AUSTRALIAN SEAFOOD
INDUSTRY NEWS
Australian clam business targets Asia and Europe with expansion
19 March, 2019
The Lead South Australia
South Australia is world renowned for producing premium seafood
including Southern Bluefin Tuna, Abalone, Oysters, Prawns, Kingfish
and Southern ...
POMS-resistant oyster research brings confidence back to Tasmanian
industry
8 March, 2019
ABC News
A Tasmanian scientist is reporting good results breeding oysters
that are resistant to the devastating Pacific oyster mortality
syndrome (POMS).
Report shows Australia's fish stocks are sustainable
8 March, 2019
Fishing World
THE 2018 Status of Australian Fish Stock (SAFS) Reports, released
this week, assessed 120 species made up of 406 stocks across
finfish, ...
A slowing China not losing its taste for Australian lobster
7 March, 2019
The Australian Financial Review
The fishermen-controlled co-operative created history by becoming
the first Australian business to hold and own live seafood on
Chinese soil, he told ...
Tasmania and Nova Scotia sign fisheries and aquaculture agreement
1 March, 2019
Aquaculture North America
The Tasmanian and Nova Scotian governments are working together to
strengthen fisheries and aquaculture in both the Australian and
Canadian ...
NEW ZEALAND SEAFOOD
INDUSTRY NEWS
Demand strong as Bluff oysters hit the market
4 March, 2019
Stuff.co.nz
People trying to get their hands on some of the first Bluff oysters on
sale this season were prepared to sneak away from work on Monday and
queue ...
King Salmon boss implores govt for 'green aquaculture' support
28 February, 2019
Newsroom
New Zealand's aquaculture industry is not getting the support it needs
from a government that says it wants to switch to forms of farming that
have less ...
Hawkes
Bay Seafoods fined more than $1m for commercial fishing offences
26 February, 2019
Voxy
A Napier commercial fishing company, its directors and general manager
have been fined a total of more than $1 million for the sustained ...
Trawler in Bay puts focus on hake fishing
22 February, 2019
HeraldLIVE
According to the SA DeepSea Trawling Industry Association, about 135,000
tons of hake are caught per year about 100 nautical miles off the coast
of ...
INTERNATIONAL
COMMERCIAL FISHERY & SEAFOOD INDUSTRY NEWS
Despite trade war obstacles, seafood producers find growing opportunity
in Asia
21 March, 2019
SeafoodSource
Seafood producers that have achieved meaningful sales volumes in
domestic markets have been enhancing revenues and sparking enterprise
...
Cooke acquires California seafood distributor
21 March, 2019
Mainebiz
"Purchasing All Seas allows us to continue to strengthen our vertical
integration and distribute our True North Seafood products to additional
markets," ...
American Restaurants Are Finally Embracing Tinned Seafood
21 March, 2019
Eater
Tinned seafood also makes for a natural accompaniment to natural wine,
given how well the salty, fatty fish flavors pair with the often
higher-acidity ...
Sale of fish in Angola to be reorganised
20 March, 2019
Macauhub
Vasconcelos regretted that in recent years the principles of
sustainability of the different species have been neglected because
trawlers have been ...
Sea Grant Report on Barriers to Shellfish Aquaculture in the US
20 March, 2019
NOAA Sea Grant
Sea Grant Report on Barriers to Shellfish Aquaculture in the U.S. ...
Categories: Home Page Carousel, Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture
...
Philippine Aquaculture Stakeholders Attend USSEC's Milkfish and Offshore
Marine Fish Cage ...
20 March, 2019
US Soybean Export Council
Hsiang Pin “Sean” Lan, USSEC Asia Marine Aquaculture Specialist,
presented and discussed USSEC's Milkfish/Marine Fish Farming and
Offshore ...
To Boost Marine Production CMFRI Releases Seeds of Shrimp, Cuttlefish &
Squid in Sea
20 March, 2019
Krishi Jagran (press release) (blog)
The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin has released the
seeds of Shrimp, Cuttlefish and Squid into the sea. The Mandapam ...
State announces $116034 in grants to promote local seafood industries
20 March, 2019
The Patriot Ledger
... three years ago in attempts to economically supports the state's
commercial fishing and seafood industries. The fishing industry,
concentrated on the ...
Making mark at Seafood Expo
20 March, 2019
Gloucester Daily Times
The two Gloucester guys were asked what percentage of first-time sales
at vast seafood shows such as the Seafood Expo North America end up
being ...
Trend expert: Seafood has growth opportunity on menus
20 March, 2019
Nation's Restaurant News
Seafood's presence on American menus is on the decline, but as more
consumers try to consume less meat, opportunities abound for fish and
...
2019 Seafood Champion Awards Finalists Announced
20 March, 2019
Quality Assurance & Food Safety
At the March Seafood Expo North America, SeaWeb and Diversified
Communications announced the 2019 Seafood Champion Awards finalists.
Project seeks to improve Indonesian shrimp farming sector
19 March, 2019
The Fish Site
A new project, designed to improve the sustainability of Indonesia's
shrimp farming sector, has been launched by the Sustainable Fisheries
...
Seafood packagers appealing to the senses in 2019
19 March, 2019
SeafoodSource
“A picture is worth a thousand words.” It's an idiom that seafood
packagers around the world can get behind – and even in front of – with
innovations in ...
Maine Cod Fishery Plummets To Least Valuable Year Since 1960s
18 March, 2019
WBUR
Maine's cod fishery, once one of the most lucrative in the Northeast,
has ... Commercial fishermen typically seek multiple species and often
avoid fish ...
2019 Seafood Champion Awards Finalists Announced at Seafood Expo North
America
18 March, 2019
Benzinga
The Seafood Champion Awards seek to inspire and catalyze change by
providing a platform to recognize those who are committed to overcoming
...
'US decision to scrap concessions under GSP will not adversely affect
seafood exports'
17 March, 2019
Times Now
"The exports of prepared and preserved shrimps and crab to America will
not be adversely affected as these enjoy zero tariffs at present under
the ...
Breakthrough sale for shrimp sustainability initiative
16 March, 2019
The Fish Site
Now finalised, the first batch of shrimp to complete this process has
been approved, resulting in 1,000 tonnes of SSP shrimp destined for
stores and ...
Shrimp containing antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in Canadian
grocery stores
16 March, 2019
CBC.ca
A CBC Marketplace investigation has found worrying levels of
antibiotic-resistant bacteria on imported shrimp bought at major grocery
stores across ...
Trade dialogue stimulates market promotion of Bangladesh black tiger
shrimp
16 March, 2019
Solidaridad Network
The participants of the Bangladesh Shrimp Market Consultation and Trade
Promotion in the Netherlands.
International buyers find 'world-renowned seafood' in New Bedford
16 March, 2019
SouthCoastToday.com
“As the most valuable commercial fishing port in the nation for the 18th
year in a row, New Bedford is also home to 50-plus seafood processors,”
said ...
Indonesia's tuna fisheries seek out sustainability certification
16 March, 2019
Mongabay.com
The biggest draw for fishing communities and commercial fishing
operators certified as sustainable is that they can sell their products
at premium price ...
Texas' Prestige Oysters to enter MSC assessment
15 March, 2019
National Fisherman
The first oyster fishery in the United States has entered the Marine
Stewardship Council fisheries standard assessment. Texas-based Prestige
Oysters ...
US policymakers seek curb on 'heavily subsidised' shrimp imports from
India
15 March, 2019
Business Standard
At a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, senator
Bill Cassidy emphasized on the harm caused by a flood of Indian shrimp
...
Authorities seize more than seven tonnes of tainted shrimp
15 March, 2019
Khmer Times
The National Police's economic crimes department, in collaboration with
Camcontrol, on Wednesday seized more than seven tonnes of shrimp being
...
"Fish from Greece" products coming to Boston for SENA19
15 March, 2019
SeafoodSource
The Hellenic Aquaculture Producers Organization (HAPO), which is
representative of approximately 80 percent of Greece's aquaculture
industry, aims ...
Canada's world-class fish and seafood products on display and in demand
15 March, 2019
PRNewswire (press release)
OTTAWA - Canada's fish and seafood sector is a growing and vital part of
the Canadian economy, providing good ...
US company is the first to use laser-guided oyster processing system
14 March, 2019
The Fish Site
Hoopers Island Oyster Co has unveiled Pearlception 2.0, the first
high-speed, laser-guided oyster processing system designed and built in
the US.
Nutritional marker provides understanding of soy diets in aquaculture
14 March, 2019
Feedstuffs
The Soy Aquaculture Alliance (SAA) has released the results from one
2018 study it funded. The study with the South Carolina Department of
Natural ...
Share of
salmons in Russian aquaculture to reach 37% by 2030
14 March, 2019
TASS
"We want to change the species structure of aquaculture. As you see, we
[now] have 65% of carp breeding. A different goal is set in our strategy
by ...
Rights for hake deep-sea trawl fishery vital to the economy
14 March, 2019
Business Day
Among the 12 fisheries earmarked for allocation is the hake deep-sea
trawl fishery, which is of critical importance to the ocean economy
because it ...
Association seeks ban on boats fishing using lights
14 March, 2019
The Hindu
The Malpe Fishermen's Deep Sea Trawl Boat Association has urged the
district administration to ban fishing done by using lights by the purse
seine ...
Stavis Seafoods launches SeaTru, a new lifestyle seafood brand
14 March, 2019
SeafoodSource
Massachusetts-based seafood supplier Stavis Seafoods has launched a new
lifestyle seafood brand, SeaTru, in advance of Seafood Expo North ...
High hopes to diversify US marine finfish aquaculture?
13 March, 2019
The Fish Site
So argued members of a distinguished panel of researchers during a
special session of Aquaculture 2019 in New Orleans on 10 March – a
session ...
Norway fisheries and aquaculture scientists visit Pacific
13 March, 2019
Scoop.co.nz
The Pacific Community (SPC) is hosting a delegation of Norwegian
fisheries and aquaculture scientists and marine resources managers to
scope out ...
Shrimp exports to US rise 15.6% in 2018, India's aquaculture output may
touch a record 7 lakh tonne
13 March, 2019
Financial Express
The Coalition of Gulf Shrimp Industries, an association of shrimp
farmers, has been fighting aquaculture shrimp imports into US claiming
that artificially ...
AquaBounty to begin farming in US following FDA import decision
13 March, 2019
Aquaculture North America
Maynard, Mass.-based biotechnology company AquaBounty Technologies
announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted an
...
Maritime Center ice machine breaks leaving shrimp fleet troubled
13 March, 2019
Moultrie News
The ice machine at Charleston Maritime Center broke in November 2018. As
a result, shrimp boats throughout Charleston and Shem Creek are ...
Special events featured throughout Seafood Expo North America 2019
13 March, 2019
SeafoodSource
Thousands of seafood buyers, importers, distributors, and processors are
expected to arrive in Boston, Massachusetts this weekend for the
kick-off of ...
Bumble Bee Foods is tracking seafood across global supply chains through
blockchain
13 March, 2019
FreightWaves
Bumble Bee Foods, North America's largest branded shelf-stable seafood
company, has announced that it will use the SAP cloud platform
blockchain ...
Minh Phu chairman: Company will take on Chinese market
12 March, 2019
SeafoodSource
With its geographic proximity to Vietnam and its huge demand for shrimp,
China should be a major market for Minh Phu's shrimp, company chairman
...
Why Insect Meal Will Be the New Feed for Animals in Aquaculture
12 March, 2019
Technology Networks
Since July 2017, EU legislation has been changed and now permits that
animals in aquaculture can be fed with processed animal protein (PAP)
from ...
Government of Canada helping fisheries and aquaculture businesses adopt
clean technologies
12 March, 2019
Benzinga
JOHN'S, NL - Investments in clean technology that support more
sustainable fishing and aquaculture sectors protect our ...
US oyster fishery MSC certification hopes
12 March, 2019
World Fishing & Aquaculture
The first oyster fishery in the United States has entered the Marine
Stewardship Council (MSC) fisheries standard assessment.
Illegal Fishing Represents Around US $ 23000 Million a Year Worldwide
12 March, 2019
Maritime Herald
... Sustainable Management of the Giant Squid of the South Pacific (Calamasur),
Alfonso Miranda Eyzaguirre. “Illegal fishing extracts approximately 20
...
Croatia's top oyster farmers in alarm after norovirus found
11 March, 2019
SFGate
MALI STON, Croatia (AP) — Oyster farming is the pride of this small town
in the south of Croatia's Adriatic Sea coast. But tasting the famed
local ...
Leyte top fish producer in Eastern Visayas
11 March, 2019
Manila Bulletin
Eastern Visayas accounted for 2.5 percent of the country's fishery ...
Commercial fishing went up by 6.4 percent, from 2,672 MT in 2017 to
2,844 MT in ...
Wild salmon council calls for immediate actions to increase BC's wild
salmon
11 March, 2019
CBC.ca
"There's a strong focus on revitalizing the commercial fishing industry,
but no talk at all about the impacts of fishing on endangered salmon
stocks," ...
Aquaculture 2019 in numbers and pictures
11 March, 2019
The Fish Site
A selection of images from this week's Aquaculture 2019 event in New
Orleans, which attracted a record 3,500 participants from 85 countries,
205 ...
China to accelerate green development of aquaculture industry
11 March, 2019
Xinhua
BEIJING - China will promote the green development of its aquaculture
industry and produce more eco-friendly aquatic products, ...
Forums write to Agri and Farmers Welfare ministry to regulate number of
trawlers at sea
11 March, 2019
Millennium Post
A letter has been sent with an aim to regulate marine fishing trawlers
at sea. The organisations also urged the Centre to reduce the number of
trawlers ...
Beijing Customs expedites clearance process
11 March, 2019
China.org.cn
For instance, a lobster on a plane taking off from Australia could
arrive at Beijing ... Imported live seafood is found in Beijing's fresh
supermarkets more ...
SA deep-sea trawling companies losing just 10% fishing quota spells
catastrophe
10 March, 2019
Independent Online
CAPE TOWN – The impact for South African deep-sea trawling companies
losing even 10 percent of their fishing quota could be catastrophic for
the ...
Mangaluru: Light fishing, bull trawling, banned - says deputy director
10 March, 2019
Daijiworld.com
The release also warned that in case of boats violating the order and
conducting light-based fishing and bull trawling, electric lights and
generators in ...
After the end of GSP, shrimp exporters apprehend new duty by America
10 March, 2019
Business Standard
The US imported 695,723 tonnes of shrimp in 2018 and India accounted for
about 35 per cent share of that. It is the largest market for Indian
exporters.
The Big Easy welcomes world's largest aquaculture conference
10 March, 2019
The Fish Site
Nearly 3,000 delegates attended the opening session of Aquaculture 2019
in New Orleans this morning, with attendants eager to witness the start
of ...
FDA green lights GE salmon
10 March, 2019
Feedstuffs
AquAdvantage Salmon has been genetically engineered to reach a key
aquaculture industry growth marker more faster its non-GE Atlantic
salmon ...
Fishing industry warns of consequences if govt blunders rights
allocations
10 March, 2019
Eyewitness News
With annual sales of R4.5 billion, deep-sea hake fishing accounts for
45% of the entire commercial fishing industry contributing about R6.7
billion to ...
Lent is the biggest time of year for seafood industry
10 March, 2019
KATC Lafayette News
It's the first Friday of Lent, meaning for those who honor it, there
will be lots of seafood dinners. In 2017, Lent brought in about $1
billion in seafood ...
US Seafood Giant Bumble Bee Foods to Use SAP Blockchain Tech in Supply
Chain
10 March, 2019
Cointelegraph
North America's largest branded shelf-stable seafood firm Bumble Bee
Foods has launched a blockchain platform for seafood traceability. The
project ...
Scots launch gender diversity initiative
9 March, 2019
The Fish Site
The Women in Scottish Aquaculture (WiSA) initiative, which has been
launched today, has received support from the Scottish Government.
Gangsters Cash in on Endangered Eels
9 March, 2019
Nippon.com
The statistics tell the story: According to the Japan Fisheries Agency,
Japanese eel farmers introduced 19.7 tons of glass eels into their
aquaculture ...
Certified seaweed suppliers
9 March, 2019
Aquaculture Stewardship Council
Certified seaweed suppliers. Find seaweed suppliers that have been
certified against the Chain of Custody standard.
Attacks on trawlers have reduced – FG, Fishing trawlers
9 March, 2019
Vanguard
THE Nigerian Trawler Owners Association, NITOA, and the Federal
Department of Fishery and Agriculture, have said that there has been a
drastic ...
Illegal Fishing Within 200 Miles Represents Peru Losses of US $ 500
Million
8 March, 2019
Maritime Herald
President of the Committee for the Sustainable Management of the South
Pacific Giant Squid (CALAMASUR), Alfonso Miranda Eyzaguirre, denounced
...
Platinum Equity to Acquire Spanish Seafood Provider Iberconsa From
Portobello Capital
8 March, 2019
Associated Press (press release) (blog)
Headquartered in Vigo, Spain, Iberconsa is a global provider of frozen
seafood products, including hake, Argentine red shrimp and squid.
Privatising the seas: how the UK turned fishing rights into a commodity
8 March, 2019
Unearthed
Around 20 years ago, fishermen in Fleetwood, Lancashire, managed to make
national news by inviting several dozen Spanish trawlers to join their
...
Scientists find new type of killer whale off coast of Chile after
14-year search
8 March, 2019
Seattle Times
In 2005, a French scientist showed Pitman photographs of odd‐looking
killer whales that had taken fish from commercial fishing lines near
Crozet ...
A management case study for a new commercial fishery: brine shrimp
harvesting in Great Salt Lake ...
7 March, 2019
ESA Journals - Wiley
A fishery for brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana) cysts to supply the
aquaculture industry considerably expanded in the late 1980s in the
Great Salt ...
Irish trawlers could lose access to UK waters under no-deal Brexit
7 March, 2019
Irish Times
Irish trawlers could lose access to UK waters under no-deal Brexit ...
Irish trawlers catch a third of their fish, the Department of the Marine
has warned.
NOAA looks to unjam fishing permit backlog
7 March, 2019
Gloucester Daily Times
NOAA looks to unjam fishing permit backlog ... some accommodations to
the permitting process for the upcoming 2019 commercial fishing season.
China's seafood consumption overstated, says feed company switching
focus to aquaculture
6 March, 2019
SeafoodSource
China's per capita seafood consumption data looks overstated and has
huge space to grow, according to a Guangdong feed firm aiming to attract
...
Growing Adoption of AlgaPrime DHA is Improving Omega-3 Content of Farmed
Fish and ...
6 March, 2019
GlobeNewswire (press release)
Growing Adoption of AlgaPrime DHA is Improving Omega-3 Content of Farmed
Fish and Accelerating Sustainable Aquaculture ...
Global Aquaculture Market Predicted to Grow to USD 274.8 billion by 2025
6 March, 2019
Aquatic Network
The global aquaculture market size is projected to reach a valuation of
up to USD 274.8 billion by 2025 assisted by the mounting demand for sea
food ...
Argentina's seven-week Illex squid season has totaled 50.195 tons
6 March, 2019
MercoPress
The 2019 squid season in Argentina took off with very good weekly
yields, and average catches per vessel of 34.6 tons/day during the first
seven ...
Bangladeshi shrimp sector sets agenda of moving black tiger shrimp into
premium category
6 March, 2019
SeafoodSource
After years of losing market share to competitors in other countries who
farm vannamei shrimp (Penaeus vannamei), Bangladeshi shrimp farmers, who
...
Dutch deal to boost Bangladeshi shrimp production
5 March, 2019
The Fish Site
The Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation (BSFF) and Hendrix Genetics
have signed a multi-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) in a bid to
...
New benchmarking tool will measure aquaculture performance in the
mediterranean
5 March, 2019
Phys.Org
Exciting news for the Mediterranean aquaculture industry, as PerformFISH,
an EU-funded Horizon 2020 project, has developed an innovative ...
Red snapper limited season will take place in July
5 March, 2019
TCPalm
Monday afternoon, the NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional Office announced
the dates for the recreational and commercial red snapper fishing ...
Central Arctic: EU to enter agreement against unregulated fishing
5 March, 2019
EU News
Under the agreement, the ten parties concerned have agreed to ban
commercial fishing in the high seas portion of the central Arctic Ocean
for an ...
Iran marks surge in fish, shrimp output
4 March, 2019
MENAFN.COM
(MENAFN) Iranian fish and shrimp production was announced to have stood
at 1.2 million annually to record a considerable growth in the market.
This Nonprofit Is Trying to Restore One Billion Oysters to New York
Harbor
3 March, 2019
Geek
The Billion Oyster Project aims to restore one billion live oysters to
New York Harbor by 2035.
Temporary ban on shrimp fishing in Mexico's Pacific Coast begins March
15
3 March, 2019
Vallarta Daily
The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Commission (CONAPESCA) announced
that as of March 15, the temporary closure of fishing for all shrimp ...
Seeding the future of Ghana's tilapia sector
3 March, 2019
The Fish Site
Titled “Accelerating aquaculture development in Ghana through
sustainable Nile Tilapia seed production and dissemination” (TiSeed) the
project was ...
Striped bass population drops sharply in Gulf of St. Lawrence
3 March, 2019
CBC.ca
Last fall, with striper populations on the rise, DFO approved a
25,000-fish pilot commercial fishery for the Eel Ground First Nation in
New Brunswick.
2019 Aquaculture Awards reward marine innovation
2 March, 2019
Government Europa
Submissions closed today for the 2019 Aquaculture Awards, which will
celebrate innovation and developments in the field of aquaculture.
Cameroon plans large-scale aquaculture to reduce fish imports
2 March, 2019
Business in Cameroon
“This downward trend is expected to continue, given the actions
undertaken to promote the development of aquaculture and the
diversification of food ...
Seafood Show Osaka: New squid sources, new eco-label support systems
2 March, 2019
SeafoodSource
Another new squid supplier was Anzeco Ocean. The main business of the
Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia-based company is rental of mobile generator sets
...
Maine's lobster catch, value grew last year, officials say
2 March, 2019
STLtoday.com
Maine fishermen, who harvest everything from lobsters to seaweed, took
more than double the number of commercial fishing trips of any other
state on ...
Fishermen cautiously optimistic for strong salmon season
2 March, 2019
San Francisco Chronicle
After three difficult years when Chinook salmon population numbers were
down and fishing opportunities were limited, commercial fishermen are
...
Irish 'Warship' Seizes Northern Irish Trawlers, DUP Says
1 March, 2019
Bloomberg
Two Northern Ireland trawlers have been impounded by an Irish Navy
warship, the Democratic Unionist Party deputy leader Nigel Dodds said in
an ...
UMass awarded $277K to help fishing industry
1 March, 2019
Gloucester Daily Times
"Given the serious challenges facing our commercial fishing industry, it
makes good sense to fully engage the expertise and research capabilities
of ...
Tackling illegal fishing, new marine ranger force finds its sea legs
1 March, 2019
The Times of Israel
Fishing license applications double as Nature and Parks Authority ...
Commercial fishing has always required licenses, but with lax
enforcement, many ...
Cooke Aquaculture to build $30M farm on land in Bayside, expand in
Pennfield
1 March, 2019
CBC.ca
Cooke Aquaculture plans to build a major salmon farm in Bayside that
would see the fish spending more time on land before being transferred
to the ...
Tanzania: Farmer Establishes Commercial Aquaculture in Lake Victoria
1 March, 2019
AllAfrica.com
MR Lucas Malembo, a farmer, looks forward to turning challenges in
fisheries sector into opportunity. Poor fish catches that do not meet
country's ...
Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre appoints two fresh board members
1 March, 2019
insider.co.uk
"Boosting diversity across all areas of Scottish aquaculture is one of
the key areas of importance to me, and I look forward to contributing to
this further ...
Aquaculture genetics consortium aiming to improve selective breeding of
fish stock
28 February, 2019
Animal Pharm
Aquaculture genetics consortium aiming to improve selective breeding of
fish ... to improve selective breeding of stocks of key UK aquaculture
species.
Viet Uc to open high-tech shrimp farm in April, preps to sell pangasius
fingerlings
28 February, 2019
SeafoodSource
Viet Uc Seafood Corp., a leading shrimp breeding company in Vietnam,
expects to start production at its first high-tech shrimp farm in April,
the ...
Chinese tariffs challenge Alaska seafood, new markets emerge
28 February, 2019
Juneau Empire
Alaska's fishing industry provides more jobs than any private sector in
the state. On Tuesday, the House Special Committee on Fisheries received
an ...
Alaska governor pushes plan to eliminate local disbursement of raw fish
tax revenues
27 February, 2019
SeafoodSource
... revenue sharing plan that would take away about USD 28 million (EUR
24.7 million) in tax revenue from commercial fishing for coastal
communities ...
Dutch fishermen fear stormy Brexit seas ahead
27 February, 2019
Channel NewsAsia
Pim Visser, of the Dutch commercial fishing federation VisNed, said
about 60 per cent of the Dutch fleet's revenue is from British waters
China opening up new seafood supply lines
27 February, 2019
SeafoodSource
One of China's largest and most inward cities, Lanzhou, is the latest to
get an air cargo link to fly seafood from Southeast Asia. As China
negotiates an ...
New Brunswick seafood giant announces product line with Martha Stewart
27 February, 2019
The Province
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — A fast-growing New Brunswick seafood giant is
partnering with lifestyle guru Martha Stewart for a new product line.
Fish and prawn production in Rakhine down over 80 per cent: Report
27 February, 2019
Eleven Myanmar
Fish and prawn production in Rakhine State has declined by more than 80
per cent, compared to that in Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Regions, ...
FDA embarks on new strategy for imported food inspections
27 February, 2019
SeafoodSource
Agreements have already been made with officials from Australia, Canada,
... “The FDA must increase inspections of imported seafood to take away
...
Leveraging the power of beneficial bacteria in shrimp farming
26 February, 2019
The Fish Site
One of South East Asia's largest shrimp farming groups is the Lim Shrimp
Organization (LSO), which has established a network of integrated
farming ...
Feds set hearings on plan to protect bait fish vital to lobster industry
25 February, 2019
Bangor Daily News
Interstate fishing regulators are holding hearings on the East Coast
about a plan to protect herring off New England when the fish are
spawning.
Conch crisis - Depleted stock forces ministry to order one-year fishing
ban
25 February, 2019
Jamaica Gleaner
Even though the annual season runs from January 1-July 31, commercial
fishers and processors usually don't hit the water big until sometime
about ...
Govt. implements new law to confiscate trespassing Indian trawlers
24 February, 2019
The Sunday Times Sri Lanka
The move comes in the wake of Thursday's landmark judgment which ordered
the confiscation of a Indian trawler worth three million rupees.
Temporary approval for Hong Kong fishing vessels extended till Dec 31,
2019
24 February, 2019
The Sun Daily
He said aquaculture operators in Malaysia were too reliant on fishing
vessels from Hong Kong to export fish products to Hong Kong and China,
and ...
Houston company recalls fish products that weren't inspected
RECALL
24 February, 2019
KTRK-TV
Officials say a Houston-based seafood company is recalling nearly
101,000 pounds of fish products, specifically wild caught catfish,
because they ...
Opening European Markets Might Affect Oyster Demand
23 February, 2019
CapeNews.net
Massachusetts is one of two states, along with Washington, that will be
a test area for exporting and importing oysters to and from Spain and
the ...
Squid Protein Could Be an Eco-Friendly Alternative to Plastics, Study
Finds
23 February, 2019
Geek
Penn State University scientists say the proteins used to develop squid
ring teeth (SRT), a biopolymer material that's located in squid
tentacles and ...
A Giant Squid of 500 Kilos Captured in the Ross Sea
23 February, 2019
Maritime Herald
On this day, the crew of the New Zealand boat “San Aspiring” seizes, in
the Antarctic Sea of Ross, a giant squid of half a ton of weight and a
length ...
Phillips unveils new apps, tuna burger for Seafood Expo North America
23 February, 2019
SeafoodSource
Philips Foods is launching tuna products at retail for the first time,
along with several new frozen seafood appetizers, ahead of Seafood Expo
North ...
Iceland Seafood International strengthens its operation in Southern
Europe
23 February, 2019
GlobeNewswire (press release)
The board of Iceland Seafood International (ISI) has decided to merge
Icelandic Ibérica and Iceland Seafood Spain into one company. The
objective is ...
