Vancouver announced that it was expanding its operations in the province with a new seafood processing facility and the acquisition of an existing processor.
Alaska government officials expressed their concerns about Alaska salmon producers that plan to continue with Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification after a recent meeting in Anchorage.
Recent reforms of the export tax code on aquaculture products in Burma/Myanmar have created opportunities for the country's aquaculture sector, the world’s 12th largest in volume terms.
Cooke Aquaculture is the first company to process fish with infectious salmon anemia (ISA) under a new set of rules set by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
Norway exported 2,36 million tons of seafood in 2012. This is a 78,000 ton reduction compared to 2011, according to figures presented by the Norwegian Seafood Council.
A roughly 80 percent cut in Gulf of Maine Cod annual catch and a 61 percent cut in Georges Bank cod are being recommended to fisheries regulators by a special four-person panel.
Making it the first European tropical tuna fishery to do so, the Pesqueras Echebastar has entered into assessment for Marine Stewardship Council certification.
A report from a key Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification body has cleared the way for a Russian pollock fishery to receive council certification.
Iran exported about 36,000 tons of fishery products, worth around $145 million, during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-December 20, 2012).
