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Louisbourg Seafoods Ltd.


Louisbourg, NS
Canada
Telephone: 902-733-2079








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  • China’s seafood industry looks better, but isn'tFrom the stock market to workers' wages, the economy seems to be improving in China, at least in the seafood industry, but a closer look reveals a lack of ongoing training for staff and research and development for companies, clear signs that while the industry may be financially improving, its productivity isn't.
  • WWF urges protecting wild sturgeonConservationist group WWF on Tuesday urged Romania and Bulgaria, home to the last viable wild sturgeon populations in the European Union, to protect the species, threatened by illegal fishing and caviar trade.
  • Australia convicts 7th in trafficking caseAn Australian court has convicted a seventh person in the largest abalone trafficking case in the State of South Australia’s history.
  • Maine lobster plant reopensTwo New England seafood companies announced this week the reopening of the Prospect Harber lobster processing plant, now under their management after being closed by previous owners more than a year ago.
  • Marine Harvest Director Parker named OBE Marine Harvest Non-Executive Director Mike Parker has been awarded the title of Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE), for his more than 30 years’ experience as a leader in the U.K. seafood industry.
  • BioMar feed plant first to be ASC certifiedBioMar’s plant in Brande, Denmark has become the first feed plant to earn Aquaculture Stewardship Council certification.
  • SFP: Near 50-50 split on sustainable salmonA new report from the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) indicates a near 50-50 split between Pacific salmon fisheries that are sustainable, and those that aren’t.
  • Dongwon to build USD 34m tuna canneryA Korean firm has proposed to build a multi-million dollar tuna cannery and loin factory at Doma, West Guadalcanal.
  • Copper River sockeye back on track after shut downSome 843,000 sockeyes and 7,200 king salmon have been harvested to date in the Copper River District and a 36-hour commercial opener was under way 17 June  on the heels of an abundant catch this past week.
  • Auction to determine future of Adak plantIt’s been a rocky 12 years since Adak was incorporated as a city. The community has survived power crises, crushing debt, and twice, the closure of its biggest business — the fish processing plant.
  • Do the right thingThe seafood industry could get a black eye from the recent Environmental Justice Foundation report on human trafficking in Thailand. Is your company ready to answer the tough social responsibility questions that could come?
  • More than 100 plants now IFFO certifiedThe International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organization (IFFO) announced this week that the number of fishmeal and fish oil factories with the IFFO’s responsible supply (RS) certification is growing.
  • Geveran, Leroy increase Marine Harvest holdingsMarine Harvest majority owner Geveran Trading and its chairman Ole-Eirik Leroy increased their holdings in the company by 3 million shares worth NOK 5.95 per share.
  • US CVDs ‘unlikely to hit’ India shrimp exportsThe 5.91 percent countervailing duty imposed by the U.S. Government on shrimps from India is unlikely to hit the volume of exports to the U.S., which is India’s largest shrimp market.