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Staff at HB Grandi's Akranes factory are waiting for this season's pearlside fishery to now that two of the company vessels are searching for fish from the Skerja Deeps to grounds east of the Westmann Islands. Staff have been preparing the factory, which has not processed any fish since July, reports www.megafishnet.com

Those studies used overly simple datasets to produce an index known as mean trophic level (MTL). Detecting and tracking changes in marine biodiversity requires a more sophisticated approach to measurement and we welcome this new analysis. It may well lay the basis for better and more sustainable management of fisheries and their ecosystems, reports www.megafishnet.com

Walmart Canada announced the opening of its first sustainable fresh food distribution centre, a state-of-the-art facility that will be an estimated 60% more energy-efficient than the company's traditional refrigerated centres and that will help the company avoid approximately USD4.8 million in energy costs over five years. One of North America's most energy-efficient distribution centres, the Balzac facility is a living lab of sustainability and includes the company's first pilots of hydrogen fuel cells, solar thermal and wind power, as well as many other sustainability features and products, reports www.megafishnet.com

Fishing has started on pearlside and two of HB Grandi's pelagic vessels, Faxi RE and Lundey NS, sailed last Saturday, reports www.megafishnet.com

WWF is calling on governments gathering for key talks on the Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna to set an end to rule-bending and impunity for illegal fishing which led to decades of overexploitation and brought the species to the brink of extinction, reports www.megafishnet.com

Stolt-Nielsen S.A. announced that all agenda items were approved at an Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders held to vote upon the proposed plan to migrate the location of the parent company to Bermuda from Luxembourg, where SNSA is currently registered, reports www.megafishnet.com

The Sakhalin Salmon Initiative Center and the Sakhalin Regional Fisheries Association, which include 11 commercial fishing companies in the Russian Federation, have entered three pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) fisheries, called units of certification, into independent, third-party assessment against the Marine Stewardship Council principles and criteria for sustainable fishing, reports www.megafishnet.com

The Moscow-based Meridian Group, one of the largest fish-processing enterprises and importers in Russia, reports a considerable increase of sales revenue in the third quarter 2010, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

Malaysian export of seafood products to Russia is expected to be resumed by the end of the year 2010, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

Russia's major pollock harvester Preobrazhenskaya Base of Trawl Fleet based in the Russian Far East has published the financial results in the first 9 months of 2010, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

ROK-1 Group one of Russia's leading value-added processors, has announced the financial results in the third quarter 2010, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

Diversifying conglomerate San Miguel Corporation posted a performance for the first nine months, boosted by growth in its core businesses and contributions from its power generation subsidiaries, reports www.megafishnet.com

Blount Fine Foods, a leading manufacturer of hand-crafted artisan soups and seafood products, today released its Thanksgiving Must-Haves as a reminder for restaurant and foodservice customers to be sure to enhance their traditional offering with contemporary taste, reports www.megafishnet.com

With the certification of its first feed mill and associated "four-star" aquaculture operation, the Best Aquaculture Practices program continues to progress as the leading global certification system for farmed seafood, reports www.megafishnet.com

GC Rieber Oils is entering into an expanded growth phase with the opening of its omega-3 concentrate plant in Kristiansund Norway on Monday the 8th of November 2010, reports www.megafishnet.com

Clearwater reported third quarter sales of USD85.4 million and EBITDA of USD17.4 million versus 2009 comparative figures of USD74.5 and USD12.0 million representing growth rates of 14.6% and 45.0% respectively, reports www.megafishnet.com

Reaching lengths of a metre or more and weighing up to 50 kg, Asian carp consume about 40 percent of their body weight each day, reports www.megafishnet.com

In the third quarter 2010 the Nakhodka-based BAMR supplied the main part of its production volume to the domestic market, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/

One of leading Russian seafood importers Talex Holding Group of Companies is planning to boost processing capacity to meet the growing demand for value-added seafood products on the domestic market, reports http://www.megafishnet.com

Total catch of Icelandic vessels in October 2010 was 83,261 tonnes compared to 67,023 tonnes in October 2009, reports www.megafishnet.com