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Major investment aids development of new fish farm cage
Aquaculture equipment supplier Fusion Marine has made a major £70,000 investment in developing purpose-built manufacturing tools to aid in the construction of a new range of fish farm cages.
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Is the aquaculture boom starting to fade?
In 2006, the world consumed 110.4 million tonnes of fish, with 51.7 million tonnes of that originating from aquaculture.Production by traditional capture fisheries has reached a plateau, so to meet the projected demand for fish of an expanded world population, in 2030 aquaculture will need to produce an additional 28.8 ...
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Oceana pleads for scientific advice to be heard to avoid the collapse of bluefin tuna
Last week, the meeting of the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) took place at the headquarters of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
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Germany’s Baltic herring fishery enters MSC assessment
The Western Baltic spring-spawning herring fishery targeted by vessels of the “Erzeugergemeinschaft der Hochsee- und Kutterfischer” has entered the full assessment under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable and well-managed fisheries.
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Status reports show improvements in fish stocks
There are encouraging signs for the future of Auastralia’s fish stocks with a new report showing improvements in the stock status of Australian Government-managed fisheries.
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Barents Sea Norwegian shrimp fleet gets Friend of the Sea recognition
Friend of the Sea has announced a break-through certification of one of the main European supplier of Pandalus borealis (Northern Shrimp).
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NewsIcelandic Logo for Responsible Fisheries announced
The Icelandic Logo for Responsible Fisheries was officially introduced at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition 2008 on 3 October.
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Winners of the Icelandic Fisheries Awards 2008
The fourth Icelandic fishing awards ceremony was held last night in The Tower, Smáralind.
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Icefish 2008 opened with a bang!
The Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition was formally opened yesterday morning by Einar K. Guðfinnsson the minister of Fisheries and agriculture.
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Icelandic Fisheries Minister opens Icefish 2008
Address by the Icelandic Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson at the opening of the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition Thursday 2 October 2008.
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NewsCrayfish and mixed grill with carp bycatch
Happy, repeat client hunters using special safety mats before returning catch to Orellana reservoir - more than 120km2 fed by the Guadiana river Credit: TW:EEC PhotosFrom the air, Extremadura looked arid and brown, yet miles of shimmering lakes and reservoirs reflected back blue. Tourists may be few in this little ...
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NewsOur gentle fishing partners
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Authority (NOAA) has recently revised its 2006 estimates of dolphin abundance in the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP).
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Computers count
Many of you probably went to the Nor-Fishing exhibition in Trondheim in August, where you would have seen the latest fish processing machines and equipment for use on board factory trawlers and other fishing vessels.
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NewsDecisions based on facts
An optimal trawling process is always dependent on the quality and the quantity of information provided to the decision maker.
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New way of mounting gillnets
A new way of mounted gillnets has been invented by Icelandic company Neptunas.
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NewsJapan's tuna fleet suspends fishing to conserve stocks
According to Japan Tuna Fisheries Cooperative Association (Japan Tuna), Japan's largest association of deep sea tuna fishermen, 233 of its pelagic longline tuna boat operators will each suspend fishing operations for two to three month periods sometime from the start of August 2008 to the end of July 2010 in ...
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Spanish fishing fleet adopts Sea Marshall® MOB system
Marine Rescue Technologies ltd. says it is pleased to announce that the company has fulfilled two thirds of their contracts to supply the Sea Marshall® man overboard systems to the Spanish fishing fleets.
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NewsMcMurdo appoints Finnish and Greek distributors
Portsmouth UK based manufacturer of emergency distress beacons, McMurdo has appointed Furuno Finland Oy as its new distributor in Finland.
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NewsUS patent awarded to OceanLED
OceanLED has been granted a US patent for its unique LED underwater lighting products.
