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  • Lisbeth Berg-Hansen and the manager of cod farming company Skei Marinfisk AS, Knut Elling Bråthen, look at a fry tank during a tour of the National Cod Breeding Centre in Tromsø. Credit: Wilhelm Solheim © Nofima
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    Norway: Cod efforts to continue

    2012-06-12T11:36:00Z

    The Norwegian minister of fisheries and coastal affairs, Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, has promised further public investment in cod breeding, but only if the industry gets involved.

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    £3.5m boost for Scottish fishing

    2012-06-12T11:19:00Z

    The latest round of grants under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) will give support to 68 projects across the Scottish sea fisheries, aquaculture and fish processing sectors.

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    MSC gets new Stakeholder Council members

    2012-06-12T10:52:00Z

    The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has welcomed five new members to its Stakeholder Council.

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    Scotland: Future of fishing to be decided

    2012-06-12T10:36:00Z

    The Scottish government has said that at today’s EU Council meeting “the fight to protect the future of Scotland’s fishing industry reaches boiling point”.

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    Ag & Fish Council meet today

    2012-06-12T10:30:00Z

    The Agriculture & Fisheries Council is meeting in Luxembourg today and is expected to reach political agreement on the two main proposals within the framework of the Common Fisheries Policy reform.

  • Shark fins. Credit: NOAA
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    Bill to ban shark fin trade in New York

    2012-06-11T05:30:00Z

    Last week the New York Senate Environmental Conservation Committee voted in favour of a bill to ban the trade, sale, possession and distribution of shark fins throughout the state.

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    EC: Improvements for some fish stocks

    2012-06-11T04:30:00Z

    The European Commission has set out its intentions for fixing fishing opportunities for 2013, which it says shows that improvements made to end overfishing are working.

  • Shop selling fishery products in Tamshui, northern Taiwan
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    Taiwan’s seeks closer cooperation with fishery-rich island nations

    2012-06-10T20:56:00Z

    The recent hijacking of the Naham 3 fishing vessel is the latest in a series of attacks by Somali pirates on Taiwanese boats fishing for tuna in the Indian Ocean, reports David Hayes.

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    Scots to benefit from new Omega 3 testing

    2012-06-10T20:32:00Z

    SNP MEP Alyn Smith has called for greater awareness of the benefits of Omega 3 after receiving his own test results at Stirling University''s world-leading Institute for Aquaculture.

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    Seafish trials automated system to monitor environmental conditions in MPAs

    2012-06-08T04:00:00Z

    A new underwater video system has been trialled by Seafish to see whether fishermen themselves can monitor environmental conditions in marine protected areas (MPAs).

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    European Fish Weeks raise awareness

    2012-06-08T03:30:00Z

    Today is World Oceans Day and OCEAN2012 is launching the third European Fish Weeks, when European citizens will organise public events to raise awareness of overfishing and of decision-makers’ responsibility to end it.

  • The EU-Norway fishing agreement for 2013 is up for discussion this week
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    EU-Norway fish talks in Orkney

    2012-06-07T14:37:00Z

    Representatives from the European Commission and Norway will be discussing the EU-Norway fishing agreement for 2013 and beyond in Orkney this week.

  • Icebergs in Disko Bay. Credit: Algkalv (Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported)
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    Maria Damanaki visits Greenland

    2012-06-07T14:28:00Z

    European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki, is visiting Greenland on 7-9 June 2012.

  • Cheap, sustainable, house roof fish ‘tanks’ in Xiangjiaba village above the Jinsha river, Sichuan Province, China. © TW : EEC Photos
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    Rio+20 - Turn off the lights?

    2012-06-07T14:04:00Z

    Fish, the oceans and secure jobs are core to a new ‘sustainable world’ plan, but there are worrying questions about the bill and cash to fund it.

  • The BAADER 582 at SPE 2012
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    BAADER 582 on its way!

    2012-06-07T13:47:00Z

    The prototype of Baader’s new filleting machine, the BAADER 582, was shown at SPE 2012 in Brussels.

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    Supply growth of farmed salmon in 2012

    2012-06-07T12:18:00Z

    The latest FAO May 2012 Food Outlook publication shows that the supply of farmed salmon is projected to grow around 12% in 2012, with exporters looking to new markets such as Brazil, Russia, China and India.

  • Iceland is determined to reach an agreement
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    Iceland appoints mackerel negotiators

    2012-06-07T11:33:00Z

    The Icelandic Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture has appointed Sigurgeir Þorgeirsson, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, to head Iceland''s team of negotiators during mackerel talks.

  • L-R: Darryl Gerrity, Mayor, West Coast Council; Les Scott, Petuna Seafoods; Davey Whyte, Huon Aquaculture; Bryan Green; and Mark Ryan, Tassal
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    Tasmania's biggest fish farm

    2012-06-07T10:13:00Z

    Tasmania''s salmon industry is on the verge of a major expansion worth tens of millions of dollars in Macquarie Harbour on the West Coast which will create over 200 jobs.

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    Pressure on Thailand to export more tuna

    2012-06-07T04:00:00Z

    Thailand, the world''s largest tuna exporter, is coming under pressure to export more this year, although most are cautious about the prospect.

  • Some 20,000t of Norway’s coldwater prawn catch is now MSC certified
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    Opportunity knocks

    2012-06-06T19:28:00Z

    Norway is looking to capitalise on the high demand for coldwater prawns