Seafood supply chain industry news covering seafood distribution, processing, imports and exports and market analysis.
By SeafoodSource staff
01 September, 2009
The global treaty, which 91 countries are expected to sign, is the first ever to focus specifically on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
01 September, 2009
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has formed a task force to look at the impact of imported shrimp on the state’s struggling shrimp industry.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
31 August, 2009
The U.S. Court of International Trade says U.S. Customs and Border Protection's enhanced bonding requirement "arbitrarily and capriciously" targeted U.S. shrimp importers.
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By SeafoodSource staff
31 August, 2009
A subpar pink salmon harvest in Southeast Alaska and Prince William Sound is primarily to blame for this year’s lower-than-anticipated Alaska salmon catch.
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By SeafoodSource staff
31 August, 2009
Duke University’s new Walking Fish program teams students with North Carolina fishermen to sell local seafood to the public.
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By SeafoodSource staff
27 August, 2009
The Web site uses the environmental group’s research to track IUU fishing vessels’ movements and evaluate ports’ performance in combating IUU fishing.
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By Neil Ray, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Bangkok
27 August, 2009
Top of the agenda is sustainability of the global tuna industry and coping with declining tuna stocks in the western and central Pacific.
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By SeafoodSource staff
26 August, 2009
The Scottish farmed salmon company posted an operating profit in the second quarter of 2009, and its harvest volume more than doubled from the first to second quarter.
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By SeafoodSource staff
26 August, 2009
The Måløy, Norway-based fishing and seafood company posted a marginal operating loss in the second quarter of 2009, a significant improvement from 2008.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
26 August, 2009
As fishermen stage a rally off Martha’s Vineyard in protest of catch shares, NOAA Fisheries quietly adopts the East Coast’s second catch-share program for tilefish.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 August, 2009
The Miami-based company will make Grants its flagship smoked salmon facility in Europe.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 August, 2009
A North Carolina entrepreneur has come up with a way to extract crabmeat from the shell without cooking it and formulate the crabmeat into medallions, nuggets or patties.
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By Catherine Zhang, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Beijing
24 August, 2009
The country is putting stimulus monies to use, investing more than CNY 110 in its fishing and aquaculture industries between January and July.
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By SeafoodSource staff
19 August, 2009
The Norwegian company’s second-quarter results are in, and the news is positive.
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By SeafoodSource staff
19 August, 2009
Massachusetts-based PanaPesca will market and distribute Pescaviar gourmet caviar products in the U.S. market.
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By SeafoodSource staff
18 August, 2009
The Norwegian company experienced an increase in harvest volume, but its sales declined 18 percent in the first half of 2009.
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By SeafoodSource staff
18 August, 2009
The Canadian canned tuna producer is promoting five-minute, five-ingredient seafood recipes on its Web site this fall.
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 August, 2009
Through May, U.S. shrimp imports were down 2.1 percent. However, they continue to rebound, and through May they were down only 0.9 percent.
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 August, 2009
The Mekong Delta’s largest seafood processing facility will be operational in 2012 and produce up to 20,000 metric tons of seafood products annually.
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 August, 2009
Only about 150,000 fish have returned so far, not even half the number that would return in a normal year and well below the projected 650,000.
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By Mercedes Grandin, SeafoodSource contributing editor
17 August, 2009
The association is promoting a guide featuring local varieties of Pacific oysters from across Great Britain.
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By Chris Loew, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Osaka, Japan
13 August, 2009
The Japanese seafood giant’s first-quarter sales were down 12 percent, but the company posted a net profit during the period.
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By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
13 August, 2009
There are still a lot of opportunities for Spanish seafood companies to increase their presence in the domestic market, according to an ongoing study.
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By SeafoodSource staff
13 August, 2009
The Oregon-based seafood supplier says the purchase adds to its ability to source and produce quality smoked salmon.
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By SeafoodSource staff
12 August, 2009
The Chinese seafood-based snack producer and seafood distributor saw a 12.9 percent increase in revenues in the second quarter of 2009.
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