World Fishing News – Page 612
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NZ’s largest fishery to be re-assessed
The New Zealand hoki fishery has entered re-assessment under the MSC’s program for well-managed and sustainable fisheries.
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NewsCall for action on IUU fishing
The EU must promote international action to fight IUU fishing, including stepping up inspections at sea, closing markets to illegal seafood and imposing sanctions on negligent states, says resolution voted by Parliament.
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Pascal Divanach recognised by highest EAS Award
At the final wrap up and closing session of the Aquaculture Europe 2011 in Rhodes, Greece, Dr Pascal Divanach, Director of the Institute of Aquaculture and member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR), was presented with an Honorary Life Membership of EAS.
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NewsGreenpeace releases tuna bycatch video
Video footage captured by a tuna industry whistleblower has been released by Greenpeace, showing the extent of the bycatch caught by purse-seine vessels deploying FADs in the Pacific Ocean.
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NewsMorgère introduces new doors
Morgère is introducing a new design of three foil trawl doors - the VO3 and PV3, which are bottom doors, and the SPF, a semi-pelagic door.
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Dracula, Lord Nelson and Cap’n Cook in TV fishing expedition
Whitby regularly hauls in a massive, capacity-busting catch with little effort, no loss of days at sea and zero fuel outlay. A calm sea and sunny weather on an August Saturday meant the haul of tourists jammed cobbled Church Street whose cod-end narrows at the start of the 199 stone ...
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NewsObituary: Dr James E. Kirkley, Fisheries Economist
Dr James Ellison Kirkley Sr., 65, died in September following a long struggle with cancer.
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Caviar producer confirmed Friend of the Sea
Calvisius Caviar and its farmed white sturgeon from Agroittica Lombarda have recently passed a second full Friend of the Sea audit since initial approval in 2008.
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Donation helps Freshwater grow salmon and trout
Water monitoring solutions provider YSI has donated technology and expertise to The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute.
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FAO publishes aquaculture papers
The FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department has recently published seven technical documents on aquaculture.
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Fisheries management – the Japanese way
I last wrote on Japan in the World Fishing & Aquaculture May issue, following the series of disasters - earthquake, tsunami and the Fukushima meltdown. Since then, the surviving NE Japan''s fishermen and its fishing industry have been struggling to stay afloat and gradually return to anything that resembles normality.
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NewsGoing back to basics in chilling and freezing
Air Products, a global supplier of food freezing and chilling systems, has joined forces with the Grimsby Institute and university students from southern China on an international research project to investigate practices for freezing, chilling and cryogenic freezing.
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NewsNZ focus on aquaculture
The recent New Zealand Aquaculture Conference demonstrated that the country is looking forward to a new era of sustainable growth and investment in aquaculture.
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NewsKenya to boost inland and coastal fisheries development
Kenya recently launched a number of important new fishery initiatives, including two major investment programmes aimed at developing sustainable inland and marine fisheries, reports David Hayes.
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NewsICCAT must address swordfish decline
Oceana is calling on the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to address the 50% decline in Mediterranean swordfish.
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NewsEU fish subsidy data lacking
Fishsubsidy.org has launched a new database of payments under the European Fisheries Fund, from 2007 to 2010.
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Shipowners’ announces no increase in premiums
P&I insurance provider, The Shipowners’ Club, has held its premiums to the previous year’s levels, and has reported an increase of 7.3% in earned premiums for the half-year ended August 2011.
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NewsUK dispute over European Marine Sites
The first rounds have been fired in what may be a lengthy dispute between two conservation bodies and the UK Marine Management Organisation relating to the relationship between fishing and obligations under EU Habitats legislation, writes Andrew Oliver, partner and specialist in sea fisheries and marine environmental law, at solicitors ...
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NewsRoy Palmer joins BAP in Australasia
The Best Aquaculture Practices certification program has expanded its international marketing team with the addition of Roy Palmer as BAP''s new business development manager for Australasia.
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Shetland salmon farm refurbishment project
Salmon farm pens in Shetland are being recycled into new and stronger units in a collaborative project between Northern Isles Salmon and aquaculture equipment supplier Fusion Marine.
