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Former chef and owner of Kin Seafood Importing Corporation, Kai Kin Ng, has been fined US$40,000 for illegal possession of Northern abalone.

19th June 2012

Seafood importer is fined US$40,000

19th June 2012

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A new Damen Cutter Suction Dredger, type CSD500, has been built under license by Canal Naval Construction for the Egyptian General Authority for Fish Resource Development.

19th June 2012

Damen dredger for Egyptian aquaculture

19th June 2012

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A group of researchers from the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, have extracted a group of substances from potato peelings that prevent the development of rancid smells in minced fish.

19th June 2012

Potatoes to extend minced fish shelf life

19th June 2012

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Scientists have concluded that the deaths of seal pups discovered by Oceana’s expedition team were not caused by human activities.

19th June 2012

Seal deaths linked to natural causes

19th June 2012

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The Commonwealth Fisheries Association (CFA) has released a statement saying it is astounded the Australian government believes that $100 million will be adequate to compensate the fishing industry for the impacts of…

19th June 2012

CFA “astounded” by marine park proposals

19th June 2012

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The US FDA fears that fresh, frozen, canned and processed oysters, clams, mussels and whole and roe-on scallops in the US from Korea may have been exposed to human fecal waste and…

19th June 2012

Korean shellfish may be contaminated

19th June 2012

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The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has released its annual sustainability overview of fisheries used for fishmeal and fish oil from the most recent assessment period of 2009-10.

18th June 2012

SFP annual sustainability overview

18th June 2012

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Scotland’s prawn fishermen will significantly cut their level of fish discarding, following agreement reached for the use of new fishing gear designs.

18th June 2012

Prawn fishermen to cut discards by 70%

18th June 2012

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US Coast Guard fishing vessel dockside examiners have reported that they are starting to see an increasing number of inflatable survival craft installed on some fishing vessels that are not Coast Guard-approved.

18th June 2012

US: Many life rafts not USGC approved

18th June 2012

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The Australian Government has confirmed the final network of marine reserves, which once proclaimed under national environmental law, will protect Australia’s most precious ocean environments.

14th June 2012

Oz to create worlds largest marine reserve

14th June 2012

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The NE Sakhalin Island pink salmon fishery on Russia’s east coast has been awarded Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

14th June 2012

Russian salmon fishery MSC certified

14th June 2012

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The Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue has handed over the global salmon standard for responsible farming to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC).

14th June 2012

ASC gets salmon standard

14th June 2012

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Australia has created the world’s biggest network of marine protected areas, as countries prepare to meet for the Rio+20 meeting on sustainable development.

14th June 2012

Australia creates worlds biggest marine park network

14th June 2012

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After seven weeks at sea, Oceana’s second Baltic Sea Expedition to document ecologically important areas and analyse their threats, has come to a close.

13th June 2012

Oceana concludes Baltic Sea expedition

13th June 2012

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The Irish minister for agriculture, food and the marine, Simon Coveney, has tabled an approach to end the current practice of discarding of fish at sea.

12th June 2012

Coveney outlines approach to end discards

12th June 2012

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Last week, the European Commission unveiled an updated assessment of the status of fish resources and established guidelines for the allocation of next year’s fishing opportunities.

12th June 2012

Oceana criticises stock overexploitation in the EU

12th June 2012

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The latest round of grants under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) will give support to 68 projects across the Scottish sea fisheries, aquaculture and fish processing sectors.

12th June 2012

£3.5m boost for Scottish fishing

12th June 2012

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The Scottish government has said that at today’s EU Council meeting “the fight to protect the future of Scotland’s fishing industry reaches boiling point”.

12th June 2012

Scotland: Future of fishing to be decided

12th June 2012

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The Agriculture & Fisheries Council is meeting in Luxembourg today and is expected to reach political agreement on the two main proposals within the framework of the Common Fisheries Policy reform.

12th June 2012

Ag & Fish Council meet today

12th June 2012

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Last week the New York Senate Environmental Conservation Committee voted in favour of a bill to ban the trade, sale, possession and distribution of shark fins throughout the state.

11th June 2012

Bill to ban shark fin trade in New York

11th June 2012