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TheFishSite Latest News
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Commission Proposes Multi-annual Plan To Rebuild Baltic Cod Stocks EU - This week, the European Commission adopted a proposal on a multi-annual plan for the two cod stocks in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks. There are two distinct cod stocks in the Baltic Sea, which are fished by the same fleets,...
Farmed Salmon Industry Booms Despite Concerns EU - Processors are using more and more Norwegian and Chilean farmed salmon, as stocks of the wild version of the fish plunge worldwide. Meanwhile the EU and US are looking to lower catches of wild salmon or possibly place restrictions on imports...
Monday, July 24, 2006
Launch of global early warning system for animal diseases EU - A global early warning system for animal diseases transmissible to humans (zoonoses) was formally launched this week in WHO, Geneva by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health...
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Billions offered in public aid to fish sector, including processors EU - The EU has created a new funding tranche of €3.8bn for the bloc's fishing industry, giving primary producers, fisheries, aquaculture businesses, processors and marketers access to financial aid. The new European Fisheries Fund (EFF), approved...
Monday, June 19, 2006
Sustainability at the heart of new European fisheries fund EU - The Commission has welcomed the decision by the Council of Fisheries Ministers meeting, today, to adopt the Regulation on the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) that it proposed in July 2004.
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Body to probe contamination in shrimp exported to EU EU - The Department of Fisheries (DoF) has launched an enquiry to investigate the allegation of contamination in shrimp, exported to some European countries by two local companies. The Ambassador of the Delegation of the European Commission (EC)...
Friday, April 07, 2006
Pan Fish chief hits at Commission over Scots, Irish influence EU - A Leading member of the Norwegian aquaculture sector has launched an outspoken attack on the European Commission for being "lured" into a salmon prices regime by Scottish and Irish interests. Atle Eide, Pan Fish Chief Executive and...
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Commission proposes measures in aquaculture to ensure greater protection for biodiversity EU - The European Commission has proposed measures to regulate the introduction of non-native species in aquaculture so as to prevent their possible negative impact on the surrounding environment.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
FACTBOX - Food Scares in the EU Since the Mad Cow Crisis EU - The European Union, struggling to contain and eradicate bird flu, has coped with several epidemics that have ravaged livestock in many of its member countries. Here is a brief chronology of EU food and animal health scares, beginning with...
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Thai shrimp producers fight to regain EU market EU - It has been three months since the European Union (EU) reinstated Thailand's generalised system of preference (GSP) trade status but so far, the wave of Thai shrimp imports expected has not happened yet, the EU seafood industry observed.
Monday, February 27, 2006
Solution for EU dispute EU - Aquaculture marketing company Callander McDowell has proposed a possible solution to the ongoing salmon dispute between Norway and the EU. Following the imposition of a permanent minimum import price to allay dumping fears, Norway has notified...
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
EU adopts definitive antidumping measures on Norwegian Salmon EU - The European Council has adopted definitive anti-dumping measures in the form of a minimum import price of 2.80 EUR/kg whole fish equivalent for farmed salmon originating in Norway.
Thursday, February 16, 2006
European food retailers face tough 2006 EU - Declining European food retail performance is set to fall further in 2006 as retailers get caught between consumer demands for cheaper prices and manufacturers demands for greater returns. New evidence suggests rising production costs and...
Monday, February 13, 2006
Marine Harvest Closed EUR 350 Million Revolving Credit Facility EU - Stolt-Nielsen S.A. (Nasdaq:SNSA) (Oslo:SNI) announced that Marine Harvest N.V., the joint venture of Stolt-Nielsen S.A. and Nutreco Holding N.V., has closed a five-year EUR 350 million unsecured revolving credit facility. The facility was...
Friday, February 10, 2006
New Technical Developments at Eurofins Make Dioxin Analyses Fast and Affordable EU - With new technical developments Eurofins speeds up dioxin analyses and makes them more affordable. In the past, the analysis of dioxins was often a special discipline far removed from routine testing and thus complex, expensive and time-consuming....
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
EU sources for seafood as supplies dry up EU - The EU is becoming more dependent on foreign countries to fulfill its seafood supplies as depleting stocks and fishery quotas reduce the catch available for its seafood processors.
Monday, February 06, 2006
EU sets dioxin and PCB levels for food and feed EU - The European Commission has set maximum levels for dioxins and PCBs in food as fears grow in three EU countries, where pig and poultry feed was found to be contaminated with the family of cancer-causing chemicals. The limits will take effect...
Friday, February 03, 2006
Processors sourcing more seafood from outside EU EU - With less seafood being reaped from the EU's rapidly depleting stocks, processors are sourcing more imports from outside the bloc for their supplies. The EU has one of the world's highest trade deficits in fish and fishery products....
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Hope seen for re-entry of smoked tuna in EU market EU - Smoked tuna from this city may soon reenter the European Union market following the launching of the 3.9 million Euro (249 million pesos) Trade Related Technical Assistance Program. In a statement, Luc Vandebon, Charge d' Affaires...
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
EU proposes animal welfare labelling for food products EU - The European Commission proposes to create a special "animal welfare" label for meat and fish products.
