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Detained Chinese trawler captain back home
Chinese trawler captain Zhan Qixiong has been returned by charter plane to Fuzhou, capital of southeast China''s Fujian Province, following his high profile detention in Japan.
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Scots to urge action on mackerel at council
At the AgriFish Council meeting in Brussels on Monday 27 September, Scottish fishermen will be pressing the European Commission to give a clear signal of intent that strong action will be taken against Iceland and the Faroes if the two countries fail to reach an acceptable deal on international mackerel ...
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New species enter NZ fishing quota system
New Zealand’s Ministry of Fisheries has announced catch limits and other management controls for two new species - bladder kelp and Patagonian toothfish - that will become part of New Zealand''s internationally-recognised Quota Management System (QMS) on 1 October 2010.
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Italian caviar gains Friend of the Sea eco-label
Caviale srl’s Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii), Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baeri) and Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii) have been certified by Friend of the Sea for being sustainably reared and managed.
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NewsCooking with Cobia arrives on the web
Following the launch of its Vietnamese-farmed cobia at Brussels’ European Seafood Expo (ESE) in April this year, aquaculture company Marine Farms has initiated a new UK website, www.cookingwithcobia.co.uk.
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$15m damage to Kaohsiung aquaculture
Aquaculture operations in southern Taiwan''s Kaohsiung County suffered combined losses of TWD 470 million (€11.2 million/$14.9 million) as a result of flooding caused by the recent Typhoon Fanapi, said the county government''s Agriculture Department.
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StarKist delivers first low sodium tuna pouches
To provide a solution to growing US consumer concern regarding sodium, StarKist Co, a leading US producer, distributor and marketer of seafood products, has launched Low Sodium Tuna in convenient ‘Flavor Fresh Pouches’.
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NewsNew langoustine factory opens for SFO
A new langoustine processing factory near Glasgow, UK, was opened on 22 September by Scottish fisheries secretary Richard Lochhead.
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NewsEU tackles shark finning loopholes
Members of the European Parliament have launched an initiative to press for strengthening the EU ban on shark ‘finning’ – the practice of slicing off a shark’s fins and discarding the carcass at sea.
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Debate starts on aquaculture’s pros and cons
An international aquaculture conference with more than 700 participants from 60 countries brought together to evaluate where fish farming stands today and to look at upcoming challenges and opportunities gets underway today in Phuket, Thailand.
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Flamborough Head named North Sea’s first No Take Zone
The North Sea’s first ‘No Take Zone’ (NTZ) has been formally established to protect marine wildlife off Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire. This is the third NTZ to be designated in British waters and the first to incorporate intertidal habitat.
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Detained skipper strains China-Japan relations
China has stepped up its maritime dispute with Japan by halting high-level exchanges over the extended detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain.
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India seafood exports grow 22%
Indian seafood exports increased by 22% in July to $170 million (€129.4 million), compared to $139 million (€105.8 million) in July 2009, due to greater US, Japanese and European demand.
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FDA train Bangladeshis on aquaculture safety
Seafood safety experts from the US Food and Drug Administration and the University of Maryland Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) are training 10 scientists from Bangladesh on how to eliminate health hazards from aquaculture.
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NewsGulf fisheries get $26m for promotion
The US Commerce Department has announced $26 million (€19.9 million) in disaster relief money for Gulf of Mexico fisheries, including a seafood safety and marketing plan and research dollars to study the impacts of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on fish populations.
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New seafood import rules anger Vietnamese
Vietnamese firms are unhappy that new food safety rules that took effect early this month have made it difficult for them to obtain seafood import licenses.
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Cermaq u-turn, sells MAFA stake to Morpol
Norwegian aquaculture company Cermaq ASA sold all its shares in Marine Farms ASA (MAFA) to Morpol for NOK 18.50 (€2.32/$3.03) per share on Friday 17 September having only bought 24.6% of MAFA shares three days earlier.
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NewsScots fishermen caught £443m in 2009
The value of fish landed by Scottish vessels increased by 10% in 2009, according to official figures published by Scotland’s Chief Statistician.
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NewsTesco sells first UK-grown tilapia
British tilapia, produced by The Fish Company on four fish farms across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, are now being sold in Tesco stores.
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NewsEU chief raises cod quota, warns on herring
Fishermen in the Baltic Sea should be allowed to haul in more cod next year but herring populations are in peril and quotas should be cut by nearly a third, said European fisheries commissioner Maria Damanaki.
