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Optimism still remains in UK
There were 220 white-fish trawlers registered in Scotland three years ago. There are now 120.The white fish fleet has strongly been affected by the long-term recovery plans for endangered stocks, specially cod, in the North Sea.Although North Sea haddock stocks are healthy and the total allowable catch (TAC) is up ...
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What genuine tuna experts say:
Amongst all the conflicting data on stocks, World Fishing has constantly tried to get at the reality. This column''s latest efforts, in pursuit of the tuna that did not seem to get away, continues with a look at the UN Food and Agricultural Organization''s (FAO) report on the world''s tuna ...
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ICES, stocks and the ecosystem
Can you tell the new models from the old, the good, the bad and the ugly?
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Balancing political fish logs at home and abroad
Q. This year, 89% of the Irish Sea fleet will be free of the 'days-at-sea' system. The overall quota for Ireland has increased 8% over last year. All this seems to be a successful achievement at a time when the trend in Europe is towards more cuts and restrictions. Were ...
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Waiting for a Mediterranean plan
Most of the vessels, particularly from Sicily and the southern Adriatic, work local Mediterranean fishing grounds with a small number of vessels heading out to operate on high seas.Fishing activities inevitably follow the contour of the country's coastline, with many small harbours alongside some of the big industrial ports such ...
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Auctions continue to invest
On the contrary, through modernisation and the implementation of the latest IT-technology, they aim to consolidate their competitive position. Terms such as "information system, electronic trading, remote bidding, interconnection, Internet and traceability" are normal parts of the vocabulary of the manager of a modern fish auction.World market leader in the ...
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NewsBreaking away from scepticism
Brendan May (MSC)Fishermen could not believe that a organisation backed by one of the largest fish buyers in the world, Unilever and the WWF could actively launch a sustainability label which would attempt to make the world fisheries more sustainable. To them it seemed the MSC was tarnished too much ...
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It was tough in 2001 for Portugal
n a country with a fishing tradition, the number of fishermen keeps on decreasing. For one of the biggest consumers of fish in the world, the catches have dropped.During 2001, landings in Portuguese ports were 146,000 tons of fresh fish, representing a decrease of 4% as compared as the year ...
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Something to believe in
There is something to be said about being positive in times of crisis. It is far to easy just to give up or give in and far more harder to pick yourself up and try again, to battle against all odds.That thought must have crossed the minds of many British ...
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Association tackles the EU issue
LIU, the Association of Icelandic Fishing Vessel Owners, is strongly against EU membership because, simply, it wants to keep hold of the success it has had in the last decade and more importantly keep a hold of management of its own waters."It wouldn't be right for Iceland to adopt the ...
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Cleaning fuel? Do it the Danish way
Danish oilcare equipment manufacturer C.C.Jensen A/S has 50 years' experience in cleaning fuel on fishing vessels and has around 90% of the Danish vessels as a guarantee for an efficient and reliable product. In the past 5 -10 years the product has been exported to skippers from Iceland to Chile ...
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NewsAustralian industry to grow stronger
Australian Fisheries Minister - Ian MacdonaldHow has the Australian commercial fishing industry progressed in the past few years and how would you say it fits in with other world fishing nations?Over the past five years value of fisheries production in Australia has increased by 40% from $A1.77 billion to $A2.48 ...
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The North Atlantic's one-stop shop
The reclaiming of land will not only enable new companies to join 400 companies that already occupy the land around the port but also bigger more advanced fishing vessels that are becoming more frequent visitors to Reykavik.This was illustrated last year with the rise in landings of fresh, frozen and ...
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Norway: The year so far
February 2002:Reports from the Japanese branch of the Norwegian Seafood Export Council (NESC), said that total reports imports from Norway to Japan in 2001 reached 258,500 tonnes, or 1.3% less than in 2000, worth NOK 4.1 billion.Salmon remained Norway's major export to Japan accounting for 38,133 tonnes. This was approximately ...
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Canadian minister op timistic about future
I'm very optimistic about the current state of the Canadian fishing industry even though the past decade has been difficult. With the decline of groundfish stocks on the east coast and salmon stocks on the west coast, our industry has gone through enormous changes. But it has emerged as a ...
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Deep sea fishing will not replace coastal fishing says fisheries scientist
While the EU has given the subject a wide birth so far, Member Governments such as Ireland and Spain and other countries around the world have been busy researching possibility of uncovering new species with commercial potential.Ireland, for example, has been researching deep sea fishing possibilities in its waters since ...
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NewsUK retailer calls for sustainable approach to global fishing
George French (left) Sainsbury's technical director and George White (right) of the Supermarket's environmental team discuss the new tuna project that will look at the worldwide management of the fisheries.Being one step away from the consumer, it is their views that can be used as a stepping stone and platform ...
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NewsIreland takes up the sustainability challenge
Irish Fisheries Minister, Frank FaheyBut as far as his running of his country's commercial fishing industry is concerned, you would find it hard to criticise him.The fishing industry in Ireland has changed sustainably over the last five years. It is now much more business driven than before, market focused and ...
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Scotland look to further measures to help declining whitefish fleets
The Scottish fleet has endured enough through decommissioning and the time has come to put boat scrapping measures on the backburner and focus on other fisheries management measures.This is the view of Hamish Morrison, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation, who believes that if the Scots fleet shrank any ...
