Analysis – Page 19
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NewsProducing safe food safely
Baader 142 Princess-Cut Gutting MachineThe company was started when Rudolph M J Baader developed a machine for filleting herring in 1919. This machine not only reduced the number of people required to fillet the species, it also saved time and money. The German company, now operating worldwide, still seeks to ...
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NewsRevised enforcement regime within English waters
The regulation of marine resources has passed into the hands of the Marine Management Organisation. Credit: DaplazaThe regulation of marine resources has passed into the hands of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) which will be based in Newcastle upon Tyne. The MMO has whole raft of new powers in respect ...
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Marine fish farming: solution or delusion?
The question is not how to protect environment from aquaculture, but how to develop marine fish farming that’s environment friendly.
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NewsBrain-storms and litmus tests for acidity with hot air pollution
Some of the proposed/agreed areas before the undersea land grab. OSPAR (Oslo Paris Convention) began to emerge in 1972 to stop waste dumping in the Northeast Atlantic. Credit: TW : EEC PhotosPeter O’Neill reports that doubts are also coming in across all weather fronts about the quality of climate data ...
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NewsHell-up on the Helford
Port NavasYou can’t get up to much in Cornwall, without somebody quickly noticing what you are doing and publicly expressing plenty of reasons why you should stop. Now it’s the Helford fishermen’s turn to suffer, somewhat unreasonably perhaps. The planning permission allowing them to construct a new landing quay with ...
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NewsMonitoring temperature over time
PakSense has produced a temperature recording ‘label’ which lights up if a set temperature is exceededKeeping it at just above the temperature at which it will freeze doesn’t prevent it from spoiling, but it significantly extends the time it takes to spoil and become unfit for human consumption. But how ...
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NewsAqua Sur 2010: The Southern Hemisphere’s great exhibition
Ribbon cutting ceremony at Aqua Sur 2008Aqua Sur is, without doubt, the Southern Hemisphere’s most important aquaculture exhibition and is being held in Puerto Montt, Chile, from 24-27 March 2010, reports Peter J. Neilson. Considering that a progressive recovery of the sector is expected from 2010 onwards, this event is ...
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The case of the mysterious seafood
The first victim was a Caucasian male in his late 30s. He popped down to the pub for lunch and ordered fish and chips. As he enjoyed his meal alongside a pint, he thought to himself that he'd never tasted haddock so fresh. But he was wrong. What he was ...
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Small-scale fisheries revisited
A short report on India’s fisheries published by the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) awakened me to the disproportionately small share of information and discussion in most fisheries press, and the relatively little research effort focusing on small-scale/artisanal fisheries (SSF).
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NewsA new impetus for European aquaculture development?
Credit: Marine Harvest/Steinar JohansenBoth sectors can be described as ‘traditional’ and are mostly comprised of small and medium sized companies, employing less than 10 persons or family businesses. With EU enlargement, an additional contribution of close to 100,000 tonnes to freshwater aquaculture production (with carp species and trout) was brought ...
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NewsNew extraction process produces high quality chemical-free krill oil
Fishing for krillAccording to Tharos Ltd, the Santiago, Chile-based consultancy that developed the technique, the non-solvent and chemical-free extraction principle leaves no residue in the final product which is aimed at the human pharmaceutical and health supplement market. “We believe this to be a revolutionary concept because, unlike oil extraction ...
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NewsFrench fisheries and CFP discussed at Lorient workshop
Menakhem Ben-Yami’s kick-in lecture. From left: James Smith (D&P, Marseilles, interpreting), Menakhem Ben-Yami, D. Le Sauce (D&P President) The headquarters of P&D, which also include a fisheries documentation centre, is situated in Lorient in Brittany, France. Lorient is the second largest fishing port in France handling annually ...
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Obama, Lubchenko and catch shares: who benefits?
According to an official announcement by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in June 2009 President Obama committed his administration to “integrated and comprehensive national ocean policy, incorporating programs to help rebuild fisheries and sustain fishermen, communities and vibrant working waterfronts, including the cultural and resource access traditions”.
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Summary of the hearing of Maria Damanaki – Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
"The ongoing Common Fisheries Policy reform is vital and will, of course, be a central focus of my work," said Ms Damanaki in her introductory remarks, stressing the keywords "sustainability", "democratic responsibility for all partners of the sector", "global dimension" and "compliance". "I will be proud to contribute to blue ...
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NewsMaking customers want to choose seafood in supermarkets
Packaging plays a vital part in the eventual purchase. Credit: Sealed Air CorporationBut what makes a person take that vital first step of picking up the package in the first place? It must catch the eye of the customer and make him or her want to investigate further. And there ...
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NewsAn inspector calls
Moroccan fish histamine scientist Fayssal el Filali (2nd from top left) treats inspectors to the day's catch - cooked before your eyes in Agadir's ancient Souk. Credit: TW:EEC PhotosPeter O’Neill finds the inspectors may be more friend than foe for fishermen and processors. The thought of an unannounced visit by ...
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Computers in fisheries research: friend or foe?
To err is human; to really foul things up needs a computer…
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Letter to the Editor
Dear Sir, I am writing in response to the article on page 12 of the September issue (to read the article click here) concerning the jack mackerel fishery in the South East Pacific. The article is long on purple prose and very short on fact. As well as negotiating ...
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NewsCFP consultation reignites the debate on quota ownership
Credit: Roger Kidd/WikimediaThe consultation saw an increasing number of calls for the UK Government to take back control of national quotas and to distribute these to the industry on a geographical or regional basis. Such a course of action would be consistent with the official Governmental position that quotas are ...
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NewsProtecting fisheries in the pacific - part 2
A Clark's anemonefish, taken in Borneo, Malaysia. Credit: Wikimedia/Jens PetersenAn estimated 120 million people depend on fisheries for their economic and food security on the vast marine resources in the Coral Triangle which covers a 5.7 million square kilometre expanse of ocean.Coral Triangle countries Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the ...
