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Stakeholders are being invited to provide information to assist in the development of voluntary U.S. Standards for Grades of Catfish and Catfish Products.

19th July 2016

Input sought on catfish grade standards

19th July 2016

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The Pew Charitable Trusts has called for a two-year moratorium on commercial fishing of Pacific bluefin tuna, after this year’s stock assessment has shown that the population is at just 2.6% of…

19th July 2016

Pew calls for fishing moratorium on Pacific bluefin

19th July 2016

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Scientists from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) met recently in Casablanca, Morocco to assess stock levels of swordfish in the Mediterranean Sea.

19th July 2016

Action needed for Mediterranean swordfish

19th July 2016

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According to a marine expert at the University of Hull, fishermen may no longer be able to catch cod and haddock off the shores of Britain in the next century.

19th July 2016

The end of North Sea cod and haddock fishing?

19th July 2016

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UK salmon specialist, JCS Fish, has achieved certification to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) A Grade – an international gold standard for safety and quality standards.

18th July 2016

BRC A Grade for JCS Fish

18th July 2016

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PT Aneka Tuna Indonesia (ATI), British tuna firm Lovering Foods, and French company Thunnus Overseas Group (TOG) have all participated in the conservation efforts of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF).

18th July 2016

New ISSF participating companies

18th July 2016

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The UK Government is to lift the ban on overseas trading of skates and rays quotas in order to help the Scottish industry manage their fishing activity.

14th July 2016

Skates and ray trading ban lifted

14th July 2016

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The Republic of Guinea has made significant improvements to its national fisheries governance to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, resulting in the European Commission lifting the countrys red card and…

14th July 2016

EC lifts Guineas red card

14th July 2016

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Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification has been awarded to the Solomon Islands skipjack and yellowfin tuna purse seine and pole and line fishery.

13th July 2016

Solomon Islands tuna achieves MSC certification

13th July 2016

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Palfinger Marine has received an order to provide three marine cranes for a new build factory freezer trawler, F/V America’s Finest.

8th July 2016

Palfinger wins crane order for Americas Finest

8th July 2016

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New catfish inspection rules came into effect in March, transferring responsibility from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA).

7th July 2016

New US inspection rules worry Vietnamese pangasius exporters

7th July 2016

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Scottish Sea Farms will invest £35m in a new major freshwater site near Oban and has purchased the MRC Barcaldine site.

7th July 2016

Scottish Sea Farms invests in new hatchery

7th July 2016

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Thai Union Group has issued a statement in response to Thailand’s improvement from Tier 3 to Tier 2 on the US Department of State Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report watch-list.

7th July 2016

Thai Union responds to Trafficking in Persons Report

7th July 2016

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Cawells, a Swedish company specialised in manufacturing health food and dietary supplements, has recently obtained Friend of the Sea certification for Omega-3 products originating from healthy stocks of European sardine, chub mackerel…

7th July 2016

Cawells achieves FoS certification for Omega-3

7th July 2016

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The first MAN D2676 powered workboat is nearly ready for launch and once completed it will be put straight into operation salmon fishing in Alaska.

6th July 2016

MAN D2676 powered workboat

6th July 2016

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A new marine science centre has been launched in the UK which aims to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the world’s seas and society, from climate change through to food…

6th July 2016

Marine science centre launch

6th July 2016

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After spending two years on Tier 3 of the US State Department’s annual human trafficking index, Thailand has been upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List.

5th July 2016

EJF concerned about Thailand’s upgrade to Tier 2

5th July 2016

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The seafood industry has warmly received courses held around the UK to assist fishermen in applying for the Responsible Fishing Scheme (RFS).

5th July 2016

RFS Support Courses welcomed

5th July 2016

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The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) met with Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing this week to underline the positive impact it believes leaving the European Union would have on the way Scottish fisheries…

5th July 2016

SFF outlines the opportunities that Brexit could bring

5th July 2016

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The European Parliament, Council and European Commission have reached an agreement on new rules for EU deep-sea fisheries which it says should better protect deep-sea species while safeguarding the fishing industry.

4th July 2016

Deep-sea fishing brought into line with the CFP

4th July 2016