All Industry News articles – Page 8
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NewsProgress on yellowfin – but more is needed
A third attempt to reach agreement between Indian Ocean Tuna Commission members on rebuilding the Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna stock has been successful, but there are already warnings that this does not go far enough.
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NewsMinister praises marine clean-up efforts
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD has paid tribute to Ireland’s seafood sector for its continued efforts to reduce the country’s marine waste as part of the Clean Oceans Initiative.
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NewsJoint op nabs 19 illegal fishing vessels
In a two-week operation coinciding with the United Nations’ International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing earlier this month, a joint operation has cracked down Indonesian vessels fishing in Australian waters.
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NewsFears grow over fuel taxation
The European fishing industry is urging the European Union to resist calls to remove tax relief on fuel for fishing vessels.
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NewsSatlink to advise on electronic monitoring
Satlink is advising the first international working group made up of suppliers of electronic monitoring (EM) solutions for fishing vessels.
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NewsTracing Nueva Pescanova fish using blockchain
The Nueva Pescanova Group and IBM are working together to trace all Nueva Pescanova seafood products on the IBM Food Trust platform, a blockchain network designed to help ensure traceability across the supply chain.
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NewsIPNLF welcomes new trustees
The International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) has welcomed two new additions to its board of trustees.
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NewsAmerican lobster identification campaign
A campaign has launched in Scotland to help raise awareness of a non-native lobster species which is posing a threat to indigenous wildlife.
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NewsTwenty years of protecting Pacific waters
Operation Tui Moana, a regional fisheries surveillance operation covering the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga and Tuvalu as well as associated high seas, marked twenty years protecting this important Pacific resource.
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NewsMediterranean bluefin campaign kicks off
The European Fisheries Control Agency is co-ordinating the control campaign for the bluefin tuna fishery (BFT) in the Mediterranean Sea for 2021 in the framework of its Joint Deployment Plan (JDP).
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NewsAlfonso Paz-Andrade 1940-2021
The death earlier this week of businessman Alfonso Paz-Andrade has made headlines in his native Galicia.
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NewsStepping up global action on IUU fishing
More needs to be done to combat IUU fishing as consumer demand and fish production continue to rise, according to FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu.
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NewsGhana given 2nd EU warning over IUU fishing
The Ghanaian government’s failure to tackle illegal fishing has resulted in a second yellow card – a formal warning that could lead to a seafood export ban to the EU.
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NewsEU and UK strike 2021 fisheries agreement
The EU and the UK have concluded negotiations to reach an agreement in principle setting out catch limits for jointly managed fish stocks for the remainder of 2021.
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NewsPoachers boarded and destroyed
Co-operation between Australian agencies has disrupted illegal foreign fishing activity in the Ashmore Reef Marine Park, approximately 840 kilometres west of Darwin.
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NewsFaroes and Iceland set mackerel quotas
The Faroe Islands and Iceland have followed Norway’s lead in setting their own mackerel quotas for 2021.
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NewsDSI acquires CES and Dantech
DSI Freezing Solutions has acquired Cryogenic Equipment and Services (CES) and Dantech Freezing Systems.
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NewsEU fishers slam Norway mackerel move
The EU pelagic fishing industry, under the aegis of EAPO and Europêche, has hit back at the Norwegian government’s unilateral decision to increase its share in the mackerel fishery, urging the EU to take immediate action to prevent this.
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NewsAlarm over mackeral quota
The Norwegian government’s decision to set a unilateral quota for Northeast Atlantic mackerel has been called “alarming”.
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NewsPressure on IOTC over yellowfin tuna
Pressure is growing on the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission to take steps to put in place effective measures to allow the Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna stock to regenerate.
