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  • Pole and line fishermen use the acceleration of the fish as they race to get their prey, hook them and fling them onto the boat's flat deck. (Photo: Paul Hilton/Greenpeace)
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    UK caterer introduces pole and line tuna

    2010-07-15T08:50:00Z

    Independent catering group CH&Co has become the first catering company in the UK to serve pole and line-caught tuna in spring water throughout its 120 restaurants nationwide.

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    Rescued Scottish salmon company rebranded

    2010-07-15T08:44:00Z

    Fish farming company Lighthouse Caledonia, which was saved from the brink of collapse in 2008 has changed its name to The Scottish Salmon Company.

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    US oil spill panel assesses economic impact

    2010-07-15T08:39:00Z

    Sal Sunseri''s P&J Oyster Company has worked Louisiana waters since 1876, making it the oldest operating oyster processor in the United States. But the future is grim, he told a recent presidential panel, due to the devastating BP spill that has been gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico Gulf ...

  • All those with a vested interest in the UK marine environment should participate in the MPA consultation process.
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    Time to contemplate incoming MPAs

    2010-07-15T08:21:00Z

    All those with a vested interest in the UK marine environment should participate in the MPA consultation process.The UK government's vision for its marine area was first published in the 2002 document ‘Safeguarding Our Seas’. This document established the UK's vision for "clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans ...

  • Kilic Group’s Bafa hatchery is nearly as big as a small town.
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    A tale of three hatcheries

    2010-07-15T08:12:00Z

    Kilic Group’s Bafa hatchery is nearly as big as a small town. (Photo: Kilic)Turkey’s three leading gilthead seabream and European seabass hatcheries could not be more different if they tried. At one end of the spectrum is the Kilic Group where everything – including the size of the fry they ...

  • Cast members of 'Bondi Rescue' Chris Chapman (left) and Brad Maylon (right) support the Greenpeace Canned Tuna Ranking Guide. (Photo: Greenpeace)
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    Greenpeace: Australians can buy more sustainable tuna

    2010-07-14T12:33:00Z

    The second Greenpeace Australia Canned Tuna Guide shows that public pressure on tuna companies has succeeded and Australians can now buy pole and line-caught tuna.

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    Fraser River salmon fishery eco-label assessment upheld

    2010-07-14T12:08:00Z

    The findings of an independent adjudicator (IA) in an objection procedure conducted as part of the Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery’s voluntary assessment against the MSC standard have been issued.

  • Depleted oyster production in France has limited the availability of juveniles for UK growers.
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    Big supply problems in the UK oyster market

    2010-07-14T12:04:00Z

    The supply situation for oysters in the UK market will remain difficult for at least the rest of the year, industry experts have warned.

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    Marine Stewardship Council makes new appointments

    2010-07-14T11:58:00Z

    The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has appointed Mike Wetherell to the new post of MSC chief operating officer. The post will be based in the London headquarters of the MSC.

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    Marine Harvest Q2 salmon volumes reach 68,000 tonnes

    2010-07-14T11:52:00Z

    Norwegian-based Marine Harvest has reported the following salmon harvest volumes for the second quarter: Norway 48,000 tonnes, Chile 2,000 tonnes, Canada 7,000 tonnes, Scotland 7,000 tonnes, and others 4,000 tonnes.

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    Kaliningrad revisited

    2010-07-13T16:18:00Z

    Kaliningrad has changed considerably in the last two decades but it remains a hub for fishing technology.

  • NOAA administrator Dr Jane Lubchenco.
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    Congressmen call for Lubchenco's resignation

    2010-07-13T16:10:00Z

    Congressmen Barney Frank and John Tierney have called for Dr Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the NOAA, to step down.

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    Senator demands NOAA sell unauthorised assets

    2010-07-13T16:06:00Z

    US senator Charles Schumer has called on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to immediately begin selling off unauthorised purchases it made with forfeiture money and return the proceeds to the fund and fishermen who committed no wrong doing or were excessively fined.

  • European Parliament is calling for an urgent revision of the outdated common market organisation in fishery products.
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    MEPs call for fair, transparent trade in fish

    2010-07-13T05:06:00Z

    The EU''s fishing and aquaculture industries must not be exposed to unfair competition from imports, according to a new resolution adopted by European Parliament, which calls for fishery products to be classified as "sensitive" in global trade talks.

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    New forum to debate a sustainable future for the fish industry

    2010-07-13T04:58:00Z

    A new one-day conference will take place in Grimsby, UK, this week which will explore the challenges faced by the fishing and seafood industry in managing a long-term sustainable future.

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    WTO investigates Vietnam’s anti-dumping complaint

    2010-07-13T04:51:00Z

    The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has set up a panel to investigate a complaint by the Vietnamese government that American anti-dumping duties are detrimental to its shrimp exports, reports Michael Mackey.

  • The Fishing Industry Council says most fishers welcome the new quota management system for the rock lobster industry.
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    Lobster quota system details announced

    2010-07-09T08:48:00Z

    The Australian fisheries minister Norman Moore has confirmed a new quota management system for the rock lobster industry will be implemented when the season begins in November.

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    Europe blows its annual budget for fish on Friday 9 July

    2010-07-09T08:41:00Z

    New research has claimed that Europe could not feed itself on fish from EU waters for more than 189 days a year, and from today is dependent on fish from elsewhere.

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    UK fisheries delegation meets EU commissioner

    2010-07-09T08:29:00Z

    A UK fisheries delegation this week met with the new EU maritime and fisheries commissioner, Maria Damanaki, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

  • Fishing boat Dama del Mar was swept up onto land, in Constitución's fishing bay, Maguillines. There she remains to this day.
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    WF EXCLUSIVE: Chile gets ‘Back to Sea’

    2010-07-07T07:51:00Z

    Four months after the tsunamis and earthquake that shook Chile, on 27 February, the four-month old government has presented several master plans to rebuild the country’s fishing industry, writes Ian Emmett, from Constitución, Chile.