Latest News – Page 471
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NewsEU project finds fish feed alternatives
An EC-funded research project is working hard to find alternative fish feeds that retain the nutritional properties of fish.
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NewsValue of Scottish fish falls by 8%
Provisional statistics published by Scotland’s Chief Statistician show that the overall quayside value of sea fish and shellfish landed by Scottish vessels in 2013 decreased by 8%, compared with 2012.
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NewsFOA grand opening
The grand opening of the largest closed-water shrimp production facility in the US will take place on 7 May.
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NewsChanges could reduce fishing injuries
New research from Oregon State University shows that handling frozen fish caused nearly half of all injuries aboard commercial freezer-trawlers and about a quarter of the injuries on freezer-longliner vessels operating off the coast of Alaska.
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Huon Aquaculture expansion launched
The Australian government has committed $3.5 million to help Huon Aquaculture expand its Parramatta Creek factory and boost employment in the region.
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NewsTesco backs down over tinned tuna
Greenpeace and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are claiming victory in their campaign against Tesco and the cut-price tuna brand Oriental & Pacific.
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EU backs fish drying project
A new indoor system for drying Stockfish is currently under development and will be launched next year.
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Gaspésie lobster fishery enters MSC assessment
The Gaspésie lobster fishery has entered Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment.
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NewsASP to choose distributor for new product
Aquasense International Corporation is in discussions with a number of seafood companies for the exclusive right to distribute the industry’s first ever farm-raised, saltwater red tilapia products in the US market.
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NewsMSC to develop seaweed standard
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is expanding its sustainability standard for the first time to include various groups of seaweed.
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EU partners adopt social clause
Workers’ organisation ETF and representatives from Europêche and Cogeca has adopted a revised social clause to be included in Sustainable Fisheries Agreements (SFAs) with third countries.
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ICES Science Fund supports new projects
The International Council of the Exploration of the Sea’s (ICES) newly established ICES Science Fund is to support eight new projects.
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NewsOSM delegates visit P2G fish farm
On the third and final day of the Offshore Mariculture Conference 2014 delegates visited the Piscicoltura del Golfo di Gaeta Soc. Coop. Agricola a R.L. (P2G) fish farm, which is situated about a mile off the coast, in the Gulf of Gaeta.
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NewsIntegrating offshore mariculture and renewable energy
The first presentation of day two of the 2014 Offshore Mariculture Conference was delivered by Neil Sims, president of the Ocean Stewards Institute and CEO of Kampachi Farms, who presented his paper on water quality monitoring via telephone from Hawaii.
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NewsMarine Harvest installs ‘green’ decking
In a bid to minimise its environmental impact, Marine Harvest has installed Fusion Marine decking made from environmentally-friendly recycled plastic at its Ardnish Feed Trials unit at Lochailort.
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NewsFish farming is still the future
The key theme emerging from the 2014 Offshore Mariculture Conference is that aquaculture is still the future.
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NewsNewfoundland mussel plant earns BAP certification
Green Seafoods Ltd’s mussel processing plant in Newfoundland, Canada, has earned Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.
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NewsBaader and Norway Seafoods join forces
Germany-based Baader Group and Norway Seafoods are joining forces to create a better and more efficient processing line for cod and other whitefish species.
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DNA testing confirms FoS origin
DNA analysis carried out in March 2014 has confirmed that Friend of the Sea labelled products are what they say they are.
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NewsPeruvian scallop farm enters ASC assessment
A Peruvian scallop producer has become the first company in the world to enter assessment against the Aquaculture Stewardship Council Bivalve Standard.
