World Fishing News – Page 608
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NewsSeason’s Greetings from World Fishing
World Fishing & Aquaculture will be taking a short break between Christmas and the New Year, so we would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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NFI Crab Council welcomes new crab sustainability group
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has formed its own Crab Council as part of its Seafood Committee that will work on Blue Swimming Crab sustainability projects.
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Coveney: Record outcome for Ireland
Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, has said that he is “delighted” with the outcome of the December Fisheries Council.
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Hokkaido fishery enters MSC assessment
The Hokkaido Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations (Hokkaido Gyoren) has entered its Kitami Hokkaido fall chum salmon set net fishery for MSC assessment, the fifth Japanese fishery to enter assessment.
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NewsTuna longliners for Fiji
In December four identical longliners set sail from Shandong Province in China to Fiji.
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MSC: Fisheries engaged in shark finning will not be certified
At its December 2011 meeting held in Berlin, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Board of Trustees resolved that fisheries engaged in shark finning would not be eligible MSC certification.
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WFC lines up a further keynote speaker
The World Fisheries Congress (WFC) has announced that Professor Katsumi Tsukamoto of The University of Tokyo will join its roll of distinguished keynote speakers at the Congress, in May 2012, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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NewsFaroese PM criticises EU on mackerel
The Faroe Islands’ Prime Minister has criticised the “unconstructive and confrontational” approach being taken by the EU Commission on the issue of joint management of mackerel fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic.
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NewsUK victory in fisheries negotiations
The UK Government has secured a victory for the fishing industry by stopping a massive cut in the number of days that fishermen are allowed to spend at sea.
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NewsScottish fishing days slashed
At the weekend, the EU Fish Council in Brussels decided on catching opportunity for 2012, with Scottish days at sea being cut.
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NewsCumbrian employees facing uncertainty
Following the announcement of the acquisition of Cumbrian Seafoods by Lion Capital a few weeks ago, the company’s former employees are still in a precarious position in the run up to Christmas.
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PNA certification upheld
An Independent Adjudicator has upheld the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) unassociated purse seine skipjack fishery.
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MMO gets new chief executive
Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman has appointed James Cross as Chief Executive of the UK’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO).
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NewsNew bill to protect US fishermen
A new bill introduced by the US Congress this week and drafted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), aims to protect US fishermen from unfair competition by so called pirate fishing.
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MEPs reject EU-Morocco fisheries agreement extension
It called on the Commission to negotiate a new, more environmentally and economically beneficial deal, which should take account of the interests of the Sahrawi population. The current protocol, which has applied provisionally since 28 February 2011, will cease to apply immediately. MEPs voted in favour of a report drafted ...
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NewsCummins names new commercial marine general manager
Cummins Inc. has named Jenny Bush General Manager for the Commercial Marine Business.
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NewsCaterpillar launches Cat® C175-16
Caterpillar has introduced the Cat® C175-16 marine propulsion engine that the company says is at a size, power and rpm that will drive new, more profitable vessel designs for all segments of the marine industry.
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NewsCummins engines for Chinese patrol vessel
A recently launched patrol vessel, Zhong Guo Yu Zheng, for the Chinese Fisheries Department employs the proven technology of two engines turning into a gear with a single output to a single propeller.
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NewsTasmanian boat heading for Norway
Tasmanian company Seafarm Systems has commissioned shipbuilder Incat Tasmania to construct an aluminium catamaran, equipped with net cleaning equipment, for a leading operator in Norway’s salmon industry.
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Mackerel sanctions possible
Proposals have finally been progressed by the European Commission that could see sanctions brought against Faroes and Iceland for their reckless overfishing of mackerel, says the Scottish government.
