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Scottish Marine Bill introduced
Scotland''s first Marine Bill has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament.
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Triple certification for Norwegian fisheries
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for three Norwegian fisheries was awarded at the European Seafood Expo in Brussels last week.
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NewsGreenpeace calls on markets to pre-order sustainable skipjack tuna
Greenpeace launched guidelines and an on-line pre-order petition at the European Tuna Conference in Brussels calling on retailers, restaurants and tuna traders to pre-order and shift their supplies to sustainable and equitable skipjack tuna.
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How cities mine fish stocks
New research carried out in the Solomon Islands has drawn a direct line between the depletion of local fish stocks and their proximity to national or even local markets.
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NewsInterview on the First World Summit on Fisheries Sustainability
David Agnew, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Imperial College of LondonWhat is the reason for holding a conference focused on sustainability?Everyone – the fishing industry, environmental organisations, governments – is now concerned about the sustainability of fish stocks. Since the early 1990s there has been very little growth in the world ...
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First World Summit on Fisheries Sustainability to be held at WFE 09
The First World Summit on Fisheries Sustainability will be held at the World fishing Exhibition that takes place in Vigo, Spain, from 16-19 September 2009.
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NewsEnsuring sustainability though an international leadership alliance
Fisheries and seafood industries depend on healthy, productive marine ecosystems. Unfortunately, the marine environment and its resources are being degraded, destroyed and overexploited at an expanding rate and scale. As the primary users, fisheries, seafood and other ocean industries hold the key to their future in their own hands. Who ...
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Reinforcements from Russia and America
Here, at World Fishing, we have often brought up opinions questioning the ongoing fishery management methodology and management by quotas, as well as the underlying science, including the issue of relationship between the size of spawning stocks (SSB) and recruitment, the consequences of sustained size-selective fishing, and the validity of ...
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New FAO paper on marine debris
A new FAO technical paper, ''Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear'' highlights the fact that marine debris is a problem of increasing concern.
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Industry response on CFP reform
Seafish, the UK authority on seafood has welcomed the Commission’s Green Paper on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).
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NewsAction plan to help Ecuador's fish industry
The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched mid-March the first of three missions aimed at drafting an action plan to help Ecuador’s increasingly important fishing industry to develop sustainably, industry websites have reported.
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World first for Stornoway fishery
A fishery in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland has become the first trawl-caught langoustine fishery in the world to achieve Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification as a sustainable and well-managed fishery.
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Skipper praises 'Fishing for Litter'
Popular North East Skipper, Jimmy Buchan of Amity II, has expressed his support for the expanding Fishing For Litter scheme that is cleaning the nation''s seas.
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NewsBluefin tuna stocks collapsing now as fishing season opens
As the Mediterranean’s fishing fleets were readying themselves for the opening of the bluefin tuna fishery, WWF released an analysis showing that the bluefin breeding population will disappear by 2012 under the current fishing regime.
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New Zealand makes preliminary aquaculture decision
New Zealand''s Ministry of Fisheries has made a preliminary decision to approve the 1,783 hectare Wilson Bay Interim Aquaculture Management Area in the Firth of Thames.
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NewsMaldives bans reef shark fishing
The Maldives has banned reef shark fishing and plans a total ban on shark hunting in its seas to protect the species which are a key tourist attraction, from which the archipelago earns much foreign exchange, reports Chandani Jayatilleke.
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NewsUnlocking European aquaculture's full potential
As one of the world''s fastest growing food sectors, aquaculture already provides the planet with about half of all the fish we eat and still has a lot more to give.
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News40% of global catch wasted or unmanaged
Nearly half of the world’s recorded fish catch is unused, wasted or not accounted for, according to estimates in a new scientific paper co-authored by WWF.
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Fuel flow monitoring systems put to the test
Seafish, the UK authority on seafood, has tested a range of complete fuel monitoring systems at the Camborne School of Mines (University of Exeter) test cell facility.
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NewsNorthern Lights' newest propulsion engine
Northern Lights, manufacturer of marine diesel generator sets and Lugger diesel engines, has introduced its newest propulsion solution – the L6125H diesel engine, featuring an electronically-controlled high-pressure common-rail (HPCR) fuel system.
