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NewsMcMurdo introduces Smartfind S5 AIS SART
McMurdo has introduced its first AIS SART (Automatic Identification System Search And Rescue Transmitter) to its range of safety products.
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NewsAqua Sur 2010: The Southern Hemisphere’s great exhibition
Ribbon cutting ceremony at Aqua Sur 2008Aqua Sur is, without doubt, the Southern Hemisphere’s most important aquaculture exhibition and is being held in Puerto Montt, Chile, from 24-27 March 2010, reports Peter J. Neilson. Considering that a progressive recovery of the sector is expected from 2010 onwards, this event is ...
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Philippines - with tuna ban, 150,000 may lose jobs
At least 150,000 people who depend on the tuna industry in General Santos City, Philippines, could end up jobless as a result of a two-year ban on tuna fishing in Western and Central Pacific, a fishing magnate said.
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M&S signs Seafood Charter
Marks & Spencer has become the first UK retailer to sign WWF’s Seafood Charter, making a commitment that its fish products will all be from sustainable sources by 2015.
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NewsNOAA takes delivery of new fisheries survey vessel
NOAA has taken delivery of Bell M. Shimada, the agency’s newest high-tech fisheries survey vessel.
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NewsAustralia ignores threatened sharks in the name of sport
Australian Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has decided to change the law so Australia can avoid its international obligations and allow threatened sharks to be caught in Australian waters, WWF-Australia and TRAFFIC have warned.
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EU crackdown on world fish pirates
IUU fishing is worth billions of dollars a year and hits both fish stocks and the efforts to manage fisheries in a sustainable way.
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New agreement strengthens partnership
A new agreement to enhance collaboration between the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department and the Spanish Fundación Philippe Cousteau was signed on 28 January 2010 at FAO headquarters in Rome.
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MEPs set out fisheries policy reform priorities
More responsibility for fishermen, rules favouring good fishing practice and adjusting fisheries management models to complement and improve the traditional quota system should be among the key aims of common fisheries policy reform, say MEPs in an own-initiative report approved by the Fisheries Committee last week.
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NewsFrance supports bluefin tuna trade ban, but not yet
The European Union is one step away from formally supporting the listing of bluefin tuna as an endangered species, effectively banning its trade.
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NewsScottish oysters top the menu in Valentine’s Day sales surge
Scottish oyster farmers are predicting a Valentine’s Day sales boom as many consumers seek out the delicacy that is well known for its aphrodisiac properties.
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17,000 tonne capelin quota for HB Grandi
An initial capelin quota has been set following the results of research by R/V Árni Fridriksson.
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Buy Volvo Penta parts on the web
Volvo Penta is now launching an Internet sales channel through www.volvopentashop.com.
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DKSH tropical shrimps widen Friend of the Sea’s Swiss presence
The independent certification of DKSH’s Vietnamese Black Tiger shrimps has paved the way for a wider presence of the Friend of the Sea ecolabel in Switzerland, being the logo now used by the four main Swiss wholesalers.
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Strong support for AUSMARINE 2010
A “star studded” group of marine industry associations, environmental groups and media have agreed to support the AUSMARINE exhibition, Forums and Product Presentation seminars in Perth, Western Australia, in late November 2010.
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Appointment of non-executive advisory directors
Michael Gates and Sue Sharland have been appointed as non-Executive Advisory Directors to Cefas’ Management Board.
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NewsFrench Guiana set to tackle bycatch
A new law requiring French Guianese shrimp fishers to use special devices that reduce unwanted fish catch will help better protect marine turtles and other vulnerable marine species in the region.
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NewsCalls for responsible increase in red snapper catch levels
First Gulf council meeting of the year to focus on continued red snapper rebuilding.
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Canada opens state-of-the-art research facility
Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Mike Wallace, Member of Parliament for Burlington, have officially opened the new Aquatic Life Research Facility at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters in Burlington, Ontario.
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NewsCanada warns Faroes and Greenland on overfishing 3L shrimp
Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, has taken action against overfishing of Division 3L shrimp by Faroese and Greenlandic fishing vessels in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Regulatory Area (NRA).
