Seafood supply chain industry news covering seafood distribution, processing, imports and exports and market analysis.
By SeafoodSource staff
24 September, 2009
For the first time the public will determine the 2009 Maine Lobster Chef of the Year during Maine’s Harvest on the Harbor festival.
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By Catherine Zhang, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Beijing
23 September, 2009
With the help of Belgian-based Inve, Guangdong Evergreen Group plans to double its shrimp fry production to 20 billion fry.
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By SeafoodSource staff
23 September, 2009
The five-year, GBP 500,000 scam, carried out by One Food Ltd. of Daventry, England, involved farmed salmon falsely labeled as “organic.”
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By SeafoodSource staff
23 September, 2009
Producing more food for more people while combating poverty and hunger with scarce natural resources are the top challenges facing the global food industry, says the FAO.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
22 September, 2009
The EU failed to reach a qualified majority, rebuffing a proposal to temporarily suspend international trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna.
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By SeafoodSource staff
22 September, 2009
The program aims to provide short-term support to lobstermen suffering significant income losses due to the global economic downturn.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
21 September, 2009
The Bering Sea pollock population is lower than anticipated, and the number of incoming young fish may be down, which is bad news for the 2010 quota.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
21 September, 2009
The Scottish government weighs in on the European Union’s Common Fisheries Policy, releasing a report it commissioned in January.
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 September, 2009
The companies will commercialize technology providing onboard freezing capacity while processing at sea.
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By SeafoodSource staff
16 September, 2009
The plan-of-action sets goals for the country's wild and farmed seafood industries.
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By Chris Loew, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Osaka, Japan
16 September, 2009
SeafoodSource met up with TV personality Dave Eckert while on a shoot at yellowtail and sea bream farms near Japan's Shikoku Island for "Culinary Travels," his PBS program.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
16 September, 2009
The eastern English Channel will remain off-limits to under-10 meter British fishing vessels targeting cod through year's end.
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By SeafoodSource staff
16 September, 2009
Scott Miller and Randy Spencer have been named VP of foodservice distribution and VP of foodservice sales, respectively.
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By Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor
16 September, 2009
Pangasius continues to make inroads into European markets — the species now represents a whopping one-quarter of all fish consumed in Poland. But how long will this trend last?
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By SeafoodSource staff
16 September, 2009
WWF is calling on NAFO to implement new fishing restrictions after last year’s cod harvest on Canada’s Grand Banks exceeded the bycatch reduction quota by 119 percent.
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By SeafoodSource staff
15 September, 2009
Launched by Casco Bay lobstermen, Calendar Islands Lobster Co. is a fishermen-owned, vertically integrated business.
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By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
14 September, 2009
Costa Rica claims that the Spanish company is illegally dumping canned tuna in its market, resulting in the loss of more than 300 jobs in the country's largest province.
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By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
14 September, 2009
The president of the WFE executive committee shares his vision for this week’s World Fishing Exhibition in Vigo, Spain.
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By SeafoodSource staff
10 September, 2009
Britain’s fisheries minister is calling on consumers to participate in the fight against illegal fishing by looking for the “Ocean Wild” label when buying fish and chips.
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By Catherine Zhang, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Beijing
10 September, 2009
The Taiwanese government has increased its offer of low-interest loans to fish farmers struggling to recover from Typhoon Morakot.
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By SeafoodSource staff
10 September, 2009
Shrimp, tilapia, Nile perch and lobster are among the 100-plus goods believed to be produced using child or forced labor, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
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By SeafoodSource staff
10 September, 2009
Still, U.S. shrimp imports are on par with last year, down only 0.8 percent through the first seven months of 2009.
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By Neil Ray, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Bangkok
08 September, 2009
Malaysia’s science, technology and innovation minister is calling for the country to be among Asia’s top 10 seafood exporters.
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By SeafoodSource staff
08 September, 2009
Led by farmed salmon, Norwegian seafood exports exceeded NOK 3 billion for the eighth consecutive month in August.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
04 September, 2009
The European Commission also recommended cutting the 2010 Baltic Sea herring and sprat quotas to protect the ailing stocks.
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