All Industry News articles – Page 406
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Oceana reports illegal driftnetters
A recent release from Oceana states that evidence has been presented in an international meeting of mediterranean countries to show that Italy and France are using illegal driftnets.
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Buyers threaten to boycott tuna
According to WWF, major fish buyers in Japan and Europe are threatening to boycott Mediterranean bluefin tuna unless drastic measures are taken to protect the threatened stock.
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Russia impressed by Norwegian Cod Breeding Centre
Russian Deputy Agriculture Minister, Vladimir A. Izmailov, visited the Norwegian Cod Breeding Centre when he was in Tromsø for Norwegian-Russian fishery negotiations recently.
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Targeted fishing of sharks in Southern Ocean halted
The Shark Alliance has applauded the decision made last week by Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) to halt targeted fishing of vulnerable sharks in the Southern Ocean.
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NMFS sued over decline in bluefin tuna
The Blue Ocean Institute of Cold Spring Harbor, New York and its president, author and scientist Carl Safina, have filed a lawsuit seeking to force the National Marine Fisheries Service, NMFS, to limit longline fishing in the Gulf of Mexico that is wiping out bluefin tuna populations.
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Irish Sea Fisheries Protection Authority to be established in January
During a visit to the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources’ decentralised offices in Clonakilty on 2 November, Irish Minister of State, John Brown T.D., announced that the new independent statutory Sea Fisheries Protection Authority will be established on 1 January 2007.
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UK leads whaling protest in Iceland
On 1 November diplomats from around the world, led by Britain''s ambassador, delivered a strongly-worded protest ("demarche") condemning Iceland over its decision to resume commercial whaling.
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Fish and seafood devlopment conference announced
A two day conference designed to update delegates on the latest developments in fish and seafood products has recently been announced by organisers CCFRA, Seafish, Norconserv and the Norwegian Seafood Association.
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EU Fisheries Control Agency adopts first work programme for 2007
At the end of October, the Administrative Board of the Community Fisheries Control Agency, adopted the first work programme for the newly created Agency.
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New supermarket league table out
Greenpeace has recently issued its 2006 supermarket sustainability league table.
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France catching 50% more tuna than its quota
Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishing is “spiralling out of control” according to a recent meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
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New £1.5m patrol and research vessel
The North Eastern Sea Fisheries Committee will take delivery next year of a £1.5m new patrol and research vessel built by Finnish shipyard UKI Workboat.
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Canada will not join call for bottom trawling ban
Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Loyola Hearn has said that Canada will not join the call for a ban on bottom trawling.
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NewsSoS – Save our shark, plaice, sole and cod
The high-profile media reportage on the capture of sharks for their lucrative fins and the dumping of their carcasses overboard, has caused a row within the European Parliament (EP) Fisheries Committee, reports Peter O’Neill.
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EU/Norway/Faroes agree on mackerel management measures for 2007
Agreement was reached on 25 October in Edinburgh between the European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, Norway and the Faroe Islands on management measures for mackerel in the north east Atlantic for 2007.
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Bradshaw meets Iceland's Ambassador on whaling
Following the government of Iceland''s decision to authorise commercial whaling in spite of the internationally agreed moratorium, Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw summoned the Icelandic Ambassador, Mr Sverrir Haukur Gunnlaugsson, on 26 October to reiterate the UK''s strong opposition to commercial whaling.
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Canadian prawn fishery seeks eco-label
The Canadian Northern Prawn Fishery (the second largest coldwater Nordic Shrimp and Coldwater Shrimp fishery in the world) is the first shrimp fishery in the Atlantic to enter assessment against the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) environmental standard for well-managed and sustainable wild capture fisheries.
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Research does not support the close association between salmon farms, sea lice, and loss of wild salmon
According to a recent statement, in the issue concerning salmon farms, sea lice, and wild salmon in the Broughton Archipelago, the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has undertaken extensive research, both in the field and the laboratory.
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According to Oceana, Iceland cannot sell its whale meat, but is still hunting
The Japanese ambassador in Iceland has stated that the Japanese already have enough whale meat, and they will not be buying any from Iceland.
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Study into the sustainable future of the UK South East Region Coastal Fishing Industry
A study looking at ensuring the long-term sustainability of the regional coastal fishing industry as well as supporting local communities has been commissioned by the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA).
