Seafood supply chain industry news covering seafood distribution, processing, imports and exports and market analysis.
By Fiona Robinson, SeaFood Business editor and associate publisher
30 January, 2013
Attendees at the second Global Seafood Market Conference were given an update on how the global economy may impact the protein sector, and the outlook is not very rosy.
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By SeafoodSource staff
29 January, 2013
According to the Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the breeding area for pangasius fish is currently around 5,910 hectares with output around 1.28 million tons and export turnover of USD 1.74 billion, a year-on-year drop of 3.4 percent.
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By SeafoodSource staff
29 January, 2013
More than 3,000 workers at the Minh Phu-Hau Giang Seafood Processing Company in Chau Thanh District in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang stopped work on 27 January to demand for Tet bonus.
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By SeafoodSource staff
29 January, 2013
New Brunswick fishermen are closely watching negotiations between Canada
and the European Union as the two try to hammer out a free trade deal.
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By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
29 January, 2013
A free trade agreement with China as well as difficulties faced by Norway are both driving imports of Chilean salmon.
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By SeafoodSource staff
29 January, 2013
The few fishermen who still ply New England's waters for cod, haddock and other groundfish are bracing for a double dose of bad news this week.
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By SeafoodSource staff
29 January, 2013
Canada's High Liner Foods on 28 January said it has received approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange to purchase up to 250,000 of the 15,128,869 issued and outstanding common shares of the company, representing about 3 percent of the public float as of 22 January.
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By SeafoodSource staff
28 January, 2013
Halibut catches weren’t slashed as much as people feared, although they still continue on a downward trend — and the outlook is grim.
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By SeafoodSource staff
28 January, 2013
Blind-sided by a consultant's report, a delegation of Island lobster fisherman stormed out of a meeting in Moncton Wednesday with the future of the P.E.I. lobster industry on the line.
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By SeafoodSource staff
28 January, 2013
Rainforest Seafoods last Friday opened a brand new state-of-the-art facility at Slipe Road, Kingston.
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By Fiona Robinson, SeaFood Business editor and associate publisher
28 January, 2013
National Fisheries Institute members meet this week in Santa Monica, Calif., at the Global Seafood Market Conference. The annual event highlights industry trends and species-specific supply outlooks.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 January, 2013
Schouw and Co A/S announced that it has divested its holding of 1,000,000 shares in Leroy Seafood Group ASA, which were held by the subsidiary BioMar AS in Norway.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 January, 2013
Vancouver, British Columbia-based Premium Brands Holdings Corp.
announced this week that it was expanding its operations in the province
with a new seafood processing facility and the acquisition of an
existing processor.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 January, 2013
After dropping slightly last week, prices of fresh Norway salmon exports climbed back up from 14 January to 20 January, according to data from Statistics Norway.
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By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
25 January, 2013
The end of January signals the culmination of the year-long fishing dispute engulfing the European Union, Morocco and Spain.
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
25 January, 2013
Chicken of the Sea and other global private label and branded canned
tuna lines are the target of a recent investigation involving child
labor and other violations at tuna factories in Thailand.
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By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
24 January, 2013
Recent reforms of the export tax code on aquaculture products in
Burma/Myanmar have created opportunities for the country's aquaculture
sector, the world’s 12th largest in volume terms, according to an
advisor to Burmese aquaculture and aquafeed firms.
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By SeafoodSource staff
24 January, 2013
The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) has joined up with China’s most popular microblogging website, Sina Weibo.
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By SeafoodSource staff
23 January, 2013
Iran exported about 36,000 tons of fishery products, worth around USD
145 million (EUR 108.8 million), during the first nine months of the
current Iranian calendar year (March 20-December 20, 2012).
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By SeafoodSource staff
23 January, 2013
Korea has vowed to crack down harder on illegal fishing by Chinese trawlers in the West Sea.
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By SeafoodSource staff
23 January, 2013
A roughly 80 percent cut in Gulf of Maine Cod annual catch and a 61 percent cut in Georges Bank cod are being recommended to fisheries regulators by a special four-person panel.
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By SeafoodSource staff
23 January, 2013
Iglo Foods Group announced effective 21 January, Erhard Schoewel has taken over from Martin Glenn as interim CEO.
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By SeafoodSource staff
23 January, 2013
It’s a tiny difference — just one millimeter or about 1/25th of an inch — but it is prompting a large battle between PEI and New Brunswick fishermen over the size of the lobster they can catch in the shared waters of the Northumberland Strait.
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By SeafoodSource staff
22 January, 2013
Vietnam’s tuna exports shot up in November 2012, going up more than 50
percent compared to the same period in 2011, and total exports from
January to November were also up over 50 percent, according to the
latest report from the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and
Producers (VASEP).
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By SeafoodSource staff
22 January, 2013
A viral outbreak at NAFC Marine Center has led to the cull of more than 9,000 fish, in an effort to contain the infection.
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