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    UK holds 7 ships under detention in March

    2008-05-01T16:18:00Z

    The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has announced that five foreign ships were under detention in UK ports during March 2008 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.

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    New polar research vessel

    2008-05-01T16:15:00Z

    Rolls-Royce has been selected to design a research vessel to carry out significant environmental research at both the North and South Poles.

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    FTA with China opens opportunities for NZ seafood industry

    2008-05-01T16:11:00Z

    The signing of a FTA (free trade agreement) with China will create further market development opportunities for the New Zealand seafood industry, says New Zealand Seafood Industry Council''s general manager of trade, Alastair Macfarlane.

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    Scotland's seas report

    2008-05-01T16:01:00Z

    The first ever report on the state of Scotland''s seas was published early April, to help lay the groundwork for the new Scottish Marine Bill.

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    Remembering Harry Winsor (1917-2008)

    2008-05-01T15:59:00Z

    Harry Winsor, a Newfoudlander was one of the founders of the FAO’s Fisheries Department.

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    More local management and local rights?

    2008-05-01T15:55:00Z

    The European Parliament’s (EP) Fisheries’ Committee has pushed the door wider open for the growth of local stock management and traditional rights for small operations to fish and earn a decent living.

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    NOAA scientists train African team to be fisheries observers

    2008-05-01T15:51:00Z

    A team of NOAA scientists recently travelled to Ghana to teach 40 government officials and university students to become trained marine resource observers, able to provide scientific data needed to manage their fish stocks.

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    Launch of "Atlantis"

    2008-05-01T14:06:00Z

    "Atlantis" OB 991, a vivier-crabber for brown crabs, was launched in early March.

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    Keel laying of Icelandic vessel

    2008-05-01T14:04:00Z

    In March, the keel laying ceremony of the Coast Guard Vessel for the Government of Iceland took place at ASMAR Talcahuano.

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    ARESA Boat's signs €77m contract with Government of Angola

    2008-05-01T14:01:00Z

    The Government of Angola has awarded a contract for the construction of 210 fishing and general missions’ coastal boats to the Spanish company ARESA Boat''s.

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    Solstrand to build trawler

    2008-05-01T14:00:00Z

    Solstrand AS has won a contract with Olympic Prawns in Fosnavåg, Norway, to build a multi-functional stern trawler.

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    Two new live fish carriers

    2008-05-01T13:52:00Z

    Aas Mek Verksted has released details of new contracts with Bømlo Brønnbåtservce AS, Norway, for two new live fish carriers.

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    Piriou's three new tuna seiners

    2008-05-01T13:45:00Z

    In July 2007, Sapmer ordered three new tuna purse seiners from Piriou.

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    New “Daystar” BF 151

    2008-05-01T13:40:00Z

    Macduff Shipyards Limited has recently built a steel hulled trawler “Daystar” BF 151, for Colin Mitchell from Gardenstown and Steven West from Fraserburgh.

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    MCíes develops the planes of two oceanographic vessels

    2008-05-01T13:37:00Z

    The Galician shipyard, MCíes, is in the second phase of development of the planes of the two oceanographics that it is constructing for the Spanish Institute of Oceanography.

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    Fisheries research vessel "Alba Na Mara"

    2008-05-01T13:32:00Z

    Macduff Shipyards Limited has recently completed its most prestigious order to date, with the handing over of the fisheries research vessel "Alba Na Mara".

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    Ghana to process tuna in large quantities

    2008-05-01T13:30:00Z

    Ghana''s Minister for Fisheries, Gladys Asmah, has said that from the middle of this year, Ghana will harvest and process tuna in large quantities for export to European markets under the Phenegan Project.

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    Australian company creates artificial breeding regime for SBT

    2008-05-01T13:27:00Z

    Australian aquaculture pioneer Clean Seas Tuna Limited has become the first organisation in the world to create an artificial breeding regime for Southern Bluefin Tuna.

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    Mediterranean tuna fleet in race for the last bluefin

    2008-05-01T13:26:00Z

    The most comprehensive analysis yet of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fleet shows it conservatively having twice the fishing capacity of current quotas and more than three and a half times the catch levels recommended by scientists to avoid stock collapse, states a WWF release.

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    Hoshizaki's new self contained cubelet ice machine

    2008-05-01T12:43:00Z

    Hoshizaki America, Inc. has announced the new F-330BAH-C - a self contained cubelet ice machine with built-in storage.