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2012 SBT spawning season starts early
Clean Seas Tuna Limited has reported early progress with its strategy of bringing forward spawning from the company’s Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) broodstock.
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NewsWorld’s largest fish feed carrier nearing completion
BioMar’s new fish feed carrier, Høydal, is nearing completion, and should be ready to load its first cargo of feed from BioMar’s factories in Norway on 1 May.
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NewsMSC certification for PNA tuna fishery
The PNA Western & Central Pacific skipjack tuna fishery has achieved certification to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) environmental standard for sustainable and well managed fisheries.
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NewsBigeye not at risk, but still overfished
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has released its 2010 tuna fishery assessment report, which says that bigeye tuna continues to be overfished in the western and central Pacific tuna fishery.
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NewsSeafish compares TACs with ICES advice
Seafish has published a document comparing the TACs for 2012 agreed by the European Commission with the scientific recommendations made by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).
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Three die in vessel fire
Three fishermen have died in a fire onboard the Korean fishing vessel Jung Woo 2 near Antarctica on Wednesday.
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NewsSpelling out the species
One vital aspect of packaging is to label it so that it provides accurate information about the product inside.
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NewsCanadian government funds Vancouver Island aquaculture projects
Funding has been announced for four innovative Vancouver Island aquaculture projects, including a project to develop closed-containment technology.
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NewsNew NOAA Fisheries head
Eric Schwaab is to leave his position as assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries to serve as NOAA’s acting assistant secretary of commerce for conservation and management, starting on 17 January.
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Update on the future of Seafish
Following the ‘Discussion with Industry’ workshops last autumn on the future of Seafish, the four Fisheries Ministers will soon publish a summary of the discussion and high level outcomes.
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SPPA takes over from Herring Buyers
The Herring Buyers Association Ltd has changed its name to the Scottish Pelagic Processors Association Ltd (SPPA) and will be know by that title with immediate effect.
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NewsGreenwich Uni leads €4.6m coastal project
Researchers at the University of Greenwich are leading a €4.6 million project helping to regenerate coastal fishing communities on both sides of the English Channel and the southern North Sea.
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NewsNew BC aquaculture regulation vessels
Six British Columbia-made aquaculture regulation vessels have joined the Canadian fleet.
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United Supermarkets in a Lone Star first
The Marine Stewardship Council has announced that United Supermarkets of Lubbock, Texas is the first Lone Star State regional grocery chain to obtain MSC’s Chain of Custody certification.
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Lochhead: Changes for fisheries needed
Scotland''s fishing industry can look forward to both opportunities and challenges in 2012, Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead has said.
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NewsNew report tackles child labour in fisheries
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has joined forces with the International Labor Organization (ILO) to release draft guidance on tackling the contentious issue of child labour in fisheries.
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Tuna sold for record $736k
A bluefin tuna has been sold for a record 56.49 million yen ($736,000) at the first auction of the year at Tokyo''s Tsukiji fish market.
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STX to get new Scana gear and propeller systems
Scana Volda has signed a new NOK24m contract with STX OSV Trading for delivery of three gear and propeller systems for three FV 01 trawlers for Aker Seafood ASA, Norway.
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NewsMaK and Cat engines for Christina E
Last summer, Karstensens Skibsværft, based in Skagen, Denmark, delivered the new and innovative fishing vessels M/S Christina E to the Norwegian shipping company Eivik & Sævik, based in Torvik, Bølandet, Norway.
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NewsCAT gensets for Norwegian fish hatcheries
Pon Power Scandinavia recently delivered and installed two new gensets to Alsaker Fjordbruk AS, a Norwegian fish hatchery.
