Analysis – Page 4
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NewsCrossing borders
While EU seafood exports are in the ascendance, the growing appetite for seafood among European consumers continues to elevate the importance of imported products
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NewsSeafood’s changing tide
While the global seafood trade is expected to continue to grow, recent analysis points to shifts in the market dynamics
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NewsLake Victoria conservation efforts
There is nothing unusual about high levels of resentment among fishermen in developing countries, directed at the law enforcement authorities that make efforts to prevent the use of illegal and non-selective fishing gears, reports Lilian Elekwachi.
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NewsBeyond Brexit
Despite all the current uncertainty about how Britain and the EU will part ways, the UK’s seafood sector should still seek pathways to future market growth
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NewsCurrency hedging is key to plain sailing
As the UK prepares to leave the EU, Lee McDarby, Director of Corporate FX at moneycorp explains why the fishing community should have a plan around currency exposure.
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NewsEnding seafood industry’s gender inequality
March 8th, International Women’s Day, has become the day of the year to highlight what women do and review progress. Some workplaces have joined in celebrating this day, featuring heartening commitments to gender equality. But we also frequently see in the workplace the omission, forgetfulness or ignorance of what this ...
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NewsKeeping the fish moving, as seafood sector faces Brexit uncertainty
No matter what the final Brexit scenario is, it’s vital that every effort is taken to ensure that trade disruptions in seafood supply chains are kept to a minimum
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NewsEuropean aquaculture - Too soon to be bullish
While a new study claims that EU aquaculture has ‘fully recovered’ from a recent downturn, any celebratory popping of corks will be premature
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NewsBook review: The Cod Hunters
The Cod Hunters is an exploration of the cod fisheries of Shetland from the early nineteenth century. There are few people better qualified to chart the history of Shetland’s fisheries than John Goodlad with his remarkable depth of knowledge.
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NewsRussia: on the brink of big changes??
?The Russian fishing industry is on the verge of major changes, due to the recently announced state plans to completely replace the existing distribution of fishing rights based on track records with by a system of auctions, reports Eugene Gerden
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NewsAquaculture can be more sustainable
Fish farming has made strong progress in recent years, but there’s still plenty of choppy water ahead
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NewsMackerel fishermen fight 42% TAC cut
Pelagic fishermen working in the NE Atlantic are aghast at a proposed huge cut in the region’s mackerel TAC for 2019 and are fighting to get it reduced, reports Tim Oliver
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NewsSOFIA gives clear warning of climate change challenge
Every few years the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation published its State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) report, providing a snapshot of the world’s fisheries and making predictions for future developments.
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News?Fingerlings and other lings
With the accelerating growth of fish consumption, more and more attention and efforts are being dedicated to the development of fish farming, both?? ?? marine and freshwater. To produce fish of edible size, in most cases fish farmers populate their ponds or fish cages with young stages of the preferred ...
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NewsFarming offshore in the Americas – How the United States’ loss continues to be its neighbour’s gain
As a seafood market, the US is heavily dependent on imports, with an estimated 91% of the products consumed in the country now coming in from overseas producers, reports Jason Holland.
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NewsUK set to take control of its waters – but ready to co-operate on management
The UK Government will put sustainable fisheries and marine conservation at the heart of its fisheries management regime after Brexit. It says adherence to sustainable fishing practices will be a pre-condition of any future access to UK waters for EU countries, reports Tom Ainsworth.
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NewsBorn on Friday 13th – superstition and the sea
Sitting down to write this, I can’t help noticing that the date is Friday 13th, so a look at superstition seems appropriate. What a crazy idea! Me and superstitions? I consider myself a most rational human being and a total non-believer, especially with respect to superstition. So why should I ...
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NewsRussia in transition; why any future trade with the Russian Federation will be on very different terms to those of the past
The trade embargo that was introduced by Russia in response to economic sanctions against Moscow over the Ukrainian conflict is now into its fourth year after being extended twice. The ban has disrupted markets all over the world, with seafood supply chains particularly affected as producers and exporters sought alternative markets for the fish that continued to be caught and harvested.
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NewsFish and Brexit
On 23rd June, 2016 a referendum in which everyone (or nearly everyone) of voting age could take part was held in Britain to decide whether the UK should leave or remain in the European Union. I have still to understand why, but anyway almost 52% of the British voted to ...
