All Industry News articles – Page 227
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Wellington men caught with illegal Paua
Two Porirua men were caught by fisheries officers late last week at Titahi Bay Beach, New Zealand, with an illegal haul of 364 paua.
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NewsPNG fisher recovers 50,000th tuna tag
A Papua New Guinean fisher has won US$500 for recovering a plastic tag that was attached to the back of a yellowfin tuna.
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NewsNova Scotia launches aquaculture strategy
Nova Scotia has a new strategy for aquaculture development that the government says will help efforts to grow a sustainable industry and create wealth in rural and coastal communities.
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New Protocol to the EU-Kiribati FPA
The European Commission initialled a new Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement (FPA) in Nadi, Fiji on 3 June.
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Fisheries network seeks feedback
The UK Fisheries Economic Network (UKFEN) was set up by Seafish in 2011 as an informal network for economists and analysts working in connection with the UK fishing and seafood industries.
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NewsToothfish fishery gains MSC certification
The Macquarie Island toothfish fishery (MITF) – operated by Austral Fisheries and Australian Longline - has gained Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.
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Demand to curb coastal salmon netting
The Salmon and Trout Association Scotland (S&TA Scotland) is urging the Scottish Government to take action on coastal salmon netting.
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NewsCornic scallops win Friend of the Sea approval
The Peruvian scallop producer supplying Cornic, one of the key players in the French seafood industry, has become the first certified by Friend of the Sea.
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NewsProtecting Great Lakes from Asian Carp
Keith Ashfield, Canadian minister of fisheries and oceans has announced that the Government of Canada will make a significant investment to protect Canada’s Great Lakes from the threat of Asian carp.
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NewsOffshore Mariculture Conference
The 4th Offshore Mariculture Conference which takes place later this year, is a “must attend event for all fish farmers.”
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SSC invests in new farm pens
Fusion Marine has secured an order for 14 Triton 400 farm pens for The Scottish Salmon Company’s newest site at Sgeir Dughall, Loch Torridon, Scotland.
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Illegal tuna fishing suspected
According to WWF, two large non-Mediterranean fleets have been spotted in some of the main Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishing grounds over the last two weeks.
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Spanish and French tuna fishery closed
The season usually lasts from 16 May-14 June but the purse seine quota allocated to both countries was exhausted on 29 May at 20:00.
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NewsResearchers track Atlantic bluefin tuna
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have tagged young bluefin tuna in Atlantic waters off New England to track migration patterns.
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NewsRecord level of mid-Atlantic scallop seed
Recent surveys by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science reveal an unprecedented number of young scallops in two fishery management areas off the mid-Atlantic coast.
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NewsNOAA increases Gulf of Mexico red snapper catch limit
NOAA is increasing the Gulf of Mexico red snapper limit, after the latest population assessment showed that overfishing has ended and the population is rebounding.
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Argentine hoki fishery MSC certified
The Argentine hoki trawl net fishery has been awarded MSC certification.
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NewsGhana to build 11 new fishing ports
Ghana will be getting 11 new fishing ports by 2017, constructed by Dutch engineering and consulting company DHV.
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NewsBluefin tuna carry radiation from Japan
Bluefin tuna exposed to radioactivity that leaked into the Pacific Ocean after the earthquake and tsunami damaged Japan’s Fukushima power plants last year have carried that radiation to the waters off California.
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EU/US cooperation against illegal fishing
Today EU Commissioner Maria Damanaki will welcome her US counterpart, Dr Jane Lubchenco, US Under-Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, to Brussels.
