Russia blocks Bakkafrost salmon with Mowi Chile, Faroe Islands plants on ‘enhanced control’
Russian authorities have blocked Faroese salmon farmer Bakkafrost from exporting into the country, following a ban on some major Chilean salmon exporters last year
AquaBounty plans $10m stock issue to finance construction, operations
In addition, the stock issuance will help provide working capital as AquaBounty grows out its first batches of fish
Galician innovation program to make Congalsa’s factory ‘smarter’
Participation in a Galician innovation program will allow Spanish pre-cooked and frozen processing company Congalsa to 'digitalize' its factory, making it 'smarter'
Over 1,000 now sick with norovirus from French raw shellfish
The number of people in France who have become ill after eating contaminated raw shellfish has jumped to more than 1,000, with the outbreak spurring international recalls
Philippines lifts import restrictions on Fukushima seafood
Previously, seafood from the prefectures immediately around the site of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster had required radiation tests before import
Chinese seafood pneumonia outbreak not spread beyond Wuhan, WHO says
The outbreak, which has killed one person and is believed to have infected 40 others, has not spread beyond a single seafood market in Wuhan, according to WHO
Seafood start-ups set for promising 2020 as investors target food tech investments
A couple of years ago, seafood start-ups could aspire to win Fish 2.0 or get an investment from VC pioneer Aqua-Spark; this year, they can pitch to a broader array of investors
Malaysia blames transshipment as banned antibiotics shuts some shrimp out of US
Malaysian regulators said that most of the shrimp exporters subject to US FDA import alerts for banned antibiotics are based in the Malaysian state of Penang
Cases of mystery respiratory illness linked to Chinese fish market growing
As many as 44 people in China have now been diagnosed as suffering from a new viral pneumonia
CDC warns of bacteria’s discovery in raw salmon, threat to elderly
The recent account of an 87-year-old man who became sick some 10 days after eating raw salmon sounds like the opening scene of an episode of the fictional TV show House