Published: Apr 18, 2013

With quotas on its anchovies limiting growth of fishmeal shipments to China, Peru hopes to ship greater quantities of scallops, shrimp and anchovies to China.

Published: Apr 18, 2013

China Fishery Group, the company that is seeking a hostile takeover of Peruvian fishmeal producer Copeinca, has announced it has finished its sale of nearly 1.3 billion new shares of its own company.

Published: Apr 18, 2013

The purpose behind the new fresh Jail Island Seafood line is to bring local, high quality, traceable fish to retailers and restaurants throughout southeastern Canada.

Published: Apr 18, 2013

Boar fish (Caprosaper) may be a little known species in global terms, but it is one for which the Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM) has great hopes.

Published: Apr 18, 2013

Non-Hispanic consumers in the US consume less chicken, beans, eggs and seafood than do their Hispanic counterparts.

Published: Apr 18, 2013

Z Trim Holdings has begun manufacturing and selling non-GMO corn products to meet expanding domestic and international demand.

Published: Apr 17, 2013

One of the hottest trends in the produce industry is packaging fruit and vegetables in convenient containers to make them more accessible.

Published: Apr 17, 2013

The tomato, a staple of Brazilian cuisine, has seen its price more than double in the past year, in a worrying sign for an economy with a recent history of hyperinflation.

Published: Apr 17, 2013

The green asparagus campaign in Granada, Spain, has had a poor start due to intense rains and floods, which have already spoiled over 20% of the production and delayed the harvest by 25 to 30 days.

Published: Apr 17, 2013

China’s leading tilapia processor in terms of volume, Baiyang Aquatic in 2012 saw its revenues jump 15.5 percent to CNY 1.2 billion while profits jumped 59 percent to CNY 84 million.

Published: Apr 17, 2013

The Vietnamese Government has highlighted the need for stricter regulations on the safety of aquaculture and agricultural goods for export, as it is holding the country back in a competitive market.

Published: Apr 17, 2013

Top technical experts from the fertilizer industry convened last week to discuss innovative new production processes and share best practices.

Published: Apr 17, 2013

Cargill Meat Solutions and the Nebraska Department of Agriculture have launched a campaign aimed restoring the Spencer Beef brand to its former prominence in the Japanese market.

Published: Apr 17, 2013

Grain and oilseed markets plunged with other commodity and equity markets on April 15 after China reported slower-than-expected first quarter gross domestic product growth.

Published: Apr 16, 2013

AC Covert Distributor, a Canadian distributor of seafood, has introduced Jail Island Seafood – its new brand of wild-caught seafood.

Published: Apr 16, 2013

By using the hybrid rice technology successfully developed by China, the Philippines, one of the world's largest rice importers, could become self-sufficient in the staple food and could even start exporting rice to other countries.

Published: Apr 16, 2013 By: Peter Murphy

Brazilian prosecutors are seeking to fine 26 beef producers a total of $282 million for buying cattle raised in illegally deforested Amazon areas or on indigenous reservations, the federal prosecution service said on Monday.

Published: Apr 16, 2013

Following an outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) at a Multiexport Foods salmon farm, the company experienced a drop in its share prices towards the end of last week.

Published: Apr 16, 2013

With their quota cut by 74 percent and warnings that the Gulf of Maine shrimp population was in bad shape due to warm ocean temperatures, New England fishermen expected this to be a rough shrimp season.

Published: Apr 16, 2013

Despite the controversy concerning the possible sale of genetically modified (GM) salmon in the United States, consumers there are already eating farmed fish fed genetically modified ingredients.