Seafood supply chain industry news covering seafood distribution, processing, imports and exports and market analysis.
By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
29 December, 2009
European airlines are accused of inflating the cost of air freight by around 10 percent on a number of goods, including seafood, from 2000 to 2007.
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By SeafoodSource staff
29 December, 2009
Bank of Montreal gives Canada’s lobster fishery a much-needed plug by encouraging Canadians to dine on lobster this holiday season.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
28 December, 2009
The National Maritime Fisheries Committee of France says the 2010 quotas EU fisheries ministers recently hammered out "seriously compromise" the stability of many French fisheries.
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By SeafoodSource staff
28 December, 2009
The public comment period for the European Commission's green paper on the Common Fisheries Policy is winding down.
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By SeafoodSource staff
24 December, 2009
The Thai Frozen Food Association expects the country’s seafood exports to reach USD 3.55 billion next year.
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By Neil Ray, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Bangkok
22 December, 2009
Brian Jeffriess, CEO of the Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association, talks about the recent cut in the country’s southern bluefin tuna quota.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
22 December, 2009
The Southern Shrimp Alliance says it re-filed a petition to rescind U.S. antidumping tariffs on Thai shrimp after numerous technicalities in the documentation were cleared up.
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
18 December, 2009
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is recommending that the quota be increased from 5 million pounds to slightly more than 6.9 million pounds annually.
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By SeafoodSource staff
18 December, 2009
Simar Shipping says it sold 505 metric tons of crab to Global Fishing for USD 5.8 million but was never paid.
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 December, 2009
The Danish seafood supplier attributed its “unsatisfactory” fiscal 2009 results to the global financial crisis, weaker seafood demand, currency depreciation and high raw materials costs.
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 December, 2009
The Faeroe Islands pledges to comply with the EU’s new law to combat illegal fishing, which includes the implementation of a catch-certificate scheme.
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 December, 2009
The partnership will provide Canada’s Fisher King Seafoods with greater access to the global seafood market.
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By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
16 December, 2009
Bay of Biscay anchovies are among the stocks showing improved levels of recruitment thanks to conservation efforts, and the fishery will be reopened in 2010.
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By SeafoodSource staff
16 December, 2009
Norway’s fisheries minister says the country has gone to “great lengths” to reach a bilateral fisheries agreement for 2010 with the EU.
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By Neil Ray, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Bangkok
16 December, 2009
Fadel Muhammad, Indonesia’s new minister of fisheries and maritime affairs, has high hopes for the country’s seafood industry, which he says is failing to realize its potential.
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By SeafoodSource staff
15 December, 2009
John Rutherford will step down at the end of June 2010 after eight-plus years on the job.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
15 December, 2009
A lot is on the line as the EU fisheries council meets in Brussels this week to set 2010 fishing quotas, just days after talks with Norway collapsed.
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By SeafoodSource staff
14 December, 2009
The North Pacific Fisheries Management Council supports the 813,000-metric-ton quota recommended by scientists nearly a month ago.
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By SeafoodSource staff
14 December, 2009
In the first 10 months of 2009, U.S. shrimp imports fell just shy of the 1-billion-pound mark, down 3.3 percent from the same period in 2008.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
11 December, 2009
The agency releases a draft national policy advocating the use of catch shares to help end overfishing and rebuild fisheries and fishing communities.
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By SeafoodSource staff
11 December, 2009
The barring of Peter Xuong Lam from importing seafood into the United States marks the first time the agency has prohibited a food importer from conducting business.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
11 December, 2009
If a conflict between French truckers and the government is not resolved, seafood distributors could lose valuable Christmas sales.
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By Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor
11 December, 2009
The Dutch sustainable seafood restaurant and retail chain announced it sold its wholesale business and brand, but will continue to control its fisheries and restaurants.
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By SeafoodSource staff
11 December, 2009
San Diego-based tuna and salmon canner refinances debt and lowers it borrowing costs.
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By SeafoodSource staff
10 December, 2009
At 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, the agency will hold a teleconference announcing its draft national policy for the use of catch shares.
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