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Minister announces new small boats for Canadian Coast Guard
The Honourable Gail Shea, Canadian Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, has announced the award of a contract totaling $5 million to Zodiac Hurricane Technologies Inc., to build 25 Model 753 Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIB) for the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG).
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WFE 2009 the ‘most professional and international’
The President of the World Fishing Exhibition Executive Committee, Alfonso Paz-Andrade, made a final summary of the Exhibition, held in Vigo from 16-19 September. Mr Paz-Andrade, surrounded by the Executive Committee and the Regional Minister of the Sea, Rosa Quintana, expressed his satisfaction at the results of the event. He ...
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Greenpeace: 'Best managed fishery a disaster'
Responding to an announcement from the National Marine Fisheries Service reporting the results of this year’s pollock stock survey, John Hocevar, Greenpeace oceans campaigner director in the US, gave the following statement:
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Blueshell Mussels win award
A Shetland firm developing "world-leading" cultivation techniques to supply the finest quality mussels to leading restaurants and major supermarkets has received a prestigious prize.
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NewsThe UK's first microwavable fish finger
Young’s is this month introducing the UK market’s first microwaveable version of the fish finger, designed to make fish fingers more accessible and appealing to fish finger fans.
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NewsEastern Channel cod fishery remains closed for 2009
The eastern Channel cod fishery - ICES area V11d – will remain closed to under-10m fishing vessels for the rest of 2009, the UK''s Marine and Fisheries Agency (MFA) has announced.
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New update for status of New Zealand’s fish stocks
The Ministry of Fisheries has released information on the status of 117 of the 628 stocks managed under New Zealand’s Quota Management System. This information results from stock assessment research undertaken during the year to 30 June 2009.
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NewsNZ fisheries 2030 goal and action plan released
New Zealand Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley last week released Fisheries 2030, a goal and plan of action for future management of the country’s fisheries. The goal is: "New Zealanders maximising benefits from the use of fisheries within environmental limits".
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NewsScottish Shellfish highlights importance of farmed shellfish sector
The Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group has underlined to Environment Minister Roseanna Cunningham MSP the importance of the farmed shellfish sector to the Scottish economy during a visit to its processing facility in Bellshill last week.
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Cheap calls for FleetBroadband users
From 1 October Inmarsat is launching Enhanced Super Quiet Time (ESOT) low-cost calling for FleetBroadband users. The Enhanced SQT offer will apply across all three FleetBroadband variants, FB 500, FB 250 and the latest low cost entry terminal, FB150 and will apply all year round, at any time of day ...
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AKVA group RAS project for tuna
AKVA group has signed a new contract with Clean Seas Tuna (Stehr Group) for the delivery of a complete UNI-recirculation marine hatchery for Southern Bluefin Tuna .The facility will be located at Clean Sea''s Arno Bay facility in South Australia.
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Styropack appoints new sales manager
UK EPS manufacturer Styropack has appointed Shana King as its Regional Sales Manager North. Ms King was previously with Jiffy Packaging as Account Manager for north England.
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Longlining device wins Smart Gear grand prize
A team of two Australian inventors were today awarded the grand prize in the International Smart Gear Competition for a fishing gear innovation that could save thousands of seabirds from dying accidentally on longlines each year. The winners were officially announced in Vigo, Spain at the World Fishing Exhibition.
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Greenpeace calls on governments to support ban on Bluefin tuna trade
Last week Greenpeace activists onboard the Rainbow Warrior demanded immediate action to protect endangered Mediterranean bluefin tuna from commercial extinction by deploying buoys marked ‘Crime Scene’ around cages holding bluefin tuna being fattened up for harvesting and then sold for export.
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Greenpeace: Action needed by Japan to protect Pacific tuna
Activists from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza last week unfurled banners saying “Marine Reserves Now” and "No Return from Overfishing” after witnessing Japanese purse seiner Fukuichi Maru fish tuna in a pocket of international waters in the Pacific where key tuna stocks are threatened with collapse.
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GC Rieber Oils certified sustainable from Morocco
Friend of the Sea has announced the certification of a range of refined fish oils from GC Rieber Oils, a global supplier of Omega-3 oils, cod liver oil and other marine oils.
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FleetBroadband 505 emergency call service launch
On 1 October 2009 a new safety service will be launched by Inmarsat. The service - 505 Emergency Calling - means that Inmarsat FleetBroadband customers who dial 505 will be connected automatically to a coast guard rescue centre, wherever they are in the world.
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The countdown begins - one week until WFE 09
The 2009 World Fishing Exhibition and AQA Exhibition will be the most internationally diverse event yet in the series. Participants from more than 105 countries will be in attendance which will make Vigo, Spain the business centre of the commercial fishing and aquaculture industry from the 16-19 September 2009.
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Greenpeace EC tuna trade ban response
The European Commission yesterday supported a ban on the international trade of bluefin tuna.
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WWF EC tuna trade ban response
The European Commission yesterday gave its backing for a suspension of international trade in endangered Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna. WWF welcomes the decision and now urges European Union national governments to follow this lead.
