Canada Opens New Market for Seal Products in China

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The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today announced that an arrangement on new market access between Canada and China has been reached, opening up a significant new market for Canadian seal products. The cooperative arrangement will allow all Canadian seal products to be exported to China, including meat and oil for human consumption effective immediately.

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Heavy seas and ice hamper capelin search

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Capelin production has started at HB Grandi’s factory in Vopnafjördur after Lundey NS landed 680 tonnes late last night. Factory manager Magnús Róbertsson said that the capelin is slightly smaller than the fish that were being landed at the end of last year, but there is no great difference. A good proportion of the fish goes for human consumption and the fish that are graded out are passed to fishmeal production.

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