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    Scottish fishermen welcome fuel support package

    2008-08-12T07:31:00Z

    The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has welcomed the financial commitment given by the Scottish Government to help the fishing industry adapt to the new era of permanently high fuel prices.

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    Scottish fishing fuel plan

    2008-08-12T07:29:00Z

    The outline of a three-year plan to help deliver a sustainable and profitable Scottish fishing industry that has adapted to high fuel costs was published last week.

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    First Portuguese fishery seeks MSC certification

    2008-08-12T07:24:00Z

    The Portuguese purse seine sardine fishery is seeking Marine Stewardship Council certification.

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    Spanish trawler fined £13,800 for net offences

    2008-08-12T07:18:00Z

    The skipper and owners of the Spanish trawler Nuevoc Confurco were fined a total of £13,800 by magistrates at Truro, UK in July after pleading guilty to two net offences.

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    First Irish fishery begins MSC assessment

    2008-08-12T07:15:00Z

    The north East Atlantic mackerel fishery managed by Irish Pelagic RSW and Processors Sustainability Group – consisting of the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation, Irish Fish Producer Organisation and the Donegal Fish Merchants Association – has entered full assessment with a view towards certification under the Marine Stewardship Council standard for sustainable ...

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    Minister announces investment in Scottish fisheries

    2008-08-08T09:23:00Z

    Scottish fisheries will receive over £200,000 of new funding to help them achieve independent sustainability certification, the First Minister announced in Peterhead yesterday.

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    New NFFO chairman

    2008-08-03T18:58:00Z

    Skipper Davey Hill from Kilkeel in Northern Ireland, has taken over the Chair of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations.

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    NFFO's three strand strategy on fuel cost crisis

    2008-08-03T18:55:00Z

    The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO)’s Executive Committee met recently to hammer out the Federation’s policy on the fuel price crisis.

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    Tesco gets onboard with responsible fishing

    2008-08-03T18:53:00Z

    Tesco is getting onboard with the finest in the UK’s seafood catching sector by sponsoring boats to enter the Responsible Fishing Scheme (RFS).

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    Report: Offshore aquaculture would benefit US economy

    2008-08-02T10:18:00Z

    Aquaculture shows significant economic potential and good prospects for success in the United States, according to a new report commissioned by NOAA.

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    The unavoidable trend

    2008-08-01T16:08:00Z

    Introducing Andrew Martin - World Fishing''s new processing columnist.

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    Wisdom from Russia - now in English

    2008-08-01T16:05:00Z

    In January 2007, I reviewed here (see Enlightenment from Russia) a Russian book by L B Klyashtorin and A A Lyubushin, published in 2005 by the Moscow VNIRO (the All-Russian Scientific Institute for Fisheries and Oceanography).

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    Licences and quotas: the legal ownership debate

    2008-08-01T12:08:00Z

    Devolution, and independent governance for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, has recently refuelled the debate within the United Kingdom regarding ownership of licences and fishing quota.

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    Conservation vital for tuna

    2008-08-01T11:57:00Z

    Cheap tuna is a thing of the past, the conference was told. Stocks are declining in all oceans and tuna is becoming more expensive to catch. Rising fuel prices and environmental pressures are taking their toll; climate change with increased water temperatures and rising sea levels is having a serious ...

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    Meeting emissions regulations

    2008-08-01T11:55:00Z

    Volvo Penta says that the excellent emissions performance of its engines meet both existing and proposed emissions regulations and all of the company”s gen-sets and propulsion engines are type approved by major classification societies.

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    More Cummins engines for Argentina

    2008-08-01T11:50:00Z

    At the end of May, the shipyard Astillero Naval Federico Contessi y Cia. S.A. christened and launched a new coastal fishing vessel.

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    Bio-lubes: myth and reality

    2008-08-01T11:45:00Z

    The fishing industry today faces many challenges. Increasing fuel costs, reduced quotas and depleted fishing grounds are just a few of the major headaches facing vessel owners and operators.

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    Countering soaring fuel costs

    2008-08-01T11:42:00Z

    With increasing fuel costs, vessel fuel efficiency is something that really needs to be considered. Fuel is a necessary ‘evil’ and is an essential commodity required to do the job.

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    New bunker facility in Faroe Islands

    2008-08-01T11:40:00Z

    O.W. Icebunker Ltd. A/S (OWI), part of the O.W. Bunker Group has announced the establishment of a new tank storage facility in the North Atlantic.

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    Frydenbø opens Bergen sales office

    2008-08-01T11:35:00Z

    Frydenbø Power is establishing a sales and service office in Bergen, in order to strengthen its services to customers in the marine industry along the western coast of Norway.