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Chinese authorities have announced that commercial exports of Boarfish from Ireland may now be imported to China – news welcomed by Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine, Simon Coveney.

18th December 2012

Ireland to export Boarfish to China

18th December 2012

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All papers and presentations given at the 2012 Offshore Mariculture Conference are now available to download online.

18th December 2012

OSM papers now available

18th December 2012

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The latest ‘black scam’ fishers to fall prey to Operation Trawler are four skippers from Fraserbugh based Klondyke Fishing Company who have been fined £1m for taking part in an illegal mackerel…

13th December 2012

Skippers fined £1m for black fish scam

13th December 2012

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Port Strategy editor, Carly Fields, has won the 2012 Seahorse Journalist Award for International Editor of the Year, and one of its regular contributors, Felicity Landon, also received the Award for Supply…

13th December 2012

Double journalism award for Port Strategy

13th December 2012

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UK fisheries minister Richard Benyon has decided to significantly reduce the netting of salmon and sea trout off the North East Coast, a decision welcomed by the Angling Trust.

13th December 2012

Salmon netting reduced in North Sea

13th December 2012

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Chilean salmon farming company, Congelados Pacifico SA Group, has achieved three-star BAP certification from the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA).

13th December 2012

Chilean salmon company achieves BAP

13th December 2012

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The Marine Management Organisation is reminding those seeking grants for large or technical projects from European Fisheries Fund (EFF) that the deadline for applications is 14 January 2013.

13th December 2012

EFF application deadline approaching

13th December 2012

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Krista Top Seafood Black Tiger Shrimps (Penaeus monodon) from Swiss Dyhrberg have been certified by Friend of the Sea.

13th December 2012

Dyhrberg shrimp FOS certified

13th December 2012

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Tassal has become the first salmon producer in Australia to achieve full Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification at farm level.

12th December 2012

Tassal gets BAP certification

12th December 2012

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Japanese retail giant, Aeon, has stocked up on Australian MSC certified Spencer Gulf King Prawns, ready to sell over the Christmas period.

12th December 2012

Australia’s MSC prawns go on sale in Japan

12th December 2012

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A scientific paper describing an increased incidence of disease in European lobsters inside the No-Take Zone of the Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) in the Bristol Channel, UK, was published this…

12th December 2012

SAGB calls for review of marine reserves

12th December 2012

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The fourth tuna fishery in the South Pacific, the Fiji Albacore Tuna Long Line fishery, has been awarded MSC certification.

12th December 2012

Fiji tuna fishery MSC certified

12th December 2012

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The Norwegian Research Council has awarded Dr Sonal Patel an ‘excellent young researcher’ grant for a project that will study why farmed salmon get pancreatic disease (PD) and how the virus that…

12th December 2012

Research grant for salmon disease project

12th December 2012

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This week marks the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) being signed, however, Oceana says that the current speed at which protection is implemented…

11th December 2012

UNCLOS turns 30 but sea remains lawless

11th December 2012

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According to Coalition fisheries spokesman, Senator Richard Colbeck, a major study released by the Australian Government backs the efforts of agencies and fishing operators who have adopted a science based approach to…

11th December 2012

Australian study backs scientific approach

11th December 2012

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The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has teamed up with the China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Alliance (CAPPMA) and WWF China to help the world’s biggest tilapia grower to operate more sustainably.

11th December 2012

ASC to make Chinese tilapia sustainable

11th December 2012

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The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation is concerned about the cuts in days at sea that could be decided on at the end-of-the-year European Fish Council meeting in Brussels on 18 December.

11th December 2012

SFF calls for parliament to focus on effort cuts facing Scottish fishing vessels

11th December 2012

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Salmon farming company, Mainstream Canada, has received two-star BAP certification from the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) for its Pacific National Processing plant in Tofino.

10th December 2012

Mainstream Canada gets another BAP

10th December 2012

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According to the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF), a struggle between the Council of European Fisheries Ministers, the European Commission and the European Parliament over who has the ultimate power to make important…

6th December 2012

Power struggle threatens Scottish fishing industry

6th December 2012

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Researchers from Norsk Hummer AS and SINTEF have recently succeeded in doubling survival rates among lobster larvae under farmed conditions.

6th December 2012

Breakthrough in lobster farming

6th December 2012