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The Australian Fisheries Management Authority’s (AFMA) electronic monitoring program is continuing to draw international interest, most recently from Taiwan.

28th April 2016

International interest in Australian e-monitoring program

28th April 2016

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Tropical Aquaculture Products, the US-based operator for a growing cooperative of aquaculture farms, has expanded its tilapia network with the integration of Brazilian seafood specialist, GeneSeas Aquacultura.

28th April 2016

Tropical Aquaculture expands tilapia network

28th April 2016

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Friend of the Sea’s certification of yellowfin tuna from the Indian Ocean will be suspended in consideration of the latest IOTC stock assessment which concludes that the species is overfished.

28th April 2016

FoS suspends Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna certification

28th April 2016

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The UK Fisheries, DFFU and Doggerbank Group saithe fishery has been recertified against the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for environmentally sustainable fishing.

27th April 2016

Saithe fishery recertified

27th April 2016

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European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, has launched #MedFish4ever - a new Mediterranean strategy to improve the state of the stocks in the Mediterranean.

27th April 2016

#MedFish4ever strategy launched

27th April 2016

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The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has announced its first Terms of Reference (ToR) for the development of new marine finfish standards.

27th April 2016

ASC releases ToR for marine finfish standard development

27th April 2016

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A new generation of containers has been launched which allows live lobsters to be transported in their original water in conditions that maintain their natural habitat.

26th April 2016

New live lobster transport container launched

26th April 2016

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Vinh Hoan will introduce its untreated Premium Pangasius fillets at Seafood Expo Global in Brussels this week, to meet the growing consumer demand for more natural, minimally processed foods.

26th April 2016

Untreated Premium Pangasius fillets to be introduced in Brussels

26th April 2016

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Members of the Northern Cod Fisheries Improvement Project (FIP) Working Group met on Monday, on the eve of the Brussels Seafood Global exhibition, to advance work related to the northern cod stock…

26th April 2016

Significant improvement in northern cod stock

26th April 2016

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The Marine Harvest Group is the first ASC partner to use elements from the new ASC Marketing Toolkit at their booth during Seafood Expo Global in Brussels, Belgium.

26th April 2016

Marine Harvest uses new ASC Marketing Toolkit in Brussels

26th April 2016

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Team Fillet Finder has taken the Australian prize in the inaugural Australian Fishackathon held over the weekend.

26th April 2016

Fillet Finder wins Australian Fishackathon prize

26th April 2016

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The European Commission has issued yellow cards to Kiribati, Sierra Leone and Trinidad and Tobago as they risk being uncooperative in the fight against illegal fishing.

26th April 2016

EU issues more yellow cards

26th April 2016

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A 15-year study has revealed that salmon possess an unusual genetic feature which can be of huge potential for salmon management and conversation.

25th April 2016

The genetic feature of salmon

25th April 2016

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Liquid Robotics has announced support for the US State Department’s third annual Fishackathon.

22nd April 2016

Liquid Robotics supports the fight against illegal fishing

22nd April 2016

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The number of US domestic fish stocks listed as overfished or subject to overfishing remain near all-time lows, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries report to Congress.

21st April 2016

US makes continued progress on fish stock sustainability

21st April 2016

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Associated Seafoods Ltd (ASL) will launch an eye-catching new look for its The Pride of Scotland brand at Seafood Expo Global in Brussels.

21st April 2016

New look for Pride of Scotland

21st April 2016

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Europêche and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) have called on all EU member states to urgently ratify the ILO Work in Fishing Convention (C188).

20th April 2016

Call to ratify ILO Work in Fishing Convention

20th April 2016

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The European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries adopted rapporteur Marco Affronte’s report on the collection of data in fisheries on 19 April.

20th April 2016

Data collection should include freshwater aquaculture

20th April 2016

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The Pacific Fishery Management Council has voted to allow three West Coast commercial fishing fleets to employ camera-based electronic monitoring (EM) systems.

19th April 2016

Electronic fish monitoring

19th April 2016

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The Fishackathon is a global annual event that uses technology to help address sustainable fishing challenges that are threatening oceans and marine life.

19th April 2016

Coders unite for Fishackathon

19th April 2016