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Canada invests in facilities, research and protection
The Canadian government is investing over CAD57m in science facilities, marine protection and Pacific salmon research on the Pacific Coast.
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New surveillance vessel for Nova Scotia
The Conservation and Protection Program in Nova Scotia has a new surveillance vessel - the first of 12 new vessels to be delivered to Fisheries and Oceans Canada for surveillance purposes.
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Greenpeace calls out Chinese IUU fishing
Greenpeace is calling for China’s fishing companies to be ‘reined in’ after research revealed at least 74 fishing vessels owned and operated by four Chinese Distant Water Fishing (DWF) companies have been exposed for fishing illegally in prohibited fishing grounds in West Africa.
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NewsBetter cod handling for profit
Major injuries from cod catches is costing the fishing industry, but profits could increase by hundreds of millions every year if cod was handled better, says Nofima scientists.
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NewsNRGene maps rainbow trout genome
Israel’s genomic big data company, NRGene, has mapped the rainbow trout genome in cooperation with scientists from the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of Illinois.
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NewsOld data digitised for modern scientists
NOAA Fisheries'' Alaska Fisheries Science Center has been successful in translating old survey data into a form that could be useful to modern scientists.
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First two-star BAP mussels
Chile’s Pesquera Apiao S.A. has become the world’s first group to achieve two-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) status for mussels.
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NewsThe implications of climate change on aquaculture
A new WorldFish paper says that scientists need to better understand the impacts of climate change on aquaculture if we are to meet future seafood demand.
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Further sea bass measures proposed
The European Commission has announced the third package of measures to halt the decline of sea bass in the Celtic Sea, Irish Sea, Channel and North Sea.
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A strong start for SSC
The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has had a strong start to the year, recording revenues in Q1 of £27.3m and growing in international markets.
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NewsFishing apprenticeships in Scotland
An extra 500 Modern Apprenticeship places are being funded over the next year in Scotland, in the first step to expand the county’s current apprentice programme from 25,000 to 30,000 by 2020.
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NewsBig plans for HB Grandi vessels
HB Grandi’s CEO, Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson, has said that the sale of ‘Faxi RE’ and ‘Ingunn AK’, along with 0.67% of the capelin quota and trawl gear, is good for both the seller and the buyer, Vinnslustödin.
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M&J Seafood commits to BAP
Fresh Direct Group’s M&J Seafood has announced that it is adding 18 new four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP)-certified prawn items to its product range.
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NewsSenator pushes for ‘Alaskan pollock’ name change
Senator for Alaska, Lisa Murkowski, is urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to change the legal market name of Alaska-caught pollock simply to ‘pollock’.
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NewsSeafish campaigns for fishermen’s safety
Seafish is calling on the UK’s fishermen to think about their safety after research revealed 46% of commercial fishermen consider their job to be dangerous but 34% say they rarely or never wear a Personal Flotation Device (PFD).
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NewsScottish cod stock recovery threatened by seals
Research led at the University of Strathclyde suggests that predatory seals are constraining the recovery of cod stocks in Scottish West coast waters.
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NewsRecord Scottish fish landings welcomed
Banff & Buchan MP Eilidh Whiteford and North East MSP Christian Allard have welcomed the news of record fish landings in Scotland.
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NewsMarine litter clean up in Greece
Norwegian company Nofir AS is organising an event to collect discarded material from fishing and fish farming (nets, ropes, fish farming cages, etc.) in Greece at the end of May.
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Vessel owners fined £13,150
On Friday 15 May 2015 three owners of 10m and under fishing vessels were sentenced by the Crown Court for exceeding monthly quota allocations.
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NewsScottish mussel production reaches all time high
The latest survey results from the Scottish Government show that the value of the shellfish industry has increased by 18% to £10.5m at first sale value in 2014.
