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NewsUK allocates £75m to modernise fishing, level up coastal communities
Fishing communities in the United Kingdom are to benefit from better infrastructure, strengthened supply chains, new jobs and increased investment in skills, provided through a GBP 75 million investment boost, announced by the country’s government on 27 December 2021.
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NewsIndonesia defends tuna catch objection
Indonesia said it objected to a recent tuna stocks rebuilding plan because catch calculations were wrong and the plan would threaten economic stability and fishery livelihoods.
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NewsSouth Australia reform
South Australia’s AUS$24.5m reform of the marine scalefish fishery has officially come into effect.
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NewsCOVID-19 takes toll on UK fishing
The total operating profit of the UK fishing fleet fell by almost a fifth in 2020.
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NewsIndia’s exports drop
India has seen a drop and subsequent recovery in its seafood exports with a stronger aquaculture market.
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NewsWestern Australia calls for local labelling
The WA (Western Australia) Fishing Industry Council (WAFIC) is calling for clear seafood labelling, including state of origin, in the food service sector.
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NewsEU warns Cameroon over illegal fishing
The European Commission has formally warned the Republic of Cameroon that it must do more to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) or face being denied future access to EU markets.
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NewsAction needed on pelagic drift net fishing
The tuna fishing industry represented by Europêche is calling on the EU and Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) parties to take action on large-scale pelagic drift net fishing during the next IOTC meeting.
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NewsMediterranean overexploitation down
The number of Mediterranean and Black Sea stocks subject to overfishing has decreased for the first time in decades, a new report shows.
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NewsCovert technology helps fight illegal fishing
New underwater technology that will help combat illegal foreign fishing has been successfully deployed across the Torres Strait in Australia.
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NewsApp helps fight against illegal fishing
A smartphone app that enables small-scale fishers to gather evidence against industrial vessels fishing illegally in Ghana has been launched by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF).
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NewsBycatch donations aid food security
A new study of a bycatch donation programme in Alaska highlights its value in cutting waste, while addressing food security and social value.
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NewsNOAA supports lobster and Jonah crab research
NOAA Fisheries’ Northeast Fisheries Science Center has provided funding to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to enable lobster and crab biological and fishery data gathering to support stock assessments.
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NewsPartnership pushes technical skills for women
Women in Maritime Africa, South Africa chapter (WIMA-SA), and Global Fishing Watch (GFW) have joined forces in a partnership that seeks to develop technical skills for women working in the maritime sector.
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NewsA better take on toothfish
“?We are fishermen,” was the simple reply when asked why a group of Norwegians would go all-in for longline fishing in Antarctic waters, oceans apart from their North Sea home base.
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NewsAlaska Pebble Mine threatens salmon fishery
The Trump Administration has been accused of ignoring more than a decade of scientific analysis on the impacts the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska will have on the state’s Bristol Bay salmon fishery.
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NewsUS$300m funding for US fishery businesses
US$300m in fisheries assistance funding will be provided to US states, tribes, and territories with coastal and marine fishery participants who have been negatively affected by COVID–19.
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NewsUS$6.4m grant to help restore Great Lakes
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a US$6.4 million grant to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to restore and manage fish species.
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NewsHanstholm expansion nears completion
The Port of Hanstholm is on course to become Europe’s leading consumer fishing port with the completion of a €55 million three-year major expansion plan this summer.
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NewsOcean Jacket gains foothold in China
Southern Rock Lobster exporter Ferguson Australia is establishing a strong fish business in China that is on track to reach 500 tonnes a year, partly in thanks to the demand for a species unpopular in the company''s native country.
