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NewsIn it for the long haul
The five pillars of a Saudi Arabian desert shrimp farm are expanding in all directions. Velo Mitrovich reports.
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Goa fishermen: trawlers violating fishing ban
Traditional fishermen from Cacra in St Cruz, Goa, India, have complained to the fisheries department, alleging that mechanised boats are violating the fishing ban near the coast in the Zuari bay.
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UK fishermen admit £7m 'black fish' scam
Two UK fishermen have admitted making false declarations about fish worth more than £7 million (€8.1 million/$11.1 million) which they landed.
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FAO proposes global guidelines for aquaculture certification
The Sub-Committee of Aquaculture of the Committee on Fisheries of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have adopted a set of global guidelines for the certification of aquaculture products.
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NewsIdeas for processing abound at Nor-Fishing
The world’s longest running fisheries exhibition, Nor-Fishing, closed its doors in Trondheim in mid-Norway at the end of August. The biennial event celebrated its fiftieth anniversary this year and, as usual, the latest technology for catching and processing fish was on display.
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NewsNOAA opens more Gulf waters to fishing
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has reopened 5,628 square miles of Gulf waters off eastern Louisiana to recreational and commercial fishing.
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Census: seas contain 750,000 new species
The first Census of Marine Life, which has been 10 years in the making, will reveal that almost 250,000 species have now been identified in the world’s oceans, and predicts there may be at least another 750,000 are yet to be discovered.
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NewsPEI bluefin tuna season opens
The Tuna Advisory Committee of the PEI Fishermen’s Association, Nova Scotia, has confirmed the bluefin tuna fishery will open Monday 4 October.
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Alaska receives $1m grants to boost shellfish farming
Three federal and state grants totalling more than $1 million (€728,607) will be used by Alaska Sea Grant to establish a state-wide network of citizen scientists to track the spread of marine invasive species; conduct an instruction and training programme aimed at jump-starting the shellfish farming industry; and launch an ...
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Food giants, WWF urge dynamic CFP reform
In a public demonstration of unity, EU, UK and Scottish fisheries political leaders joined UK businesses and conservationists on Friday 1 October to discuss the need for progressive reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).
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US retailer donates to Alaska crab research
The largest seafood retailer in the US southwest, Santa Monica Seafood, a family-owned company based in Santa Monica, California, has made a donation to Alaska Sea Grant for its research programme aimed at rebuilding Alaska’s collapsed red and blue king crab stocks.
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Pacific Andes makes move into Mauritania
Hong Kong-based catching and processing giant Pacific Andes has extended its fishing operations to Mauritania in order to tap into one of the world’s major fishing grounds as well as to increase its share in Africa’s expanding market for frozen fish.
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SFF: Scottish fleet close to breaking point
The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation will today (1 October) tell EU fisheries commissioner Maria Damanaki that the Scottish industry has made huge strides in ensuring the sustainable harvest of fish and that its efforts must be recognised during the decision-making process for fishing opportunity in 2011.
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Greenpeace: Taiwan not controlling fishing
The Taiwan Fisheries Agency has been condemned by Greenpeace for failing to provide an accurate number of Flag of Convenience (FOC) vessels operated by its industry.
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Dasy invests €20m in new fishmeal factory
Spanish pet food and fish feed manufacturer Dasy Organización is to invest more than €20 million ($27.2 million) in building a new plant for production of fishmeal for animal feed in Osuna, Andalusia, Spain.
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85% UK fishing vessels install e-Log from AST Marine
New figures published by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) show that AST Marine Sciences Ltd has installed more than 85% of all commissioned UK fishing vessels with their electronic logbook (e-Log) solution, which received approval from the UK Fisheries Authorities in May 2010.
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Australian tuna harvest nears end
Cooler September weather has helped maintain the quality of tuna with the 2010 harvest all but complete for another year.
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NewsHB Grandi: four weeks of mackerel left
This year''s season on mackerel and Atlanto-Scandian herring is coming to an end. At around the same time last year the herring had migrated out of Icelandic waters, although it was possible to continue some fishing in the international zone of the Herring Loophole and in the Norwegian EEZ, said ...
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Lerøy buys controlling stake of Sjøtroll
The boards of directors of Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (LSG) and BioMar AS have entered into an agreement to the effect that LSG will purchase 50.71% of the shares in Havbruk AS.
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NewsMaldon Oysters granted first use of ozone
Maldon Oysters has become the first UK shellfish producer to be allowed to use ozone as part of its purification system following the completion of four years of ground breaking research and development.
