Canada

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

With shrimp stocks in the estuary and Gulf of St Lawrence in eastern Canada are on the brink of complete collapse, the Listuguj Mi’gmaq Government is calling for a moratorium to protect what few shrimp…

7th December 2023

New call for halting Gulf of St Lawrence shrimp fishery

7th December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Government department Fisheries and Oceans Canada has been unable to collect the dependable and timely information about fish catches that it needs to sustainably manage commercial marine fisheries and protect Canada’s fish…

9th November 2023

Report: Canadian authorities doing a poor job of managing fisheries

9th November 2023

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard has launched NB1117, soon to be named Inuksuk II, a factory freezer stern trawler built for Niqitaq Fisheries in Canada.

1st November 2023

Tersan Shipyard launches Canada’s largest trawler

1st November 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Bergen, Norway-headquartered Mowi achieved a company-wide salmon harvest of 135,000 tonnes in the third-quarter of this year, representing a volume increase of 1,000 tonnes compared with the corresponding period of 2022.

18th October 2023

Mowi’s Q3 harvest edges up, earnings drop

18th October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The wreck of Spanish fishing trawler Villa de Pitanxo that sunk off the Canadian coast in February last year claiming 21 lives has been found, officials have confirmed.

6th June 2023

Sunken Spanish trawler found

6th June 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Atlantic salmon producer Mowi ASA harvested 102,500 tonnes of gutted weight equivalent (GWE) fish in the first-quarter of this year, some 5,500 tonnes more than in the corresponding period of 2022, and…

18th April 2023

Higher first-quarter harvest for Mowi, earnings rise

18th April 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Canadian seafood group Cooke Inc has completed the acquisition of Slade Gorton, one of the United States’ largest distributors, importers and manufacturers of fresh and frozen seafood.

17th April 2023

Cooke completes Slade Gorton purchase

17th April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

New Brunswick’s first land-based atlantic salmon aquaculture facility has been given a green light to proceed by local government.

11th April 2023

Green light for Canadian land-based facility

11th April 2023

SPECIAL REPORTS

SPECIAL REPORTS

In Canada, work is underway to help seafood processors digitise their data in real time. Hopes are high that this will improve the profitability and sustainability of a critical player in the global seafood supply chain.

23rd March 2023

Traceability tech targets seafood processing

23rd March 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Canadian seafood group Cooke Inc has entered into a binding purchase agreement to acquire Slade Gorton, one of the United States largest distributors, importers, and manufacturers of fresh and frozen seafood.

15th March 2023

Cooke buys US seafood giant

15th March 2023