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THE waters around Lundy Island, off the coast of Devon, yesterday became England’s first Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) under the Marine and Coastal Access Act.
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TIME is running out for employers from the aquaculture industry to join forces with Lantra, the Sector Skills Council for environmental and land-based industries, to help shape the future direction of apprenticeships in Scotland.
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THE UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency starts a 12 week consultation on Search and Rescue provision in the southern part of the South West peninsula today.
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RESOLVED to shed fat this New Year? Well, as a first step, walk into a seafood outlet three times every week.
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A STUDY by the University of Exeter provides the first evidence that coral reefs can recover from the devastating effects of climate change.
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IRISH Minister of State, Tony Killeen said that 2010 opens a new ‘decade of discovery’ for Irish Marine Science.
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A MAJOR report on brown crab management that could influence the future direction of the UK and other member state’s shellfish conservation policy has now been released.
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SCIENTISTS from the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth are calling for urgent research to understand the impact of renewable energy developments on marine life.
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FROM fishermen to waterskiers, sailors to surfers, anglers to birdwatchers – the West Country’s sea users are being urged to have their say about the future of south-west seas before its too late.
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THE search for a rock angler who was reported missing off rocks near Aberdeen has now been stood down.
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SCOTLAND'S world-leading renewables industry has taken a huge step forward First Minister Alex Salmond said today as The Crown Estate unveiled plans to develop almost 5GW of offshore wind energy off the country's east coast.
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DRAFT standards for the shrimp aquaculture industry will be presented and discussed at the next meeting of the Shrimp Aquaculture Dialogue, to be held March 9-10 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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COMPETING with scientists from all disciplines, Nofima researcher Marit Seppola has been awarded funding from the Norwegian Research Council’s programme for Outstanding Young Investigators.
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IT looks like a little torpedo and acts like a submarine, except instead of searching out an enemy, the device finds fish.
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THE US federal authority with responsibility for fisheries says that it will consider listing Atlantic sturgeon as threatened or endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act.
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THE lifesaving work of the RNLI’s volunteer crew has been captured by the winner of the charity’s annual Photographer of the Year competition, announced today (8 Jan 2010) at the Prebon Tullet London International Boat Show.
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A NEW report has identified two areas on the west coast of Scotland as ‘hotspots’ for basking sharks, the second largest fish in the world.
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A STUDY to record the wealth of knowledge possessed by fishermen for the better management of fish stocks is underway on the prawn grounds around the Aran Islands in Galway Bay.
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AT NEAFC’s 28th Annual Meeting in November 2009, Mr Stefán Ásmundsson from Iceland ended his three-year tenure as President, the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission’s top elected officer.
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KONA Blue Water Farms, Inc, and Keahole Point Fish have jointly announced the formation of a new partnership that will further advance open ocean production of amberjack (Kona Kampachi), at the pioneering fish farm site off the Big Island of Hawaii.
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