea from the fishing village of Drace.
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    EU ambitions for Croatian fish farmer

    2010-06-23T09:03:00Z

    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.

  • Ice plants are a critical need for Sri Lanka to develop its fishing industry.
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    Sri Lanka fisheries attract ice plant investors

    2010-06-23T08:57:00Z

    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.

  • The Ocean Fresh factory ship.
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    Pelagic pair trawl ban lifted in Mauritania

    2010-06-22T11:26:00Z

    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.

  • Ships and drilling rigs surround the Discoverer Enterprise as it continues to recover oil from the Deepwater Horizon drill site June 15, 2010. (Photo: US Coast Guard)
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    BP oil spill: fishing closure increases to 36%

    2010-06-22T10:07:00Z

    The NOAA has again had to modify the commercial and recreational fishing closure in the oil-affected areas of the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Delegates at the the idea behind the Riba Mljet farm was to help provide a source of income for Sobra’s small population.
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    Organic farm nears maximum output

    2010-06-22T09:04:00Z

    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

    2010-06-22T08:55:00Z

    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.

  • When fully operational, NIMPL will have the world’s largest capacity for half-shell production.
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    NIMPL opens new factory for NZ mussel industry

    2010-06-22T08:50:00Z

    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.

  • Europe’s aquaculture sector requires investment, long-term planning and hence clear and stable rules, say MEPs.
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    MEPs rally for stronger aquaculture sector

    2010-06-21T09:48:00Z

    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

    2010-06-21T09:26:00Z

    FarSounder has received an order from The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), for an advanced fisheries research project.

  • President Barack Obama said there will be more oil and more damage before the oil spill “siege” is over.
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    Obama: BP will pay for ‘oil spill epidemic’

    2010-06-16T14:18:00Z

    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.

  • The falling value of the euro means  EU buyers must now pay €2.20 for 1kg of pangasius when the price was  €1.87 at the start of this year.
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    Devalued euro rocks Vietnamese exports

    2010-06-16T12:09:00Z

    The ongoing economic turbulence in Europe is setting up problems for Vietnamese seafood exporters.

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    Seafish launches free Hygiene ELearning Programme

    2010-06-16T10:30:00Z

    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.

  • The America Lobster Management Board will meet on 22 July. Will they opt for the recommended five-year ban?
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    Lobster fishers face potential five-year ban

    2010-06-14T07:45:00Z

    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.