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Unfavorable third quarter for Omega Protein

By SeafoodSource staff
04 November, 2009
The U.S. fish oil and fishmeal producer watched revenues and profits slide in the results for 2009.
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Skretting debuts upgraded fish feed

By SeafoodSource staff
04 November, 2009
The Norwegian company updated its Gemma Wean fish feed line to include micro algae, giving it an enhanced nutritional balance.
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New Zealand salmon farmer appoints CEO

By SeafoodSource staff
03 November, 2009
Grant Rosewarne will replace Paul Steere as CEO at New Zealand King Salmon.
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Nutreco nets Brazilian fish feed producer

By SeafoodSource staff
02 November, 2009
The Dutch giant has acquired fish feed and animal nutrition companies in 18 countries since 2006.
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HQ Sustainable obtains GlobalGAP certification

By SeafoodSource staff
02 November, 2009
The Seattle company’s Hainan Quebec Ocean Fishing Co. subsidiary is the first to earn the organization’s tilapia standards certification.
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Harvest Select promotes creation of U.S. jobs

By SeafoodSource staff
02 November, 2009
The Uniontown, Ala., processor’s latest campaign reinforces the catfish industry’s commitment to U.S. communities.
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SalMar posts record 3Q operating profit

By SeafoodSource staff
30 October, 2009
The Norwegian farmed salmon producer is also acquiring 100 percent of salmon and whitefish distributor Volstad Seafood.
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U.S. Foodservice, GAA partner

By SeafoodSource staff
29 October, 2009
The Columbia, Md., company is the first U.S. broadline distributor to offer farmed seafood carrying the Best Aquaculture Practices certification logo.
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Breakthrough for cod aquaculture

By SeafoodSource staff
29 October, 2009
Researchers have generated the first-ever draft sequence and assembly of the Atlantic cod genome.
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Ellice-Flint to chair Clean Seas Tuna

By SeafoodSource staff
27 October, 2009
Former Sanots Limited CEO John Ellice-Flint will replace the founder of the Australian aquaculture company, Hagen Stehr, effective 1 December.
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Omega Protein gets new credit facility

By SeafoodSource staff
26 October, 2009
The company's new loan consists of a revolving line of credit of up to USD 35 million.
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Tropical Aquaculture attains BAP certification

By SeafoodSource staff
26 October, 2009
The company’s Ecuadorian plants, Aquamar and Produmar, have a combined weekly exporting capacity of 500,000 pounds of fresh and frozen tilapia fillets.
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Presidential endorsement for trout farm

By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
23 October, 2009
Spain looks to aquaculture operations such as Truchas de La Alcarria, a trout farm situated in the Valderrebollo region and run by Naturix Iniciativas, to invigorate the country's economy.
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Bridson appointed to GAA committee

By SeafoodSource staff
22 October, 2009
Pete Bridson will serve on the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Standards Oversight Committee, overseeing development of the Best Aquaculture Practices certification program.
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Farmed fish is not ‘second class’

By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
22 October, 2009
The president of the Italian Fish Farming Association says more must be done to tout farmed seafood as affordable and sustainable to consumers.
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SouthFresh catfish obtains BAP certification

By SeafoodSource staff
21 October, 2009
The Oxford, Miss., company will also apply to get its feedmill certified as soon as the GAA finalizes the BAP guidelines.
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Clean Seas launches hiramasa recipe contest

By SeafoodSource staff
19 October, 2009
Applicants are asked to submit original recipes using raw, cooked or smoked preparations of the aquaculture company's yellowtail kingfish.
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New funding for Spanish aquaculture

By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
19 October, 2009
Spain's Ministry of Agriculture, Rural & Marine Affairs has set aside an additional EUR 1 million to support the country's aquaculture industry.
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Marine Harvest beats production forecast

By SeafoodSource staff
16 October, 2009
The world's largest farmed salmon producer churned out 80,000 metric tons of fish in the third quarter, topping its second-quarter projection by 10,000 metric tons.
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Q&A: Brian O’Hanlon, Open Blue Sea Farms

By Mercedes Grandin, SeafoodSource contributing editor
15 October, 2009
The company’s founder and president talks about the recent acquisition of Panama’s Pristine Oceans, the future of cobia farming, the prospect of open-ocean aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico and everything in between.
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Taiwan farmers struggle to recoup typhoon losses

By Catherine Zhang, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Beijing
13 October, 2009
Taiwan’s Council of Agricultural Affairs aims to boost the region’s grouper farms after suffering severe losses from Morakot.
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Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group hires director

By SeafoodSource staff
13 October, 2009
Rob Mitchell will spearhead business expansion for the shellfish producer.
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More ISA outbreaks in Chile

By SeafoodSource staff
12 October, 2009
A report from the Chilean government confirms plants owned by Marine Harvest and Fjord Seafood are experiencing new outbreaks of infectious salmon anemia.
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Q&A: Alistair Barge, Gigha Halibut

By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
08 October, 2009
SeafoodSource talks to the owner of Gigha Halibut, a company in Scotland that has pioneered sustainably farmed halibut.
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Marine Harvest to invest GPB 40m in new fish farms

By SeafoodSource staff
08 October, 2009
To meet growing European demand, the Norwegian company is planning to add four salmon farms to its portfolio in Scotland.
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