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  • UK Fishing
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    UK allocates £75m to modernise fishing, level up coastal communities

    2021-12-30T10:56:00Z

    Fishing communities in the United Kingdom are to benefit from better infrastructure, strengthened supply chains, new jobs and increased investment in skills, provided through a GBP 75 million investment boost, announced by the country’s government on 27 December 2021.

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    Indonesia defends tuna catch objection

    2021-07-13T19:15:00Z

    Indonesia said it objected to a recent tuna stocks rebuilding plan because catch calculations were wrong and the plan would threaten economic stability and fishery livelihoods.

  • Fishing in South Australia
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    South Australia reform

    2021-07-06T14:07:00Z

    South Australia’s AUS$24.5m reform of the marine scalefish fishery has officially come into effect.

  • UK fishing
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    COVID-19 takes toll on UK fishing

    2021-06-22T13:57:00Z

    The total operating profit of the UK fishing fleet fell by almost a fifth in 2020.

  • India's exports
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    India’s exports drop

    2021-06-08T14:38:00Z

    India has seen a drop and subsequent recovery in its seafood exports with a stronger aquaculture market.

  • WAFIC
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    Western Australia calls for local labelling

    2021-04-07T08:00:00Z

    The WA (Western Australia) Fishing Industry Council (WAFIC) is calling for clear seafood labelling, including state of origin, in the food service sector.

  • IUU fishing
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    EU warns Cameroon over illegal fishing

    2021-02-23T15:09:00Z

    The European Commission has formally warned the Republic of Cameroon that it must do more to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) or face being denied future access to EU markets.

  • pelagic drift net fishing
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    Action needed on pelagic drift net fishing

    2021-02-16T13:18:00Z

    The tuna fishing industry represented by Europêche is calling on the EU and Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) parties to take action on large-scale pelagic drift net fishing during the next IOTC meeting.

  • Mediterranean fishing
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    Mediterranean overexploitation down

    2020-12-15T15:15:00Z

    The number of Mediterranean and Black Sea stocks subject to overfishing has decreased for the first time in decades, a new report shows.

  • hydrophones
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    Covert technology helps fight illegal fishing

    2020-11-23T12:46:00Z

    New underwater technology that will help combat illegal foreign fishing has been successfully deployed across the Torres Strait in Australia.

  • smartphone app
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    App helps fight against illegal fishing

    2020-11-17T19:34:00Z

    A smartphone app that enables small-scale fishers to gather evidence against industrial vessels fishing illegally in Ghana has been launched by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF).

  • Donations being distributed
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    Bycatch donations aid food security

    2020-11-11T14:49:00Z

    A new study of a bycatch donation programme in Alaska highlights its value in cutting waste, while addressing food security and social value.

  • Jonah crab
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    NOAA supports lobster and Jonah crab research

    2020-10-27T11:31:00Z

    NOAA Fisheries’ Northeast Fisheries Science Center has provided funding to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to enable lobster and crab biological and fishery data gathering to support stock assessments.

  • women in maritime
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    Partnership pushes technical skills for women

    2020-09-01T20:21:00Z

    Women in Maritime Africa, South Africa chapter (WIMA-SA), and Global Fishing Watch (GFW) have joined forces in a partnership that seeks to develop technical skills for women working in the maritime sector.

  • A better take on toothfish
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    A better take on toothfish

    2020-08-31T07:30:00Z

    “?We are fishermen,” was the simple reply when asked why a group of Norwegians would go all-in for longline fishing in Antarctic waters, oceans apart from their North Sea home base.

  • Maria Cantwell
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    Alaska Pebble Mine threatens salmon fishery

    2020-07-31T12:33:00Z

    The Trump Administration has been accused of ignoring more than a decade of scientific analysis on the impacts the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska will have on the state’s Bristol Bay salmon fishery.

  • fishing funding
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    US$300m funding for US fishery businesses

    2020-05-19T13:04:00Z

    US$300m in fisheries assistance funding will be provided to US states, tribes, and territories with coastal and marine fishery participants who have been negatively affected by COVID–19.

  • Lake Superior Photo: National Park Service
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    US$6.4m grant to help restore Great Lakes

    2020-04-22T10:27:00Z

    The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a US$6.4 million grant to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to restore and manage fish species.

  • The Port of Hanstholm Photo: Port of Hanstholm
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    Hanstholm expansion nears completion

    2020-04-22T10:22:00Z

    The Port of Hanstholm is on course to become Europe’s leading consumer fishing port with the completion of a €55 million three-year major expansion plan this summer.

  • Ferguson Australia is enjoying strong sales in China of Ocean Jacket Phot: Ferguson Australia
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    Ocean Jacket gains foothold in China

    2019-10-23T10:28:00Z

    Southern Rock Lobster exporter Ferguson Australia is establishing a strong fish business in China that is on track to reach 500 tonnes a year, partly in thanks to the demand for a species unpopular in the company''s native country.