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Kittiwake-up call on sandeel fisheries and climate change
Populations of the black-legged kittiwake will not recover unless the commercial sandeel fishery off the east coast of Scotland and north-east England remains closed indefinitely, ecologists have said. The stark warning comes from a paper published today in the British Ecological Society''s Journal of Applied Ecology. ...
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THE WAY AHEAD FOR THE GLOBAL FISHMEAL AND FISH OIL INDUSTRY
‘Partners in the Value Chain’ was the central theme of IFFO’s Annual Conference held recently in Buenos Aires and attended by nearly 300 delegates representing the global fishmeal and fish oil industry as well as related industries from 26 countries.
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Toothfish friends have poachers on the run
Scientists have released new data showing a dramatic decrease in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing for Patagonian and Antarctic toothfish, which are often sold as Chilean sea bass.
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Icelanders hook French with €332 million
Iceland''s international, financial acquisition expedition continues with moves by SÃF hf. which was hoping, as we went to press, to finalise the acquisition of French food producer Labeyrie for some €332.3 million. Labeyrie Group produces retailer, chilled foods. A statement said the takeover would produce a group with a turnover ...
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Farmed salmon rises 20% as UK families snub scientists
UK consumers have delivered a decisive snub to US scientists who tried to deter them from eating Scottish farmed salmon early in the year. Research results released in mid-November show farmed salmon consumption bounced rapidly back from January''s scare, with more than 86.4 million salmon meals eaten in the UK ...
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FAO catches Swedish Seafood Award
The UN''s Food and Agriculture Organization has been awarded the Swedish Seafood Award for its work with the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.
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Normar offers full lifeboat range
Norwegian Maritime Equipment AS, a strong Norwegian supplier of offshore and maritime equipment, has developed a new, complete programme of lifeboats and rescue boats. The programme is currently on the market under the brand name NorMar, and embraces a full range of enclosed lifeboats, free-fall lifeboats, semi-enclosed lifeboats and rescue ...
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Russia sings to Rapp winches
Rapp Hydema has begun to penetrate the Russian market, supplying complete winching systems for two 90-foot combination vessels from the Russian Astrakhan yard for Russia''s OPC FC Udarnik.
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Nutreco maps out feeding menu
Dutch-based Nutreco says it is adopting a two-pronged strategy to ''... regain solid profit growth, reduce earnings volatility and improve return on invested capital''. It has been affected by falling sales.
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Kiwis help seabirds through French connection
Money has been put up for New Zealander Malcolm McNeill and Jakob Hals from Norway to go to La Réunion in the Indian Ocean to work with French longline fishermen on techniques to reduce the number of seabirds killed by hooks in the Southern Ocean.
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NZ's new value-added research strategy
New Zealand''s Seafood Industry Council (Seafic) and the Crown Crop & Food Research agency have set up Seafood Innovations Ltd to develop the seafood industry''s value-added strategy.
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NZ - changing vessels changing minds
Stark Bros Ltd and Ocean Fisheries Ltd have launched their new FV Frontier and they say the build period which took 19 months has been an exciting time for them. More important, they say they believe the FV Frontier will revolutionise the mindset for small-boat fishing in New Zealand. It ...
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VMK upgrade its processing machines
Two Norwegian pelagic factory ships have installed monitor system to speed up the entry of fish into their filleting machine.
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SAAB TransponderTech introduces GPS option with R4 AIS transponder
Saab TransponderTech has introduced a new, type-approved GPS as an integrated part of the R4 ship AIS transponder system.
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Trio and FTC Sweden join forces
Trio from Norway has bought 60 per cent of the shares in FTC Sweden AB. The two companies see a major potential for synergy by combining technologies and offering new and more efficient solutions to the fish processing industry.
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NZ boat chooses Swedish system
Pacific Explorer is a commercial trawler owned by Forty South Ltd in Napier NZ.
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Volvo Penta engines in high-speed fishing boats
The fishing industry in Iceland is changing and the demand for high speed fishing boats is growing. Volvo Penta''s D12-650 engine provides these boats with ideal features for small-scale fishing: rapid acceleration, high top speed and high fuel efficiency.
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NZ slashes hoki by 44 per cent
New Zealand has drastically reduced the total allowable catch (TAC) for hoki by 44 per cent from October 1, dropping it from 180,000 tonnes to 100,000, in an attempt to rebuild the deepwater hoki industry.
