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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The VMD's random tests include local and imported fish for residues of regulated or banned products and antibiotics. Where levels are breached, VMD reports to the country of origin for action, and…

25th January 2006

Partners in seafood quality not crime

25th January 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

It all started with the decision of the South African Department of Environmental Affairs (SADEA) to issue long-term fishing rights for the first time, starting in 2006. Rights were to be issued…

25th January 2006

Licence application flood delays South African fishing season

25th January 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

More than 70 per cent of all fish eaten by the Chinese will be from land, not sea, by 2010. Vice-Minister of Agriculture Niu Dun said China’s land production would rise to…

25th January 2006

China’s wild crackdown

25th January 2006

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Subsistence and growth of coral depends on a number of requirements, temperature, irradiance, calcium carbonate saturation, turbidity, sedimentation, salinity, pH and nutrients. The level of these variables determines the processes of photosynthesis…

24th January 2006

Fishermen, stakeholders in the future of coral reefs

24th January 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sixteen countries worldwide presented a formal diplomatic representation to the Japanese Government urging it to stop its Antarctic whaling programme last week.

24th January 2006

Japan urged to stop scientific whaling

24th January 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS 23rd January 2006

Common Fisheries Policy Scoreboard

23rd January 2006

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Sweden’s Hägglunds Drives AB sees a future where shaft drives are eliminated between engine and propeller on small to medium size vessels and replaced with hydraulic systems.

16th January 2006

Forget the shaft oil can for ever?

16th January 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission (EC) has launched a proposal for a long-term management plan for plaice and sole fisheries in the North Sea. The plan is aimed to gradually reduce fishing mortality, which…

12th January 2006

EC proposes recovery plan for plaice and sole in the North Sea

12th January 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Ending illegal fishing is top of the priorities for the Australian Government. After targeting illegal fishing for Patagonian Toothfish in Australia’s EEZ in the Southern Ocean, the Government is now committed to…

11th January 2006

Australia tackles illegal fishing in the North

11th January 2006

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The first tuna fishery has applied to be assessed under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) program for sustainable and well-managed fisheries, says a statement from the MSC.

10th January 2006

First Tuna Fishery seeks MSC certification

10th January 2006