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Who will win the Innovation Prize at Aqua Nor?
Altogether 17 candidates from Norway and a number of other countries submitted their candidacies to this year’s Innovation Prize. That is twice as many as any time before, according to Odd Berg, who has acted as secretary to the Jury.
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NewsVessel to open up oceans of research opportunities
Australia''s ocean climate and geoscience research capability will more than double when its latest ocean-going research vessel joins the national fleet in 2012, says CSIRO Chief Executive, Megan Clark.
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Kiotech appoints new head of aquaculture
Kiotech, the supplier of high performance natural feed additives to the aquaculture, commercial fishing and sports fishing markets, has appointed Maarten Jay van Schoonhoven as Head of Aquaculture.
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Abel Caballero: “Vigo’09 will be the best World Fishing Exhibition ever”
The Mayor of Vigo and President of the Organising Commission of the World Fishing Exhibition-Vigo’09, Abel Caballero, met recently with the Executive Committee in order to be updated on the latest advances of the show which will be held in Vigo from 16-19 September.
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Greenpeace calls on scientists to take stronger stand to save tuna
Greenpeace today urged the fifth annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) Scientific Committee to do more to end overfishing of Pacific bigeye and yellowfin tuna, by calling for larger reductions in fishing of these species and by recommending the closure of four enclaves on international ...
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Repair and improvement projects for small craft harbours in Nova Scotia
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Greg Kerr, Member of Parliament for West Nova, have announced how federal funding will be used to improve small craft harbours in Dennis Point, Abbotts Harbour and Lower East Pubnico.
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Salmon violations result in heavy fines and forfeiture of boat
In provincial court at St. John’s, Canada, in July, Everett Crann and Jeremy Brace of Chance Cove were both convicted of fishing for Atlantic salmon in coastal waters during a closed time.
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NOAA selects Newport as new home of Marine Operations Center-Pacific
NOAA has selected the Port of Newport, Ore., to be the new home of the agency’s Marine Operations Center-Pacific beginning in 2011 pending the signing of a 20-year lease.
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NOAA lowers hurricane season outlook, cautions public not to let down guard
According to its August Atlantic hurricane season outlook, NOAA now expects a near- to below-normal Atlantic hurricane season, as the calming effects of El Niño continue to develop.
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Minister Shea opens new Fisheries Service Centre on Campobello Island
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has announced the official opening of the department’s new Fisheries Service Centre on Campobello Island, New Brunswick.
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"The ocean of tomorrow"
The European Commission has launched "The ocean of tomorrow" call for research proposals.
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600,000 living salmon smolts transported from Iceland to Norway
A week long process, of transporting the largest quantity of living smolts that has ever been transported from Iceland to Norway, came to an end recently for Islandsbleikja, Samherji´s subsidiary in fish farming.
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MSC improves access for data-limited fisheries
The Marine Stewardship Council has published Version 2 of its Fisheries Assessment Methodology (FAM).
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Greenpeace blocks bottom trawler
Greenpeace activists recently blocked a notorious bottom trawling fishing vessel, the Seamount Explorer, from leaving Auckland’s harbour in New Zealand, calling for an end to destructive deep sea bottom trawling.
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NewsCommission adopts plan to protect anchovy stock in Bay of Biscay
The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a long-term plan to manage the anchovy stock in the Bay of Biscay.
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SFF welcomes report on fish stock recovery but warns future management must ensure that industry remains viable
Commenting on the publication of a study that appears in this week’s Science which says that some global fisheries are showing signs of recovery and the subsequent call by WWF Scotland for Scotland to keep up its efforts to protect fish stocks, Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen’s ...
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NewsItalian trout cooperative certified Friend of the Sea
Trout is one of the oldest products offered by European aquaculture, being traditionally produced by small local farms that are firmly rooted in their home territory. Italy is one of the main producers, with an important internal market and exports to Germany and Switzerland.
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Marport Signs MoU with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Marport Deep Sea Technologies Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreement with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).
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Admiral Gordon found not guilty
The owners and master of the Plymouth beam trawler Admiral Gordon were found not guilty on three charges of failing to keep an accurate log book by magistrates on 28 July.
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NewsFAO releases review of world capture fisheries insurance
The FAO has recently released FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 510, ''Review of the current state of world capture fisheries insurance''.
