Newfoundland mussel processor earns BAP certification
Green Seafoods Ltd.’s mussel processing plant in Newfoundland, Canada, becomes first combined primary and secondary processor to earn Best Aquaculture Practices
100-acre US shellfish farm hunting for $3m to start production this summer
Catalina Sea Ranch CEO Phil Cruver plans to share information on shellfish farming in hopes of advancing the US aquaculture industry
Camanchaca makes profit in salmon, but fishing and molluscs ops in the red
2013 was a year of mixed fortunes for the Chilean producer as boost in salmon prices contrasted with a 70% drop in sardine catches and losses in abalone and scallops
Irish producer recalls frozen-mussel products
Seafood De La Mer recalls products sold by Dunnes Stores and Tesco Ireland following reports of illnesses associated with diarrhetic shellfish poisoning
Ceylon chamber of commerce brings second round of aquaculture expertise
The workshop focused on the challenges related to the transfer of technology, training programmes and financing of larger commercial scale aquaculture projects
Chile’s salmon farmers consolidate brand message for Boston
Chilean producers commit to pushing the provenance of their salmon; eight companies representing fishing and aquaculture will showcase produce in a 130 meter-square pavilion
Mussel farmers in northern Spain to receive loss compensation from EU taxpayer’s pocket
European fisheries fund will foot 75% of the financial aid package which Galicia, in northwest Spain, promised to the region's powerful mussel farming industry after last year's plunge in output
Sealord to be ‘less promiscuous’ on JVs as Maori shareholder AGM looms
Pressure is mounting on Sealord CEO Graham Stuart ahead of AGM of its Maori shareholders, after firm reported losses and pulled back from JVs in the US and Europe in the last year as it focuses more on Australia and Asia
Dutch safety inspectors close mussel trader
Food safety inspectors have stopped a shellfish trader in Zeeland exporting 47t of mussels, after it failed to take action over two food poisoning incidents in England and Switzerland
Shellfish canner expands into frozen segment, Central America, to boost sales
Lower shellfish sales have led Spanish canner Conservas Dani to push for diversification through their line of frozen mussels, while increasing distribution in Central America, including with Walmart