Namibia purse seiners in dark over inshore horse mackerel TAC
Purse seine fleet still waiting to know whether it will receive its usual 15,000t of the 350,000t horse mackerel TAC this year, but allocation of 30,000t pilchard quota is good news, says association chairman
Oceana-backed producer launches branded, canned horse mackerel
Namibian producer Etosha Fishing has just rolled out its first cans of horse mackerel to the market, marking first attempt at adding value onshore to the species, moving away from fishmeal
Namibia sets purse seiner horse mackerel quota at zero for 2014
Decision thought to stem from last year’s season, in which inshore purse seiners were unable to catch horse mackerel as the biomass remained mixed with high volumes of pilchard
Camanchaca’s available quotas for 2014 up 4.4%
Chilean seafood producer has quotas to catch 243,900 metric tons this year
Blumar pins hopes on salmon, China sales, on back of quota cuts
Chilean group says it does not plan to shut down more fishing plants, but expects salmon activities to report better results than its fishing division in 2014
Nigeria sets low import quotas, but importers believe final word not yet set
Sources report import quotas have been set at a low 100,000-150,000t for first six months of the year, but importers say situation is not final, with more quotas set to be allocated
Exalmar to strengthen food fish division in 2014
Peru fishmeal producer expects to process 16,000 metric tons of jack mackerel and mackerel together in a new plant that will start activity this year, as projects positive forecast for anchovy catches
Peru ups 2014 mackerel, jack mackerel quotas by 18.5%
Industrial fleet will be able to catch 104,000t of jack mackerel and 48,000t of mackerel
Uncertainty still surrounds Nigeria fish import restrictions
Some sources say border looks to open up once again, but uncertainty still reigns over situation, and over how much fish will actually be allowed in
Chile pelagic landings down 700,000t year-on-year
Sardine catches had the steepest fall by 72.9% to 213,500t, from January to end November