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MSC Chain of Custody (CoC) certificate holders now have confirmation of the option to combine future audits of their compliance with the MSC standard with audits of certain food safety standards, following the MSC's benchmarking project, reports www.megafishnet.com

In early December 2010 scientists from Vladivostok-based TINRO-Centre fishery research institute have gathered to discuss results of stock surveys in the seas of the Russian Far East Basin, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/ (http://www.fishnet.com/)

The Argentine anchovy (Engraulis anchoita), management unit Bonaerense, semi-pelagic mid-water trawl net fishery operating in the area administrated by the Joint Technical Commission of the Maritime Front (CTMFM) and north of 41ºS in the Argentine Sea, today entered full assessment in the Marine Stewardship Council's (MSC) certification program for sustainable and well-managed fisheries. The fishery will be assessed by an independent certifier against the MSC standard for sustainable fishing. If successful, products from this fishery will be eligible to bear the blue MSC ecolabel, reports www.megafishnet.com

Singapore Exchange Mainboard-listed Pacific Andes Resources Development Limited, a leading global frozen fish supplier with an integrated supply chain spanning industrial fishing, global sourcing and ocean transportation, is pleased to announce that the Group has signed a Sale and Purchase agreement to acquire 19.76% of ASX-Listed Tassal, a vertically integrated salmon grower, processor, seller and marketer, for A$51.7 million (approximately S$67.0 million), reports www.megafishnet.com

At the 27th session of the Russian-Japanese Fisheries Commission the nations have signed a protocol on cooperation in the sphere of fisheries at the coastline of both countries, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/)

Scottish langoustine is the main production of the Braehead (SFO Enterprises) Ltd processing unit in Fraserburgh, Scotland, reports www.megafishnet.com

FISHNET (www.megafishnet.com) has produced and published Sortable E-Guide of Russian TACs 2009-2011

The December issue of Seafood International magazine named Icelandic USA's, Yuengling Lager Panko Breaded Scallops one of the best new products of 2010. The annual selection features the latest innovations in product development in the seafood industry and this year, featured more than 75 products, reports www.megafishnet.com

The capelin season has already started with three pelagic vessels searching for fish north of Iceland. Two of HB Grandi's vessels, Ingunn AK and Faxi RE, sailed last week, along with Borkur NK. By Monday morning, Ingunn had 600 tonnes on board while Faxi had been unfortunate enough to damage its purse seine and the crew spent the night working on repairs, reports www.megafishnet.com

The EU and Norway signed an agreement on mutual fishing arrangements for 2011 in the early hours of Saturday morning 4th December in Bergen, Norway, reports www.megafishnet.com

Dias Aqua Culture S.A. announced that it has decided the merger by absorption of its wholly owned subsidiaries namely, Pelagos Aqua Culture SA and Frutti Di Mare SA, reports www.megafishnet.com

Fusion Marine has successfully completed the installation of a fish farm in Ghana for tilapia. Production on the farm on the Volta River is envisaged to be in the region of 275 tonnes of fish per year with output expected to increase further in a couple of years time, reports www.megafishnet.com

Leading local seafood processing companies are looking for alternative markets to penetrate with new products, after losing their market share in Europe during an almost one-year ban on Malaysian seafood by the European Union, reports www.megafishnet.com

Skandi-Seafoods Ltd, a joint venture of such giants as Ocean Trawlers and A.Espersen, has commissioned a new fish plant to process Russian cod and haddock in Vietnam, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/)

In early December 2011 Saint Petersburg hosted 19th Russian-Greenland consultations on fisheries cooperation in 2011, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/)

The European Commission and the Member States adopted the final text of the guidelines for the distinction between feed materials, feed additives, biocidal products and veterinary medicinal products. FEFANA (EU Association of Specialty Feed Ingredients and their Mixtures) said it warmly welcomes the decision taken by the EC, which provides to companies and authorities a proper tool to classify their products in a transparent and predictable manner, reports www.megafishnet.com

The final step in the process of creating global standards for responsible shrimp aquaculture began on December 1 - when the Shrimp Aquaculture Dialogue (ShAD) kicked off the last public comment period for the draft standards, reports www.megafishnet.com

OOO Russian Sea-Aquaculture, a member company of Russian Sea Group, one of the nation's giants in fish processing, import and sales, has applied for allocation of new fish sites for commodity farming operations in the province of Murmansk, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/)

AgriMarine Holdings Inc., a leader in floating closed containment technology and production for sustainable aquaculture, is pleased to announce that at its recently held Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on December 3, 2010, shareholders approved all motions put forth at the meeting. Management's nominees to the Board of Directors were also approved, reports www.megafishnet.com

The MSC announced that Austral Fisheries' and Australian Longline's Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) toothfish fishery has entered full assessment for MSC certification, reports www.megafishnet.com