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Seventeen Scottish skippers and one processing plant have been fined millions of pounds this week for illegal pelagic fish landings which took place between 2002 and 2005.

29th February 2012

Black news for Scottish fishing

29th February 2012

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The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has launched its ‘bagan’ to encourage Pacific Islanders to fish for smaller fish as the effects of climate change take a grip on their islands.

29th February 2012

Pacific Islands encouraged to fish small

29th February 2012

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Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) has announced €1.5m (£1.3m) in grant-aid for the Irish Fishing Industry.

29th February 2012

BIM announces €1.5m for the Irish fishing industry in 2012

29th February 2012

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Whitby company Lockers Trawlers Ltd. has placed an order for a versatile 25m whitefish vessel with local boat builder Parkol Marine Engineering.

29th February 2012

English company orders new trawler

29th February 2012

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Professor Ray Hilborn and Dr Bob Kearney have released a paper titled, ‘Australian seafood consumers misled by prophets of doom and gloom’.

29th February 2012

Australian fish is sustainable fish

29th February 2012

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Sinomega is the first Chinese manufacturer of Omega-3 fish oils to achieve Friend of the Sea certification.

28th February 2012

First Chinese Omega-3 fish oil company Friend of the Sea certified

28th February 2012

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WWF will tell MEPs in a presentation to the petitions committee today that they need to end overfishing and save Europe’s seas and fishing industry from decline.

28th February 2012

WWF campaign nears 100,000 signatures

28th February 2012

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A task force for the 2011 Japanese tsunami marine debris field, which is floating towards Hawaii, has met at the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) In Hawaii to share information to help…

28th February 2012

Tsunami debris task force crisis meet

28th February 2012

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The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has welcomed the move by the European Commission to use emergency powers to reduce and avoid excessive discarding of haddock in the West of Scotland.

27th February 2012

SFF welcomes haddock discard move

27th February 2012

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An influential group of back-bench MPs today called for a sea change in the way fisheries are managed in the future.

24th February 2012

Call for change welcomed

24th February 2012

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Our Ocean has expressed support for Oregon legislature’s action to designate three marine reserves and protected areas off Cape Falcon, Cascade Head, and Cape Perpetua.

24th February 2012

Oregon approves three marine reserves

24th February 2012

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SEAFOOD

New Zealand seafood is rated as the ‘green protein’, a report on the environmental cost of New Zealand food production has found.

23rd February 2012

New Zealand seafood rated ‘green protein’

23rd February 2012

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A group of Florida shrimp fishermen are enjoying a significant economic boost after improving the quality of their catches by switching to Prawnfresh Plus.

23rd February 2012

Prawnfresh Plus improves catch quality

23rd February 2012

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This week the Maryland House of Delegates held a hearing on a newly introduced bill (HR 393) that would ban the sale, trade, distribution and possession of shark fins throughout the state.

23rd February 2012

Shark fin trade ban moves forward in Maryland

23rd February 2012

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A new report conducted by the NAFC Marine Centre in the Shetland Islands, has revealed that more than half of the main species landed by Scottish whitefish vessels come from stocks that…

22nd February 2012

Shetland report on data deficient fish stocks

22nd February 2012

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The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) and the Meridian Salmon Group have signed a three year agreement with Otter Ferry Seafish Ltd to commercially farm Ballan wrasse in salmon cages for the first…

22nd February 2012

Wrasse farming initiative announced

22nd February 2012

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Bakkafrost, the largest salmon farmer in the Faroe Islands, has achieved the GlobalG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance Standard, following assessment of its business by Food Certification International (FCI).

22nd February 2012

Bakkafrost’s salmon farm certified

22nd February 2012

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From its production facility located in the Natural Reserve of Michmoret on the Israel coast, Seakura Ltd has launched a new line of organic seaweed products that have been especially produced for…

22nd February 2012

Seakura launches new organic seaweeds

22nd February 2012

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The best of Scottish produce was on display recently for an international audience in Dubai at Gulfood, one of the world’s largest food and hospitality shows.

21st February 2012

Scottish salmon Dubai’s dish of the day

21st February 2012

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Scottish seafood business Loch Fyne Oysters has secured significant investment which will allow it to capitalise on its brand and penetrate new export markets.

21st February 2012

Investment boost for Loch Fyne Oysters

21st February 2012