Grimsby Smoked Fish Nets EU Approval
UK - Traditional Grimsby Smoked Fish is the latest UK product to be recognised under the EU Regionally Protected Food Names scheme for its quality and regional ...

CP Sees Profits Soar
THAILAND - South East Asian meat and fish processing company, Charoen Pokphand Foods, has posted profits of Baht 8,080 million for the first nine months of the year...

China to Invest in Halal Fish Processing in Brunei
BRUNEI - A joint venture (JV) between Bruneian and Chinese companies, will establish a halal fish-processing facility in the Sultanate once the newly-formed company...

Catfish Farming Co Promotes Farming
US - Harvest Select Catfish has initiated a campaign to promote the industry and employment opportunities nationwide.

HQ Sustainable Receives Certification for Tilapia
US - HQ Sustainable Maritime says it is the first company in its sector to receive Globalgap Standard Certification for its tilapia.

Catfish Processing Down Seven Per Cent
US - Farm-raised catfish processed during September 2009 totalled 36.4 million pounds round weight, down seven per cent from September 2008.

Marine Harvest Publishes Preliminary Q3 Results
GLOBAL - Marine Harvest produced 80,000 tonnes of head-on gutted (HOG) equivalents in the third quarter (Q3) of 2009.

Leading Prawn Company to Open Sales Office in Dubai
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - National Prawn Company to open regional sales office in Dubai.

Marine Harvest Plans Residential Fish Farms
SCOTLAND, UK - Salmon producer, Marine Harvest, is planning to create a number of offshore fish farms in the Western Isles workers would actually live.

Multiexport Plans to Expand Production
CHILE - Salmon producer, Multiexport, has presented the Environmental Impact Declaration (DIA) for a US$ 1.5 million project to enlarge its concessions nearby the...

Seafood Processors Gain from Provincial Funding
NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA - The province's seafood industry is improving its competitiveness in the global marketplace with funding from the province.

Pâté and Canned Fillets from Tilapia
BRAZIL - Researchers from the Brazilian Organization for Agricultural Research (EMBRAPA) Agro-industry of Foods and the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro...

China a Promising Market for Food Safety Products?
CHINA - China’s demand for food safety products is forecast to grow 15 per cent per annum through 2013 to 13 billion yuan (US $2 billion), according to a new 252-page...

Mixed Fortunes Reported by Marine Farms
GLOBAL - Sea lice attacks on the company's salmon farms in Scotland have cost Lakeland an estimated Ł2 million. Another Marine Farms subsidiary in Belize has successfully...

QL Resources Opens Surimi Plant In Indonesia
INDONESIA - QL Resources Bhd of Malaysia is to set up a fish paste processing plant in Surabaya, Indonesia.

Catfish Processing Down 4 Percent from Last Year
US - Farm-raised catfish processed during July 2009 totaled 41.0 million pounds round weight, down 4 percent from July 2008. The average price paid to producers...

Huge Fish Processing Plant Open in Hau Giang
VIET NAM - Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai yesterday broke the ground for the construction of a plant capable of processing 20,000 tonnes of shrimp a year...

Vital that China Meets New EU Processing Regulations
CHINA - China appears to have made considerable progress in improving the traceability of its fish processing industry, but will need to adapt further if it is to...

HQ Sustainable Shrimp and Tilapia Certified By ACC
GLOBE - HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc., a leader in all natural integrated aquaculture and aquatic product processing, has announced that its tilapia...

Huge Energy Saving Potential for Herring
GENERAL - A recent research report by SINTEF Energy Research and the Norwegian Seafood Federation (FHL) points out that there is a huge potential for energy savings...

The Benefits of High Pressure Processing
UK - Full scale trials have just been completed which show that High Pressure Processing (HPP) has practical and commercial benefits in enhancing peeling and picking...

Salmon Farmers Defended over Sockeye Returns
CANADA - Salmon farming should not be the butt of criticism over the fall in numbers of returning adult fish seen in the early Fraser River Sockeye returns. This...

HQ Sustainable Announce Schedule of Q2 Release
GENERAL - HQ Sustainable Maritime, a leader in all natural integrated aquaculture and aquatic product processing, has announced the scheduled release of its...

Shrimp Shells for Biodiesel
CHINA - Researchers in China are using shrimp shells to form a cheap and effective catalyst to produce biodiesel.

GEM Programme Aids Aquaculture in Areas of Conflict
PHILIPPINES - A motorized banca edges alongside the riverbank of this sleepy agricultural community, laden with large styrofoam boxes.