Seafood supply chain industry news covering seafood distribution, processing, imports and exports and market analysis.
By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
12 July, 2010
In France, sales of frozen seafood are picking up, and demand for fresh fish remains “dynamic,” according to FranceAgriMer.
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By SeafoodSource staff
09 July, 2010
Despite reports of a relatively quiet summer for red tide, recent tests by the Maine Department of Marine Resources show reason for concern.
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By SeafoodSource staff
08 July, 2010
After four days of negotiations, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Europe’s largest tuna fishing company reached a USD 5 million settlement over IUU fishing claims.
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By SeafoodSource staff
06 July, 2010
Premium Brands Holdings Corp. expands its seafood operations into central Canada by landing a 76 percent stake in the Toronto-based fresh and live seafood supplier.
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By SeafoodSource staff
06 July, 2010
Three Spanish tuna vessels fishing in the Mozambique EEZ are notified for failing to report their catch to authorities.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
02 July, 2010
The adoption of new rules for organic aquaculture across the European Union opens the door for the segment's growth.
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By SeafoodSource staff
02 July, 2010
Citing turbulence in European markets, the Hong Kong-based company abandons a secondary listing of its shares on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
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By SeafoodSource staff
30 June, 2010
Because of discrepancies on health-certificate standards for live shellfish, U.S. exports of live bivalves to the European Union are halted indefinitely.
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By SeafoodSource staff
29 June, 2010
The Polish salmon processor raises NOK 1.45 billion as part of its initial public offering.
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By SeafoodSource staff
29 June, 2010
More than half of respondents to a University of Minnesota survey say the oil spill has affected their seafood consumption habits.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
28 June, 2010
FranceAgriMer’s latest marketing campaign features the tagline “Fish from our coast, it’s not complicated to taste!”
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
28 June, 2010
French Fisheries Minister Bruno Le Maire calls for “greater cohesion” between the different members of the country’s seafood supply chain.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 June, 2010
The Houston-based fish-oil producer will receive shrimp hull raw material from Mississippi processors, who will be allowed to access to the facility for free.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
25 June, 2010
The European project is using RFID tagging technology to track fish and, as a result, boost retail seafood sales.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
24 June, 2010
The EU fisheries committee is trying to strike a balance between meeting the growing demand for seafood through imports and protecting the region’s seafood industry.
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By SeafoodSource staff
24 June, 2010
The Seattle-based seafood supplier partners with Alaska village of Kaltag and Yukon River Gold LLC to bring Yukon River chum, or keta, salmon to market.
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By SeafoodSource staff
23 June, 2010
Two Brookings, Ore., fishermen claim Pacific Seafood Group are monopolizing four West Coast seafood markets: Dungeness crab, coldwater shrimp, groundfish and whiting.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
22 June, 2010
In the first of a series of meetings, oysters growers talk to French Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Bruno LeMaire about the viral disease crippling the country’s oyster production.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
21 June, 2010
In the last two years, more than 1 million Brits ate fresh salmon for the first time.
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By SeafoodSource staff
21 June, 2010
One of the two new bills authorizes the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to develop certification standards for Louisiana seafood.
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By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
17 June, 2010
After being slapped with a EUR 6 million fine by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for illegal fishing, Spain’s Albacora S.A. says its vessel, Albacora Uno, never caught a single tuna in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone.
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 June, 2010
Arni Thomson, executive director of the Alaska Crab Coalition, takes the helm of the United Fishermen of Alaska.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
16 June, 2010
The first wave of summer king salmon shows up in Alaska’s lower Yukon River, about five days behind schedule.
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
15 June, 2010
Louisiana seafood officials urge Congress to support offshore oil drilling but say there’s a better way to manage precautionary fishing closures.
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By SeafoodSource staff
15 June, 2010
The USD 7.4 million civil penalty facing Spain’s Albacora S.A. is the highest ever assessed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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