Fish industry news

Moscow-based Fly Fish Company, known as a large rapidly developing operator of international seafood market, is one step away from hitting RUB1.5 billion sales target, reports www.megafishnet.com

According to provisional figures, in January - May 2010 the catch of fish and non-finfish species in the Russian Far East considerably increased in comparison with the same period last year, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/)

Seattle Fish Company of New Mexico's commitment to the Marine Stewardship Council's (MSC) seafood sustainability program led them to become the first seafood supplier in the state to be MSC-certified and now they are also playing a leadership role in assisting other partners and merchants with obtaining MSC Chain of Custody certification. Seattle Fish Company of New Mexico recently assisted five area restaurants and a natural foods grocer in becoming MSC certified. The certification assures consumers that MSC-certified seafood can be traced back through the entire supply chain to a sustainable, well-managed fishery. Once certified, a business can apply to display MSC's internationally recognized blue ecolabel, reports www.megafishnet.com

The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, issued the statement below, following the conclusion of informal meetings held in Barcelona, Spain between a number of Atlantic bluefin tuna-harvesting countries, reports www.megafishnet.com

Due to discovery of forbidden and harmful substances in fish and non-finfish products coming to the Russian Federation Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) has strengthened control of products imported from fish processing plants of Spain and Chile, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/ )

A clear and explicit reference to human rights is among the new features in the revised business principles which were put in place earlier this year for all 115,000 A.P. Moller - Maersk employees, reports www.megafishnet.com

HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc. a leading producer of functional, sustainable Tilapia biomass, including fish and personal healthcare products, annnounced Lillian's Healthy Gourmet meals are now avaliable on Amazon.com, reports www.megafishnet.com

Young's Fish for Life programme for seafood sustainability will compete in Brussels on June 2nd against the best environmental initiatives from across Europe in the finals of the European Business Awards for the Environment, reports www.megafishnet.com

NOAA has extended the northern and southern boundaries of the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico to capture portions of the slick moving into waters off eastern Alabama and the western tip of the Florida panhandle, as well as some large patches of sheen moving onto the west Florida shelf and southward to Cuban waters, reports www.megafishnet.com

Herring production got underway at Vopnafjoerdur on 31 May 2010 when Lundey NS arrived with 300 tonnes of herring on board. Fishing on Atlanto-Scandian herring has just started and this was the first herring of the season to be landed in Vopnafjoerdur, reports www.megafishnet.com

The Association of Seafood Producers said the decision to close the shrimp plant in Jackson's Arm is the reality of the current structure of the fishery, reports www.megafishnet.com

The Marine Stewardship Council is seeking detailed proposals from qualified researchers to investigate the environmental impacts of MSC's third party certification program, based on the first 10 years of MSC's operations, reports www.megafishnet.com

Following a comprehensive assessment process by an independent certifier, Alaska's flatfish fisheries were certified today under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) environmental standard for sustainable and well-managed fisheries. Products from the flatfish fisheries off Alaska are now eligible to bear the blue MSC ecolabel, reports www.megafishnet.com

Last week's announcement of MSC certification of a portion of the Antarctic krill fishery attracted criticism from the Pew Environment Group. In particular, Pew questioned MSC rules that allow for the certification of a portion of a fishery; raised issues of how the needs of other dependent species were considered in the assessment process; and asserted that uncertainties with regards to the krill population and climate change should preclude certification. The MSC would like to address each of these concerns and clarify the MSC process as well as the krill assessment outcomes, reports www.megafishnet.com

Reference is made to the Company's announcements dated 21 January 2010, 12 February 2010, 18 February 2010, 26 February 2010, 26 March 2010, 20 April 2010 and 30 April 2010 in relation to the proposed secondary listing of all of its ordinary shares on the Oslo Bors of Norway, reports www.megafishnet.com

In Q1 of 2010, Landsbankinn's net after-tax profit was ISK 8.3 bn. After-tax profit for the whole of 2009 was ISK 14.3 bn. In 2009, ROE was 10%, reports www.megafishnet.com

Total value of catch of Icelandic vessels amounted to 20.6 billion ISK in January to February 2010, compared with 16.1 billion ISK in the first two months of 2009. Total value increased therefore by 28.1% between years, reports www.megafishnet.com

Commissioner's speech to European Parliament indicates direction of CFP Reform, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

Wholesale prices of Norwegian salmon on Russian seafood market have considerably increased and the market is looking upwards probably to draw in other species in the wake, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

Three Murmansk-based fishing companies are ready to build vessels, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/