World Fishing News – Page 698
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Fusion wins Ghana aquaculture contract
Fusion Marine has won an order to supply aquaculture equipment for a new tilapia farm in Ghana in the first modernisation project of this type for the West African country.
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NewsFindus wins top European environment award
At a prestigious ceremony in Brussels, Belgium, on 2 June, European Environment Commissioner, Janez Potocnik, announced the Findus Group/Young’s Fish for Life programme for seafood sustainability was the overall winner of the ‘Management’ category of the European Business Awards for the Environment.
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NewsBP boss confident of Gulf clean-up
BP said its latest efforts to tackle the Gulf of Mexico crisis are likely to capture the "vast majority" of the oil spewing out into the ocean.
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NewsTrawlers fishing well on deep sea redfish
The four HB Grandi’s factory trawlers that have been fishing on deep sea redfish for the past few weeks have reported good catches and that all four vessels have been able to maintain close to full production of 40-50 tonnes of raw fish per day.
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Clearwater secures Canada’s first MSC-certified lobster fishery
Eastern Canadian offshore lobster has become the latest addition to Clearwater Seafoods'' Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified offerings, joining Canadian sea scallops, Argentine scallops and Canadian coldwater shrimp.
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NewsProtecting US marine resources
Schwaab: Fisheries have been vital to the prosperity of US coastal communities for centuries.WF: How are you planning to implement policies such as catch shares, which seem to have sparked significant controversy in the US fishing industry ES: Catch share programmes, which include individual fishing quotas and limited access ...
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NewsOne-third of Gulf of Mexico now closed
NOAA has again extended the northern and southern boundaries of the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico in an attempt to limit the impact of the spreading BP oil spill.
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NewsAquaculture programme achieves food safety benchmark
The Global Aquaculture Alliance Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification programme has completed its benchmarking against the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) food safety requirements.
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NewsHB Grandi reports solid start to herring production
Herring production got underway at HB Grandi‘s Vopnafjördur factory on 31 May when Lundey NS arrived with 300 tonnes of herring on board.
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Publix works on improved seafood grading system
Publix Super Markets Inc is embarking on a new seafood grading system. The US company, which failed Greenpeace’s Sustainable Seafood Scorecard for the second year, has hired a conservation group to assess seafood sold at its stores.
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Filthy oceans and misinformation
Highlighting the misinterpretation of commercial fishing data.
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NewsSlow start to herring fishery
HB Grandi’s pelagic vessels got off to a leisurely start on Atlanto-Scandian herring as Lundey NS arrived on fishing grounds 180 nautical miles north-east of Vopnafjördur at midday on Friday 28 May.
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HM King Harald to open Nor-Fishing 2010
HM King Harald will officially open the Nor-Fishing 2010 event in Trondheim, Norway, on 17 August this year. The minister of fisheries and coastal affairs, Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, will also attend together with prominent guests from the fisheries authorities of several other countries.
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UK supplier gives chefs peace of mind over oysters
Channel Fisheries (CF) has started supplying oysters which are guaranteed to be free from the Norovirus bug.
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Australian CRC scoops innovation award
The Australian Seafood CRC was awarded the prize for Excellence in Innovation at the recent Cooperative Research Centre Association Conference held in Alice Springs, Australia.
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Value of Mekong’s pangasius exports to climb
Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has forecast the Mekong Delta will export 600,000 tonnes of pangasius products this year.
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NewsAbu Dhabi to farm bluefin
The Abu Dhabi government hopes to soon begin bluefin tuna culture, using advanced technological support from a top Japanese university, officials have disclosed.
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NewsBrussels show hailed a success
The 18th annual European Seafood Exposition and 12th annual Seafood Processing Europe pulled 24,266 buyers and sellers from around the globe last month.
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Value of fish landed by Scots climbs to £433m
The value of fish landed by Scottish vessels increased by £47 million (€55.2 million/$68.6 million) to £433 million (€508.7 million/$632 million) last year, according to the latest official figures.
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Australian closures to protect pink ling and dogfish
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has reinstated closures in the Seiner’s and Everard horseshoe areas off the Victorian coast within the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery.
