World Fishing News – Page 459
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New UK invention to save the albatross
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.
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Ísbjörninn proves its worth
HB Grandi''s Ísbjörninn cold store at Nordurgardur, Iceland, was opened over a year ago.
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First trout farm certified
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
The final programme for the Humber Seafood Summit is now available online, Seafish has announced.
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REWE introduces ASC tilapia
One of Germany’s largest supermarket chains, REWE, is increasing its range of ASC labelled seafood with the introduction of its Goldlocke product.
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HB Grandi bids vessel farewell
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
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.
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Montserrat at the forefront of Caribbean marine management
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
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.
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EU-Morocco agreement to enter into force
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
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.
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Researchers discover new crayfish disease
Crayfish researchers have discovered a new disease plaguing female signal crayfish - eroded swimmeret syndrome (ESS).
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Foreign fishing rights
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
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
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.
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New interactive ICES map
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
Cermaq Chile has become the first salmon producer in Chile to achieve ASC certification.
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Popular Oz seafood “unsustainably managed”
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).
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Mackerel fisheries re-enter MSC assessment
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
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has launched its new guidebook platform, ISSFguidebooks.org.