Regal Springs VP: Farmed, wild whitefish should team up to take on salmon, chicken
Marketing was a major talking point on the whitefish panel of the NASF event in Bergen last week, with the VP of tilapia supplier Regal Springs making a bold suggestion
Spanish fishing industry grew 3.8% during credit crunch years
While most segments of the Spanish economy fell into a sharp depression after the construction bubble burst, fishing companies increased their income to €805.1 million in 2012 or 3.8% versus 2009
Argentine fisheries exports recover in 2013; worth more than beef
Argentina's fisheries exports reached $1.5 billion in 2013, representing an 11.3% increase in value and 14.9% in volume compared to 2012
Spanish downturn prompts stakeholder changes at Europacifico
Friosur, Nissui and Sealord, the three owners of Europacifico, a supplier of southern hake and other fish into the Iberian markets, restructure company, citing impact of Spanish economic crisis
Namibia considers restarting kingklip fishery
Fisheries experts from Namibia, South Africa, Spain and Chile are considering if there is enough of the whitefish to ‘restart’ an exclusive kingklip fishery
First London chippie awarded MSC
London Fish & Chips in Covent Garden became the first traditional fish and chip shop in the British capital to be Marine Stewardship Council certified
Balfego dismisses claims Cairn oil prospections in Valencia gulf could spoil bluefin tuna stock
The gulf of Valencia in Spain, where Cairn Energy plans to begin oil prospections this year, is neither a natural route nor a reproduction space for bluefin tuna, says industry player Balfego
Fishing landings in 2013 down 21% in Chile
The fishing crisis reduced landing figures to about 2.9 million of metric tons, representing a decrease of 21% year on year and 31.7% less than the 2008-2012 period's average
Argentine squid exports leap 84% in 2013
Species now rivals hake as country's top export, which itself was up 10%, as total fisheries exports increase 19.6% to 441,25 metric tons
Hake catch up by 70% in gulf of Roses after radical protection scheme
The fishers guild of the gulf of Roses in north Catalonia, Spain, said captures of hake in the area last year spiked by 66.8% to more than 283,500 metric tons compared to 2012