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    Parliament approves stricter tuna rules

    2012-05-29T11:50:00Z

    MEPs have backed new international measures to reduce illegal catches of bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, in a vote last week aimed at ensuring more sustainable development of stocks.

  • The Faore Islands will soon become home to one of the largest pelagic fish processing plants in the world. Credit: Páll Stefansson/visitfaroeislands.com
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    Europe's most advanced processing plant

    2012-05-29T11:45:00Z

    A new pelagic fish processing plant is being constructed in Tvøroyri, Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands.

  • Retrieving dead grey seals (Halichoerus grypus), Bogskär, South of Åland Islands, Finland.
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    Bogskär seals retrieved for analysis

    2012-05-29T11:45:00Z

    Divers from the Oceana research vessel Hanse Explorer have led a Finnish Coast Guard patrol boat to a site close to Bögskar skerry to collect the carcasses of dead seals for analysis.

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    Louisbourg Seafoods joins WOC

    2012-05-29T11:36:00Z

    Louisbourg Seafoods has become the first company from the fish harvesting sector to join the World Ocean Council (WOC).

  • Simon Coveney, T.D. Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (left) feels that the investment demonstrates confidence in the Irish seafood sector
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    Irish seafood processors invest

    2012-05-28T17:29:00Z

    The Irish Ministry for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has announced that Irish seafood processors have invested a total of €15.5m, backed up by grants of €3.2m under the EU co-funded Seafood Processing Business Investment Scheme.

  • Dead grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), Bogskär, South of Åland Islands, Finland. © OCEANA/ Carlos Suárez
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    Seal deaths to be investigated

    2012-05-28T04:00:00Z

    Oceana has formally requested an investigation be opened to identify the cause of death of a dozen seals at Bogskär skerry.

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    Pole-and-line fisheries need support

    2012-05-28T04:00:00Z

    The IPNLF has warned that improvements must be made to traditional fisheries practices to ensure the growing demand for pole-and-line tuna can be met without compromising sustainability.

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    Prisoners trained in FSIS

    2012-05-25T04:00:00Z

    Prisoners at HMP Haverigg, Cumbria, UK, are being offered a new training course in fish and shellfish industry skills (FSIS) by Lakes College.

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    Award for Odeo Flare at Seawork 2012

    2012-05-25T04:00:00Z

    Odeo Flare Ltd, maker of the hand-held laser safety flare, won two awards this week at the Seawork Awards held in Southampton, UK.

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    Aberdeen show set for success

    2012-05-25T04:00:00Z

    With just over two weeks to go until the 2nd Skipper Expo Int. Aberdeen, organisers say that preparations are well in hand for another highly successful event.

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    New algal toxin test to save mice

    2012-05-24T11:43:00Z

    A collaboration between PETA, industry and government has developed a new way of testing the algal toxin levels of shellfish for human consumption.

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    Increased commitment to sustainable tuna

    2012-05-24T11:35:00Z

    WWF has welcomed efforts by the Parties to the Nauru Agreement to increase commitment to the sustainable management of tuna fisheries and minimise impact on bycatch species like sharks, turtles and marine mammals.

  • AFMA fisheries officers inspecting a vessel operating in the Northern Prawn Fishery in the Gulf of Carpentaria
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    Prawn fishers operating responsibly

    2012-05-24T11:32:00Z

    A number of Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) inspections of Northern Prawn Fishery vessels have found compliance levels to be excellent with only minor breaches detected.

  • Forage fish, such as anchovies, are a cheap and sustainable source of protein and micronutrients
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    Forage fish - affordable and sustainable

    2012-05-24T11:21:00Z

    Brazil’s Prof Lauro Madureira has addressed the question of why forage fish, which are a cheap and sustainable source of protein and micronutrients, are not used for direct human consumption.

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    Marel’s largest fish processing sale

    2012-05-23T15:12:00Z

    Marel has sold a new whitefish processing flowline to a seafood processor in northeast Chine – the company’s largest single sale to the fish processing industry.

  • This screen capture (in Replay mode) shows the fish in a typical aquaculture fish cage. The transducer is located in the bottom of the cage looking upwards, and the EK15 has been set in the corresponding mode of operation. Up to 15 fish cages ca...
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    Sophisticated new Simrad scientific echo sounder

    2012-05-23T14:32:00Z

    Simrad has expanded its scientific echo sounder portfolio with the introduction of the new multi-transceiver Simrad EK15.

  • The Antarctic Ocean Alliance (AOA) has called on the UK Government to help protect over 40% of Antarctica's waters and its inhabitants
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    Antarctica’s Southern Ocean needs protecting

    2012-05-23T13:24:00Z

    A report by the Antarctic Ocean Alliance (AOA) has called for over 40% of the Antarctica region to be protected from commercial fishing and other industries.

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    Olympic Seafoods a Friend of the Sea

    2012-05-23T11:23:00Z

    Krill harvesting company Olympic Seafoods AS has achieved a full audit by Friend of the Sea.

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    Oceana: EU Mediterranean countries jeopardise fisheries management again

    2012-05-23T11:15:00Z

    On 19 May, the FAO General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) closed its annual meeting, without having taken any decision to address the steepest ever decline in Mediterranean fish stocks, says Oceana.

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    Consultation on Irish seafood standard

    2012-05-23T11:07:00Z

    The Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM) has developed its own certification standard for wild seafood.