Namibian hake processor has announced it has won the SADC quality product of the year 2014 award, in the category 'product of the year large enterprise'

French surimi producer invites customers and suppliers to visit its plants in marketing push to valide three years of work in improving its recipes and sourcing

By Victor Jimenez

A survey by the secretariat for fishing affairs and aquaculture of Chile revealed 48% of the country's main 33 fisheries suffer either from overe-exploitation or have been exhausted, showing a dramatic deterioration from 2013

By Victor Jimenez, Tom Seaman and Alicia Villegas

Iberconsa is being touted as the industrial partner creditor banks would rely on for Pescanova's re-making when the current Damm-led plans fail to avoid its liquidation

A deal that would have to keep Blue Wave's fish processing plant and the 70 jobs it provides in Port Mouton, Nova Scotia, has fallen through

Walvis Bay-based Hangana Seafood recently appointed Eugene Louw as the fleet operations manager and Ellis Egumbo as the factory manager

A new hake season under the suggested time frame would mean a month off for stocks to recover, while current system runs year-round

Key stakeholders in Namibia's hake fishery are considering a proposal to change the annual hake season from the long-held May 1 through April 30 timeline to Nov. 1 to Sept. 30, for possible phasing in this year

By Tom Seaman

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

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