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FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New European Commission President-elect, Jean-Claude Juncker, has announced his new Commissioners and a new combined Environment and Maritime Affairs and Fisheries division, to be overseen by Dr Karmenu Vella.

16th September 2014

All change for fisheries at the EC

16th September 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fish meal and oil from European anchovy by Turkish companies Koptur Balikçilik and Dalyan Su Ürünleri, companies of Kobyalar Group, are now carrying the Friend of the Sea seal of approval.

16th September 2014

Black Sea anchovy fishmeal and oil certified

16th September 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The South Georgia Patagonian toothfish longline fishery has been certified as a sustainable and well managed fishery for the third time.

16th September 2014

Toothfish fishery recertified

16th September 2014

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Thai Union Frozen Products Public Company Limited (TUF) is to acquire 100% of the assets and the trademark of one of the world’s top seafood brands, Norway’s ‘King Oscar’.

16th September 2014

Thai Union Group acquires seafood ‘King’

16th September 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Kiranpreet Kaur, from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Sea Lice Research Center, has been announced as the Novartis Animal Health (NAH) Young Scientist Award for her presentation on the mechanism behind…

16th September 2014

Young Scientist Award winner

16th September 2014

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

UK-based seafood wholesaler, Unique Seafood Ltd, is putting its growth plans into action after securing £2.8m in funding from Barclays.

15th September 2014

Unique Seafoods chases growth with £2.8m funding

15th September 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marine Harvest has inked an agreement to purchase the assets of bankrupt Chilean farming company, Acuinova, which will add 40 thousand tonnes per annum to its total capacity.

15th September 2014

Marine Harvest acquires Chilean farming company

15th September 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An Ecuadorian company operating in the ultra-frozen fish market worldwide, Transmarina C.A., has positively concluded a Friend of the Sea (FoS) audit for its tuna, mahi mahi, wahoo, opah and swordfish.

10th September 2014

Ecuadorian tuna fleet Friend of the Sea certified

10th September 2014

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new poll indicates that nine out of 10 people in Germany and the UK disagree with Iceland’s decision to resume whaling, and more than four out of five people are unlikely…

10th September 2014

UK and Germany reject whaling

10th September 2014

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

European Commissioner Maria Damanaki has reassured the Council and the European Parliament that the European Commission stands ready to support the European fisheries sector, following Russia’s trade ban on certain fisheries products.

10th September 2014

Commissioner Damanaki ready to support EU fisheries

10th September 2014