World Fishing News – Page 832
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Australia: progress in the war against illegal fishing
New figures out show that illegal fishing in northern Australian waters is significantly down since 2004.
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Fisheries protection deal extension
VT Support Services has been awarded an extension to the charter of three offshore patrol vessels to the UK Ministry of Defence for a further five years.
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WCPFC control and conservation measures agreed
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)’s annual meeting finished at the end of December, with agreements on a range of new conservation and control measures.
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New FPA for EU and Mozambique
The European Commission has initialled a Fisheries Partnership Agreement (FPA) between the European Union and Mozambique. The period of the agreement is five years and began on 1 January.
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Climate change has little influence on cod
Research published online in a paper at the end of December suggests that climate change has had little influence on adult cod movements in the North Sea.
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Lidl offers MSC-labelled products
Lidl, one of the largest German retailers, has introduced a range of seven frozen and one smoked fish products carrying the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) blue eco-label.
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New Irish Authority
Noel Dempsey T.D., Minister for Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Ireland, formally announced last week the establishment of the new independent statutory Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (S-FPA) as of the 1st of January 2007.
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World’s largest aquaculture company
The UK competition authority, the Competition Commission, has authorised Pan Fish` acquisition of Marine Harvest.
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NewsHigh visibility fishing rainwear
One of the best known names in the supply of clothing to the fishing industry is Stormline-Leda Corporation. Stormline is based in Invercargill the Southernmost City of New Zealand’s South Island, close to the major fishing port of Bluff.
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Aker Seafoods to sell plant
Aker Seafoods is selling its processing plant Aker Seafoods Ålesund (formerly known as West Fish Industrier) to family-owned fishery group, Brødrene Sperre AS.
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NewsNew Marel grader series - ProLine
Scheduled to be released at the Atlanta IPE exhibition in January 2007, the all-new Marel ProLine Graders have already made a splash at the Nor-Fishing exhibition in Norway and the Polagra Expo in Poland.
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NewsQuadrupling production in three years
In just three years Acuimarca, of the Canary Islands, has become the single biggest supplier of farmed fish in Spain, and processing lines using ScanBatchers from Scanvaegt have played an important role in this.
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Cuts in catching opportunity to be fiercely resisted
With the crucial EU Fish Council talks beginning on the 19 December, the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) is warning that any move by the European Commission to cut the catching opportunity for fisheries with a by-catch of cod by 25% would ‘crucify’ the North Sea whitefish fleet and have serious ...
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Fisheries Council prepares to ignore scientific advice for the 5th year in a row, according to WWF
The annual December Fisheries Council starts in Brussels this week, and WWF says “Fisheries Ministers from EU Member States traditionally ignore independent scientific advice and make a mockery of sustainable fisheries management”.
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The fate of spiny dogfish and porbeagle shark
Populations of two species of shark, used for their meat and consumed mainly in the EU, are on the verge of collapse, according to a WWF release.
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DPI&F research vessel upgrade
DPI&F senior fisheries biologist Neil Gribble said the vessel, which has been in service since 1984, has been fitted with a Kortz nozzle and a state-of-the-art propeller that would improve the vessel’s towing capabilities and fuel consumption.“The improvements to the research vessel include a redesigned back deck to allow space ...
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News“Jacoba Prins” wins ‘Ship of the Year’ award
Maaskant Bruinisse B.V., a member of the Damen Shipyards Group and specialised in building vessels for the shellfish industry, has won the Dutch KNVTS ‘Ship of the Year’ award with “Jacoba Prins”.
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Neptune doors in Gulf shrimp fishing
During the last year, Western Seafood Company, Inc., through its subsidiary Marine & Industrial Specialities (MIS), has been trialling fishing gear with the aim of reducing fuel consumption and increasing operational efficiency, and Polar Fishing Gear was involved in the trawl doors project where several types of trawl doors were ...
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Merger creates world’s largest herring and mackerel processor
In late October three Norwegian companies – Domstein Pelagic AS, Global Fish AS and Westcoast AS – announced plans to merge their activities and establish a new pelagic company.
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NewsWarning for beam trawlers after Belgian tragedy
The latest report to be published, in November 2006, by the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) concerns the loss of a beam trawler through snagging of its trawl gear.
