World Fishing News – Page 376
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Marine Harvest to build new feed factory in Scotland
Marine Harvest has announced that it will be building a new greenfield feed factory in Scotland.
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NewsATQs Regulation for EU processors
The ATQs regulation for 2016-2018 has been published determining autonomous tariff quotas for key fish species for the supply of raw materials to the EU Fish processing sectors over the next three years.
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EC proposes new rules to improve transparency and monitoring
The European Commission has proposed a new system to grant and manage fishing authorisations which will apply to all EU vessels, both inside and outside of union waters.
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Fishermen file lawsuit over at-sea monitoring mandate
Northeast Fishery Sector 12 and David Goethel, owner and operator of F/V ''Ellen Diane'', have announced that they are suing the U.S Department of Commerce.
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Bidvest partners with BAP
Bidvest Australia and Bidvest Fresh/Direct Seafoods UK have been added to the growing list of wholesale, retail and foodservice companies worldwide partnering with the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification program.
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Investment packages for Ireland and France
More than €239 million will be made available to Ireland and roughly €774 million will be made available to France under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) for the period 2014-2020.
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Gulf of Maine Northern Shrimp fishery to remain closed
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section has extended the moratorium on commercial fishing for the 2016 fishing season, in response to the depleted condition of the northern shrimp resource.
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Transas to supply VMS for Lerwick Harbour
Transas has signed a contract with the Lerwick Port Authority to install a new Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) to cover Lerwick Harbour, in Shetland.
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NewsUK Aquaculture Initiative launched
NERC (the Natural Environment Research Council) has unveiled a £6m scheme to help ensure the UK''s fish farming industry develops healthily, safely and sustainably.
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NewsUpcycling the Oceans
The Ecoalf Foundation project ‘Upcycling the Oceans’ has been launched to help clean the oceans of debris through fishermen, with the ultimate goal of transforming the plastic debris found in the Mediterranean into thread to make fabric.
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NewsBird vomit to help gauge sardine abundance
Fisheries researcher Dr Lachlan McLeay has developed an approach to gauging sardine abundance through looking at the diet, health and population dynamics of crested terns – by studying their vomit.
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NewsNew Seafish CEO
Marcus joins Seafish from Compass Point Business Services where he was managing director.
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NewsNo agreement on overfished bigeye
The Parties to Nauru Agreement (PNA) has said that it is “deeply disappointed” with the failure by members to reach a solution on overfished bigeye tuna at the 12th Regular Session of the Western and Central Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) in Bali, Indonesia.
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Murkowski fights back against GE salmon approval
US Senator Lisa Murkowski has announced the next steps she is taking to fight back against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent approval of genetically engineered (GE) fish for human consumption.
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Processing factory opens in Tasmania
Tasmanian company Mures Seafood has opened a $3.2m purpose built factory at Cambridge just out of Hobart.
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NewsFAO Aquaculture Officer to chair OMC 2016
It has been confirmed that Alessandro Lovatelli, who is an Aquaculture Officer for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), will chair next year’s Offshore Mariculture Conference (OMC).
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NewsFAO Aquaculture Officer to chair OMC 2016
Mr Lovatelli, who also chaired the last OMC held in Naples in 2014, said, “Global fish production from aquaculture is supplying over 50% of the fish we eat. With concerns over the availability of resources such as freshwater we need to focus on producing better. The open sea is out ...
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NewsYoung people encouraged to work in the seafood industry
The UK’s Seafish has launched The World is Your Oyster, a campaign designed to showcase career prospects in the seafood industry and capture the imagination of young people aged 16-24 who are trying to secure their first step on the career ladder.
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VIPs visit £1.2m ice production facility
A group of VIPs visited Plymouth Fisheries’ new ice production facility last week to see the completed development and learn more about plans for the future.
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NewsMcDonalds to serve Pacifical MSC tuna
McDonalds Spain will become the first restaurant chain to include Pacifical skipjack tuna certified by the Marine Stewardship Council on its national menu.
