The value of Norwegian seafood exports in August totaled NOK 4.7 billion (USD 781 million, EUR 589 million) up 20 percent compared to the same month last year according to data from the Norwegian Seafood Council.
AgriMarine last week announced it has signed a non-binding term sheet with British Columbia steelhead trout producer West Coast Fishculture (WCFC), in an effort to shift its strategy toward becoming a global salmon and trout producer.
A significant surplus of dark meat chicken in cold storage prompted the US Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Marketing Service to announce a special purchase plan for the chicken products.
BlueWater Seafoods, a Canada-based frozen prepared seafood manufacturer, has received gluten-free certification from the Gluten-Free Certification Organization (GFCO) for its Grill Fish line of products.
The Vietnam Pangasius (tra fish) Association on September 6 raised its objection to the US’s preliminary decision on imposing anti-dumping taxes on imported Vietnamese tra fish.
South Korea banned all fishery imports from a swathe of Japan around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Friday, dealing another blow to Tokyo's credibility on the eve of the capital's bid to host the Olympics.
Chinese seafood firms have “a lot of work to do” before Marine Stewardship Council certification takes off in the country, according to the MSC’s chief in Asia, Kelvin Ng.
China’s obstruction of Norwegian salmon exporters is prompting a Danish firm to seize market share by shipping Norwegian-sourced salmon into China, value-added and branded as Danish.
Declining exports in key markets combined with higher costs for hog raising caused a 36 percent drop in Smithfield Foods Inc.'s first quarter earnings for fiscal 2014.
Drought conditions in New Zealand's North Island last season has resulted in fewer lambs and cattle, according to Beef + Lamb (B+LNZ) New Zealand Economic Service.
The U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment has cleared the way for Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd's proposed $4.7 billion acquisition of Smithfield Foods Inc, the companies said on Friday.
Representatives from interested parties in the ongoing mackerel disputes between the E.U., Iceland and the Faroe Islands, will go back to the table this weekend to try to resolve an ongoing fight over mackerel and herring quotas.
VASEP has voiced its objection to the anti-dumping tax rates on imported Vietnamese tra fish imposed by the preliminary decision of the US Department of Commerce (DOC) after the ninth administrative review (POR9).
The Alaska seafood industry has added seven more companies to the list of firms that have achieved sustainability certification under the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI)’s Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) program.
