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Ghostbusters needed
We know the seabed threatens trawlermen with mustard gas shells dumped after the war. Yet fishermen have now presented themselves with a serious problem of their own making. The number of lost and abandoned nets and pots which keep on "fishing" after the boats have gone home. - When the ...
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NewsTraceability means more demanding marketplace
Vigo Fish MarketAfter the European Union (EU) legislation on food traceability came into force on 1 January, fisheries, one of the last major remaining commercial hunter-gatherer activities, is now liable to the same legal food safety requirements as farming. It will also face the same pressures in the marketplace as ...
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North American seafood producers prepared for EU tracability laws
Torunn Halhjem at Trident Seafoods Corp, a Seattle, Washington based company processing primarily Alaskan seafood products says that companies have already been providing virtually all the required information."It didn't have much impact. We only had to add two lines to our invoice and on the label that the product was ...
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China's white fish exports force European processors to develop new products
Since the mid-1980s China has become the world's workshop with new factories being set up every year to manufacture toys, garments, textiles, consumer electronics and many other items for export. The vast army of low cost labour available to these factories has been a major factor supporting industrial growth in ...
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Managing the conflict alone
A missed opportunity with missing stakeholders - One of several fashionable concepts that affects fisheries management and the fishing industry in many countries is "integrated coastal zone management" (ICZM). Born as a tool to prepare nations for a possible rise in the level of the sea, it is now being ...
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Catching poachers down south
Illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing on the high seas is a worldwide problem. Fisheries authorities agree that managing fish stocks on a regional basis is an important first step towards curbing it.The fishing countries of Southern Africa have now taken that important step --- and are preparing to go ...
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Let the cats guard the cream
It is time for fishermen to be real partners in safeguarding the source
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International shipbuilders boom at Nor-Fishing 2004
A large number of international and Norwegian shipyards will join the competition for the many shipbuilding orders the fishery industry is expected to offer in the near future."Oh yes, we are pleased to note a considerable increase in attention from the shipbuilding industry, and particularly so from yards in Eastern ...
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A year in the life of Norway
But Norway is banking on a Government White paper to see the fortunes of the industry return.The paper reviewed the country's policy towards the coastal fleet and has since argued that it was necessary to reduce its catch capacity (see page 10). According to Svein Ludvigsen, Norwegian Minister of Fisheries, ...
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The Skipper as a scientist
His revolutionary recommendations will hearten workers on deck and bridge. The study, launched last August, gives a panoramic view of excellent, comparative information on fisheries management in seven industrial countries, draws lessons from several others and assesses their applicability to UK fisheries.Food for thoughtFishery science: all stock assessments and fishing ...
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Fitting into the market
How would you describe the general state of the Norwegian fishing industry at the moment?In 2003, there was a decrease in the landings of fish by Norwegian registered vessels, and also in the first hand value. The landings totalled 2.5 million tonnes, down from 2.7 for 2002. The first hand ...
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Iceland claws back its lucrative cod empire
It is good news for a country that relies so much on fisheries. In 2003, total landings reached 1.98 million tonnes and fish products now represent 60 per cent of the country's export earnings. Cod holds pride of price and place, generating around 40 per cent of the total export ...
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Iceland claws back its lucrative cod empire
It is good news for a country that relies so much on fisheries. In 2003, total landings reached 1.98 million tonnes and fish products now represent 60 per cent of the country's export earnings. Cod holds pride of price and place, generating around 40 per cent of the total export ...
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Time for change at Sicor
We now have a situation where a buyer can source a product from a number of companies in any part of the world. A fishing vessel can have a winch from Norway, nets designed in Iceland and Danish processing equipment.Fishing can be done in different fisheries around the world with ...
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Global fishing on a community level
World Fishing: How would you describe the general state of the Australian fishing industry at the moment?Ian Macdonald: The general state of the Australian fishing industry varies across the wide range of fisheries that exist in Australia. Broadly speaking the fishing industry has enjoyed the strong economic conditions that have ...
