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The NOAA has again had to modify the commercial and recreational fishing closure in the oil-affected areas of the Gulf of Mexico.

22nd June 2010

BP oil spill: fishing closure increases to 36%

22nd June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Croatian fish farmer Riba Mljet will next year reach its annual production target of 200 tonnes at which point the organic producer of seabass, seabream and meagre will cap its output.

22nd June 2010

Organic farm nears maximum output

22nd June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

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More than 216 illegal crab and fish traps have been seized, and more than 80 crabs and fish have been returned to the water alive, as part of a targeted operation in…

22nd June 2010

Aussie illegal crab seizures

22nd June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A stronger European aquaculture industry could help meet growing consumer demand by providing alternatives to wild fish species. But safeguards are needed to prevent environmental and public health risks, according to a…

21st June 2010

MEPs rally for stronger aquaculture sector

21st June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

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In his first national address from the Oval Office, President Barack Obama vowed to make BP pay for the damage caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

16th June 2010

Obama: BP will pay for ‘oil spill epidemic’

16th June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

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The ongoing economic turbulence in Europe is setting up problems for Vietnamese seafood exporters.

16th June 2010

Devalued euro rocks Vietnamese exports

16th June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK seafood authority Seafish has launched a Hygiene ELearning Programme (HeLP) suitable for seafood food handlers. Access to the new programme is free of charge and the registration process is informal to…

16th June 2010

Seafish launches free Hygiene ELearning Programme

16th June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sociedad Nacional de Pesca has entered its Chilean hake (Merluccius gayi gayi) trawl fishery into the independent, third-party assessment under the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certification programme.

14th June 2010

Chilean hake fishery enters MSC assessment

14th June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK seafood authority Seafish has announced the appointment of John Whitehead as interim chair of the organisation following the completion of Charles Howeson’s three-year term as chair.

10th June 2010

Seafish appoints new interim chairman

10th June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission brought an early end to the Atlantic bluefin tuna purse seine catching season saying that the quota allowed to be caught had already been fulfilled.

10th June 2010

EU stops bluefin fishing season early

10th June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The recent international fisheries conference at the Kaliningrad technical university gave attendees the rare opportunity to visit Fishering Sevice, a local, family-owned company and manufacturer of some of the world’s largest trawls,…

9th June 2010

Russian giant trawl nets go global

9th June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

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The Pew Environment Group has voiced its concern about the proposed US west coast trawl fishery catch share programme, following the publication of a new study by Ecotrust.

9th June 2010

Pew urges ‘thoughtful approach’ to catch shares

9th June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fusion Marine has won an order to supply aquaculture equipment for a new tilapia farm in Ghana in the first modernisation project of this type for the West African country.

8th June 2010

Fusion wins Ghana aquaculture contract

8th June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

At a prestigious ceremony in Brussels, Belgium, on 2 June, European Environment Commissioner, Janez Potocnik, announced the Findus Group/Young’s Fish for Life programme for seafood sustainability was the overall winner of the…

7th June 2010

Findus wins top European environment award

7th June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

BP said its latest efforts to tackle the Gulf of Mexico crisis are likely to capture the vast majority of the oil spewing out into the ocean.

7th June 2010

BP boss confident of Gulf clean-up

7th June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The four HB Grandi’s factory trawlers that have been fishing on deep sea redfish for the past few weeks have reported good catches and that all four vessels have been able to…

4th June 2010

Trawlers fishing well on deep sea redfish

4th June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Eastern Canadian offshore lobster has become the latest addition to Clearwater Seafoods Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified offerings, joining Canadian sea scallops, Argentine scallops and Canadian coldwater shrimp.

4th June 2010

Clearwater secures Canada’s first MSC-certified lobster fishery

4th June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

NOAA has again extended the northern and southern boundaries of the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico in an attempt to limit the impact of the spreading BP oil spill.

3rd June 2010

One-third of Gulf of Mexico now closed

3rd June 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Global Aquaculture Alliance Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification programme has completed its benchmarking against the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) food safety requirements.

3rd June 2010

Aquaculture programme achieves food safety benchmark

3rd June 2010

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SEAFOOD

Publix Super Markets Inc is embarking on a new seafood grading system. The US company, which failed Greenpeace’s Sustainable Seafood Scorecard for the second year, has hired a conservation group to assess…

3rd June 2010

Publix works on improved seafood grading system

3rd June 2010