Tag Archives: fishery

Feeding vegetable oils to farmed salmon

Posted on March 9, 2014 by argylesock

Many fish farmers in temperate climates raise Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Salmon are carnivores, fed pellets made from (among other things) wild fish. Wild fish are getting scarcer so a team of scientists, led by Erling-Olaf Koppang at the Norwegian … Continue reading →

Posted in fish, knowledge transfer | Tagged aquaculture, Atlantic salmon, biotechnology, canola, crop, fatty acid, feed, finfish, fish oil, fishery, fishmeal, genetic modification, hunting, nutrition, oilseed, olive, Omega Camelina, plant_dicot, rapeseed, research, soya, sustainable, vertebrate, veterinary, wildlife | 9 Comments

Proud of the Fish Fight

Posted on March 5, 2014 by argylesock

The European Union changed its policy last year, to stop good fish being discarded dead from boats. Here’s celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall crowing about the Fish Fight. No more discards in European seas! I’m proud of the Fish Fight too. … Continue reading →

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GM oilseeds for Britain?

Posted on January 26, 2014 by argylesock

This year in Britain, we heard there’d be no GM (genetically modified, genetically engineered, biotech) crops. It didn’t last. A new GM crop might soon be field-tested here. Eventually this crop might reduce pressure on overfished seas. A land plant … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, fish, human health, knowledge transfer, money and trade | Tagged Agrobacterium tumefaciens, algaculture, algae, aquaculture, Atlantic salmon, bioaccumulation, biotechnology, blue mussel, brassica, brown crab, brown trout, butternut squash, conservation, crop, false flax, fat, fatty acid, feed, finfish, fishery, fishing, flax, genetic modification, grocery, hemp, hunting, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, invertebrate, linseed, nut, nutrition, oilseed, oilseed Omega Camelina, oyster, pecan, plant_dicot, rainbow trout, research, sea, seed, skipjack tuna, sustainable, trade, value-added, vertebrate, wild food | 7 Comments

Lords committee warns of discard ban at sea leading to discards on land

Posted on August 8, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on The Coastal House:
fishupdate.com reports: The House of Lords EU Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment and Energyhas written to Environment Minister Richard Benyon and the European Commission to warn that unless the EU fish discard ban is…

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From sea to shining sea

Posted on July 17, 2013 by argylesock

The United States is discussing trade with neighbours to its east and to its west. No doubt to its south and north too, but just now I’m thinking about its trading partners across the Atlantic and across the Pacific. What … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, fish, food, money and trade | Tagged farm, fishery, food, garden, human, land, politics, sea, trade, Trans Pacific Partnership, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership | 5 Comments

EU shark finning ban comes into effect

Posted on July 11, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on The Coastal House:
News article from fishupdate.com: All sharks caught in European waters or by European vessels will have to be landed with their fins still naturally attached. Celebrating the arrival of the long-awaited, strict EU ban…

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Historic fisheries deal secured by UK government

Posted on June 15, 2013 by argylesock

We’ve waited years for Europe’s Common Fisheries Policy to get its much-needed makeover. Yesterday, the reform was approved. You can read more under my ‘fishery’ tag and you can hear the Fat Lady singing.

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Aquaculture vital for plugging the gap in the EU’s seafood needs

Posted on June 8, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on The Coastal House:
Aquaculture has a vital role to play in helping the EU to meet its demand for seafood, but expansion of the industry in Europe is hampered by bureaucratic inefficiency. For example, it can take…

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Vital European debate on wasteful fish discards

Posted on May 15, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on Green Living London:
Campaigners protest outside Westminster. Photo: Rex Features Crucial negotiations in Brussels in the next few days will decide whether the EU’s wasteful fish discards policy will come to an end. Currently, millions of healthy…

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Europe’s Rift on Overfishing and Subsidies

Posted on February 20, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on Organikos:
Laura Leon for The International Herald TribuneGovernment inspectors, left, check out a fishing vessel off the Spanish port of Cádiz. Thanks to Green Blog: Two weeks ago, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to require that the 27-nation bloc’s…

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