Published: Dec 17, 2013

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is implementing a voluntary plan with industry to phase out the use of certain antibiotics for enhanced food production.

Published: Dec 16, 2013

Russia will impose a ban on salmon imports from Norway from January 1 if confirms that its specialists have not been allowed to inspect fish farms, Sergei Dankvert, the head of agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor, told Interfax news agency.

Published: Dec 16, 2013

Kentucky-based Bluefin Seafoods has introduced AquaChile’s Verlasso salmon to more than 400 chefs, retailers and hotels in the Midwest and southern U.S. states of Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana.

Published: Dec 16, 2013

China has closed its doors to all imports of West coast shellfish.

Published: Dec 13, 2013

An outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 linked to ready-to-eat salads appears to be over, the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

Published: Dec 13, 2013

The number of lambs tailed across New Zealand is down by 4.7 percent compared with last spring, Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s lamb crop 2013 report confirms.

Published: Dec 13, 2013

Tyson Foods, Inc. is building company-own chicken farms in China instead of buying birds from independent farmers, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

Published: Dec 13, 2013

Specialty food products distributor Chefs' Warehouse has acquired Allen Brothers, a US-based meat processor and distributor, in a $29.9m deal.

Published: Dec 12, 2013

Almost half the global barramundi industry’s seed stock will be produced in Wyndham, following the opening of the world’s largest barramundi hatchery in Werribee, Australia.

Published: Dec 12, 2013

Norwegian salmon farmer Salmar announced today that it would be selling its 7.3 million shares in Faroese salmon producer Bakkafrost, according to a statement form Salmar.

Published: Dec 12, 2013

For the first time, American Samoa has banned the removal of sea cucumbers after fisheries officials reported reefs being stripped bare of the species.

Published: Dec 12, 2013

Philippine fishers face immense damage to the fisheries and aquaculture sectors in regions affected by Typhoon Haiyan, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said on Thursday.

Published: Dec 12, 2013

Seafood imports to the U.S. spiked 32 percent over the past year, according to new data from NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

Published: Dec 12, 2013

Tyson Foods is expanding its FarmCheck animal welfare program to include its beef and chicken suppliers, according to plans announced in 2012.

Published: Dec 11, 2013

American sustainable seafood company Wild Planet Foods recently received top honors for its recent growth from a local business association.

Published: Dec 11, 2013

Lobster prices have been as high as $92 per kilogram, in the lead-up to Christmas.

Published: Dec 11, 2013

Soaring demand among Chinese processors is driving capacity expansion at some of Russia’s largest ground fishing operations.

Published: Dec 11, 2013

U.S. canned tuna giant Bumble Bee Foods on Tuesday announced it acquired sushi-quality tuna company Anova Food.

Published: Dec 10, 2013

The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) debuted a new aquaponics facility on 7 December in Ethiopia that could change how fish and land-based crops are farmed in the future there.

Published: Dec 10, 2013

A poultry processor intends to breathe new life into a former Pilgrim's Pride facility in Harrisonburg, Va.