Moana NZ pays out record dividend on flat profits
'Strong profit' was driven from growth of over NZD 3 million more than expected in the ready-to-eat side of the business
Aussie taxpayers could be hit with bill for cleanup of failed abalone farm
Australian taxpayers may be left to pay for the cleanup of a failed abalone aquaculture venture off the state's west coast after it went broke for a third time
Major abalone producer opens processing plant in southern Australia
The southern hemisphere's largest abalone producer has invested AUD 1 million to create a processing plant that will handle expanded farming volumes
Western Australia abalone world’s first to gain MSC
Greenlip, brownlip and Roe’s abalone are world's first to join the certification program
Huge earthquake a driver for merger of New Zealand, Aussie abalone companies
The huge 7.8 earthquake which hit New Zealand last November hastened the merger of two wild-caught abalone companies
$180m in seafood seized amid bust of Chinese shark fin ring
A major shark fin smuggling ring was stopped by customs officers in the southern Chinese port city of Jiangmen with 50 metric tons of seafood confiscated
Australian Wild Abalone targets $9.6m in funds for China marketing
Collaborative nationwide brand plans to 'take the ASMI route' in China, in a bid to 'differentiate or die' in fight against farmed product
California increasing farmed abalone output
Abalone farmers in California are upping their output of the species, wild stocks of which have been diminished, and are having success with sales in the San Francisco Bay area
South African firm aims to more than double size with pelagic acquisition, aquaculture expansion
South African pelagic and aquaculture business TerraSan is in midst of an acquisition and investment program that will see its size more than double in the next few years
Aussie seafood exports to China surge on lower tariffs
But Vietnam still remains Australia's biggest seafood export market thanks to the controversial 'gray trade'