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By Sean Murphy, SeafoodSource online editor
24 April, 2013
European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Maria Damanaki
spoke with SeafoodSource Editor Sean Murphy at the 2013 European Seafood
Exposition. In this interview, Damanaki spoke about the Olivier Roellinger culinary competition, the new EU common
fisheries policy, and the parties involved in
the ongoing mackerel dispute.
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By Sean Murphy, SeafoodSource online editor
24 April, 2013
European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Maria Damanaki
spoke with SeafoodSource Online Editor Sean Murphy at the 2013 European Seafood
Exposition. In this interview, Damanaki talked about the Olivier Roellinger culinary competition for
sustainable seafood, the new EU common
fisheries policy, and the parties involved in
the ongoing mackerel dispute.
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By SeafoodSource staff
23 April, 2013
The 2013 European Seafood Exposition kicked off this morning with a
flurry of activity, as exhibitors and attendees took to the floor of the
Expo Center in Brussels, Belgium.
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By SeafoodSource staff
23 April, 2013
SeafoodSource Editor Sean Murphy shows you the floor of the 2013
European Seafood Exposition on the morning of the show's opening day.
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By Sean Murphy, SeafoodSource online editor
23 April, 2013
SeafoodSource Editor Sean Murphy talks with Prix D'Elite Grand Prize winner Christine Le Tennier, owner of Globe Export.
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By Sean Murphy, SeafoodSource online editor
23 April, 2013
SeafoodSource Editor Sean Murphy interviews Sean O'Hanlon, chairman of The Big Prawn Co. after he won the Prix D'Elite Grand Prize.
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By Jason Holland, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from London
22 April, 2013
Participants in an EU-funded fishermen exchange program learn how good management can lead to a more financially viable future.
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By SeafoodSource staff
22 April, 2013
U.K. authorities have seized shipments of tuna at U.K. ports as fear mount that illegally caught fish may be entering the supply chain.
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By SeafoodSource staff
22 April, 2013
Maruha Nichiro Seafoods recently announced the company had purchased a
controlling interest in Seafood Connection Holding of the Netherlands.
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By SeafoodSource staff
22 April, 2013
Icicle Seafoods on Friday announced it has decided to close it operations in Adak in the Aleutian Islands, citing concerns about the short- and long-term health of the region’s Pacific cod resource and increased regulatory uncertainty.
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By SeafoodSource staff
22 April, 2013
The Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union says it has reached an agreement with the Association of Seafood Producers, that solves the dispute over crab prices.
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By SeafoodSource staff
19 April, 2013
Scottish fish values hit record highs in 2011, so it's no surprise that values for 2012 are slightly lower, but the new numbers released by the Scottish government are still better than the values recorded in the 10 years prior to 2011.
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By SeafoodSource staff
19 April, 2013
The terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon earlier this week and
ensuing lockdown of the city Friday as law enforcement searches for the
remaining terror suspect is weighing heavy with SeafoodSource.com staff
and our entire company.
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By SeafoodSource staff
18 April, 2013
Bluefin tuna producer Umami Sustainable Seafood said it has “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue operations.
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By SeafoodSource staff
18 April, 2013
Nutreco’s 1Q report for this year shows operating losses in some
areas, but an overall increase in revenues compared to 1Q 2012,
according to a statement from the company.
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By SeafoodSource staff
18 April, 2013
Newfoundland’s fisheries minister is accusing the province’s largest fisheries union of making misleading statements.
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By SeafoodSource staff
18 April, 2013
In this edition of SeafoodSourceTV, SeafoodSource Editor Sean Murphy
talks about China Fishery's struggle to take over Copeinca, and the
upcoming European Seafood Exposition in Brussels, Belgium.
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 April, 2013
China Fishery Group, the company that is seeking a hostile takeover of
Peruvian fishmeal producer Copeinca, has announced it has finished its
sale of nearly 1.3 billion new shares of its own company.
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 April, 2013
With quotas on its anchovies limiting growth of fishmeal shipments to
China, Peru hopes to ship greater quantities of scallops, shrimp and
anchovies to China, according to a senior trade official in Lima.
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By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
16 April, 2013
China’s leading tilapia processor in terms of volume, Baiyang Aquatic in 2012 saw its revenues jump 15.5 percent to CNY 1.2 billion (USD 194 million, EUR 148 million) while profits jumped 59 percent to CNY 84 million (USD 14 million, EUR 10 million). The company attributes the increases to higher prices and recovering demand in its export markets.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
16 April, 2013
Two recently filed bills are threatening to change the way the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board operates.
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By SeafoodSource staff
15 April, 2013
Spain’s financial crisis could hit the livelihoods of hundreds of fishermen along the west coast after one of Europe’s top fishing companies filed for insolvency.
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By SeafoodSource staff
15 April, 2013
A proposal by the New England Fishery Management Council could open up portions of protected, closed areas of the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank to commercial fishing to compensate for dramatic cuts in catch limits for groundfish.
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By SeafoodSource staff
15 April, 2013
Unalaska’s largest seafood processor has selected a future president and CEO. Tom Enlow will take over Terry Shaff’s job at UniSea at an unspecified future date.
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By SeafoodSource staff
15 April, 2013
Deep cuts in catch limits will hit New England's fishing fleet in less than three weeks, and there's little hint any real relief is coming. But regulators and fishermen are still seeking ways to lessen a blow fishermen warn will finish them off.
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