Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, arrives in Spain this evening for a three-day visit to Madrid and Vigo. During her visit, the Commissioner will meet with…
Major retailers today vowed to continue to work closely with the Scottish fishing industry with a view to stocking more Scottish seafood.
At the Northeast Fisheries Summit the fishing industry criticizes the new NOAA fisheries director and its policies.
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) announced the appointment of career conservationist to its newly created seat.
An innovative device that will help save fishermen’s lives set to be major attraction at Fishing 2010.
Fisheries Ministry defends quota decisions saying that it is based on best available science and not by any guesswork.
Murmansk fishermen caught 118,1 thousand tons of fish within Jan 1 – March 9, 2010. Among those are 62,9 thousand tons of haddock and cod.
Aker BioMarine has negotiated a solution with its bondholders to refinance the company’s NOK 750 million bond loan, which matures in May 2010. As previously announced, Aker will convert into equity its net receivables that are payable by Aker BioMarine, while the other bondholders have accepted a three-year extension of the loan’s maturity date for the remaining NOK 305 million of the loan in return for a 0.25 percentage point increase in the loan interest they will receive, provided that Aker issue a payment guarantee.
There has been no salmon fishing in the Sacramento River drainage for a couple of years now.
Norway’s exports of groundfish including clipfish, salted fish and stockfish totalled NOK 967.4 million in February. This is an increase of 8% or NOK 69.2 million compared with February 2009. The volume of exports increased by 17% or 5,700 tonnes to a total of 38,555 tonnes, according to the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council. The increases are attributable to record exports of both fresh and frozen Norwegian Cod products.
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