Latest News – Page 347

  • White Spot Syndrome Virus-infected tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon. Image courtesy of Dr A.S. Sahul Hameed, C. Abdul Hakeem College, India
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    Alleviating poverty through disease control

    2016-05-31T14:50:00Z

    Swansea University has attracted over £2m in funding to alleviate poverty within poor farming communities in Bangladesh and India by controlling disease risk in fish and crustacean aquaculture.

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    Peter Redmond to leave GAA

    2016-05-31T12:32:00Z

    Peter Redmond, vice president of market development for the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) division, is leaving the organisation after eight years.

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    PNA pays tribute to Palau Fisheries leader, Nannette Malsol

    2016-05-31T11:38:00Z

    Dr Transform Aqorau, CEO of Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA), has paid tribute to the late Nannette Dilly Malsol, head of Palau Fisheries who passed away on Thursday after a difficult battle with cancer.

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    Ireland announces €4.3m for processing and aquaculture

    2016-05-31T10:50:00Z

    Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has announced the award of €4.3 million in grants to 51 seafood enterprises under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Operational Programme for the seafood sector.

  • Concept design of the new Earthrace vessel
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    New vessel to help fight illegal fishing

    2016-05-31T10:35:00Z

    New Zealand campaign group, Earthrace Conservation, has unveiled concept designs of its new 60m trimaran to be used for conservation missions around the world.

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    New SFP fishery improvement projects rating system

    2016-05-27T14:22:00Z

    Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has announced a new evaluation tool and grading system for fishery improvement projects (FIPs).

  • The Holmsgarth North jetty under construction - work at Lerwick port to benefit the fishing sector is forging ahead
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    Lerwick fishing projects moving ahead

    2016-05-26T16:09:00Z

    The first part of Lerwick Port Authority’s current three-phase development programme will significantly upgrade facilities for the important fishing industry at the Shetland port – with the second phase due for completion in the autumn.

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    Welsh fishermen learn from the Irish seafood industry

    2016-05-26T16:01:00Z

    Leading seafood businesses from across Wales visited their counterparts in Ireland this week to learn new ways to grow both their catch and their profits.

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    Seafoodexport achieves Friend of the Sea certification

    2016-05-26T14:45:00Z

    French company Seafoodexport has achieved Friend of the Sea certification for Omega-3, fish oil and fishmeal from European anchovy and sardine.

  • The M100 Maritime Survivor Locating Device will be introduced at Skipper Expo Int. Aberdeen
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    New MOB device introduced to fishermen

    2016-05-26T14:11:00Z

    Ocean Signal’s new professional man overboard device for fishermen will be introduced at Skipper Expo Int. Aberdeen on the Caley Fisheries stand.

  • Aramark will expand its MSC certification to 16 Canadian universities and colleges
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    Aramark expands MSC certification to Canadian universities and colleges

    2016-05-26T12:04:00Z

    Aramark has announced that it has achieved MSC Chain of Custody certification, this allows it to source and serve wild-caught seafood that is sustainable and traceable to a certified fishery.

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    Fisheries monitoring to be fast-tracked in New Zealand

    2016-05-26T11:17:00Z

    New Zealand Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has signalled the Government’s intention to speed up the rollout of monitoring equipment on commercial fishing vessels.

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    Scottish shellfish farm statistics released

    2016-05-26T10:14:00Z

    Marine Scotland Science has published the Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2015.

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    WorldFish project increases Egypt farm profits by 27%

    2016-05-25T16:06:00Z

    At the end of the four-year Swiss-funded Improving Employment and Income through Development of Egypt’s Aquaculture Sector (IEIDEAS) project, participating farmers reported US$16,000 in extra annual profit, with a total of US$D27 million added to the sector over the duration of the project.

  • Some of the illegally caught sea cucumbers (beche de mer) found on the PNG fishing vessel
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    Illegal fishers convicted

    2016-05-25T12:10:00Z

    Fishers from Papua New Guinea have pleaded guilty and been convicted for commercial fishing inside the Torres Strait Protected Zone.

  • The new Challenger Worksafe Pro 300
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    New Challenger Worksafe Pro 300 lifejacket

    2016-05-25T11:22:00Z

    ISP (International Safety Products) has added a new lifejacket to its workplace range, the Challenger Worksafe Pro 300.

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    The way forward for European aquaculture

    2016-05-25T10:45:00Z

    EU Commissioner, Karmenu Vella, presented progress made and obstacles that need to be addressed in further developing a sustainable aquaculture sector in the EU at a high-level joint event with the Dutch Presidency of the Council yesterday,

  • An agreement has been signed to halt expansion of Arctic fishing in a move which Greenpeace believes will help protect vulnerable species such as the polar bear
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    Global brands say no to Arctic fishing

    2016-05-25T09:44:00Z

    Global brands alongside the Norwegian Fishing Vessel Owners Association, Fiskebåt, Russian fishing giant, Karat and Europe’s largest processor of frozen fish, Espersen, have agreed to halt further expansion of cod fishing into the previously frozen Northern Barents Sea.

  • Scientists predict economic losses for the sector at Europêche meeting
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    Economic losses predicted from discard ban

    2016-05-25T09:20:00Z

    Europêche organised a meeting in the European Parliament on 24 May to discuss the economic impact of landing obligations and the discard ban.

  • This graph shows how North Sea cod stock levels (Bpa) have changed over time. MSC certification aims for fish stocks at sustainable levels, with fishing effort that aims to reach or maintain the sustainable stock level (MSYB trigger). The third ...
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    North Sea cod enters MSC assessment

    2016-05-24T12:27:00Z

    North Sea cod entered Marine Stewardship Council assessment last week, in move organised by a coalition of fishing organisations, supermarkets, seafood brands, and the seafood industry body Seafish.