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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

INDUSTRY NEWS

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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

SEAFOOD

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

SEAFOOD

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

INDUSTRY NEWS

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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

INDUSTRY NEWS

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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

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The Norwegian Research Council has awarded Dr Sonal Patel an ‘excellent young researcher’ grant for a project that will study why farmed salmon get pancreatic disease (PD) and how the virus that…

12th December 2012

Research grant for salmon disease project

12th December 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

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This week marks the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) being signed, however, Oceana says that the current speed at which protection is implemented…

11th December 2012

UNCLOS turns 30 but sea remains lawless

11th December 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

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According to Coalition fisheries spokesman, Senator Richard Colbeck, a major study released by the Australian Government backs the efforts of agencies and fishing operators who have adopted a science based approach to…

11th December 2012

Australian study backs scientific approach

11th December 2012

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The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has teamed up with the China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Alliance (CAPPMA) and WWF China to help the world’s biggest tilapia grower to operate more sustainably.

11th December 2012

ASC to make Chinese tilapia sustainable

11th December 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

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The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation is concerned about the cuts in days at sea that could be decided on at the end-of-the-year European Fish Council meeting in Brussels on 18 December.

11th December 2012

SFF calls for parliament to focus on effort cuts facing Scottish fishing vessels

11th December 2012

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Salmon farming company, Mainstream Canada, has received two-star BAP certification from the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) for its Pacific National Processing plant in Tofino.

10th December 2012

Mainstream Canada gets another BAP

10th December 2012

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According to the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF), a struggle between the Council of European Fisheries Ministers, the European Commission and the European Parliament over who has the ultimate power to make important…

6th December 2012

Power struggle threatens Scottish fishing industry

6th December 2012

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Researchers from Norsk Hummer AS and SINTEF have recently succeeded in doubling survival rates among lobster larvae under farmed conditions.

6th December 2012

Breakthrough in lobster farming

6th December 2012

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Sales of Scottish mussels are predicted to soar as consumers prepare for the Festive period.

6th December 2012

Boost for Scottish mussels this Christmas

6th December 2012

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The government of South Korea has abandoned its plans to begin a ‘scientific’ whaling operation, a move which Greenpeace has called a significant step forward in global efforts to protect whale populations.

6th December 2012

S. Korea abandons scientific whaling

6th December 2012

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New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has announced that Maunganui Bay will be closed to fishing for all species, except kina, for another two years.

5th December 2012

NZ bay to remain closed for fishing

5th December 2012

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The Canadian Council of Professional Fish Harvesters and the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University have launched a fishing vessel stability simulator in a bid to address vessel stability.

5th December 2012

Canadas new vessel stability simulator

5th December 2012