Fish farms in Myanmar are suffering due to unusual hot weather and parasites for this time of year. The hot weather has caused many pond to dry up and has reduced oxygen levels in the water.
Fish and seafood exports in January 2013 increased in volume by 27 per cent, 35.8 thousand tonnes, and in value by 19.7 per cent to $236.4 million, from the same time last year.
The U.K.’s largest supermarket chains and a major seafood supplier acknowledged a problem with fishmeal produced from illegal fishing practices, after a television program brought the issue to light.
U.S. private equity firms Blackstone Group LP and TPG Capital TPG.UL have placed separate final bids for Australia's largest poultry producer, Inghams Chicken, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.
Swedish retailer IKEA has stopped selling sausages in its 14 Russian stores after tests showed that sausages from its local supplier contained horsemeat, the company said on Thursday.
Near the heart of Hong Kong's luxury shopping district is Dried Seafood Street. The shop windows here are full of dried golden fins stripped of skin and bones, arranged by size and shape.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment will allocate grants to fund promotion and information programmes for agricultural and fishery products, which will help develop new markets.
Production of pangasius in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam has increased threefold in the past ten years, rising from 500,000 metric tons (MT) to a peak of 1.5 million MT in 2008, but currently standing at around 1.2 million MT.
Consumers say on average four out of every five meals they eat contains some type of meat, but that may change with rising meat costs impacting prices at restaurants.
Dutch-based food producer VION NV has reached an agreement with Boparan Holdings Limited, the holding company for 2 Sisters Food Group, for the sale of its Red Meat and Poultry activities securing a viable future for these businesses.
A mud crab and fish hatchery will be inaugurated by US Ambassador Judith Fergin and the East Timor Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Sr. Mariano Assanami Sabino in a ceremony, 8 March, 2013.
The European Commission is reducing the size of Spanish mackerel quotas after determining that the nation’s fisheries have overfished their mackerel stocks by thousands of metric tons (MT).
Copeinca, Peru's No. 2 fish exporter, said on Monday it has hired a team of financial advisors to "explore alternatives" after it received a US$556 million unsolicited buyout bid from China Fishery Group.
