World Fishing News – Page 532

  • World demand for aquaculture supplies and equipment to grow 7.4% per year
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    Aquaculture demand to exceed $63bn in 2017

    2013-03-28T13:32:00Z

    New research from market research firm The Freedonia Group, Inc. expects world demand for aquaculture supplies and equipment to grow 7.4% per year to $63.6 billion in 2017 at the farm gate level.

  • Mainstream Canada was “shaken and saddened” to discover a dead humpback at one of its farms. Credit: Mainstream Canada
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    Dead whale found at Mainstream Canada farm

    2013-03-28T11:32:00Z

    Mainstream Canada has said that it was “shaken and saddened” to discover a dead humpback whale at its Ross Pass farm, north of Tofino, on 27 March and says it has never experienced an incident like it before.

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    Barents Sea fishery enters assessment

    2013-03-28T10:56:00Z

    Russian companies ZAO Strelets and ZAO Eridan have entered their joint cod and haddock fishery into assessment for MSC certification.

  • Delivery of the well-boat is scheduled for early 2014
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    Sølvtrans expands fleet

    2013-03-28T10:24:00Z

    Sølvtrans has signed a contract with Spanish shipyard Zamakona Yards for the construction of a new vessel for transporting live fish.

  • Seafish and BNF hope to educate children on the importance of eating seafood. Photo: Rob McDougall
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    Seafish to educate children on seafood

    2013-03-27T16:32:00Z

    In an attempt to help the educate the UK’s children and young people on the benefits of eating seafood, Seafish is getting involved with the British Nutrition Foundation’s (BNF) first ever ‘Healthy Eating Week’.

  • Vietnam has the third highest import rejection rate. Photo: Kathleen Reaugh/Marine Photobank
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    Vietnam fish export troubles

    2013-03-27T13:13:00Z

    In a bid to address Vietnam’s high import rejection rate in the international trade of fish and fishery products, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) organised a troubleshooting workshop.

  • An EU pelagic industry delegation is pressing the EC to implement sanctions against Iceland and the Faores. Credit: NOAA
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    Delegation presses for action on mackerel

    2013-03-27T12:06:00Z

    An EU pelagic industry delegation met with European Commissioner Maria Damanaki on 26 March to express concern about the lack of progress in the mackerel dispute.

  • Mahon harbour. Credit: Carles Garcia-Roca, CC BY 2.5 ES
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    Oceana warning over Balearics dredging

    2013-03-26T18:18:00Z

    Global ocean advocacy group, Oceana, has applauded the High Public Prosecutor of the Balearic Islands decision to stop dredging works at Mahón harbour, Menorca, until non-compliance issues are addressed.

  • Scientists confirm first two-headed bull shark. Courtesy of Patrick Rice, Shark Defense/Florida Keys Community College
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    Scientists confirm first two-headed bull shark

    2013-03-26T16:57:00Z

    Scientists have confirmed the discovery of the first-ever, two-headed bull shark.

  • The Coast Guard confirms that a wreck discovered at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico by the BOEM is the fishing vessel Katmai. Credit: Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Tippets
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    USCG identifies fishing boat missing for 40 years

    2013-03-26T15:47:00Z

    In December 2012 the Schmidt Ocean Institute research vessel ‘Falkor’ discovered the ‘Katmai’ which had been missing for 40 years.

  • Fish farmer Ishamel Amadu and colleagues harvesting fish in Chingale, Malawi. Photo: WorldFish Center
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    Malawi aquaculture project receives funding

    2013-03-26T12:58:00Z

    A small-scale commercial aquaculture developed project in Malawi has received £337,000 from the Scottish Government’s International Development Fund.

  • The Seafish document compares the 2013 TACs with recommendations made by ICES
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    Seafish analysis of 2013 TACs

    2013-03-26T11:44:00Z

    Seafish has compared the Total Allowable TACs agreed by the EU for 2013 with the scientific recommendations made the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) in a new document, available on the Seafish website.

  • Smaragd’s new trawler is being designed and built by Havyard Photo: Havyard
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    New Havyard trawler for Smaragd

    2013-03-25T18:39:00Z

    The Havyard Group has been awarded the contract to design and build a new purse seiner/trawler for shipping company, Smaragd.

  • Founders of Xelect, Professor Ian Johnston and Thomas Ashton. Photo: Ian Johnston
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    Xelect launched to improve fish health

    2013-03-25T14:25:00Z

    Scotland’s St Andrews University has launched a new company, Xelect, in a bid to improve the health and quality of fish with support from local law firm, Murray Donald.

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    Catch shares – who to believe?

    2013-03-24T14:07:00Z

    With the onset of the 21st century, the US fisheries management administered by NOAA Fisheries has been promoting and implementing individual and tradable quotas (ITQ), which with time gained a new name – ‘catch shares’.

  • A market stall selling seafood in Osaka
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    Japan seeks to boost seafood consumption

    2013-03-24T13:57:00Z

    The Japanese government and fishing industry are stepping up efforts to halt the long term decline in seafood consumption during the past two decades and reverse the recent trend for meat consumption to outpace fisheries products in the national diet, reports David Hayes.

  • Retailers are trying to reassure customers that they are tightening up their traceability systems. Credit: Tesco
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    Labelling must be accurate or suppliers will suffer

    2013-03-24T12:21:00Z

    Andrew Martin looks at how the horse meat scandal could impact on the seafood industry.

  • Salmon smolt. Credit: Frank Gregersen, © Nofima
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    Training camp for salmon smolt

    2013-03-24T11:44:00Z

    A new project coordinated by Nofima aims to improve the survival rate and health of salmon smolt transferred to cages at around one year old.

  • RSPB is renewing calls to protect seabird populations in EU waters
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    Protection needed for seabirds

    2013-03-22T11:53:00Z

    Following a new study about how the recent EU ban on fish discards could have a significant short term impact on some seabirds, conservationists are calling for urgent marine protection in European waters.

  • The Argo Merchant oil spill - the ship broke apart and spilled its entire cargo of 7.7 million gallons of No. 6 fuel oil. Credit: Doug Helton, NOAA/NOS/ORR
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    Pew drops anchor in Europe

    2013-03-21T19:04:00Z

    The American NGO Pew Charitable Trusts is spending millions of dollars financing NGOs that deal with marine conservation by coming into public and legal conflicts with the American fishing industry and management, reports Menakhem Ben-Yami.