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US lobster fishermen get reprieve on ban
The American Lobster Management Board has shelved the proposal for a five-year ban on lobster catching south of Cape Cod.
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Louisiana blue crab fishery pursues MSC eco-label
Louisiana’s Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board has entered the blue crab fishery into the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification programme.
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NewsHB Grandi lands 15,000 tonnes of pelagics
HB Grandi’s vessels have landed around 15,000 tonnes of herring and mackerel so far this season. In previous years mackerel has primarily been a bycatch with herring but now mackerel accounts for some 60% of catches.
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NewsStorm Bonnie halts BP spill clean up
Work at the site of the Gulf of Mexico BP oil spill will stop for 10-12 days until Tropical Storm Bonnie has passed.
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NewsNOAA reopens one-third of closed Gulf
No oil has been observed for 30 days in 26,388 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico being reopened for fishing.
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NZ’s new aquaculture regulations on track
New Zealand’s government is on track to set new regulations for the aquaculture industry that will allow the backlog of applications to be dealt with, according to fisheries minister Phil Heatley.
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Vietnam processors run low on shrimp, pangasius exports rise
Seafood exports out of Vietnam have grown this year but processors are now facing a shortage of shrimp. In the first half of this year, exported shrimp prices increased 84% in France, 20% in Japan and 7% in the US.
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Shetland seafood firms praised by Jamie Oliver team
Shetland’s seafood suppliers have received a glowing review from two top members of staff at Jamie Oliver’s Restaurant Fifteen in London.
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Group comes up with ideas to prevent Hawaii dolphin bycatch
Fishermen who use longlines to catch ahi, mahimahi and other fish off Hawaii should use a different kind of hook so they do not accidentally severely injure or kill a rare dolphin species, a federal advisory group said.
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Salmon firm buys Western Isles farms
The last significant independent fish farming operation in Scotland’s Western Isles has been bought.
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Mumbles lifeboat rescues trawler from mussel haul
A mass of mussel shells caught in a UK trawler’s nets forced the crew to call for help after the weight of it caught difficulty in manoeuvring.
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Greenpeace urges responsible seafood buying in Japan
Greenpeace Japan has released its first seafood ranking guide “red listing” 15 fish species that should be removed from Japanese shelves, including five different species of tuna.
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NewsPlugging the gap in high pressure processing
Avure, the US company which claims 15 years experience of developing and designing machines for high pressure processing (HPP), has launched the Avure QFP 100L-600 HPP system.
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NewsAll change in Mauritania
Pieter Tesch finds the West African country is no longer willing to bow to pressure from European fishing giants. In future it wants to hold on to at least half its catch.
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Vietnam initiates plan to maintain export growth
The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will continue its efforts and implement key initiatives to boost exports in an aim to maintain double-digit turnover growth for the year, the MoIT deputy minister Nguyen Nam Hai has said.
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NewsNorway achieves record seafood exports
Exports of Norwegian seafood in the first half-year of 2010 totalled NOK 24 billion (€2.9 billion/$3.8 billion), marking the highest export value ever recorded for a first half-year period, according to the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council.
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NewsWWF: cod can recover if we control bycatch
The strong recovery of North Sea cod stocks has been acknowledged by WWF but the NGO is concerned poor management of certain stocks will undermine the species’ recovery.
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Stringent testing imposed on Bangladesh shrimp
Shrimp exported from Bangladesh to the EU will undergo stringent testing procedures after the country’s testing facilities were found to be falling short of European expectations.
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Clipper race brings new fish contracts to Humber
The Clipper Round the World yacht race which ended in the Humber, UK, has generated £1 million (€1.2 million/$1.5 million) in trade deals for the region.
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Delhaize launches sustainable seafood programme
Delhaize Group is to implement a sustainable seafood policy across its US portfolio, which comprises the stores Hannaford, Sweetbay, Bottom Dollar Food and Food Lion.
