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DFO fines $500,000 for misreporting of crab landings
An extensive investigation by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), has led to $500,000 in fines for misreporting of crab catch and landings.
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Healthy oceans new key to combating climate change
A ''Blue Carbon'' fund able to invest in the maintenance and rehabilitation of key marine ecosystems should be considered by governments keen to combat climate change. A new Rapid Response Report estimates that carbon emissions (equal to half the annual emissions of the global transport sector) are being captured and ...
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New commercial director at Scottish Shellfish
The Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group has appointed Rob Mitchell as Commercial Director, with the direct remit of spearheading business expansion, including export.
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English industry boost from EFF grant
The latest EFF (England) panel on 30 September decided on 20 project applications.
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NewsAlliance agrees on new principles for CFP
Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Eva Kjer Hansen and her British, Scottish and German colleagues last week agreed on new principles that they believe should form the foundation for Europe’s Common Fisheries Policy when it is revised in 2012.
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NewsAction on fish discards
Scotland''s fishermen should be ''suitably rewarded'' for adopting conservation methods, Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead has said.
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NewsCommissioner Borg receives maritime award
Last week in Kiel, the EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Joe Borg, received the Elisabeth Mann Borgese award from the Government of Schleswig-Holstein for outstanding achievements for the seas. This prize is awarded every year in recognition of figures whose work has contributed to protecting and preserving the ...
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News2010 fishing opportunities for the Black Sea
The European Commission recently adopted a proposal for fishing opportunities for the Black Sea for 2010. The Commission proposes a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) of 76 tonnes for turbot, a 25% reduction compared to 2009, and a TAC of 12,750 tonnes for sprat, unchanged from 2009. These proposals are based ...
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Croatian tuna farm takes step towards sustainable tuna farming
A vital step towards closed life cycle farming of the commercially valuable Atlantic Blue Fin Tuna (NBT) was achieved in the Adriatic farming sites of Kali Tuna, a Croatian tuna farming company and the laboratories of the University of Split. Marine scientists at Split University have confirmed that gametogenesis was ...
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New report highlights economic importance of salmon farming
Scotland’s salmon farmers injected £500m into the economy in 2008. The Highlands and Islands continue to be the most significant beneficiaries. When additional downstream added-value processing is considered, the economic benefits are likely to be far greater.
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WWF welcomes UK Ministers’ support for improving Europe’s fisheries
EU Fisheries Ministers from the UK, Scotland, Germany and Denmark yesterday put their support behind new measures that will improve the management of Europe’s fish stocks and reduce the wasteful practice of discards. In a joint statement, the Ministers call for a reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy that ...
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SFF statement on CCTV as a fisheries control measure
Speaking in response to Scottish Fisheries Minister Richard Lochhead''s announcement that CCTV on fishing vessels could unlock more quota and fishing time, Scottish Fishermen’s Federation Chief Executive Bertie Armstrong said:
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Down on the (fish) farm
Glasgow-based New Zealander Sunil Kadri scooped up the O2 X Male Entrepreneur of The Year Award in London recently. Co-founder of Optoswim Technologies, Mr Kadri is a marine biologist and fish behaviour expert who explores technologies to enhance fish farming. Straddling the realms of business and academia has paid off ...
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Irish Sea Conservation Zone launches next week
The Irish Sea Conservation Zone (ISCZ) will launch on Wednesday 14 October to help secure a healthy and productive future for the coast and waters of the Irish Sea.
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Federations to deliver stark message to UK fisheries ministers
At a joint meeting of UK fisheries ministers in Edinburgh tomorrow, the UK’s two principal fishermen’s organisations will deliver the stark warning that efforts must be stepped up to head-off devastating cuts proposed by the EC.
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NewsFirst fishing trawler to be fitted with SkySails
Parlevliet & Van der Plas has signed a purchase agreement with Hamburg-based manufacturer SkySails for the world’s first towing-kite wind propulsion system to be installed on a fishing trawler.
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Supplying the entire product range
Pon Power AS is the sole distributor of Cat engines and generators in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Faeroe Islands and Greenland, and is a MaK distributor in Scandinavia.
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New Dynamica ropes
Danish company Netmark A/S supplies twisted and braided TURBO nylon netting, polyester and Dyneema® netting with single and double knots for trawls, purse seines and aquaculture.
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NewsPresenting two new radars
At Danfish this year, Navteam will present the two new radars from Japan Radio Company Ltd (JRC), JRC JMA 5200MKII and 5300MKII.
