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    Vietnam approves master plan

    2012-02-28T11:18:00Z

    Vietnam’s agricultural sector will export fisheries products worth US$11 billion by 2020 under a master plan approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, official media have reported.

  • Tsunami marine debris is set to reach Hawaii this winter
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    Tsunami debris task force crisis meet

    2012-02-28T10:49:00Z

    A task force for the 2011 Japanese tsunami marine debris field, which is floating towards Hawaii, has met at the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) In Hawaii to share information to help avert the crisis.

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    SFF welcomes haddock discard move

    2012-02-27T04:00:00Z

    The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has welcomed the move by the European Commission to use emergency powers to reduce and avoid excessive discarding of haddock in the West of Scotland.

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    Call for change welcomed

    2012-02-24T05:00:00Z

    An influential group of back-bench MPs today called for a ''sea change'' in the way fisheries are managed in the future.

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    Oregon approves three marine reserves

    2012-02-24T04:00:00Z

    Our Ocean has expressed support for Oregon legislature’s action to designate three marine reserves and protected areas off Cape Falcon, Cascade Head, and Cape Perpetua.

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    New Zealand seafood rated ‘green protein’

    2012-02-23T13:39:00Z

    New Zealand seafood is rated as the ‘green protein’, a report on the environmental cost of New Zealand food production has found.

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    Prawnfresh Plus improves catch quality

    2012-02-23T13:35:00Z

    A group of Florida shrimp fishermen are enjoying a significant economic boost after improving the quality of their catches by switching to Prawnfresh Plus.

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    Shark fin trade ban moves forward in Maryland

    2012-02-23T13:28:00Z

    This week the Maryland House of Delegates held a hearing on a newly introduced bill (HR 393) that would ban the sale, trade, distribution and possession of shark fins throughout the state.

  • The NAFC is on a mission to address data deficient fish stocks Photo: NAFC
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    Shetland report on data deficient fish stocks

    2012-02-22T17:19:00Z

    A new report conducted by the NAFC Marine Centre in the Shetland Islands, has revealed that more than half of the main species landed by Scottish whitefish vessels come from stocks that are data deficient.

  • Ballan wrasse. Credit: Wiki/Lycaon
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    Wrasse farming initiative announced

    2012-02-22T11:45:00Z

    The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) and the Meridian Salmon Group have signed a three year agreement with Otter Ferry Seafish Ltd to commercially farm Ballan wrasse in salmon cages for the first time.

  • Bakkafrost has achieved the GlobalG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance Standard
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    Bakkafrost’s salmon farm certified

    2012-02-22T11:42:00Z

    Bakkafrost, the largest salmon farmer in the Faroe Islands, has achieved the GlobalG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance Standard, following assessment of its business by Food Certification International (FCI).

  • Seakura specialises in producing organic green sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca) and red seaweed (Gracilaria sp.)
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    Seakura launches new organic seaweeds

    2012-02-22T10:51:00Z

    From its production facility located in the Natural Reserve of Michmoret on the Israel coast, Seakura Ltd has launched a new line of organic seaweed products that have been especially produced for European consumers.

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    Scottish salmon Dubai’s 'dish of the day'

    2012-02-21T14:35:00Z

    The best of Scottish produce was on display recently for an international audience in Dubai at Gulfood, one of the world’s largest food and hospitality shows.

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    Investment boost for Loch Fyne Oysters

    2012-02-21T14:32:00Z

    Scottish seafood business Loch Fyne Oysters has secured significant investment which will allow it to capitalise on its brand and penetrate new export markets.

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    Cooke responds to ISA suspicion

    2012-02-21T14:19:00Z

    Cooke Aquaculture has humanely euthanised two cages of fish in Nova Scotia after routine testing raised suspicion of the Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) virus.

  • Iceland and the Faroes will set now their own quotas unilaterally
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    No agreement on mackerel

    2012-02-21T14:14:00Z

    The fifth round of negotiations on the North-East Atlantic mackerel fishery between the European Union, Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands ended last week after failing to secure international agreement.

  • Prague, this year’s venue for the Aqua event
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    Aqua 2012 focuses on global aquaculture

    2012-02-20T11:27:00Z

    The Aqua 2012 event, organised by the European (EAS) and World Aquaculture Societies (WAS), will take place in Prague from 1-5 September.

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    John Whitehead reappointed Seafish Chair

    2012-02-20T04:00:00Z

    John Whitehead OBE has been re-appointed by UK Fisheries Ministers as Chair of Seafish through to December 2012, continuing in a role to which he was first appointed in June 2010.

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    Coveney views new discard reduction nets

    2012-02-17T04:00:00Z

    Simon Coveney, Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine recently went to sea on an Irish Sea prawn trawler to view a demonstration of innovative fishing nets which significantly reduce unwanted cod catches.

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    Canadian chairs US seafood association

    2012-02-17T04:00:00Z

    For the first time in its 66 year history, a Canadian is at the helm of the National Fisheries Institute (NFI), the largest seafood trade association in the US.