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Review could see inshore fishing limit extended
16 March, 2010
Radio New Zealand
A review of maritime laws could lead to the inshore commercial fishing fleet
having its outer limit for fishing increased almost ten-fold. ...
Tuna firm hikes stake in New Zealand venture
13 March, 2010
BusinessWorld Online
It is one of the largest retailers of smoked seafood in New Zealand, with a
market share of more than a third in that country. Aside from Prime Foods,
...
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Vietnam Seafood Festival attracts nearly 300 businesses
20 March, 2010
SGGP
Nearly 300 businesses have registered to participate in the first Vietnam
Seafood Festival, that is expected to be held from April 24 to 27 in the
Mekong ...
Agencies raid suspected shellfish poachers
20 March, 2010
KING5.com
Investigators call it a theft ring involving thousands of pounds of prized
Washington state seafood. For more than a year, they watched suspects from a
...
Govt orders mesh size increased on fishing nets
19 March, 2010
Myanmar Times
The current sizes are 1.5 inches or 38.1mm for fish and 1 inch or 25.4mm for
prawns. The changes result from discussions in February between marine ...
Environment a priority for prawn farm
19 March, 2010
Arab News
His brief is to integrate all the components of prawn production from
hatchery through to delivery to the customer in such a way that they are
working ...
Japanese Fish Dealers Welcome Tuna Ban Rejection
19 March, 2010
ABC News
Japanese fish dealers on Friday welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade
ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna — a prized ingredient of sushi — while urging
that ...
New shad-fishing regulations in effect
19 March, 2010
Times Herald-Record
Commercial fishing is outlawed in the Delaware. The new regulations had been
in the works since last year, when the DEC found that the shad population
was ...
UN Rejects Export Ban on Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
19 March, 2010
New York Times
... a fish prized especially by Japanese sushi lovers for its fatty belly
flesh, have been severely depleted by years of heavy commercial fishing, ...
Whole Foods Products Recalled Over Suspected Pepper
18 March, 2010
BusinessWeek
Asian Seafood Seasoning, Mediterranean Rotisserie, French-English
Mediterranean Seafood and French/English Toronto Steak & Chicken were among
the recalled ...
The 'Star' of 2009, Seafood Industry Swims Against Economic Trends
18 March, 2010
WBUR
As a result, fewer people are eating seafood at a restaurant and more are
buying it at the grocery store. And a lot of people bought seafood at the
grocery ...
Bluefin tuna ban may not pass; China joins fray
17 March, 2010
USA Today
They argue the ban "would hurt poor fishing nations and was not backed by
sound science," the wire service is reporting from Doha. ...
U.N. meeting asked to regulate world shark trade
17 March, 2010
Reuters India
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Exploding Asian demand for shark fin soup has slashed worldwide shark
populations, ...
Shark conservation proposal defeated at UN meeting
17 March, 2010
The Associated Press
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Surging demand for shark fin soup among Asia's booming
middle classes is driving many species of these big fish to the brink of ...
Seafood exports remain in a tight spot after EU ban
17 March, 2010
Daily Times
By Tanveer Ahmed KARACHI: As the suspension of seafood exports to the
European Union (EU) is near completing three years, and apparently, its
resumption in ...
Province's seafood industry experiences dramatic fall off in 2009
17 March, 2010
Southern Gazette
BY GAZETTE STAFF The Newfoundland and Labrador seafood industry experienced
a challenging year in 2009 with a total value of $827 million, ...
Cooke Aquaculture Signs Letter of Intent to Purchase Seafood Distribution
Company
17 March, 2010
FLEXNEWS
Ocean to Ocean is an importer, frozen seafood distribution and marketing
company based in Montreal, Canada. Its main customers are major retailers in
North ...
NOAA Fisheries lists Pacific smelt as threatened
17 March, 2010
San Jose Mercury News
The Pacific smelt, a small fish that is popular as food and bait, but is
beset by climate change, declining river flows, and shrimp fishing, ...
Japan says it has China's support to block proposed ban on Atlantic bluefin
...
16 March, 2010
CanadianBusiness.com
By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYO (AP) - Japan said Tuesday that China supports its
opposition to a proposed ban on trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, a fish
prized in ...
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping ...
16 March, 2010
Trading Markets (press release)
The scope of this order includes certain frozen warmwater shrimp and prawns,
whether wild-caught (ocean harvested) or farm-raised (produced by
aquaculture), ...
NB seafood company expanding with purchase of Quebec firm and subsidiary
16 March, 2010
The Canadian Press
BLACKS HARBOUR, NB — A New Brunswick seafood company is planning to expand
its holdings with the purchase of a company in Quebec. Cooke Aquaculture
says it ...
Early Start to Halibut Season Underway for Pacific Seafood
16 March, 2010
Earthtimes (press release)
(Business Wire) Pacific Seafood, a family owned seafood company based in
Portland, Ore., has kicked off its most popular fishing seasons. ...
Minister Shea Celebrates Strong Exports of Canadian Fish and Seafood
Products
16 March, 2010
Benzinga
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today released
the preliminary trade figures for Canada's exports of fish and seafood
products ...
Indonesia's Neglected Govt Fish Farms Seek Private Investors
15 March, 2010
Jakarta Globe
At the time it specialized in producing tiger prawns, which became one of
the country's most profitable fishery exports, sold to Japan, the United
States ...
Chinese dams blamed for Mekong's dwindling flows and fish stocks
15 March, 2010
Vancouver Sun
There is no doubt that these dams would complete the destruction of the
patterns of fish migration that are essential for providing protein harvests
for an ...
Japan's famous Tsukiji fish market braces for tuna trade ban
15 March, 2010
Calgary Herald
By Shingo Ito, AFPMarch 14, 2010 10:02 PM Wholesalers check the quality of
frozen tuna laid out in rows at Tsukiji fish market, Japan's largest fish
auction ...
Fisheries Minister Attends Boston Seafood Show
15 March, 2010
VOCM
The International Boston Seafood Show starts today, and Fisheries Minister
Clyde Jackman is there. Numerous companies based in this province who are
...
Seafood Report 2009 is a Wake-Up Call: Liberals
15 March, 2010
VOCM
The Liberals are calling Seafood Report 2009 a wake-up call. The
Straits-White Bay North MHA Marshall Dean says the latest report on the
province's fishing ...
British Seafood faces SFO scrutiny
15 March, 2010
Independent
By Simon Evans The Serious Fraud Office is set to examine the circumstances
behind the collapse of British Seafood Group, a frozen-fish company with
sales ...
PEI firms off to Boston to show off their seafood
15 March, 2010
Charlottetown, The Guardian
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) will lead a delegation of 22
businesses and organizations from Atlantic Canada's seafood industry to the
...
Seafood sales soar
15 March, 2010
Altoona Mirror
Seafood is a high dollar volume business," said Bill Blackburn, vice
president of Blackburn-Russell Co., Bedford. "We see about a 25 percent
increase in ...
Algeria: fishing of bluefin tuna in 2010 prohibited to foreigners
14 March, 2010
Ennahar
"From this year (2010), foreign operators are not allowed to participate in
the commercial fishing season for bluefin tuna in waters under the
jurisdiction ...
Fishing returns to Greenwich Town
14 March, 2010
Jamaica Gleaner
THE ZINC-LINED stretch of the Greenwich Town Fishing Village in St Andrew is
abuzz with commercial activity most Sundays, as buyers move from stall to
stall ...
Norway for trade ban on bluefin
14 March, 2010
Gulf Times
... commercial trade in the bluefin tuna, is also supported by countries
including the US, major Mediterranean fishing nations such as France and
Italy, ...
Vietnamese businesses to take part in int'l seafood show
14 March, 2010
VOVNews.vn
Member businesses of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and
Producers (VASEP) will take part in the International Boston Seafood Show in
the US ...
Govt providing 75% subsidy for boat modification
14 March, 2010
Daily Times
Sharmila Farooqui welcomed European seafood team expected to visit Karachi
from March 15th and hoped the team would be satisfied with measures taken by
...
NB companies head to Boston seafood show
14 March, 2010
Times and Transcript
That's what one marketing expert suggested on the eve of a major seafood
trade show in Boston. Jean-Paul Richard is president of Unic Marketing Group
...
Overfishing Is Forcing Brazil to Import Seafood
14 March, 2010
Brazzil Magazine
Besides bans, IBAMA develops management plans for five seafood species to
ensure conservation. Lobster was the first resource included in the
management ...
Bluefin tuna tops CITES conference agenda in Doha
13 March, 2010
The Associated Press
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, more than half of all
marine fish stocks are under threat. Monaco — the sponsor of the proposed
ban ...
Governor: Alaska exports total $3.3 billion, down 8.1 percent from 2008
13 March, 2010
Alaskajournal.com
While seafood and energy exports declined in that period, minerals, precious
metals and forest products all saw increased export values. ...
Lower halibut prices, catches expected as season kicks off
13 March, 2010
Alaskajournal.com
The top winners in the 2010 Symphony of Seafood include Alaskan Amber Beer
Battered Cod by Trident Seafoods in the foodservice category; Top Crusted
Corn ...
Seafood industry hurt by high loonie
13 March, 2010
CBC.ca
(CBC) Seafood processors, who are already coping with sour market
conditions, are bracing for a season of poor profits with predictions
calling for a rising ...
Balochistan: Investors Eye Solar, Seafood Industries
12 March, 2010
UNPO
Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani Wednesday said that
various sectors in Balochistan including fisheries, seafood, chromite,
marble, ...
NL reports sharp decline in value of seafood industry
12 March, 2010
CTV.ca
JOHN'S, NL — The Newfoundland and Labrador government is reporting a sharp
decline in the value of the province's seafood industry last year. ...
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