All Industry News articles – Page 311
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NewsThai Union Frozen to buy rival tuna brands for $883m
Thai Union Frozen PCL is set to become one of the world''s largest canned tuna companies after announcing it will buy French-based canned seafood business MW Brands in a deal worth €680 million ($883.7 million).
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NewsNMFS agrees to re-propose rule against bycatch dumping
US commercial fishermen have reached an agreement with the NMFS regarding a change in a final rule for the Atlantic herring fishery issued in November 2009. The rule outlined new protocols that herring midwater trawl ships must follow in order to fish in an ocean area closed to nearly all ...
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EU signs high seas fishery resource convention
The European Union is the latest signatory to a key regional fisheries management convention which, once it enters into force, will ensure fishing from western Australia to South America is subject to agreed international rules.
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NewsCulimer introduces Global GAP certified shrimp
Dutch seafood supplier Culimer BV has introduced Global GAP certified white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) to its product range.
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NewsIndustrial flow-ice generators for Russian trawler
PAM Refrigeration recently delivered two unique packaged, ammonia, ice generators to Cape Town harbour for installation on a Russian trawler, fishing in South African waters for horse mackerel.
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NewsFindus launches Fish for Life website
A new website has been launched which explains in greater detail the operation of the Fish for Life sustainable sourcing programme used by UK-based Young’s Seafood and the Findus Group.
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NewsHerpes outbreak threatens UK oysters
Samples taken from Pacific oyster species harvested off the coast of Whitstable, Kent, UK, have tested positive for type one oyster herpes, according to the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas).
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Irish government unveils three-year seafood plan
Irish Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Brendan Smith TD and Minister of State with responsibility for Fisheries, Sean Connick TD, launched Bord Iascaigh Mhara’s (BIM’s) new three year strategy (2010–2012) and the Irish Seafood National Programme to 2013.
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US lobster fishermen get reprieve on ban
The American Lobster Management Board has shelved the proposal for a five-year ban on lobster catching south of Cape Cod.
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Louisiana blue crab fishery pursues MSC eco-label
Louisiana’s Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board has entered the blue crab fishery into the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification programme.
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NewsHB Grandi lands 15,000 tonnes of pelagics
HB Grandi’s vessels have landed around 15,000 tonnes of herring and mackerel so far this season. In previous years mackerel has primarily been a bycatch with herring but now mackerel accounts for some 60% of catches.
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NewsStorm Bonnie halts BP spill clean up
Work at the site of the Gulf of Mexico BP oil spill will stop for 10-12 days until Tropical Storm Bonnie has passed.
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NewsNOAA reopens one-third of closed Gulf
No oil has been observed for 30 days in 26,388 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico being reopened for fishing.
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NZ’s new aquaculture regulations on track
New Zealand’s government is on track to set new regulations for the aquaculture industry that will allow the backlog of applications to be dealt with, according to fisheries minister Phil Heatley.
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Vietnam processors run low on shrimp, pangasius exports rise
Seafood exports out of Vietnam have grown this year but processors are now facing a shortage of shrimp. In the first half of this year, exported shrimp prices increased 84% in France, 20% in Japan and 7% in the US.
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Shetland seafood firms praised by Jamie Oliver team
Shetland’s seafood suppliers have received a glowing review from two top members of staff at Jamie Oliver’s Restaurant Fifteen in London.
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Group comes up with ideas to prevent Hawaii dolphin bycatch
Fishermen who use longlines to catch ahi, mahimahi and other fish off Hawaii should use a different kind of hook so they do not accidentally severely injure or kill a rare dolphin species, a federal advisory group said.
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Salmon firm buys Western Isles farms
The last significant independent fish farming operation in Scotland’s Western Isles has been bought.
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Mumbles lifeboat rescues trawler from mussel haul
A mass of mussel shells caught in a UK trawler’s nets forced the crew to call for help after the weight of it caught difficulty in manoeuvring.
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Greenpeace urges responsible seafood buying in Japan
Greenpeace Japan has released its first seafood ranking guide “red listing” 15 fish species that should be removed from Japanese shelves, including five different species of tuna.
