World Fishing News – Page 459

  • Hookpods in racks on board a longlining vessel. Credit: Hookpod Ltd
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    New UK invention to save the albatross

    2014-07-17T15:50:00Z

    Globally, an albatross dies on a fishing hook every five minutes, but a clever new invention called the Hookpod has been designed to ensure that fishermen are catching fish and not birds.

  • The Ísbjörninn cold store. Photo/HB Grandi: Kristján Maack
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    Ísbjörninn proves its worth

    2014-07-17T13:42:00Z

    HB Grandi''s Ísbjörninn cold store at Nordurgardur, Iceland, was opened over a year ago.

  • ASC certified trout from Danforel will soon be available
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    First trout farm certified

    2014-07-17T11:08:00Z

    The first farm has been certified to the ASC Freshwater Trout Standard for responsible aquaculture.

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    Humber Seafood Summit 2014 programme announced

    2014-07-17T10:51:00Z

    The final programme for the Humber Seafood Summit is now available online, Seafish has announced.

  • REWE is introducing Goldlocke, made from ASC tilapia
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    REWE introduces ASC tilapia

    2014-07-17T10:41:00Z

    One of Germany’s largest supermarket chains, REWE, is increasing its range of ASC labelled seafood with the introduction of its Goldlocke product.

  • Víkingur AK leaves Akranes. Photo/HB Grandi: Garðar Svavarsson
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    HB Grandi bids vessel farewell

    2014-07-17T10:24:00Z

    HB Grandi‘s top catcher, ''Víkingur AK-100'' has been sold to a company in Grenaa, Denmark.

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    Minister tours Norway and Iceland

    2014-07-17T10:15:00Z

    Newfoundland and Labrador’s Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, The Honourable Keith Hutchings, recently visited Norway and Iceland to study the approaches used both by countries to generate maximum returns from cod and other groundfish resources.

  • Montserrat is embracing VMS technology to support the management and protection of coastal and marine resources
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    Montserrat at the forefront of Caribbean marine management

    2014-07-16T12:19:00Z

    The UK Overseas Territory Government of Montserrat Fisheries Division is proactively embracing cutting edge VMS technology to support the management and protection of coastal and marine resources.

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    FURUNO and ENL join forces

    2014-07-16T12:08:00Z

    New Zealand’s Electronic Navigation Ltd (ENL) and FURUNO Electric Co., Ltd of Japan are joining forces, with FURUNO taking an initial 10% shareholding in ENL and its wholly owned subsidiary WASSP Ltd.

  • Fishing boats in Essaouira, Morocco. Credit: Daniel*D/CC BY-SA 3.0
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    EU-Morocco agreement to enter into force

    2014-07-16T11:49:00Z

    The European Commission has welcomed Morocco’s ratification of a Fisheries Protocol which is set to open the door for European vessels to begin fishing in Moroccan waters again for the first time in more than two years.

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    Newfoundland and Labrador’s aquaculture statistics available online

    2014-07-16T11:33:00Z

    Key aquaculture statistics which include production volumes, employment numbers, and inspection information are now available on a new page of the Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture website.

  • Signal crayfish. Credit: David Perez/CC BY 3.0
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    Researchers discover new crayfish disease

    2014-07-16T11:26:00Z

    Crayfish researchers have discovered a new disease plaguing female signal crayfish - eroded swimmeret syndrome (ESS).

  • NUFTA and Greenpeace are calling for UK coastal waters to be reclaimed for low impact, local fishermen
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    Foreign fishing rights

    2014-07-15T15:49:00Z

    At a parliamentary meeting on Monday, UK MPs agreed to back a call for the rights of foreign vessels to fish in UK coastal waters to be revoked and reclaimed for the use of low impact, local fishermen.

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    Rolls-Royce to design and equip stern trawler

    2014-07-15T11:14:00Z

    Rolls-Royce has signed a £7 million contract to design and equip a stern trawler for the Norwegian fishing company Prestfjord Havfiske AS.

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    Australia to combat IUU fishing

    2014-07-15T10:59:00Z

    During a visit to the Tenth Annual Session of Pacific Fisheries Ministers last week, Australian Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister to Agriculture, Senator Richard Colbeck, renewed commitment to combat illegal fishing and support sustainable fisheries management in the Pacific.

  • The map displays the popular advice for each fish stock within the various ICES ecoregions
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    New interactive ICES map

    2014-07-15T10:50:00Z

    The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has launched a new interactive map, which shows ICES assessments of the status of fish stocks in the Northeast Atlantic

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    ASC salmon in Chile

    2014-07-15T10:39:00Z

    Cermaq Chile has become the first salmon producer in Chile to achieve ASC certification.

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    Popular Oz seafood “unsustainably managed”

    2014-07-14T11:59:00Z

    Five of the 11 most popular species of fish in Australia are found to be “unsustainably managed”, according to a new analysis by the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS).

  • Mackerel
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    Mackerel fisheries re-enter MSC assessment

    2014-07-11T11:53:00Z

    More than 700 mackerel fishing vessels are uniting as the Mackerel Industry Northern Sustainability Alliance (MINSA) to begin Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) re-assessment.

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    ISSF launches guidebook website

    2014-07-10T14:24:00Z

    The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has launched its new guidebook platform, ISSFguidebooks.org.