FDA targets two foreign seafood processors, one US importer for HACCP violations
The US Food and Drug Administration hit two foreign seafood processors and one Buffalo, New York-based seafood importer with warning letters this week
Kushiro tops Japan in port landing volume for second consecutive year
Japan's Kushiro Port in Hokkaido retained its status as the nation's top fishing port in 2024, with total landings reaching 173,000t a value exceeding JPY 11.7bn
Russian fleet on course for highest Pacific sardine catch in three decades
Rosrybolovstvo said that total wild catch for the year to date up to the beginning of December has amounted to 563,500t, the highest volume since 1991
Japanese sardine fishery enters full MSC assessment
The Japanese sardine purse seine fishery in eastern Hokkaido has entered the full assessment process for the MSC fisheries certification
Japan-Russia fishing talks fail to agree on 2025 quotas
Tokyo and Moscow failed to agree on their 2025 fishing quotas within each other's EEZs during the latest round of negotiations, with further talks set to continue
Canned fish consolidation: Muller’s Lisner closes deal for Graal
German dairy giant Theo Muller's has closed a long-awaited deal for Polish canned processor Graal via its Lisner subsidiary
Tasmania eyes new sardine fishery to supply salmon farms
The Australian state is advancing plans to establish what could become one of the nation's largest fisheries, with scientists estimating a sardine biomass of 350,000t
India, Oman target fishmeal export growth after record 2023
India's fishmeal production hit a record in 2023, while Oman's output continues to surge, industry executives told Undercurrent News at the recent IFFO conference
Study reveals higher use of wild fish in aquaculture than estimated
The findings point to a more substantial effect of aquaculture on marine ecosystems than previously acknowledged
EU court strikes down fishing agreement with Morocco
The European Court of Justice has annulled the fishing agreement between the EU and Morocco, a decision that has sent shockwaves through the Spanish fishing industry