The US State of Louisiana has implemented a new system of animal identification that will allow officials to trace a single animal in the event of a disease outbreak or terrorist attack.
Some 15 months after the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear power plant disaster in northeastern Japan, octopus and whelks caught off Fukushima were sold at supermarkets and other stores in the city of Soma, reported in Kyodo news agency.
The master and owner of the fishing vessel Kelly Marena II was today (28 June) sentenced at Weymouth Magistrates Court for fishing illegally within a protected area of Lyme Bay, off the Devon and Dorset coast.
Cod trawlers can increase the catch value by more than NOK 200 million per year if the price difference between autoline and trawled fish caught at sea fish is halved. New technology on board the trawlers can contribute to achieving this.
Spanish Secretary General of Fisheries, Carlos Dominguez, has said that the fishing fleet will be adapted according to resources in the formation of the Spanish fisheries policy within the EU framework.
Scientists know about several ways to achieve improved utilization of feed resources. These were presented the first part of the International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding (ISFNF) in Molde in early June.
Kerry Foods is set to close its meat processing and savouries factory in Durham on July 20, with the first of its 350-strong workforce already being laid off.
Demand for meat around the world is currently strong, but “mounting operation costs, higher shipping expenses and healthy competition” are putting pressure on some producers.
Europe faces significant challenges when exporting animal-derived products, despite having some of the world’s highest standards in animal health, a representative of the EU Commission has warned.
Canada has dropped a World Trade Organization (WTO) case against South Korea over access to beef import markets, after the two countries signed a bilateral agreement to end the long-running dispute.
The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) in cooperation with F.O. Licht released on June 26 its Global Annual Ethanol Production Forecast. The GRFA forecasts fuel ethanol production to hit 85.2 billion liters in 2012.
The government of Canada said it would invest more than C$240,000 ($233,966) to help the Canadian hatching egg industry to develop a precision broiler breeder-feeding system.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) released a strategy to control food-and-mouth (FMD) disease on a global scale. The announcement came during an international meeting in Ba
Parker Ranch, the largest producer of grass-fed ground beef in Hawaii, has agreed to a research trial that will study the development of a large-scale grass-fed beef operation on The Big Island, according to local media reports.
Cargill announced on June 26 that it will build a new facility in Bovina, Texas for various feed-product production including its Sweet Bran and RAMP specialty feeds. The facility will be located on an adjoining property to an existing Cargill Cattle Feed
CKE Restaurants Inc. reported a profit of $9.5 million in fiscal 2013 for the period ended May 21, compared to a $2.6 million loss in the same period in 2012. The company attributed the gains to strong sales at Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr.
The Ministry for Primary Industries is reporting the discovery of a new group of orange roughy, and a southern blue whiting population that is at a historic high.
Vietnamese catfish exporters have been warned redirecting their produces to the US market is an unwise move as it may trigger new waves of anti-dumping lawsuits raised by local farmers, according to a recent conference.
