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Clear Springs names broker of the year

By SeafoodSource staff
15 March, 2013
Rainbow trout farming firm Clear Springs Foods has named Omega Marketing of Denver as its Broker of the Year for 2012.
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Cermaq appoints Ewos CEO

By SeafoodSource staff
15 March, 2013
Norwegian feed and salmon farming firm Cermaq appointed Deputy COO of Feed Einar Wathne as COO of feed unit Ewos.
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Clean Seas pins profit hopes on kingfish

By SeafoodSource staff
15 March, 2013
Clean Seas Tuna has told investors it hopes to post a profit by 2015.
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Loch Duart joint venture farm rejected

By SeafoodSource staff
14 March, 2013
The Nova Scotia government is turning its back on rural communities and throwing away dozens of jobs by rejecting an application for a fish farm in Shoal Bay, aquaculture company Snow Island Salmon said Wednesday.
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China firm cultivating salmon for live sales

By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
13 March, 2013
China’s demand for salmon is spurring domestic aquaculture firms to breed the fish locally — with mixed results.
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Boston blog: Another show winds down

By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
12 March, 2013
There is just one day left for exhibitors and attendees to rub elbows on the show floor.
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Canadian fish farms fight back

By SeafoodSource staff
07 March, 2013
The Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia is taking aim at critics of the industry.
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Vietnam launches pangasius farming trade group

By SeafoodSource staff
05 March, 2013
The Vietnam Tra Fish Association (VTFA) was established in the southern Mekong delta An Giang province last Saturday, reported Vietnamese state-run news agency on Monday.
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Aquaculture firms tap into China stock market recovery

By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
05 March, 2013
A recovery in China’s stock markets appears to have come at the right time for the country’s ambitious aquaculture and seafood processing firms, aiming to raise funds for expansion.
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Clear Springs announces expansion

By SeafoodSource staff
05 March, 2013
Rainbow trout farming company Clear Springs Foods, has announced a major expansion this week, acquiring three new facilities in the past few months.
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Pescanova to sell salmon farm

By SeafoodSource staff
01 March, 2013
Spain's stock market regulator suspended trading in fishing firm Pescanova's shares on Friday after the company failed to release results before an end of February deadline.
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NGO: Don’t be afraid of ‘Fish Fight’

By SeafoodSource staff
01 March, 2013
A major fisheries non-government organization is urging the aquaculture industry not to abandon shrimp feed sourcing from Asian countries, despite the U.K. “Fish Fight” television program exposing environmental damage connected to Asian shrimp fishmeal production.
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NZ King Salmon welcomes EPA decision

By SeafoodSource staff
28 February, 2013
New Zealand King Salmon on Thursday announced the Environmental Protection Agency has given the green light to four new salmon farms.
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China to announce aquaculture insurance framework

By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
28 February, 2013
The eyes of the world aquaculture insurance industry will be on China next month, when the government is expected to announce the framework for co-funding of insurance to cover the country’s millions of aquaculture cultivators.
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Akva 4Q profit falls

By SeafoodSource staff
27 February, 2013
Aquaculture technology group Akva on Wednesday reported fourth quarter revenues of NOK 174.3 million (USD 30.6 million, EUR 23.4 million), down from NOK 191 million (USD 33.5 million, EUR 25.6 million) in the same time period in 2011.
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ASC appoints Brazil representative

By SeafoodSource staff
26 February, 2013
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council has appointed Laurent Viguie as its representative in Brazil.
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25 February, 2013
President of the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA), talks about the major issues affecting global aquaculture production - particularly disease management - and the North Atlantic Seafood Forum in Norway in early March.
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Alaska proposes federal farm ban

By SeafoodSource staff
25 February, 2013
New legislation introduced by Alaska's Representative Don Young would prohibit the authorization of commercial aquaculture in federal waters.
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Codfarmers to sell subsidiaries

By SeafoodSource staff
22 February, 2013
Cod farming group Codfarmers — which said earlier this week that it would de-list from the Oslo Stock Exchange — announced on Friday it signed a letter of intent with a “financially strong industrial player” regarding Codfarmers’ sale of Atlantic Cod Farms and its subsidiaries (ACF) — with the exception of Festoy Elendom.
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Cooke doubles sea bass production

By SeafoodSource staff
20 February, 2013
Cooke Aquaculture Inc. will double sea bass production in Spain this year, while actively seeking an acquisition in Chile, spokeswoman Nell Halse said Monday.
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Codfarmers plans to go private

By SeafoodSource staff
20 February, 2013
Norwegian farmed cod producer Codfarmers on Wednesday announced it would de-list its shares from the Oslo Stock Exchange due to severe financial challenges.
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Trout aquaculture standards completed

By SeafoodSource staff
20 February, 2013
The World Wildlife Fund on Wednesday announced the global standards for its freshwater trout aquaculture dialogue have been completed.
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Kenya's aquaculture production up 500%

By SeafoodSource staff
19 February, 2013
Aquaculture production in Kenya has risen over 500 percent in the last four years according to the latest statistics by the ministry of Fisheries Development.
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Scottish Salmon Co. plans new farm

By SeafoodSource staff
14 February, 2013
The Scottish Salmon Company has submitted a planning application for a new farm site at Reibinish as part of the company’s key objective to increase volumes and help secure a sustainable business in the Western Isles.
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FDA flooded with comments on GM salmon

By SeafoodSource staff
14 February, 2013
Almost 30,000 comments have poured into the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about Canadian genetically modified salmon since the agency announced preliminary assessments found the altered fish pose no significant environmental impact.
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