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News'Deadliest Catch' crabber gets a refurb
The well-known Bering Sea crabber ‘Cornelia Marie’ from the Discovery channel’s Deadliest Catch, has undergone a Cummins repower and a revamp courtesy of its new owners.
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NewsToothfish Workshop
The Coalition of Legal Toothfish Operators (COLTO) has announced that the inaugural Toothfish Industry-Science Workshop is taking place in Aalesund, Norway, next week.
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Urgent talks requested over MPAs
Scotland’s west coast inshore fishermen have requested an urgent meeting with Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and Environment, Richard Lochhead, to dicuss their mounting concerns over the impact that recently announced Marine Protected Area (MPA) management measures will have on fragile fishing communities.
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NOW® krill oil FoS certified
NOW® has gained the Friend of the Sea certification for its krill oil products.
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SFF angered by MPA measures
The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) has expressed disbelief and anger at the new management measures for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Scottish waters announced by the Scottish Government last week.
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Cornish Hake receives MSC stamp
Cornish hake has become the only hake fishery in the UK to achieve Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, and Newlyn market received the first landings.
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Priorities for Eastern Pacific tuna fisheries
The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) is preparing for its 89th meeting, taking place from 22 June to 3 July, where it will outline priorities for Eastern Pacific tuna fisheries.
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NewsBluefin tuna season ends early
The Bluefin tuna purse seine season, set to last from 26 May to 24 June 2015, has come to an early end for 99% of the European purse-seiners because they have exhausted their quotas, says the European Commission.
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Cefas reports significant science impact
The UK’s Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) has published its annual report for 2014-15, which highlights the significant impact it has made to the UK Government’s marine and aquatic programmes.
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NewsSeparation technology in surimi manufacturing
Surimi is available in a wide variety of colours and flavours to match just about anything, and products are being further developed in response to current market demands for low-fat, low-calorie foods.
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NewsCook Islands fishery MSC certified
The Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) South Pacific albacore longline fishery has become the first Chinese tuna fleet to be certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).
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MSC UK Awards winners
Aldi has won the MSC Convenience Retailer of the Year award at this year’s MSC UK Awards, with competitor Lidl in close second place.
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NewsInaugural salmon sustainability report
The Global Salmon Initiative (GSI) has launched an interactive online Sustainability Report setting a new benchmark for transparency in reporting for a global food sector.
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NewsNew assessment highlights overfishing threat
The recently published European Red List of Threatened Species has found that a total of 7.5% of all European marine fish species are threatened with extinction in European waters.
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Peipsi Lake species FoS certified
The Estonian company Katroni Ltd. has achieved Friend of the Sea certification for perch, pike-perch and Northern pike originating from Peipsi Lake in Estonia.
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WA announces vessel biosecurity initiative
Western Australia has announced a new risk assessment tool for use by managers of commercial, non-trading, petroleum and commercial fishing vessels coming into WA ports along the coast.
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First Central American feed mills BAP certified
Two Cargill feed mills - Cargill de Honduras S. de R. L. and Cargill de Nicaragua S.A. - have earned Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.
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NewsGround-breaking crew agreement
Tuna company Albacora, the UGT (Spain’s General Union of Workers) and the global trade union, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), have signed the first collective agreement covering non-European Union nationals employed on the company’s boats.
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NewsEU funded Sea Change project
A new €3.5m EU Horizon 2020-funded project, coordinated by The Marine Biological Association, UK, seeks to raise European citizens’ awareness about the links between the ocean and human health.
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World’s first BAP certified rainbow trout farms
US-based Clear Springs Foods, Inc. has become the world’s first company to achieve Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification for its rainbow trout farms.
