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Netherlands
Pressure on the dike - offshore and onshore. Pieter Tesch reports - The Dutch seafood industry is battling on a number of fronts. The flatfish sector is in crisis and nearly a third of beam trawler owners have applied to scrap their vessels. The fuel crisis has hit not only ...
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Europe - Anchovy under the hammer
The emergency closure of anchovy fishing in the Bay of Biscay (from July to October) was extended to 31 December by a decision of the EU Commission in mid-September and came up for intense debate at the fisheries council of ministers (19-20 September) reports Peter O''Neill.
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Maren controls the force
Icelandic energy management system company Marorka lunched its latest, second generation of Maren. - Maren 2 is a complete system based on advanced mathematical methods and algorithms allowing unsurpassed energy management. The company says that the system maximises energy efficentcy, minimizes negative environmental impact and cut costs.
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NAFO starts reforms
The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) has launched a review of the NAFO Convention, especially with a view to incorporating more integrated oceans management approaches, reforming decision-making processes, and examining the current structure of NAFO. The decision was made at the 27th Annual Meeting of NAFO held in Tallinn, Estonia, ...
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The Government is considering how the risk of pollution from submarine wreck can be eliminated
The Government is initiating field studies concerning the wreck of the submarine U-864, which was sunk off Fedje in Hordaland County in 1945. The purpose of the studies is to determine the best way to eliminate any future risk of pollution from the wreck. The Government will fund this effort ...
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Swordfish satellite tagging study under way
Scientists with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) are working with the Nova Scotia Swordfish Harpoon Association in a first-ever Canadian high-tech tagging study of swordfish to determine their migration patterns in the Atlantic Ocean. The three-year study is funded under DFO''s International Governance of High Seas Fisheries Program.
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All for one and one for all - software
Icelandic company Nyherji used the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition to put its "mySAP All-in-One Fish" software on display, offering what it calls a state-of-the-art human resources and business solution for fishing companies.
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Australia and Indonesia Tackle illegal fishing
Australian and Indonesian officials met in Jakarta last week (24-26 August) to discuss a better working relationship on marine and fisheries issues.
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More fish! Morocco-EU breakthrough
Morocco has finally done a deal with the EU to re-open the rich Moroccan fisheries to a starved EU capture and processing industry. It is five years since Morocco refused in November 1999 to renew its agreement with Brussels, hitting supplies for EU catching and processing industries and putting heavy ...
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Pirates 115 vessels caught in Oz waters
HMAS Geraldton has arrested the latest of 115 vessels caught fishing illegally this year, according to the Australian fisheries minister senator Ian Macdonald.
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Norway opens blue whiting fishery in anger
Norway''s fisheries and coastal affairs minister Svein Ludvigsen has used tough language to attack the EU and other states over their failure to agree on restrictions on blue whiting catches.
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UN says 30% at limit or beyond
Seven of the world''s top 10 marine fish species - approximately 30 per cent of all capture fisheries output - are fully exploited or overexploited, according to a UN State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) report.
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Practical 'good practice' guides on WEB
The Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish) and Seafood Scotland are developing a series of good practice guides to aid workers on fishing vessels and in onshore seafood businesses to comply with food hygiene requirements.
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Danfish Spotlight 13 - 15 October
DanFish International will be held from 13-15 October in Aalborg in Denmark and up to 15,000 visitors from 48 countries are expected. World Fishing talked to sales manager Evan Dyren to find out what are the main attractions at this year''s exhibition.
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Customer awards best grade to Scanvaegt
The Charvoz family has run Cannes Aquaculture on the French Mediterranean coast for generations and they say they have built up a good reputation for their professional approach to every aspect of the aquaculture business. In 1997, Denis Charvoz, manager and co-owner says he investigated the international market for graders ...
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Iridium reports good businesses
Iridium Satellite LLC, the global supplier of mobile satellite communication services, said that it has approximately 127,000 subscribers as of June 30, 2005. This is a 20 per cent increase over its total number of subscribers at mid-year 2004.
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Norwegian 'Danes' in salmon squeeze
Jutland peninsula is the holiday haunt for the Danes but the locals face dark summer clouds as they find that their salmon processing industry is caught between the devil and the deep dark fjords of Norway. In May, Pan Fish had to temporarily close its salmon processing plant in Hirtshals ...
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Danish fishing industry faces new challenges
The Danish fishing industry is made up of various groups, all facing their own problems and challenges and with their own agendas for the future. However one common challenge for most of them is how to adapt the way they conduct business to cope with the rapid, radical and profound ...
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New Seafood Centre at Hanstholm
The Port of Hanstholm (Denmark) is opening a new Hanstholm Seafood Centre on September 9.
