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Countries agree to strengthen controls in ports to combat illegal fishing
All 131 countries attending a high level meeting on world fisheries in Rome have agreed to start a process leading to the adoption of a legally binding international agreement establishing control measures in ports where fish is landed, transhipped or processed in order to combat illegal fishing, FAO announced yesterday.
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RM240 million investments in Malaysia's tuna industry
Malaysian International Tuna Port Sdn Bhd (MITP) a 40:60 government-private sector joint venture company plans to invest RM240 million in the Batu Maung Port in Penang, aim at making it into a world-class tuna landing port.
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Cosalt & JSB joint venture to supply Fraserburgh fleet
Cosalt Safety & Protection, UK supplier of marine safety, rope, rigging, lifting and fire fighting equipment, has teamed up with ship’s chandlery business JSB Supplies to provide Scotland’s North East fishing fleet with a wide range of products and services.
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Seabirds make the agenda at UN Fisheries Meeting
The plight of the world’s seabirds was a key agenda item at the week-long meeting of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Committee on Fisheries, that ended in Rome on Friday, according to BirdLife International
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Statement by Joe Borg on the outcome of the FAO COFI meeting, Rome
Commissioner Joe Borg, responsible for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, has welcomed the outcome of the 27th session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) of the United Nations'' Food and Agriculture Organisation, which concluded on Friday in Rome.
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New Zealand fishing company loses $1m vessel
An Auckland-based fishing company has had its fishing vessel, “Aramand Sea”, forfeited to the Crown after being convicted of charges of quota fraud in the Auckland District Court on March 8.
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Canada invests $17m in Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Canada’s New Government has announced a $17 million investment to reconstruct the van Steenburgh science building at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
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Canada invests $6m in four more fishing harbours
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Member of Parliament for Central Nova, on behalf of the Honourable Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, yesterday announced that Canada’s New Government will invest $6 million in four Nova Scotia fishing harbours.
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Greenpeace launches pirate fishing vessel ‘list of shame’
Greenpeace today launched a first global database of blacklisted, illegal fishing vessels, in a bid to tackle the huge problem of illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing.
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New Board member for MSC
The Trustees of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) welcomed the appointment of John Connelly to the MSC Board yesterday.
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New CEO for CEFAS
A new Chief Executive has been appointed to lead the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas). Dr Richard Judge took over yesterday.
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Commission welcomes the ratification of EU/Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement
The European Commission has welcomed the news of the ratification of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement (FPA) by the Kingdom of Morocco.
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Seaweek, seals and SeaNet – working toward a healthy marine environment
Turtle and Seal Excluder Devices (TEDs and SEDs), and other ways to minimise and manage bycatch starred at yesterday''s launch of Seaweek 2007 at Constitution Dock in Hobart.
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Bill to safeguard sustainable fisheries
Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton has introduced a bill today to amend the Fisheries Act 1996 designed to safeguard the ongoing sustainability of New Zealand’s fisheries.
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Funding supports new fisheries jobs
More than 300 new jobs will be created as a result of £2.3 million funding to improve and modernise fisheries and aquaculture businesses around Scotland.
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Concern over situation of high-seas fish species
Although the proportion of the world’s marine fish stocks rated by FAO as overexploited or depleted has remained stable over the past 15 years, the status of certain highly migratory and high-seas species is cause for serious concern, a new report from the UN agency warned today.
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Scottish catching sector committed to sustainable fishing
The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation will tell a seminar in Brussels tomorrow (6 March) that the Scottish catching sector is fully committed to sustainability and has made huge strides in meeting its environmental responsibilities.
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ASDA may reverse monkfish ban
The NAFC Marine Centre was pleased that staff members Leslie Tait and Chevonne Laurenson were part of a Scottish delegation that met with ASDA on Friday to discuss the recent ban that it introduced on the sale of monkfish in its stores.
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Major fisheries meeting: time for action – WWF
From March 5-9th, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, Italy is holding the 27th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI).
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UN: Beware of 'alien' fish
It might not match the thrills of alien body-invaders-from-outer-space horror movies, but the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is issuing an expanded database to warn of the unintended dangers that can arise from introducing non-endemic species into different regions of the world, especially alien fish farming.
