Published: Aug 06, 2014

The Northern Ireland Pelagic Sustainability Group (NIPSG) Irish Sea herring fishery has become the first Irish Sea fishing fleet to gain Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

Published: Aug 06, 2014

Since early July 2014, tuna catch by fishermen in Phu Yen province has reported a sharp increase.

Published: Aug 06, 2014

New Zealand King Salmon has stopped selling into the Chinese market, chief executive Grant Rosewarne says.

Published: Aug 06, 2014

The European Union (EU) and Japan have started to import more Thai chicken, especially Japan, which lifted a nine-year ban last December after finding that the kingdom has been free from bird flu

Published: Aug 06, 2014

The government is likely to allow some US chicken imports into the local market at lower tariffs in exchange for continued participation in the lucrative African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) preferential trade scheme.

Published: Aug 06, 2014

Japan may consider lifting its import ban on Indonesian poultry and its related products this year, an Agriculture Ministry official has said.

Published: Aug 06, 2014

Tyson Foods, Inc. is marking a decade of sustainability progress.

Published: Aug 06, 2014

Faccenda Foods is adding a ‘significant’ £5m investment to one of its three poultry processing facilities in the UK.

Published: Aug 05, 2014

In order to provide focused attention to the fishery sector, India has announced the setting up of National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB).

Published: Aug 05, 2014

The Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol (QBFP) has significantly increased 'in port' inspections over the past year in a bid to continue safeguarding the fishing industry.

Published: Aug 05, 2014

The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) has announced that shrimp fishing from Tamaulipas to the mouth of the Coatzacoalcos river, in the state of Veracruz, will resume again on 20 August.

Published: Aug 05, 2014

So far this year, Ninh Thuan province has stocked four per cent more shrimp this year on an area of 712 hectares.

Published: Aug 05, 2014

Pork cutout values continued their descent from the mid-July record highs, with today's cutout value at $126.98/cwt FOB the plants, down $5.89 from last Friday and $10.89 off of the record level from two weeks ago.

Published: Aug 05, 2014

Brazilian poultry meat processing giant BRF has seen earnings grow by 20 per cent in the second quarter of the year.

Published: Aug 05, 2014

The Philippine meat processing sector has seen sales of P200 billion in the first five months of the year according to the Department of Agriculture.

Published: Aug 05, 2014

V&V Walsh, a West Australian meat processor, has signed a deal worth an estimated $1 billion with China’s Grand Farm.

Published: Aug 05, 2014

India-based food company Allanasons has announced plans to invest around $20m in a meat-processing facility in Ethiopia, reports Bloomberg.

Published: Aug 04, 2014

Tyson Foods has pandered to bond investors by issuing more equity than first expected to pay for its US$8.2bn acquisition of Hillshire Brands.

Published: Aug 01, 2014

A new cooling system supported by the Provincial Government’s Fisheries Technology and New Opportunities Programme will help Codroy Seafoods increase its lobster processing activities

Published: Aug 01, 2014

Nova Scotia is committed to a provincewide lobster levy to promote generic marketing and is also considering a quality pilot project in one region, supported by another levy.