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    Superchill causes aquaculture mortalities

    2015-03-05T10:37:00Z

    Three Cooke Aquaculture sites in Nova Scotia have reported fish mortalities from extreme cold water temperatures.

  • The labels on value-added seafood may have been ‘cleaned up’. Credit: EHRENBERG Kommunikation/CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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    Food product labels hiding the truth

    2015-03-04T16:43:00Z

    Trying to pass one fish off for another, inevitably cheaper, species is not the only way seafood customers are being deliberately cheated.

  • =Agroittica Lombarda is doing its bit to help preserve wild stocks of sturgeon Photo: Wiki/Cacophony CC BY 2.5
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    Calvisius Caviar remains Friend of the Sea

    2015-03-04T13:54:00Z

    Italy’s Agroittica Lombarda’s farmed sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus and Acipenser baerii), branded Calvisius Caviar, has passed its third full Friend of the Sea audit since approval in 2008, underlining its commitment to sustainability.

  • Researchers Kathryn Donnelly, Petter Olsen and Kine Mari Karlsen have developed measurement systems for sustainability in the fishing industry. Credit: Lars-Åke Andersen/Nofima
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    New tool to document the sustainability of fisheries

    2015-03-04T12:36:00Z

    A new tool to document the environmental impact and sustainability of cod and haddock fishing in the North Atlantic has been developed.

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    Cod compromise reached in US

    2015-03-04T12:13:00Z

    A sector examination request to preserve 30 tonnes of cod in exchange for relaxing some of the Gulf of Maine cod Interim Management Measures enacted in November 2014 has been approved.

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    ASL shortlisted for awards

    2015-03-04T10:02:00Z

    Scottish seafood specialist, Associated Seafoods Ltd (ASL), has been shortlisted for two awards at the forthcoming Grampian Food Forum Innovation Awards 2015.

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    Walmart sustainable shopping portal

    2015-03-04T09:48:00Z

    Walmart has announced the debut of its Sustainability Leaders shop, an online shopping portal on Walmart.com that helps customers identify and purchase products from suppliers that are leading in sustainability.

  • Karmenu Vella visited the Salon Halieutis fisheries event in Morocco
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    EU-Morocco fisheries partnership strengthened

    2015-03-04T09:33:00Z

    European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella visited the Salon Halieutis fisheries event in Morocco in February to underline the importance of the fisheries partnership and cooperation between the EU and Morocco.

  • The advances made by the project so far were presented at the fifth ECsafeSEAFOOD coordination meeting in February
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    ECsafeSEAFOOD developments

    2015-03-03T16:37:00Z

    Newly developed sensitive and rapid screening, detection and extraction methods for contaminants in seafood is set to improve safety in Europe.

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    Fish farming equipment supply

    2015-03-03T16:02:00Z

    Denmark’s AquaProcess is a newly established company offering solutions and equipment to the fish farming industry, providing everything from water-based antifouling to complete recirculated aquaculture systems (RAS) systems.

  • Ishida Europe will showcase its FLEX-Grader at SPG
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    Weighing, packing and quality control solutions

    2015-03-03T15:47:00Z

    At Seafood Processing Global Ishida Europe will showcase some of its latest solutions in weighing, packing and quality control for fish applications.

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    US scientists explore ecosystem-based management

    2015-03-03T14:34:00Z

    Scientists from throughout the United States met in Honolulu from 23-25 February to explore ways of incorporating climate, ecosystems and other of areas uncertainty into the sustainable management of US fisheries.

  • Aerial view of Perth Food and Drink Park
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    Perth Food and Drink Park open

    2015-03-03T13:54:00Z

    A new business park designed to strengthen Scotland’s food and drink sector is now open for occupation.

  • The project aims to strengthen Africa’s great potential for increased trade in fish. Credit: WorldFish
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    Pan-African project to focus on fish trade potential

    2015-03-03T12:33:00Z

    A new pan-African project has been launched to strengthen the continent’s great potential for increased trade in fish.

  • The expansion consists of a new extrusion line that will produce feed for tilapia, trout and catfish. Credit: The Photographer/CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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    Cargill invests $7.8m in feed production

    2015-03-03T11:22:00Z

    Cargill Mexico has inaugurated the $7.8 million dollar expansion of its animal feed facility in Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, as part of the celebrations for its 150th global anniversary and 50 years of operations in Mexico.

  • The aim is to fully implement the technology in the PNA skipjack tuna fishery. Credit: NOAA
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    PNA to initiate full scale eCDS trials

    2015-03-03T10:15:00Z

    The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) have decided to initiate full-scale trials of an innovative catch documentation system (eCDS) for onboard fisheries observers in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean.

  • Ms Pulkkinen says using Bayesian statistical models can help improve fisheries stock assessments. Photo: Jaakko Huikari
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    New methods to improve stock assessments

    2015-03-02T17:20:00Z

    New mathematical methods used to carry out fisheries stock assessments could help provide more reliable reviews to support decision-making, says Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).

  • Champion sustainable fishing and take a #fishface selfie this #EarthHourUK
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    #fishface challenge this Earth Hour

    2015-03-02T13:35:00Z

    WWF has teamed up with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) for Earth Hour to challenge people to support sustainable fishing and healthy oceans by sharing a #fishface selfie on social media.

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    HB Grandi upgrades fleet

    2015-02-27T16:35:00Z

    HB Grandi is upgrading its fleet this year with two new pelagic vessels to be built by Turkish shipyard, Celiktrans Deniz Insaat Ltd.

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    Tuna workshop to ensure Eastern Pacific future

    2015-02-26T17:27:00Z

    A recent ‘tuna workshop’ is set to help coastal states ensure the effective management of the shared tuna stocks in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.