Latest News – Page 575
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NewsNew Skipskompetanse trawler contracts
Norwegian ship designer, Skipskompetanse, has recently signed a contract to develop two new purse seiner trawlers for a Taiwanese owner - delivery will be in the first half of 2013.
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NewsNew chair for Humber Seafood Group
The Humber Seafood Group has appointed Anita Barker, managing director of Coldwater Seafood, as its new Chair.
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NewsLast week's newsletter
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NewsInmarsat trial for Chinese fishing vessels
Australian comms expert, Beam Communications Pty Ltd, has received an initial order worth US$170K for a major trial of Inmarsat Oceana Terminals on Chinese fishing vessels.
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NewsPiriou Danish seine trawler first
Piriou has received an order for the construction of a 22m Danish seine trawler from the Armement Cooperatif Artisanal Vendeen (ACAV). The vessel will be delivered in early 2013.
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NewsFigures suggest UK cod quota increase
The latest International Council of the Sea (ICES) report reveals that North Sea Cod stocks are on the increase for the sixth year in a row.
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US tribal fishing rights under threat
The Associated Press has reported that some US Indian tribes'' fishing rights under treaty rights with the federal government are at risk because of disappearing salmon habitats.
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NewsOceana calls for Cabrera enlargement
Oceana has raised concerns that more than half of fish species in Spain’s Cabrera National Park are not sufficiently protected against poachers and it wants an enlargement of the reserve.
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NewsReport reveals NZ stock status
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) in New Zealand has reported positive trends in fish stocks, especially the Southern blue whiting which is now at a historic high.
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NewsTaking raw lobster out of is shell complete
The culinary innovation of 2012 is how Chez Pascal of the Netherlands describes its high pressure processed (HPP) whole lobster.
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Mussel fishery earns MSC certification
Seafood Shetland and the Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group Limited (SSMG) have achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for the Shetland and Scottish Mainland rope grown mussel enhanced fishery.
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Canada takes steps to protect fisheries
It has been announced that Fisheries and Oceans Canada is taking the next steps in its new approach to protect recreational, commercial and Aboriginal fisheries and the fish habitat on which they depend.
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NewsNZ sets restrictions to protect dolphins
New Zealand Primary Industries Minister David Carter has announced measures to protect Maui’s dolphins.
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NewsFuture favourites
Farmed fish is in demand like never before, but many new species are yet to make their mark
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NewsDivers discover new marine species in NZ
In a recent diving expedition to one of the world’s deepest underwater caves near Nelson in New Zealand, Australian cave divers discovered three new marine species – a transparent amphipod, a worm, and a small snail.
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NewsDIS Cloud provides a safer and cleaner production environment
Following several years of great performance and results, DIS is presenting the DIS Cloud cleaning system and the D-SAN disinfection product to the Norwegian market.
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Faroese queen scallops enter assessment
The M/V Nordheim fishing vessel, sole license holder for the Faroese queen scallop fishery, has entered the full assessment process within the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification program.
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Scottish haddock on top according to consumer tests
Consumer testing carried out by Consumer Panel Elite and England Marketing on behalf of Seafood Scotland has compared haddock from Scotland, Norway, the Faroe Islands and Iceland – with Scotland coming out on top.
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NewsPhilippines adopt crab management plan
The final version of a Philippine Blue Swimming Crab Management Plan has been agreed.
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NewsMackerel action plan welcomed
The MSC has welcomed an action plan that is aimed at solving the ongoing mackerel dispute in the North East Atlantic.
