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Fifty-five beaches meet new rules
BBC World Service | 22 May 2013
Fifty five beaches in England meet tough new EU standards on water quality to achieve Blue Flag awards.

Atlantic Ocean | Water Pollution

Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 22 May 2013
Study of a right whale named Eg 3911 reveals how entanglement can cause a slow, invisible death

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Mammals | Research

Rise in catches of spring salmon hints at a return to 'glory days' on the Tay
Telegraph | 21 May 2013
CATCHES of spring salmon have increased dramatically this year to almost double the five-year average on one of the country's most renowned rivers, heralding a potential return to the "glory days" of Scottish angling, according to experts.

Atlantic Ocean | Fish | Fisheries

Marine Harvest agrees to limit pesticides and seal killings
Guardian Unlimited | 21 May 2013
One of the world's largest fish farm companies, Marine Harvest, has voluntarily agreed to much tougher limits on its pesticides use and seal killing by joining a strict new environment scheme. Marine Harvest will join the Aquaculture Stewardship council, a new accreditation scheme championed by WWF, after coming under repeated attack for heavy use of toxic chemicals, seal-killing and major outbreaks of sea lice and salmon diseases.

Atlantic Ocean | Aquaculture | Fish Farming | Seafood Certification

Scottish sea lice argument
World Fishing | 21 May 2013
The Scottish sea lice issue has reared its head again with one of the largest seafood companies in the world, Marine Harvest, facing renewed calls to move its farms away from wild salmon populations to prevent transmission of parasites.

Atlantic Ocean | Aquaculture | Fish Farming

Commission warns Faroes about herring sanctions
World Fishing | 21 May 2013
The Faroe Islands have been formally notified by the European Commission that the Commission intends to adopt measures in support of the sustainability of herring fisheries.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Management

Group presents deep-sea fishing recommendations
World Fishing | 21 May 2013
A group of deep-sea fishing professionals have presented a set of key recommendations to policy makers, which aim to achieve sustainable fisheries management in the North-East Atlantic.

Atlantic Ocean | Deep Sea | Fisheries | Marine Management

A Day in the Delta (blog)
The Ocean Foundation | 21 May 2013
One recent Monday, I got to spend the day doing something outside, not in a conference room, not in my office, just out in one of North America's great natural wonders. Directly north of Mobile Bay, within a broad river valley that leads northward to the confluence of the Tombigbee and Alabama Rivers, lies a vast region of wetlands known by various names, including the Mobile-Tensaw delta, the Mobile Delta, or simply the Delta.

Atlantic Ocean | Biodiversity | Conservation

Why we need to put the "fish" back into fisheries
fishupdate.com | 21 May 2013
Relying on shellfish is a risky approach, says new research.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Management

Marine Harvest signs up for ASC certification
fishupdate.com | 21 May 2013
MARINE Harvest Scotland, the country's largest salmon farm company, has announced it has committed itself to a new international scheme aiming to reducing the environmental and social impacts associated with the industry.

Atlantic Ocean | Aquaculture | Fish Farming

Fish scheme up for ethics award
World Fishing | 20 May 2013
The UK's first "community supported fishery", the cooperative Catchbox scheme, has been nominated for an Observer Ethical Award in the Big Idea category.

Atlantic Ocean | Fish | Fisheries

Mixed fish stocks necessary to ensure future fisheries
fishupdate.com | 20 May 2013
THE Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust (SIFT) has welcomed today's publication of an in-depth study by leading fisheries scientists into the impact and serious implications of man-made reduced marine biodiversity, in particular greatly reduced numbers of predatory fish towards the top of the food chain.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Management

Puffin nest cam: wildlife experts install cameras in burrows as census begins
Telegraph | 17 May 2013
A puffin census is under way on the Farne Islands to determine how many breeding pairs of the birds live at the main breeding site. Rangers are also installing cameras in the birds burrows to study the birds.

Atlantic Ocean | Research | Seabirds

Puffin census examines impact of winter on breeding numbers - video
Guardian Unlimited | 17 May 2013
Patrick Barkham heads to the north-east of England to visit the Farne Islands, where the National Trust is embarking on an epic census of the puffin population.

Atlantic Ocean | Research | Seabirds

Conservationists to count breeding birds after 'puffin wreck' winter
Guardian Unlimited | 17 May 2013
Nipped fingers and handfuls of guano will be the order of the day for wildlife rangers on the Farne Islands as they embark on an epic census on Friday to discover whether puffin numbers have plummeted after a year of extreme weather. The 10 National Trust rangers living on the islands must dangle their bare fingers down 60,000 puffin burrows in the next two months to determine whether breeding pairs have fallen after the worst puffin "wreck" for 66 years.

Atlantic Ocean | Research | Seabirds

Iceland responds to MCS mackerel claims
World Fishing | 17 May 2013
The Iceland Ministry of Industries and Innovation has responded to the Marine Conservation Society's (MCS) rating of Icelandic pelagic caught mackerel as 'least sustainable, which has been based on seven justifications.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Management | Seafood Certification

Mackerel back on the Fish to Eat list
World Fishing | 16 May 2013
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has upgraded European and Norwegian mackerel to a yellow 'three' rating on its Fish to Eat List, meaning people can eat it occasionally without endangering the species.

Atlantic Ocean | Fish | Fisheries

Future fisheries cooperation
World Fishing | 15 May 2013
The Demersal Working Group of the North Sea Regional Advisory Council (NSRAC) has travelled to Norway to meet with a delegation from the Norwegian Fishermen's Association (Norges Fiskarlag).

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Management

Iceland responds to call for sanctions
World Fishing | 15 May 2013
This week Scottish fishermen and politicians have called for sanctions to resolve the ongoing mackerel dispute.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Governance | Marine Management

Seafish runs Trawl Gear Technology Training course
World Fishing | 15 May 2013
During February the Gear Technology section of Seafish held three trawl gear technology courses for fishermen from England, the last to be funded within the current project, reports Mike Montgomerie, Seafish Gear Technologist.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries

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