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Published:  16 May, 2008

Catching 

Monkfish is on the accreditation list

Channel fisheries accreditation move announced
Published:  16 May, 2008

THE new Channel and West Sustainable Trawling Group today announced the launch of a bid to achieve full accreditation of key English Channel fisheries: Dover sole, megrim and monkfish.

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Current Issues 
Springbank Spot the Bottle Competition
Published:  16 May, 2008

Congratulations to Duncan Wood from Wester Ross who won the bottle for March.

Current Issues 
WWF calls for area closures to save bluefin tuna
Published:  16 May, 2008

MEDITERRANEAN bluefin tuna has one last chance to be saved from sure population and fishery collapse, with the obligatory review of its management plan set for November this year, conservation organisation WWF said today.

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Current Issues 
UK bass stocks collapsing, claims angling group
Published:  16 May, 2008

RECENT scientific evidence shows that UK bass stocks are collapsing, an angling group claimed today.

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Catching 

Jonathan Shaw

No direct fuel subsidies, shellfishermen told
Published:  16 May, 2008

UK Fisheries Minister Jonathan Shaw has told East Yorkshire's beleaguered shellfish boat owners that he has ruled out direct fuel subsidies - at least for the forseeable future.

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Processing 
Norway: Increase in imports leads to seafood job losses
Published:  16 May, 2008

NEW figures show that the increasing trend towards importing seafood is resulting in a steady drop in the number of Norwegians employed in fish processing.

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Processing 
Icelandic Group improving, but currency turbulence a problem
Published:  16 May, 2008

THE troubled Icelandic Seafood Group may at last be starting to turn the corner in certain areas, according to the figures for the first quarter trading results for this year.

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Current Issues 
NZ Fisheries Minister rejects marine reserve proposal
Published:  16 May, 2008

NEW Zealand's Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton has rejected the proposal for a marine reserve covering 495 square kilometres on the northeast coast of Great Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf.

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Current Issues 
Draft Marine Bill "lacking", says renewable energy group
Published:  16 May, 2008

THE UK draft Marine Bill was today described by the Renewable Energy Association as "lacking".

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Catching 

Safety-trained fishermen are more likely to survive an accident at sea Photo courtesy of Deadliest Catch

Alaska: Fishermen urged to undertake safety training
Published:  16 May, 2008

ALASKAN fishermen are being urged to undertake safety training in the wake of recent loss of lives at sea.

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Current Issues 

The researchers sail today aboard RV Celtic Explorer

DNA technology used to 'fingerprint' salmon
Published:  16 May, 2008

WHAT has been described as the most ambitious research programme ever undertaken into wild Atlantic salmon begins in earnest today.

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Market Reports 
Friday's prices at Peterhead
Published:  16 May, 2008
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Market Reports 
Today's prices at Fraserburgh
Published:  16 May, 2008
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Today's prices at Shetland
Published:  16 May, 2008
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Market Reports 
Today's prices at Grimsby
Published:  16 May, 2008
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Catching 

Barrie Deas...options in weeks

NFFO want fuel aid options within weeks
Published:  15 May, 2008

UK FISHERIES Minister Jonathan Shaw has told fishermen’s leaders that he will provide support to help offset fuel costs.But this must be linked to to a long-term strategy for the industry.

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Catching 

John Hermse

Inverness to host emergency fuel meeting
Published:  15 May, 2008

AN emergency summit of all West Coast fishermen’s organisations is being convened in Inverness within the next two weeks to decide how to tackle the problems facing the fleet and the threat that around 25% of the fleet could become unviable because of escalating fuel prices.

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Catching 

George MacRae

Scottish industry warns of fuel wipeout
Published:  15 May, 2008

THE welcome improvement in the economic prospects of the Scottish fishing industry over the past two to three years is now being seriously threatened, a major industry grouping warned today.

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Current Issues 

Oyster farming is a key focus

Workshop aims to mitigate fishing's impact on environment
Published:  15 May, 2008

SEAFISH recently held a workshop to discuss how fishing and aquaculture impacts on marine wildlife, and how these impacts can be reduced and managed. One of the major topics was how the fishing industry can work together to protect the marine environment.

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Current Issues 
WWF calls on bottom-trawlers to switch nets
Published:  15 May, 2008

A NEW report from conservation organisation WWF encourages the switch from the unselective diamond-mesh nets currently used by bottom-trawlers in the Mediterranean to more selective square-mesh nets, sooner than the obligatory deadline of 2010.

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Catching 
Shellfishermen hit by double whammy
Published:  15 May, 2008

SHELL fishermen at Bridlington and other East Coast ports have joined the growing chorus of protest over soaring fuel prices.

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Current Issues 

Folkestone Magistrates Court

Belgian beamer hit for £31,000 after steaming for Zeebrugge
Published:  15 May, 2008

THE skipper of a Belgian beam trawler who refused to be escorted to Harwich by a Fisheries Protection Vessel and instead steamed for Zeebrugge, has been ordered to pay more than £31,000 in fines and costs, by Folkestone Magistrates.

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Aquaculture 
Seafood bank says salmon prices continuing to fall
Published:  15 May, 2008

THE price of salmon is continuing to fall on northern European markets, according to the latest figures from the seafood orientated bank Glitnir.

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Current Issues 
Report calls for greater shark conservation measures
Published:  15 May, 2008

A NEW report on sharks and related species in the Baltic Sea highlights the threats to these "over-looked" fish and calls for improved conservation policies.

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