Seafood supply chain industry news covering seafood distribution, processing, imports and exports and market analysis.
By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
10 June, 2010
Louisiana’s oyster processors are fighting to stay afloat, as the Gulf of Mexico oil spill forces businesses to shut down temporarily and restaurants to remove oysters from the menu.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
10 June, 2010
French Fisheries Minister Bruno Le Maire asks the European Commission to provide formal proof that the French purse-seine fleet has reached its bluefin tuna quota.
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By Neil Ray, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Bangkok
10 June, 2010
Operation Tui Moana is under way in the South Pacific to identify vessels engaged in illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing.
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By SeafoodSource staff
10 June, 2010
Horizon Relief Corp. is formed to help fishermen and seafood workers cope with the financial and emotional consequences of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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By SeafoodSource staff
10 June, 2010
Developing better pollock fishery management models is among the marine research projects in Alaska that will receive funding over the next two years.
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By SeafoodSource staff
09 June, 2010
John Gurrad had a 37-year career in the container shipping industry, including APL and MOL America.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
08 June, 2010
Keith Decker, president and COO of High Liner Foods USA, talks to SeafoodSource about the company’s sustainability initiatives and the challenges of sourcing seafood.
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By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
07 June, 2010
The European Union’s new Seychelles Fisheries Partnership Agreement gives Spain the lion’s share of tuna-vessel licenses.
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By SeafoodSource staff
07 June, 2010
The New Bedford, Mass., scallop producer resumes full operations after a fire levels its unloading and storage plant.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
07 June, 2010
Some 153,000 baby eels are released to support the ailing Finnish and Baltic Sea eel stock.
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By SeafoodSource staff
04 June, 2010
Norwegian salmon exports set yet another monthly record in May, reaching NOK 2.5 billion, up 26 percent from May 2009.
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By SeafoodSource staff
03 June, 2010
A new study claims that without population diversity the Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery would close once every two to three years versus once every 25 years.
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By SeafoodSource staff
03 June, 2010
Fresh off two acquisitions in Peru, the company postpones its listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange to evaluate the potential for additional acquisitions.
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By SeafoodSource staff
02 June, 2010
The companies team up to build a facility to cook and pack shell-on coldwater shrimp for the growing Russian market.
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By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
01 June, 2010
Spain’s fisheries officials sign an agreement to stop illegal fishing, improve labeling, tighten product traceability and promote the high quality of the nation’s fish.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
01 June, 2010
The biannual Salon Saveurs exposition features artisan seafood producers such as Caviar de France, Fumage Artisanal d’Arzon and Mille et Une Huiles.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
01 June, 2010
Landings are off in Morocco, leaving French anchovy canners worried that they won’t be able to keep up with demand this year.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
01 June, 2010
Philippe Gendreau of La Perle des Dieux talks to SeafoodSource about his passion for sardines and his mission to elevate the status of the underrated fish.
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By SeafoodSource staff
28 May, 2010
The Western Fishboat Owners Association's site, pacificalbacore.com, aims to increase the market for local tuna in the United States.
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By SeafoodSource staff
27 May, 2010
Historically high prices for salmon and higher prices and lower costs at its sea bass- and sea bream-farming operation bolster Norwegian company’s first-quarter results.
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By SeafoodSource staff
26 May, 2010
The Rhode Island-based seafood importer adds frozen-at-sea cod, haddock and pollock fillets from the Icelandic company to its product mix.
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By SeafoodSource staff
26 May, 2010
The Faeroes salmon producer is transitioning from trout and salmon production to strictly salmon production at one of its division.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 May, 2010
The canned sardine brand is acquired by Procuritas Capital Investors IV for NOK 230 million to 255 million.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 May, 2010
The declaration clears the way for fishermen and seafood business to receive federal funding to help soften the economic hardship caused by the oil leak.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
25 May, 2010
The site and a report titled “Dirty Waters, Dangerous Fish” is the latest addition to Catfish Farmers of America’s public awareness campaign.
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