Fish industry news

Once again Seafood Holdings on 18th April 2010 came 52nd out of the 100 most fast growing profitable private companies in the UK, reports www.megafishnet.com

Wholesalers and retailers have discovered the reliable super frozen alternative to fresh tuna. Due to ash clouds of the volcano eruption in Iceland most of the European countries closed their airspace and did not allow any flight into their country. That means no import of fresh tuna. The market has been looking for alternatives for the last couple of days, which has more than doubled the demand for our super frozen products, reports www.megafishnet.com

Cornish fishermen are today showing their commitment to sustainable fishing as they announce the start of their assessment for the coveted Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) ecolabel for the Cornish gill-net hake fishery, reports www.megafishnet.com

The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today announced that the Government of Canada will invest $67 million to improve small craft harbours in communities throughout Canada, reports www.megafishnet.com

This briefing released by Sustainable Fisheries Partnership describes the current scoring for the main reduction fisheries worldwide by the assessment methodology known as FishSource (www.fishsource.org) which has been devised by the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership. The scoring does not currently cover data poor ‘trash fish' fisheries in Asia even though they account for very large catches (perhaps in total as large as Peruvian Anchovy) and supply significant amounts of fishmeal to aquaculture, reports www.megafishnet.com

Terminals in the right locations, competitive pricing and better customer relationships will create market recognition for APM Terminals as the leading port operator in the world within five years, vows CEO Kim Fejfer. The company will invest and strive to have a much more cost conscious approach to managing ports and terminals going forward, reports www.megafishnet.com

The Sustainable Ocean Summit will bring together Corporate Ocean
Responsibility” leaders to tackle an ambitious program on shared
marine environmental challenges, reports www.megafishnet.com

The European Seafood Exposition and Seafood Processing Europe will be taking place in Brussels next week, reports www.megafishnet.com

Black Star Gourmet's Caviar Gift Sets include everything needed for the ultimate gourmet caviar experience, reports www.megafishnet.com

An Independent Adjudicator has asked third-party certifier Moody Marine Ltd to consider the information of an additional report in its scoring of 5 of the 31 performance indicators used to assess the Aker BioMarine Antarctic krill fishery. The decision follows a 13-month scientific assessment of the fishery by Moody Marine, and a 4 month review of an objection to their finding that the fishery meets the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard. The Independent Adjudicator, Mr Eldon V.C. Greenberg, found that it was a "serious procedural error" for the certifier not to have taken into account a new risk assessment prepared by Watters, et al (2009)[1], published near the end of the assessment process, reports www.megafishnet.com

On 21 April 2010, the Board of Directors for Leroy Seafood Group ASA (LSG) employed acting CEO Henning Beltestad as the CEO of LSG, reports www.megafishnet.com

Bay Bulls, Newfoundland and Labrador - Senator Fabian Manning, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, announced today that C&W Industrial Fabrication of Bay Bulls, Newfoundland and Labrador, will build 15 new environmental response barges for the Canadian Coast Guard. The $2.5 million contract was awarded as part of Canada's Economic Action Plan, reports www.megafishnet.com

OTTAWA - The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, met with her provincial counterparts from Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island to discuss issues affecting the snow crab fishery in the southern Gulf of St Lawrence. Fishing fleets are scheduled to begin their annual snow crab harvest this week. With the crab stock at a low point in its natural cycle of abundance, the 2010 fishery poses particular challenges, reports www.megafishnet.com

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR - Ten individuals were recently convicted of Atlantic salmon and cod violations following investigations by Fisheries and Oceans Canada fishery officers and guardians, reports www.megafishnet.com

With a new €6,8 mill. contract for delivery of 3 complete turn-key fish farms to Cromaris in Croatia, AKVA group is now well underway to meet its strategy to become a true turn-key aquaculture supplier, reports www.megafishnet.com

Seattle-based Trace Register, LLC, and Honolulu-based Norpac Fisheries Export, the export arm of one of the world's most environmentally conscious Bigeye Ahi longline fishing fleets, have signed a deal to use the Trace Register® system to verify the vessel and origin of several commercially caught pelagic-ocean-dwelling-species from the Western Pacific. The species include Bigeye Ahi (tuna), Opah, Monchong, and others that are sold under the Norpac label, "Hawaiian Select", reports www.megafishnet.com

The European Seafood Exposition, in its 18th year, and Seafood Processing Europe, in its 12th year, will take place 27-29 April, 2010 at the Parc des Expositions in Brussels, Belgium. Together, these events make up the world's largest seafood fair and attract visitors from more than 140 countries, from 6 continents around the globe, reports www.megafishnet.com

The Postcode Lottery (a charity lottery) has launched a new funding initiative ‘Project Oceans'. The 7 million Euros fund has been created with the goal to increase consumer awareness about the challenges the oceans are facing, and to support the work of organisations that focus on protection of the oceans and sustainable seafood solutions, reports www.megafishnet.com

This year Mars Petcare Europe will begin rolling out MSC certification across a selection of fish varieties in the SHEBA® and WHISKAS® brand portfolios across Europe, offering consumers a choice of more sustainable pet food products for the first time, reports www.megafishnet.com

After having a long spell of stormy weather in the Pacific coast of Japan, Choshi's mackerel catch has been poor for many days. But suddenly on the 14th of April, 2010 a total of 3,000 tons of mackerel landed in Choshi and Hasaki port, reports www.megafishnet.com