Mozambique’s Institute for Fishing Research is studying the causes of a drop in shrimp hauls in the country, said the deputy director of the National Directorate for Fishing Economy and Policy of the Fishing Ministry.
Construction activities of all fisheries harbours, anchor lodges and fish landing centres which are essential to the fisheries industry will be completed by 2015, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne said.
Marine Scotland has implemented new measures, following consultation with industry, to ensure West Coast fishermen can catch their full prawn quota this year.
The Cabinet has approved the Agreement, formalising the criteria for distribution and financial commitments resulting from the Fisheries Sector Conference, for a total of €68,283,263.
Agricultural sales reached $12,518 million during the first half of 2012, representing a growth of 4.5 per cent compared with the same period last year.
Russia has been and will continue to be a large and rapidly growing market for imported fish and seafood according to a recent USDA Gain Report, writes Emily Balsamo, Moscow Office, Bord Bia – Irish Food Board.
Spring Bay Seafoods, producer of Australian Blue Mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) has once again passed with a high score its Friend of the Sea renewal audit, confirming its outstanding environmental performance.
More than half a million dollars worth of grants are now available for individuals or groups committed to rehabilitating fish habitat across NSW, the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Fisheries Conservation Manager, David Cordina, said.
A Smithfield Foods official confirmed an explosion occurred on July 30 at the company’s Farmland Foods processing plant in Martin City, Mo., sending three employees to a local hospital.
A coalition of industry groups, which was joined by the US Poultry & Egg Association, National Chicken Council and National Turkey Federation on July 31, is challenging the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Hours of Service Final Rules for com
Potential buyers of Vion Food’s pork processing plant in UK are being evaluated and talks are ongoing with the owners, according to Scottish government's finance secretary John Swinney.
“How bad does it have to get,” was the collective sentiment during a July 30 media teleconference hosted by a coalition representing the interest of livestock and poultry producers whose businesses are struggling to cope with dwindling supplies of corn.
The Environmental Protection Authority hearing to decide whether NZ King Salmon should be granted resource consent to develop nine new fish farms in the Marlborough Sounds has been delayed two weeks.
In July, the IPN disease (infectious pancreatic necrosis) was detected in two inland water fish farms located in the river basins of Kymijoki and Vuoksi.
Responding to the publication of the Marine Accident Investigation Branch’s latest annual report, the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation says a whole range of fishing industry supported initiatives are currently underway to improve safety at sea, including n
The European Council has adopted by written procedure a regulation establishing the fishing opportunities for anchovy in the Bay of Biscay for the 2012/2013 fishing season.
Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, has announced that Somers Island Blues Inc. will receive C$80,000 in funding from the Government of Canada to support an innovative aquaculture project in Prince Edward Island.
A new programme suggested by Papua New Guinean traditional fishers to place identification labels on their fishing boats will provide great benefits for traditional fishers and Australia’s border protection authorities alike.
