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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

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The European Commission has set out its intentions for fixing fishing opportunities for 2013, which it says shows that improvements made to end overfishing are working.

11th June 2012

EC: Improvements for some fish stocks

11th June 2012

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SNP MEP Alyn Smith has called for greater awareness of the benefits of Omega 3 after receiving his own test results at Stirling Universitys world-leading Institute for Aquaculture.

10th June 2012

Scots to benefit from new Omega 3 testing

10th June 2012

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A new underwater video system has been trialled by Seafish to see whether fishermen themselves can monitor environmental conditions in marine protected areas (MPAs).

8th June 2012

Seafish trials automated system to monitor environmental conditions in MPAs

8th June 2012

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Today is World Oceans Day and OCEAN2012 is launching the third European Fish Weeks, when European citizens will organise public events to raise awareness of overfishing and of decision-makers’ responsibility to end…

8th June 2012

European Fish Weeks raise awareness

8th June 2012

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Representatives from the European Commission and Norway will be discussing the EU-Norway fishing agreement for 2013 and beyond in Orkney this week.

7th June 2012

EU-Norway fish talks in Orkney

7th June 2012

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European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki, is visiting Greenland on 7-9 June 2012.

7th June 2012

Maria Damanaki visits Greenland

7th June 2012

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Fish, the oceans and secure jobs are core to a new ‘sustainable world’ plan, but there are worrying questions about the bill and cash to fund it.

7th June 2012

Rio+20 – Turn off the lights?

7th June 2012

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The Icelandic Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture has appointed Sigurgeir Þorgeirsson, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, to head Icelands team of negotiators during mackerel talks.

7th June 2012

Iceland appoints mackerel negotiators

7th June 2012

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Tasmanias salmon industry is on the verge of a major expansion worth tens of millions of dollars in Macquarie Harbour on the West Coast which will create over 200 jobs.

7th June 2012

Tasmanias biggest fish farm

7th June 2012

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Thailand, the worlds largest tuna exporter, is coming under pressure to export more this year, although most are cautious about the prospect.

7th June 2012

Pressure on Thailand to export more tuna

7th June 2012

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Supermarket chain Lidl and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) have announced that all wild-caught fresh and frozen fin fish products sold by Lidl in The Netherlands will now be labelled with the…

6th June 2012

Lidl achieve sustainability milestone

6th June 2012

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The North East Arctic cod, haddock and saithe fisheries fished by UK Fisheries Ltd and the German companies DFFU and Doggerbank, have been MSC certified.

6th June 2012

Anglo-German fisheries MSC certified

6th June 2012

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Reports about a number of vessels allegedly fishing illegally for bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean have propelled the European Commission into action.

6th June 2012

EC on illegal fishing alert

6th June 2012

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A Papua New Guinean fisher has won US$500 for recovering a plastic tag that was attached to the back of a yellowfin tuna.

6th June 2012

PNG fisher recovers 50,000th tuna tag

6th June 2012

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Nova Scotia has a new strategy for aquaculture development that the government says will help efforts to grow a sustainable industry and create wealth in rural and coastal communities.

6th June 2012

Nova Scotia launches aquaculture strategy

6th June 2012

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The European Commission initialled a new Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement (FPA) in Nadi, Fiji on 3 June.

5th June 2012

New Protocol to the EU-Kiribati FPA

5th June 2012

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The Macquarie Island toothfish fishery (MITF) – operated by Austral Fisheries and Australian Longline - has gained Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

5th June 2012

Toothfish fishery gains MSC certification

5th June 2012

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The Salmon and Trout Association Scotland (S&TA Scotland) is urging the Scottish Government to take action on coastal salmon netting.

5th June 2012

Demand to curb coastal salmon netting

5th June 2012

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The Peruvian scallop producer supplying Cornic, one of the key players in the French seafood industry, has become the first certified by Friend of the Sea.

5th June 2012

Cornic scallops win Friend of the Sea approval

5th June 2012