A shrimp boat heads up the ship channel
A group devoted to saving endangered sea turtles Monday asked state and federal officials to halt all shrimp trawling on the upper Texas Gulf Coast because a large number of…
A group devoted to saving endangered sea turtles Monday asked state and federal officials to halt all shrimp trawling on the upper Texas Gulf Coast because a large number of…
The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Seán Connick TD, at the invitation of Bord Bia, officially launched the Ireland stand at the prestigious European…
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and the Dutch Dover sole gill net fishery today celebrated the season’s first catch of Dutch MSC certified Dover sole at the European Seafood Exhibition (ESE). Rupert Howes, MSC Chief Executive, was presented with the first catch, and congratulated the gill net fishers on their success in securing MSC certification.
The Icelandic exporting business Sæmark has entered its cod, haddock and wolffish fisheries for full assessment under the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certification programme. These fisheries will be the first in Iceland to be assessed against the MSC standard for sustainable and well-managed fisheries, and the first wolffish fishery in the MSC programme. If the fisheries are successful, their seafood products will be eligible to carry the blue MSC ecolabel.
This week kicked off with a state visit by Russian President Dmitrij Medvedev to Oslo, Norway. An important part of the program was a business conference with attendance from private…
According to the statistics of Vietnam Customs, from the beginning of the year to 15 March 2010, Viet Nam exported 15,247MT of tuna, valued at US$67.298 million, a year-on-year increase…
The seafood industry welcomes plans to reform the aquaculture industry announced by Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Phil Heatley today. “This Government came into power promising to reform the legislation supporting…
The first issue of our new fish processing newsletter has just been released. ADVANCED PROCESSING in the fish industry features case stories, feature articles, information on our latest products, and…
HB Grandi’s blue whiting quota is diminishing fast, with only 3000 tonnes of the company’s quota left to be caught. This is equivalent to one trip each for two of…
The European Seafood Exhibition (ESE) and its partner event the Seafood Processing Europe (SPE) are set to open in Brussels tomorrow and to last three days. As usual, a number of Icelandic companies will be taking part, including HB Grandi which has been at the ESE since 2005.