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Sanitary problems plague Chilean salmon farms

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November 26, 2007 - A second major Chilean salmon farm has gone on record that the recent infectious salmon anemia outbreak isn’t the only problem affecting the country’s salmon-farming industry....
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Alaska won’t contest Maruha-Nichiro merger

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November 26, 2007 - The Alaska attorney general’s office will not contest the merger of Japanese seafood giants Maruha Group and Nichiro Corp....
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Young’s earmarking tactics questioned

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November 26, 2007 - A report in the Anchorage Daily News yesterday questioned a provision U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) tucked into the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006....
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Commentary: You've got a friend

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November 26, 2007 - By James Wright (Nov. 28) — Seafood marketers are hooked on seals of approval, and why not? ...
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Commentary: Dishing out the blame pie

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November 21, 2007 - The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) blundered this weekend by failing to restrict bluefin tuna fishing in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea...
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Marine Harvest to close Chilean salmon farms

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November 21, 2007 - Norwegian aquaculture conglomerate Marine Harvest ASA will close several salmon farms in Chile due to an ongoing problem with Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA). ...
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Friend of the Sea launches carbon footprint calculator

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November 21, 2007 - Friend of the Sea on Tuesday launched a carbon footprint calculator that estimates how many kilos of carbon dioxide emissions are generated by a kilo of seafood on retailers’ shelves. ...
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Hogarth retires as NMFS director

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November 21, 2007 - William Hogarth, director of the National Marine Fisheries Service, announced his retirement yesterday after 13 years at the federal agency. ...
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Leavitt visits Seattle Fish Co., Acheson promoted

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November 21, 2007 - Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt will visit Seattle Fish Co. in Denver, Colorado’s largest seafood distributor, today to discuss the federal government’s efforts to improve the safety of the U.S. food supply, much of which is imported....
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FAO: Aquaculture only way to meet demand

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November 21, 2007 - Expanding aquaculture production is the only way to meet future global demand for seafood, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said Monday. ...
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