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Icelandic electric current in Alaska
Iceland''s Naust Marine reports its first Alaskan sale of electrical winches on the Bristol Explorer for B&N fisheries in Seattle. The trawler fishes pollock in the Bering Sea.
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Morgere celebrates 40 years selling its doors to Spain
French manufacturer of trawl doors Morgere is celebrating 40 years of presence within the Spanish fishing fleet.
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Agreement between EU and Norway for 2006 quotas
The EU and Norway have concluded a bi-lateral fisheries agreement for 2006. The two sides have also reached agreement on fishing levels in the Skagerrak next year. The long-term management plan for cod stocks has been revised with a view to achieving higher yields in the long term.
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EU renews and reshapes fisheries agreement with Gabon
The EU and Gabon have signed a new fisheries agreement that replaces the current one. The new Protocol that became effective last December, 3, provides fishing opportunity for Atlantic tuna to 40 Community vessels from Spain, France, Greece and Portugal in return for an annual financial contribution of €860,000.
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Canadian fisheries in danger over water warming
Canada''s Atlantic fish will be squeezed into ever smaller patches of cool water, endangered Atlantic salmon will be doomed, and key boreal forest species will be stranded as their natural habitats erode, if the globe''s temperature is allowed to rise too far, WWF said.
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EU opens way for EuroMed seafood
The European Union has opened negotiations for fish and seafood exports to the EU from its non-EU, EuroMed partner countries which include Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. Libya has had observer status since 1999.
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Russia receiving
Rosmorport, of the Russian Ministry of Transport, is to spend $19 million building three radio towers and other support structures in Temryuk (Azov Sea), Kaliningrad (Baltic Sea) and Murmansk (Barents Sea) to carry radar and radio communication equipment.
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Irish fishermen to get tougher penalties
Irish fishermen are angry with their government for imposing "grossly excessive" punitive legislation while the fishermen have accepted already measures like decommissioning 25% of the whitefish fleet to conserve stocks.
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Proposed Baltic Sea TACs for 2006
The EU Commission says that “While the state of most Baltic fish stocks is fairly good, allowing for stable or even increased fishing possibilities to be proposed, the cod stocks continue to give cause for concern. The objective is therefore to rebuild these cod stocks and protect those in a ...
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Blue Whiting deal - at last
The EU, Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands have reached an agreement on blue whiting quotas. The deal, struck in late November, signals the end to years of failed negotiations.
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How the mighty fallen are rising
The declineI met Lech Kempczyski in his office in the massive stone building of the ministry. This is a man who knows the fishing world -- the Baltic, the Scottish lochs, the fish and fish-farming industry and he is a member of the commission forthe conservation of Antarctic marine living ...
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Baltic cod stocks: Quotas up, fishing effort down
The European Commission has launched its proposal on fishing possibilities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks in the Baltic Sea for 2006.
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ICCAT imposes biggest sanctions ever for overfishing
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has imposed sanctions of about USD$100 million on Chinese Taipei for overfishing bigeye tuna according to a press note from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans of Canada
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US controls & too many boats jeopardise Tsunami aid impact
According to Pieter Tesch, a Red Cross report just published says that lack of coordination between aid agencies has meant far more new boats than those which fished pre-tsunami. This may cause serious overfishing. Further, Indian exporters have attacked new US duties on shrimp saying the economic impact could be ...
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Spanish trawlers arrested in Norway
Two Spanish trawlers and their crew are being held in Norway after allegedly being illegally fishing in waters of the archipelago of Svalbard in the Artic last weekend.
