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The Scottish fishing industry is to benefit from £5.8m allocated to 121 projects from the latest round of the European Fisheries Fund (EFF).

19th December 2012

£5.8m for Scottish fishing projects

19th December 2012

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Environmental groups are insisting that the planned expansion of the fish farming industry along the west coast of Ireland will lead to diminishing wild stocks and be detrimental for the local community…

18th December 2012

Protests over Irish fish farm proposals

18th December 2012

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WWF reports that the European Parliament has voted 13 to 10 in favour of the draft report by Ulrike Rodust on the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) Basic Regulation.

18th December 2012

EP votes in favour of sustainability

18th December 2012

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According to New Zealands Ministry for Primary Industry (MPI), a Tauranga based commercial fishing company, Fine O Muir Limited, has been fined for making false statements on fishing returns and fishing inside…

18th December 2012

NZ fishers fined for false statements

18th December 2012

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The Council of European Fisheries Ministers are meeting in Brussels on 18 and 19 December to agree on the 2013 catch limits for the main commercial species in the North East Atlantic.

18th December 2012

Oceana urges member states to follow scientific advice

18th December 2012

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Elaine Hayes has been announced as the new chair of Seafish for three years, as of 1 January 2013.

18th December 2012

Elaine Hayes new Seafish chair

18th December 2012

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Chinese authorities have announced that commercial exports of Boarfish from Ireland may now be imported to China – news welcomed by Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine, Simon Coveney.

18th December 2012

Ireland to export Boarfish to China

18th December 2012

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All papers and presentations given at the 2012 Offshore Mariculture Conference are now available to download online.

18th December 2012

OSM papers now available

18th December 2012

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The latest ‘black scam’ fishers to fall prey to Operation Trawler are four skippers from Fraserbugh based Klondyke Fishing Company who have been fined £1m for taking part in an illegal mackerel…

13th December 2012

Skippers fined £1m for black fish scam

13th December 2012

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Port Strategy editor, Carly Fields, has won the 2012 Seahorse Journalist Award for International Editor of the Year, and one of its regular contributors, Felicity Landon, also received the Award for Supply…

13th December 2012

Double journalism award for Port Strategy

13th December 2012

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UK fisheries minister Richard Benyon has decided to significantly reduce the netting of salmon and sea trout off the North East Coast, a decision welcomed by the Angling Trust.

13th December 2012

Salmon netting reduced in North Sea

13th December 2012

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Chilean salmon farming company, Congelados Pacifico SA Group, has achieved three-star BAP certification from the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA).

13th December 2012

Chilean salmon company achieves BAP

13th December 2012

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The Marine Management Organisation is reminding those seeking grants for large or technical projects from European Fisheries Fund (EFF) that the deadline for applications is 14 January 2013.

13th December 2012

EFF application deadline approaching

13th December 2012

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Krista Top Seafood Black Tiger Shrimps (Penaeus monodon) from Swiss Dyhrberg have been certified by Friend of the Sea.

13th December 2012

Dyhrberg shrimp FOS certified

13th December 2012

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SEAFOOD

Seafish is launching a new education programme in North Lincolnshire aimed at teaching local children the importance of eating more seafood as part of a healthy and balanced diet, to start summer…

13th December 2012

New programme to encourage children to learn more about seafood

13th December 2012

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SEAFOOD

The latest study by Oceana on seafood mislabeling has been featured on NBC’s Today show – helping to throw the thorny issue of US seafood fraud into the international spotlight.

12th December 2012

US seafood fraud under the spotlight

12th December 2012

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Tassal has become the first salmon producer in Australia to achieve full Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification at farm level.

12th December 2012

Tassal gets BAP certification

12th December 2012

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Japanese retail giant, Aeon, has stocked up on Australian MSC certified Spencer Gulf King Prawns, ready to sell over the Christmas period.

12th December 2012

Australia’s MSC prawns go on sale in Japan

12th December 2012

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A scientific paper describing an increased incidence of disease in European lobsters inside the No-Take Zone of the Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) in the Bristol Channel, UK, was published this…

12th December 2012

SAGB calls for review of marine reserves

12th December 2012

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The fourth tuna fishery in the South Pacific, the Fiji Albacore Tuna Long Line fishery, has been awarded MSC certification.

12th December 2012

Fiji tuna fishery MSC certified

12th December 2012