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During the Agriculture and Fisheries Council that took place this week, the Council reached agreement on fishing opportunities for 2013 for the main commercial fish stocks of the Atlantic, the North Sea…

20th December 2012

EC: “Satisfactory” outcome of Fish Council

20th December 2012

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PPS East is supplying CEFAS (The Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science) with fish boxes for use onboard boats involved in a simulation of a discard ban that is funded by…

20th December 2012

CEFAS trial simulates discard ban

20th December 2012

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AFMA reports that at the start of the commercial Southern Bluefin Tuna fishing season on 1 December the most recent scientific assessment showed that the species is rebuilding well.

20th December 2012

Australia’s SBT stock strong

20th December 2012

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The UK’s National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF) has launched a new iFish4Chips smartphone app in order to lend some support to the fish and chip industry.

19th December 2012

Fish and chips gets smarter

19th December 2012

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Arroyabe brand tuna canned by Spanish Conservas La Gaviota has recently undergone a chain of custody audit for yellowfin and skipjack tuna from approved Friend of the Sea suppliers and can now…

19th December 2012

Arroyabe tuna now Friend of the Sea

19th December 2012

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According to the Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association (ACFFA), two new salmon farms have been approved for Jordan Bay, Nova Scotia, to help develop the fishing industry and economy in Southwest Nova…

19th December 2012

New salmon farms approved for Nova Scotia

19th December 2012

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Nofima’s iPhone app ‘How fresh is your fish’ has been updated to include matjes herring.

19th December 2012

Matjes herring in iPhone app

19th December 2012

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BIM is continuing work on a €2.2m project which aims to stabilise the market price of brown crab in the short term and to establish a European quality standard for the species.

19th December 2012

Brown crab project work continues

19th December 2012

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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