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SFF formally welcomes new minister
The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation will tomorrow officially welcome Richard Lochhead as he makes his first public engagement as Fisheries Minister.
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New software for GEONET
IXTrawl S.A.S., wills be launching its new software for the GEONET system at FISHING 2007.
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SFF Seminar at Fishing 2007
A seminar on Scottish fishing will hear later this week that the industry still faces a number of challenges.
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Oceana vessel attacked by French driftnetters
According to a statement from Oceana, the Oceana Ranger catamaran was surrounded and immobilised by seven French fishing boats, who demanded the cameras with which their driftnetting activities had been photographed.
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NewsNMEA appoints new president
The National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) has appointed David Hayden as its new President and Executive Director. David accepted the leadership position of the NMEA after serving a distinguished career of 34 years in the marine electronics industry.
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McMurdo opens Scottish office
Safety equipment manufacturer McMurdo has opened a facility in Aberdeen, Scotland to handle the sales, support and servicing of their EPIRB, Navtex, SART and other related products.
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EC-Russia agreement on co-operation in fisheries in the Baltic Sea
The European Parliament (EP) today adopted (by 570 votes in favour, 9 against and 11 abstentions) a report on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and Russia on cooperation in fisheries and the conservation of the living marine resources in the Baltic Sea.
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Commission concerned at lost opportunity to combat illegal fishing in Indian Ocean
The European Commission has expressed its deep concern at the lack of agreement, at a meeting held last week in Mauritius, on a move that would have given the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) the ability to effectively combat illegal fishing in the region.
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NZ: Straight talking to the fishing industry
New Zealand’s Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton had a clear message for the fishing industry today, delivered in his speech at the New Zealand Seafood Industry Conference 2007. "Anyone who thinks there are short-term solutions to the issues is telling tall fishing tales. We need to do better at pulling together ...
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Seafish creates skates and rays guides and supporting website for fishermen and processors
Seafish has published identification guides for fishermen to help them recognise the various species of skates and rays. Accompanying these is a website that features a database to collect landing data on these unique fish, so that their quantity and geographic availability can be monitored and studied.
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Samherji hf. buys foreign fishery from Sjólaskip hf.
Sjólaskip hf. and Samherji hf. have come to an agreement regarding Samherji hf. purchasing the overseas operations of Sjólaskip hf. and its associated companies.
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Australia: $34.5 million for fisheries research and development
Australia’s valuable fish stocks and the industries that depend on them will benefit from $34.5 million in new research and development projects, the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, Senator Eric Abetz, said yesterday.
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Scotland has a fantastic seafood future
The Scottish seafood industry has a fantastic future with huge potential for market growth, guests at the official opening of Macrae’s new £10m seafood processing facility at Livingston heard yesterday.
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SFF welcomes the new Fisheries Minister
Speaking yesterday on the appointment of Richard Lochhead as the new Minister of Rural Affairs and Fishing, SFF Chief Executive Bertie Armstrong said:
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NewsNew MD for Kelvin Hughes
Russell Gould has been appointed managing director of Kelvin Hughes Ltd, part of the Specialty Engineering Division of Smiths Group plc.
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Glasgow to host international inshore fisheries seminar
An international one-day seminar on North Sea Inshore Fisheries is to take place in the Glasgow Grosvenor Hilton Hotel on Wednesday, May 23.
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Icelandic USA plant to close sooner than planned
The Icelandic Group Board of Directors has decided to close the Cambridge plant of Icelandic USA in Maryland sooner than previously planned.
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Belgian beamer fined £20,000 for illegal fishing
A Belgian beam trawler which used ‘blinders’ - illegal linings in her trawl nets - to catch illegal undersized fish which were then kept, was forced to tie up four days while the skipper and owner faced prosecution by the UK Marine and Fisheries Agency.
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NewsAmerican Red Cross and FAO team up to restore fisheries and aquaculture in Indonesia
The American Red Cross and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have announced the launch of a new partnership to support the recovery of fishing communities in Indonesia’s Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province affected by the 2004 tsunami.
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EC welcomes port state control scheme
The European Commission has welcomed the new port state control scheme adopted in November last year by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC).
