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RED SNAPPER COMMERCIAL FISHERY OPENS IN GULF OF MEXICO FEDERAL WATERS
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the commercial fishery for red snapper in Gulf of Mexico federal waters will open at noon, local time, on August 1, 2005, and will close at noon, local time, on August 10, 2005.
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Vietnam tries to push the boat further out
Vietnam’s fishing and aquaculture industries have witnessed rapid growth during the past decade as Vietnam has developed into one of the world’s largest exporters of fishery products. David Hayes reports.
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Fish scientists cast doubt on costly warming calls
“Seventy years of warming may be followed by cooling as it used to be before. …we should pay more attention to the relative influence of management steps and climatic variations on fish stocks,” said Dr. Svein Sundby of the Bergen Institute of Marine Research, speaking on the long-term effects of ...
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Science flies kites over acid ocean & biodiversity
The world fishing industry ought to be shaking in its gumboots at the latest strategic moves by scientists on two areas - their estimates of the loss of global biodiversity and the suggestion that marine life is under threat from rising levels of acidity in the oceans caused by carbon ...
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NewsRobust Iceland will report pirates
Árni MathiesenQ: What are the main strengths of the industry today?It is diversity. Most of the Icelandic stocks are in a stable situation or growing. There is probably only one stock in trouble, the prawn stock. The part of the industry doing better is the pelagic fleet and the pelagic ...
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Garware-Wall India maximises with Maxilon, value-added and feedback
In this second report from India, editor Pilar Santamaria, reports how Garware-Wall Ropes, Pune, is counting on innovation, quality and price to keep growing in a difficult market.
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New Zealand faces new challenges
It has certainly won a lot of goodwill. However, there are critics, for example over exactly what the orange roughy situation is and will be in the future. New Zealand says it is one of the best managed, yet some suggest, for example, that there is a basic contradiction in ...
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Brave New World - from occupation to liberalisation
Peter O'Neill discussed the issues with Normunds Rieksti?š, Director of the National Board of Fisheries and finds that Latvia still leads with its most famous products, Riga sprats and herrings.Normunds has been in fish all his professional life. A biologist by education he began working in the fisheries regulatory board ...
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EU opens debate on eco-labelling
The European Commission (EC) lanched a debate on eco-labelling of fisheries products. According to a communication from the EC, this This initiative follows the growing interest by environmental Non-Governmental Organisations and increased public interest in food products associated with considerations related to environmental sustainability.
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New measures for the UK's fishing industry
UK''s Fisheries Ministers today published measures to help bring about profitable and sustainable Sea Fisheries in a thriving marine environment.
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Norwegian salmon on the up in France
French import statistics show that the salmon market is in strong growth and that Norwegian fresh salmon is increasing the most. Imports of salmon from January until April increased by over 6,000 tonnes, or 17 percent. Norway’s share increased from 37 to 46 percent.
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Anchovy fishery to close for three months
The anchovy fishery in the Bay of Biscay is to close for three months after a report from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) warned about the poor state of the stocks.
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HERRING IN GOOD CONDITION, COD HAVE MIXED FORTUNES, EELS SLIPPING AWAY AND A PUSH FOR LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT
Scientists from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) will release a report advising that while herring stocks (west coast of Scotland and North Sea) are currently doing well, the outlook for some cod stocks is not so optimistic.
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UK fisheries seek international recognition for environmental practices
Managers of two lobster and sea bass fisheries on the Yorkshire coast have announced they are seeking certification under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) programme for sustainable and well-managed fisheries.
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JOINT INTERNATIONAL DETECTION AND ENFORCEMENT OPERATION STEMS ILLEGAL FISHING IN NORTH PACIFIC
During the past three weeks, two Canadian Air Force CP-140 Aurora patrol aircraft have repeatedly scoured a 4.1 million square kilometre expanse of the North Pacific in search of vessels engaged in illegal, unregulated or unreported (IUU) fishing on the high seas. This year, the air patrols spotted and reported ...
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VIETNAM LEADS GLOBE IN NATIONAL COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE FISHING ON WORLD OCEANS DAY
In the first ever agreement between the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and a nation state, the Ministry of Fisheries of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the MSC will announce on World Oceans Day (Wednesday 8 June 2005) a joint commitment to promote sustainable fishing in the country.
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New Canadian Commissioner for the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization
The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans of Canada (DFO), Geoff Regan, announced the appointment of J.W. Bud Bird as a Canadian Commissioner to the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO). Mr. Bird will replace Chief George Ginnish.
