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  • Reuben Lasker. Credit: Val Ihde, Marinette Marine Corp.
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    NOAA fisheries survey vessel launched

    2012-06-21T13:37:00Z

    NOAA’s Reuben Lasker, a fisheries survey vessel, was launched on 16 June by Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC), the Wisconsin shipyard building the vessel.

  • Royal Rebel
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    Buccaneer Boats launches Royal Rebel

    2012-06-21T13:09:00Z

    The latest ring netter from Buccaneer Boats has been launched and will be operated out of Shoreham, West Sussex, UK.

  • The KBV312 Coast Guard vessel will be used for fisheries control
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    Volvo Penta helps Coast Guard save fuel

    2012-06-21T12:00:00Z

    The first in a series of five advanced Coast Guard vessels has reached its final port destination in Falkenberg on the West coast of Sweden.

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    SKF Thruster Monitoring for marine and offshore thrusters

    2012-06-21T11:39:00Z

    SKF has announced the availability of SKF Thruster Monitoring, an integrated and flexible condition-based maintenance (CBM) solution for propulsion and positioning thrusters in the marine and offshore industries.

  • Norman Lim, MSD Animal Health’s technical services project manager
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    MSD Animal Health appoints product manager

    2012-06-21T11:29:00Z

    Aquatic animal business, MSD Animal Health, has chosen Norman Lim as its new technical services project manager for aquaculture in Asia.

  • The Firth of Clyde. Credit: Dave Souza at Wikipedia. License: CC BY-SA 2.5
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    Firth of Clyde shows signs of recovery

    2012-06-21T11:06:00Z

    A study by Marine Scotland has found that the Firth of Clyde is demonstrating some signs of recovery.

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    Baltic herring and sprat reach MSY

    2012-06-21T10:50:00Z

    The European Commission has announced that central basin herring and sprat stocks in the Baltic Sea have recovered enough to be able to increase the quota for both stocks in 2013.

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    EP votes on first CFP draft regulation

    2012-06-21T10:39:00Z

    The European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee met on Wednesday to vote on the first draft regulation in the common fisheries policy reform package.

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    B&N Group buys WaterMota

    2012-06-20T16:52:00Z

    After more than 100 years of independence, marine and industrial engine, generator and gearbox specialist WaterMota has been acquired by the Netherlands based B&N Group.

  • IUU fishing must be combated with seafood traceability. Photo: CONAMAR Foundation/Marine Photobank
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    Traceability to stop illegal fishing

    2012-06-20T16:45:00Z

    More than 100 participants from the Asia-Pacific region recently discussed the importance of applying seafood traceability as a way of fighting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.

  • Singapore NExBTL plant
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    Producing renewable diesel from fish waste

    2012-06-20T16:30:00Z

    Neste Oil has started producing NExBTL renewable diesel from waste fat sourced from the fish processing industry at its Singapore refinery.

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    Opportunities to influence the management of England's inshore fisheries

    2012-06-20T15:59:00Z

    Inshore fisheries and conservation authorities (IFCAs) in the North East, Isles of Scilly and Devon and Severn areas of England are looking for new members.

  • Rio+20 is aiming to make the oceans more sustainable Photo: Bob Shavelson/Marine Photobank
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    UN sustainability conference Rio+20

    2012-06-20T15:25:00Z

    The UN''s 10-yearly UN Sustainable Development Conference, called Rio+20, is taking place this week (15-22 June) in Rio de Janeiro.

  • Gray triggerfish. Credit: Pew Environment Group
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    Gray triggerfish harvest to close 1 July

    2012-06-20T10:57:00Z

    The commercial harvest of gray triggerfish in the Gulf of Mexico federal waters will close as of 12:01 (local time) on 1 July 2012 until 12:01 on 1 January 2013.

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    Canada proceeds with Aquaculture Strategy

    2012-06-20T10:31:00Z

    The Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) has announced that it will proceed with the execution of its National Aquaculture Development Strategy.

  • The owner and master of the Belgian beam trawler Grietje Hendrika have been fined over £38,000. Credit: Joost J. Bakker. License: CC BY 2.0
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    Logbook offenders fined over £38,000

    2012-06-20T09:59:00Z

    The owner, De Ridder Rederij BVBA, and master, Maarten Harteveld, of the Belgian beam trawler Grietje Hendrika have been sentenced for three counts of failing to accurately complete an EU logbook.

  • Northern abalone have been listed as endangered under the ‘Species at Risk Act’. Photo: Gerick Bergsma 2010/Marine Photobank
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    Seafood importer is fined US$40,000

    2012-06-19T16:55:00Z

    Former chef and owner of Kin Seafood Importing Corporation, Kai Kin Ng, has been fined US$40,000 for illegal possession of Northern abalone.

  • The launch of the Damen CSD500  ‘25 January’
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    Damen dredger for Egyptian aquaculture

    2012-06-19T16:32:00Z

    A new Damen Cutter Suction Dredger, type CSD500, has been built under license by Canal Naval Construction for the Egyptian General Authority for Fish Resource Development.

  • Using a potato peel extract the researchers have successfully reduced or completely prevented the detrimental oxidation of minced fish
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    Potatoes to extend minced fish shelf life

    2012-06-19T13:20:00Z

    A group of researchers from the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, have extracted a group of substances from potato peelings that prevent the development of rancid smells in minced fish.

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    Seal deaths linked to natural causes

    2012-06-19T12:48:00Z

    Scientists have concluded that the deaths of seal pups discovered by Oceana’s expedition team were not caused by human activities.