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NewsBoats landed €18m of illegal pelagics
Six trawlermen from Shetland, UK, face unlimited fines and multi-million pound confiscation orders for illegally landing £15 million (€18.3 million/$23.2 million) worth of herring and mackerel.
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Greenpeace urges NZ to help save Pacific tuna
Greenpeace has called on the New Zealand government to support a plan to make the Pacific’s tuna fisheries sustainable following further reports of declining stocks.
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Florida projects get BP funding for oil spill research
Florida Atlantic University (FAU) is well represented among the 27 research projects selected by the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) Council to examine the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico.
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NewsGetting East Africa back on track
The World Bank has started a five-year series of initiatives that will lend financial support to sustainable fisheries development in Lake Victoria. David Hayes reports.
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NewsStark’s 16.8m steel trawler project
Stark Bros Ltd of Lyttelton, New Zealand, is well into the construction of its latest design and build project, a 16.8-metre steel fishing trawler.
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UK fishing industry set for fish price slump
Scottish fishing communities can expect more hardship this autumn when Iceland increases its cod quota and floods the market, pushing down the price of fish, industry leaders have warned.
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Vietnam submits shrimp lawsuit to WTO
Vietnam submitted its lawsuit documents against the US imposition of anti-dumping tariffs on its frozen shrimp to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel in Geneva, Switzerland, on 20 August.
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SFF: no more days at sea cuts
The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has called for a freeze on any further reductions in the number of days fishing vessels can put to sea and is warning that a significant proportion of the demersal fleet is facing financial collapse unless there is an easing of the current management restrictions.
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NewsAlnet’s new polyethylene nets
South African net manufacturing specialist Alnet has added to its range of nylon, knotless Kapenta nets with polyethylene knotless Kapenta nets.
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Quota tightened to save southern rock lobster
The rock lobster commercial catch quota in South Australia''s lower south east will be capped at 1,250 tonnes until stocks recover. And a month at each end of the southern zone rock lobster season will be cut to help the industry become more sustainable.
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Indonesia to present higher oil spill claim
Indonesian negotiators are expected to soon formally present the amount of compensation the country will claim as a result of the Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea last year.
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NCL ramps up fish capacity on Norway-Germany service
North Sea Container Line (NCL), a Norwegian fish and industrial product transportation specialist based in Haugesund, has responded to increased demand by phasing in the 677 TEU vessel Celina between western Norway and Hamburg/Bremerhaven (Germany).
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Seafish appoints interim CEO
The board of UK seafood authority Seafish has appointed Dr Paul Williams as interim chief executive with effect from October 2010.
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MEP calls for blockade over mackerel row
A Scottish MEP has called for an EU-wide blockade of Icelandic and Faroese boats and goods amid a wrangle over mackerel quotas.
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NewsChinese tilapia giant wins park contract
Rongfu Aquaculture Inc, one of China''s leading companies in the cultivation, harvesting, and trading of tilapia, snakefish, and other aquatic products, has been designated by the local government to operate the 3,300-acre Qingqi aquatic park.
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NewsCanadians invest in BC aquaculture
Gail Shea, Canadian minister of fisheries and oceans (DFO) has announced CAD 637,678 (€474,935/$600,830) in funding to support innovation and sustainability in the aquaculture industry in British Columbia.
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Record returns on Fraser River’s MSC salmon
Fraser River sockeye salmon returns could reach between 20 million and 25 million fish this year, making it the second, possibly even the largest run in 60 years, according to independent fisherman and Pacific Salmon Commission Fraser Panel member Mike Griswold.
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NewsNew live lobster terminal up and running at Urk
The new ‘aquaport’ in Urk in the Netherlands is now regularly receiving commercial shipments of live lobsters from Halifax in Nova Scotia. The first consignment arrived on 21 May, and they have been coming in weekly ever since.
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NewsLarge order book for Taiwan winch manufacturer
Funz San Industry is currently working on a project that includes two slipway winches with a capability of 150T@5m/min and two slipway winches with capability of 60T@5m/min. These winches are for a shipyard in the Philippines.
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NewsWesmar trawl increases Vladivostok catch by 70%
The installation of the Wesmar TCS780 trawl system on board the 105m catcher/processor Vladivostok has been hailed a big success.
