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A new website to support the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science’s (Cefas) development was launched last month, as part of the Centre’s strategy to expand into wider marine science and…

15th May 2015

Cefas launches new wesbsite

15th May 2015

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Alexander Tkachev, Russia’s newly appointed Minister of Agriculture, plans to implement a package of reforms in the country’s fishing industry, reports Eugene Gerden.

14th May 2015

Big plans for Russian fishing industry

14th May 2015

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Skansen zoo in Stockholm has become the first in Sweden to achieve the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

14th May 2015

Sweden’s first MSC certified zoo

14th May 2015

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Scottish haddock fishermen are hoping to extend their MSC certified status through to 2020, as scientists gathered to examine the fleet’s performance on Tuesday.

14th May 2015

Scottish haddock certification

14th May 2015

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NOAA Fisheries scientists at the Alaska Fisheries Science Centre have developed a deeper understanding of cod development after successfully growing Artic cod in the laboratory.

13th May 2015

Arctic cod spawned and hatched in captivity

13th May 2015

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A new policy agreeing to limit the number of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) that can be used by any one vessel has been welcomed by the EU tuna fishing industry.

13th May 2015

Industry welcomes FAD limits

13th May 2015

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The Prince Edward Island mussel industry is back to full production, following an unprecedented winter.

13th May 2015

PEI mussel industry back to full production

13th May 2015

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WWF has objected over the Echebastar Indian Ocean purse-seine tuna fishery being certified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard because it says it has no control over fishing levels and a…

12th May 2015

WWF objection over MSC certification

12th May 2015

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Croatia’s Cromaris is the first company to use the Friend of the Sea (FoS) logo in combination with the GLOBALG.A.P. Number as part of the certification agreement.

12th May 2015

Cromaris achieves FoS and GLOBALG.A.P.

12th May 2015

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The number of fish species recorded at Western Australia’s first trial artificial reefs has more than quadrupled in two years,

12th May 2015

Artificial reefs home to 50 fish species

12th May 2015

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NOAA Fisheries Service and the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) have announced that 10 research projects have been selected for support through the Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside (RSA) program.

11th May 2015

Sea scallop research

11th May 2015

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A computer programme has been developed to help bring the US$559m United States sea scallop fishery back from the brink of collapse.

11th May 2015

New tool to help secure scallops

11th May 2015

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India’s Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) has begun vannamei shrimp farming – the first of its kind in Kerala.

8th May 2015

First Kerala vannamei shrimp farming venture

8th May 2015

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British retailer, Marks & Spencer, and owner of The Saucy Fish Co. brand, Icelandic Seachill, have been announced as sponsors of the World Seafood Congress 2015.

6th May 2015

WSC announces new sponsors

6th May 2015

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There are eight Chinese-flagged factory trawlers registered to fish for krill (Euphausia superba, Dana) in the CCAMLR (Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) approved South Antarctic Ocean region during…

6th May 2015

Krill oil in demand

6th May 2015

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Chilean fish farming operator, Patagonia Wellboat, has ordered three MAN Diesel and Turbo 6L21/31 gensets for its new Wellboat.

5th May 2015

Chilean fish farmer orders MAN gensets

5th May 2015

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The EU has welcomed the results of the 19th meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), held in Busan, Korea, from 24 April to 1 May 2015.

5th May 2015

Tuna meeting results welcomed

5th May 2015

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New Zealand fishing and seafood company Talleys Group Ltd has been fined NZ$48,000 and ordered to pay NZ$35,000 in reparation to the family of a crewman killed after falling nearly 7m on…

1st May 2015

NZ company fined after crewman dies

1st May 2015

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New scientific research shows that 18 times as many commercial species are now fished at safe biological limits compared to 12 years ago.

1st May 2015

Major increase in sustainable stocks

1st May 2015

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WWF has presented its Leaders for a Living Planet Award to the state government of Sabah in recognition of its effort to create the largest marine park in Malaysia.

1st May 2015

Malaysia awarded for marine park plans

1st May 2015