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View ArticleChile’s illegal hake fishing could total 83% of allowed quota
Unreported landings could have reached 19,000 metric tons so far this year, which is nearly three times the total quota allowed for artisanal fisheriesIllegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing...
View ArticlePeru seafood production up 22% y-o-y in March
Production grew by 22.34% year-on-year, partly due to larger landings of species for human consumptionPeru’s fishery production in March 2014 grew by 22.34% year-on-year due to larger landings of...
View ArticleVieira chairman hopes to resume Argentina activities within a year
Argentina expropriation process remains on standby, even though Spanish fishing and frozen processing firm says it now has financial muscle to resume operations, with both Peru and Senegal faring well
View ArticleHake, shrimp trawlers banned from newly protected area in Balearic Islands
Trawlers will be banned from 40,000 hectares of fishing grounds that bring hake, shrimp and lobster captures
View ArticleSardine recovery drives Q1 Chile pelagic catches up 28%, offsetting drop in...
While landings of jack mackerel, mackerel and hake fell, sardines catches doubled in the first three months of the year. Cuttlefish catches were also up
View ArticlePacific whiting fishing on track in first week
One week into the Oregon Pacific whiting fishing season, fishing on track to reap stronger returns than last year, an outcome expected given the 17% increase in quota this year
View ArticleNamibia newspaper says Pescanova’s Novanam used frontman to dodge $115m in...
Newspaper investigation claims Novanam has been paying local quota fees as a Namibian company, instead of fees for foreign quota owners, by using local frontman for the company
View ArticleRos Group to bring fresh fish burger success to Portugal
Spanish processor expects partnership will push up production by some 500,000 burgers to 1.8m burgers in 2014
View ArticleI&J invests $46m in hake vessels, processing
South African hake fisher and processor has put ZAR 500 million into buying three vessels and upgrading existing Cape Town processing facility
View ArticleNamibian hake industry adopts second management plan
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources has embarked upon a hake management plan, aimed at actively managing Namibia’s most valuable commercial species
View ArticleMercabarna to invest €0.8m in fish business on back of 4% drop in 2013
Mercabarna, which describes itself as world’s second most active fish market after Tsukiji, plans to invest €0.8m in its fish business this year, as part of plans to reinvent itself as fresh food...
View ArticlePescanova crisis clogs third country access to EU wholesale fish markets
During the past three years, increasing absence of fresh fish from third countries can be traced to the collapse of Pescanova's activity, says Mercabarna director
View ArticleChilean hake overfished, warns expert
Sebastian Lopez, from Andres Bello university, said current sizes available were a signal that hake has been excessively fished during decades
View ArticlePeruvian hake players hope for higher TAC as quota announcement approaches
5,000t of the next season's quota have been already brought forward due to a sustained recovery of stock
View ArticlePeru ups hake quota by 21%
Total allowable catch limit for hake for the season of 2014-15 has been set at 47,129t
View ArticleNowaco ups sales 9% in 2013
Danish seafood, meat and vegetable trader Nowaco reported higher sales and profits for 2013
View ArticleAlaska’s pollock surimi producers set higher prices for South Korea market
Alaska’s pollock surimi producers and South Korean buyers have concluded contracts worth 5-15% higher for the current B season, compared to those for the A season
View ArticleICES recommends 55% cut in Iberian hake catches
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea advises reducing quota 55% for hake fishing in Iberian waters, comprising the Gulf of Cadiz, Portugal, Galicia and the Bay of Biscay
View ArticleJessie’s Ilwaco Fish plans cold store, processing plant
The Port of Ilwaco and Jessie’s Ilwaco Fish Company are in the beginning stages of planning a 'green' cold storage facility and processing plant
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