World Fishing News – Page 665
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Exposed: suspected illegal fish carrier
Activists from Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior have exposed a ship suspected of violating Taiwanese fisheries laws moored in the port of Kaoshiung, Taiwan and called on the Taiwanese Fisheries Agency to investigate.
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NewsAlternative fish sales soar after ‘Fish Fight’
UK sales of ‘alternative’ fish have soared following Channel 4’s Fish Season in January.
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NewsMillennium Marine delivers new crabber
Millennium Marine has recently delivered crabber Pacific Rival to Chad Dahlberg from Half Moon Bay, California.
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UK: RNLI works with Yorkshire fishermen to improve safety
Fishing is the UK’s most dangerous industry and in a bid to improve safety, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is holding a series of events for Yorkshire fishermen next week.
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NewsScientists use sedation to help disentangle North Atlantic right whale
Scientists from NOAA Fisheries Service and its state and nonprofit partners successfully used at-sea chemical sedation to help cut the remaining ropes from a young North Atlantic right whale on 15 January 15 off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Flrida.
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Australia: Eastern Tuna and Billfish Management Plan 2010
The new Eastern Tuna and Billfish Management Plan 2010 has been accepted and comes into effect on 22 January 2011.
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NewsShark finners finish in court
Indonesian fishermen from the vessel Pelangi were sentenced on 14 January 2011 for illegal fishing within Australian waters.
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News‘Show Cause’ or caught out?
A new ‘Show Cause’ initiative implemented in Australia allows concession holders to provide an explanation of their activities when suspected of unlawfully navigating/fishing within closures.
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Launch of first marine closed containment tank for aquaculture
AgriMarine Holdings Inc. and the Middle Bay Sustainable Aquaculture Institute (MBSAI) have announced the successful launch of the first marine based, commercial scale, closed containment tank for rearing salmon.
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Sembawang Shipyard secures contract for research vessel
Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary, Sembawang Shipyard, has secured a contract to build a new blue water research vessel for Australia.
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Fourth Danish mussel fishery seeks MSC certification
The Isefjord and East Jutland blue shell fishery in Denmark will be assessed against the MSC standard for sustainable fishing.
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NewsStornoway lifeboat helps after a fishing boat sinks
The Stornoway lifeboat was alerted when the Coastguard was told that two boats had been involved in an accident a few miles south east of Bayble Island - the two fishing vessels had collided in the dark.
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NewsPanama first Central American country to add longlining restrictions
After banning commercial purse seining from its waters in July, the Republic of Panama has taken further steps by adding restrictions on longlining for the conservation of its marine life and its socio-economic growth.
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NewsExperts agree on first global guidelines on reducing discards
The first global guidelines for bycatch management and reduction of fishing discards were released in January by the FAO.
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SFF calls for Scottish Government to turn rhetoric into substance
Thanks to recent publicity, including the ‘Fish Fight’ TV coverage from campaigning chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, there cannot be a single person in the UK who does not now know that the rules governing fisheries are the cause of discarding, says Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation.
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Seafish - Fish Fight shows an industry moving forward
The UK fishing industry has been shown to be open, transparent and future-focused - despite facing challenges such as discards, according to Seafish.
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NewsExpansion project in Skretting Australia
Expanding aquaculture and fish consumption in Australia and New Zealand prompted Skretting owner Nutreco to invest EUR 20 million to double the capacity of its feed plant in Tasmania.
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BAA to function from February
The Bangladesh Aquaculture Alliance (BAA), a platform of all stakeholders of shrimp industry, will start its journey from February 2011 to ensure traceability, quality and increased production of the item, officials have said.
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NewsDamanaki backs call for London to be a Sustainable Fish City
In a speech on Friday 14 January 2011, Maria Damanaki European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries said:
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News“The role of subsidies in overfishing cannot be over-emphasised”
Governments have been actively subsidising resource depletion, writes renowned fisheries scientist Rashid Sumaila in an opinion published on CFP-reformwatch.
