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Mainstream meets high food safety standards for salmon
INDUSTRY NEWS
August 3, 2011 17:00
Mainstream Canada's Food Safety system helps to ensure its salmon is some of the safest seafood available on store shelves, reports www.megafishnet.com
Experts agreed on first international guidelines on responsible recreational fisheries
INDUSTRY NEWS
August 2, 2011 16:10
An International Expert Consultation composed of 20 experts from academia, policy and NGOs, convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), agreed on the first international guidelines on responsible recreational fisheries. These Technical Guidelines, to be brought to the attention of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI), support sustainable recreational fisheries in context of the implementation of the FAO Code of Conduct of Responsible Fisheries, were prepared following calls from FAO member states for guidance on recreational fisheries as a rapidly rising form of use of wild fish populations, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/
Oceana calls for shark import ban
Oceana on Monday called on the U.S. government to ban the import of shark products, including fins, cartilage and meat, from countries with insufficient shark protections. Specifically, the group is urging the country to use its power under the Shark Conservation Act of 2010 to take action against countries with weaker shark conservation measures, including China, Japan and Indonesia, reports www.megafishnet.com
Road to Hong Kong: One month and counting
INDUSTRY NEWS
July 29, 2011 11:05
The second annual Asian Seafood Exposition is just around the corner, taking place from 6 to 8 September at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center in Hong Kong. The event is designed to connect retail and foodservice buyers as well as distributors with suppliers of live, fresh, frozen and packaged seafood products and services looking to access the growing Asia-Pacific and Hong Kong seafood market, reports www.megafishnet.com
Response to Media Reports about Science at Fisheries and Oceans Canada
On 28 July 2011 Minister of Fisheries and Oceans of Canada Keith Ashfield issued a statement in response to redia reports concerning Pacific salmon, reports www.megafishnet.com
Dutch blue shell mussel producers achieve MSC certification
INDUSTRY NEWS
July 28, 2011 10:59
The Dutch Producers' Organisation Mussel Culture (in Dutch: PO Mosselcultuur) celebrate the 2011 mussel season with a special achievement: the fishery has been awarded MSC certification following an independent assessment against the MSC standard for sustainable fisheries. Mussels from this fishery may now bear the blue MSC ecolabel, which gives customers assurance that the product is traceable to a certified sustainable source, reports www.megafishnet.com
New research on low trophic level fisheries to help certifiers
INDUSTRY NEWS
July 26, 2011 14:57
Science, the international weekly science journal, has published online Impacts of fishing low trophic level species on marine ecosystems, a ground breaking scientific analysis. The study was initiated and substantially funded by the Marine Stewardship Council with the aim of ensuring its guidance to certifiers on assessing low trophic level fisheries meets global best practice, reports www.megafishnet.com
Black tigers in short supply in Japan
INDUSTRY NEWS
July 25, 2011 11:49
Vietnam's black tiger shrimp were struck by disease in April. Resulting short supply is now driving up prices in product's largest market, Japan, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/
Workshop on National Electronic Fishery Information Systems
INDUSTRY NEWS
July 25, 2011 09:36
On September 9, 2011, eFIS will hold a a symposium and follow-up workshop on electronic fishery information systems to be held in conjunction with the September 2011 American Fisheries Society annual meeting in Seattle, Washington, reports www.megafishnet.com
Statistics Iceland: Value of finfish and shellfish catch in January-April 2011
Total value of catch of Icelandic vessels amounted to 46.1 billion ISK in January-April 2011, compared with 46.5 billion ISK in the first four months of 2010. Total value decreased therefore by 0.8% between years, reports www.megafishnet.com
Russian fleets to renew fishing operations in Latin America as of 2012
Russia's Federal Fisheries Agency pins hopes than as of 2012 the nation's fleets will probably renew fishing operations in the waters of Latin America where they used to harvest as much as 1 million MT, according to Russian Fish Insider Report published by http://www.megafishnet.com/
Icelandic fish catches in June 2011
Total catch of Icelandic vessels in June 2011 was 80,224 tonnes compared to 85,181 tonnes in June 2010. Demersal species accounted for nearly 37 thousand tonnes, thereof cod 9 thousand tonnes, haddock 2 thousand tonnes, redfish 5 thousand tonnes and saithe 5 thousand tonnes. The pelagic catch was 40 thousand tonnes, thereof mackerel 24 thousand tonnes and herring 15 thousand tonnes, reports www.megafishnet.com
Russian PM Vladimir Putin paid attention to railway tariffs for domestic seafood deliveries and some positive developments on national fish market
INDUSTRY NEWS
July 13, 2011 16:37
At early July '11 meeting with Russia's fishery industry head Andrey Krainy the nation's PM Vladimir Putin underlined positive dynamics of import substitution and showed interest to current tariffs for railway transportation of seafood from the Far East Region, the latter issue growing especially urgent in view of the current salmon season unrolling now in the Pacific waters, according to Russian Fish Insider Report published by http://www.megafishnet.com/
Asia Regional Ministerial Meeting on Aquaculture Food Security, Nutrition and Economic Development
For the first time ever a meeting of Honourable Ministers from the Asian region, with purview for fisheries in their portfolios, will convene in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 28-29 July 2011. The idea of convening ministerial meeting has been mooted around for a while, but a firm decision was arrived at the 22nd Governing Council Meeting in 2010, which was transmitted to the FAO for concurrence. At the 29th Meeting of the Committee on Fisheries (CoFI), April 2011, the Honourable Minister for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Government of Sri Lanka, made a formal proposal which was accepted by the CoFI and it is now coming to fruition, according to Russian Fish Insider Report published by http://www.megafishnet.com/
Richard Benyon responds to Common Fisheries Policy reform proposals
UK Fisheries Minister, Richard Benyon, has responded to the European Commission's proposals to reform the Common Fisheries Policy, according to Russian Fish Insider Report published by http://www.megafishnet.com/
Seafish weighs in on CFP reform
INDUSTRY NEWS
July 12, 2011 11:12
Philip MacMullen, head of environment for Seafish (the United Kingdom's Sea Fish Industry Authority), on Monday weighed in on reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), two days before European Union Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki is due to officially present her much-anticipated proposals for CFP reform, reports www.megafishnet.com
NOAA announces aquaculture initiative to enable domestic seafood production and create jobs in coastal communities
NOAA's administrator today will announce a new aquaculture initiative to help meet our country's growing demand for seafood, while creating jobs and restoring healthy ecosystems, reports www.megafishnet.com
High Herring Prices Give Record First Half-Year Exports
The value of exports of pelagic fish in the first half-year of 2011 totalled NOK 3.4 billion, an increase of NOK 573 million or 20% compared to the same period last year. In the same period, exports of herring increased in value by 17% to NOK 2.2 billion and exports of mackerel were up in value by 55% to NOK 758 million, reports www.megafishnet.com
Russian Sea Group announces a change in ownership of its major shareholder
INDUSTRY NEWS
July 8, 2011 10:51
Moscow, June 28, 2011 - OJSC «Russian Sea Group» (the «Company» or
the «Group»), one of Russia's leading consumer food companies, announces that
it has been notified of a change in the ownership of its major shareholder. RS
Group, owner of Corsico Limited, the Group's major shareholder, has formed a
strategic partnership with the Luxembourg-based investment fund, Volga
Resources, to invest into Russia Sea Group.
the «Group»), one of Russia's leading consumer food companies, announces that
it has been notified of a change in the ownership of its major shareholder. RS
Group, owner of Corsico Limited, the Group's major shareholder, has formed a
strategic partnership with the Luxembourg-based investment fund, Volga
Resources, to invest into Russia Sea Group.
"Transparent and accurate labelling and safeguarding wild resources from overexploitation go hand in hand", says EU Commissioner Damanaki
INDUSTRY NEWS
July 5, 2011 17:06
"Transparent and accurate labelling and safeguarding wild resources from overexploitation go hand in hand", says Commissioner Damanaki, reports www.megafishnet.com
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