All Industry News articles – Page 277

  • The new bioprocessing pilot plant is scheduled to open later this year
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    Nofima invests in marine biotechnology

    2011-04-24T06:00:00Z

    Nofima’s bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromsø will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in Kaldfjord near Tromsø and expanded from 150 square metres to around 1000 square metres.

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    Detrimental impact of ocean warming

    2011-04-23T06:00:00Z

    The findings of a study published in Nature Climate Change indicate negative effects on the growth of a long-lived south-east Australian and New Zealand inshore species – the banded morwong.

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    Busy summer ahead for NAFC

    2011-04-22T06:00:00Z

    The NAFC Marine Centre has announced major sea-based surveys to be conducted this year in Shetland waters, to improve knowledge of commercial fish stocks and the environment.

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    Pew statement on Chile finning ban

    2011-04-21T09:53:00Z

    Matt Rand, director of global shark conservation for the Pew Environment Group, has issued a statement in response to the Chilean Senate passage of Chile’s first-ever ban on shark finning.

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    MSC reaches 9,000 products

    2011-04-21T06:00:00Z

    UK retailer Waitrose has helped the Marine Stewardship Council to tip the balance on 9,000 ecolabelled products worldwide.

  • Fishing at dusk on the Mekong river, Laos. ©Michele Depraz
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    WWF: Mekong dam deferral signals recognition of potential negative impacts

    2011-04-20T10:24:00Z

    The intergovernmental panel of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) has deferred the final decision on the construction of the Xayaburi dam in Laos to the ministerial level, following concerns raised by Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.

  • The Ozernaya River sockeye salmon fishery has been entered into full MSC assessment. Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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    Russian fishery enters MSC assessment

    2011-04-20T10:21:00Z

    Two Russian Federation companies, Vityaz-Avto Co, Ltd and Delta Co, Ltd., have entered the Ozernaya River sockeye salmon fishery into full MSC assessment.

  • All waters previously closed to fishing following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are now open. Credit: US Coastguard
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    All DH oil spill waters now open

    2011-04-20T10:17:00Z

    NOAA has now reopened 1,041 square miles of Gulf waters immediately surrounding the Deepwater Horizon wellhead, just east of Louisiana.

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    Japan’s earthquake radiates out East and West

    2011-04-19T15:01:00Z

    A the time of writing, India was reporting collapsing orders for high value seafood exports to Japan due to consumers cutting back on eating out, writes Peter O’Neill.

  • Don Frei brings to the compliance assistance liaison position fishing industry experience as well as and experience at NOAA with fishing regulations. Credit: NOAA
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    New NOAA compliance assistance liaison

    2011-04-19T14:56:00Z

    A former commercial fisherman has been tapped as NOAA Office of Law Enforcement’s compliance assistance liaison in the Northeast.

  • The Gloucester, Massachusetts fishing port at sunset. Credit: NOAA/Caleb Gilbert
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    Higher catch limits for New England

    2011-04-19T14:48:00Z

    From 1 May, groundfish fishermen will have more opportunity to fish in the Northeast, small-vessel owners will get a boost through permit banks, and stocks will continue on the path to rebuilding.

  • According to a study for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species commercial species such as sea bass are considered threatened or near threatened. Credit: Stan Shebs
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    Plenty more fish in the sea?

    2011-04-19T14:41:00Z

    More than 40 species of marine fish currently found in the Mediterranean could disappear in the next few years.

  • The Avro Chieftain in the southern ocean
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    Longlining TAC set for MITF

    2011-04-19T14:36:00Z

    Tony Burke, Australian Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities has supported the introduction of demersal longlining in the Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery (MITF).

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    Bergen Group awarded contract for two new working boats

    2011-04-19T14:32:00Z

    Bergen Group has, through its subsidiary Bergen Group Risnes, received a contract from the fish farming company Hjaltland Seafarms Ltd for delivery of two new working catamarans.

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    Budget deal includes anti-fisherman provision

    2011-04-19T14:28:00Z

    Commercial fishing groups are dismayed about federal budget negotiations that have resulted in what fishermen are calling the "Anti-Fishermen Act."

  • The SSC will ask source fisheries to collect catch and discard information. Credit: Axel Rouvin
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    New Sustainable Seafood Coalition formed

    2011-04-19T10:49:00Z

    The newly formed Sustainable Seafood Coalition (SSC) has been launched by businesses selling seafood that are frustrated by the lack of progress on the issue of discarding.

  • Manoj Juneja, newly appointed Deputy Director-General for Operations. ©FAO
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    New FAO Deputy-Director General

    2011-04-18T06:00:00Z

    FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf has appointed Manoj Juneja, a citizen of India, as one of FAO''s two Deputy Directors-General.

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    Substandard dam assessment opens way to fisheries destruction on Mekong

    2011-04-17T06:00:00Z

    Disruptions to fish migration and food supplies for millions in the Mekong basin are likely if the first mainstream dam on the lower Mekong is allowed to go ahead, says WWF.

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    Banana and tiger prawns certified

    2011-04-16T06:00:00Z

    Northern Australian company, A Raptis & Sons’ commitment to sustainable harvesting has earned it the Friend of the Sea seal of approval.

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    Security Council to consider plans for specialised Somali courts to try pirates

    2011-04-15T06:00:00Z

    The UN Security Council has decided to urgently consider the establishment of specialised Somali courts to try suspected pirates both in Somalia and in the region.