Industry News

Sino Agro Food (SIAF) has announced that it has begun exporting various opportunities for a spin-off including a separate listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE).

Sanford has appointed Andre Gargiulo as its new chief customer officer to boost its executive team.

In order to meet customer demands, it has long been the practice of processors to bring down the price of frozen fish or shellfish by adding water using polyphosphate solutions, or by…

Jimmy Buchan, star of the BBC’s Trawlermen, has joined forces with Aberdeen-based Thistle Couriers, to bring ‘Skipper’s Choice’ fresh fish selection boxes to the doorsteps of local customers in Aberdeenshire in Scotland…

New Zealands Sanford, one of the largest fishers in the Hauraki Gulf, has said it is prepared to stop fishing in the area if all fishers record and report what they are…

The UK’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has set a catch limit of 26 tonnes for undulate rays.

The European Commission has proposed fish quotas for 2016 for the Atlantic and the North Sea, which includes maintaining or increasing quotas for 35 stocks and reducing catches for 28 stocks, based…

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) is inviting public feedback on new papers outlining recommendations to improve its Salmon and Tilapia standards.

A British eel expert has said that hundreds of millions of young eels are at the heart of an illegal and growing French export trade.

President Obama has signed into law the ‘Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act’, H.R. 774.

Abstracts are invited for the programme which will benefit fish farmers and those looking to grow their offshore farming or high energy site business, or for those looking towards moving their operations…

Researchers have discovered that a specific gene plays an important role in determining mature salmon size and the decision to return to spawn, which may help maintain sustainable salmon populations in future.

Qionghai Zhongpingzi Grobest tilapia farm and Chengmai Xingyuan Development have become the first Chinese farms to achieve the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC).

A Greenpeace Southeast Asia investigation says that Thai Union Group has not done enough to alleviate concerns over human rights abuses in the company’s tuna supply chain.

Zoetis has announced an agreement to purchase pharmaceutical company PHARMAQ for US$765m on a debt free basis.