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From Listings to Lasting Protection: Strengthening Indonesia’s Capacity to Safeguard Threatened Sharks and Rays

From Listings to Lasting Protection: Strengthening Indonesia’s Capacity to Safeguard Threatened Sharks and Rays

Indonesia is one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of shark and ray products. As the CITES Conference of the Parties convenes in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and governments from around the world debate and decide on proposals for new species listings, work is underway across Indonesia to translate these commitments into practice.

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Finfish news announcements 2015 – Part 3

Posted by: Tim Ellis, Posted on: 27 November 2015 - Categories: Animal Health, Aquaculture, FFN 2015, Finfish News, Technology

Below are the best announcements over the last quarter from across the international aquaculture industry and government bodies.

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Import data: live fish from EU to England and Wales 2013 and 2014

Posted by: Debbie Murphy, Posted on: 6 November 2015 - Categories: Animal Health, Aquaculture, FFN 2015, Finfish News
Graph showing imports of Turbot into England and Wales

The Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) Aquatic Trade and Technical Advice (ATTA) team manage all aspects of trade in live fish with other EU territories and report on the figures.

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How to get the Customer Service Excellence Standard

Posted by: Peter Dunn, Posted on: 16 October 2015 - Categories: FFN 2015, Finfish News, Policy, Technology
Customer Service Excellent Logo

In August 2015 the Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) achieved the prestigious Customer Service Excellence (CSE) Standard, and I want to show you how we did it.

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Koi herpesvirus (KHV) disease and fisheries

Posted by: Tim Ellis, Posted on: 2 October 2015 - Categories: Animal Health, FFN 2015, Finfish News, Fisheries
Dead carp in a fishery lake

The Cefas Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) have recently produced a new guidance leaflet “Koi herpesvirus disease and your fishery”. The leaflet is intended for carp fishery owners, is available to download from the Angling Trust, and is reproduced here.

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Shellfish disease investigations 2013 and 2014

Posted by: Mike Gubbins, Posted on: 28 August 2015 - Categories: Animal Health, Monitoring, SFN 2015, Shellfish News
Green lesion in a Pacific oyster

We've seen many shellfish disease events in 2013 and 2014, and below is a summary listed by species.

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Finfish news announcements 2015 - Part 2

Posted by: Tim Ellis, Posted on: 21 August 2015 - Categories: Animal Health, Aquaculture, FFN 2015, Finfish News

Below are the best announcements over the last quarter from across the international aquaculture industry and government bodies.

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Unusual cockle mortalities in the Burry Inlet, South Wales

Posted by: Matthew Longshaw, Posted on: 14 August 2015 - Categories: Animal Health, Aquaculture, Field Research, Monitoring, SFN 2015, Shellfish News
Empty cockle shells off Pwll

Mortalities in populations of edible cockles (Cerastoderma edule) have been reported across Europe in the past two decades from Spain, Portugal, France, Sweden and the Wadden Sea. Why are they happening?

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EA eradicating the black bullhead catfish from Great Britain

Posted by: Matt Brazier, Posted on: 7 August 2015 - Categories: Animal Health, Aquaculture, FFN 2015, Finfish News, Monitoring
A net full of Black bullheads

The Environment Agency (EA) National Fisheries Services are leading the way in the UK developing tools and techniques to contain, control and eradicate high risk invasive non-native fish species.

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Pacific oysters on the south coast of England

Posted by: Stephanie Deane, Posted on: 31 July 2015 - Categories: Aquaculture, Field Research, Monitoring, SFN 2015, Shellfish News
A close up of pacific oysters

The Pacific oyster is a popular aquaculture species, and I'm monitoring its distribution in Southampton and Poole.

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Report: veterinary medicines residues found in UK farmed fish in 2012 and 2013

Posted by: Tim Ellis, Posted on: 24 July 2015 - Categories: FFN 2015, Finfish News
Fish being cut up to be tested

Samples of UK trout and salmon are analysed for residues of veterinary medicines and unauthorised substances under the Statutory Surveillance Programme.

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