In its continuing efforts to persuade European countries that herring and mackerel stocks need rebuilding, ICES recently recommended large cuts in the catch quotas for herring and mackerel in areas fished by vessels of the EU,…
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There is great potential for the EU’s seaweed industry, currently limited mainly to small-scale producers growing single species in sheltered bays.…
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Faced with shortages of salmon because of long-standing Russian sanctions on food imports from the EU, the US,…
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Denmark: Oxygen depletion holes return to marine waters with a vengeance
The National Center for Environment and Energy at Aarhus University has issued a report on its findings that large swathes of Denmark’s marine territory are suffering from oxygen depletion.… -
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Romania: Local fisheries products promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
The Romanian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development launched the first edition of a farm/boat-to-fork street market dedicated to the fisheries and aquaculture sectors.… -
Norway’s parliament is considering a proposed a new 40% tax on “rent” (surplus profit accruing from rising output prices) earned by large salmon aquaculture companies,…
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Scallop culture at a commercial scale lags that of clams and oysters in terms of number of operations and production volumes.…
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It is 20 years since Eastfish, an FAO-executed project funded by Denmark, became the International Organisation for the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Europe (Eurofish).…
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Norway has long provided Russian harvesting vessels with port access for unloading their catch. The historical arrangement has helped local economies as well as fishermen based in adjacent NW Russia.…
