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Blumar lays off 300 workers due to quota cuts
Chilean fishing company has already stopped its plant activity and will join operations with Pesquera Bio Bio to catch hake
Argentina fish landings up 17.2% in 2013
The largest figures were for hake, up 4.2% to 268,866t, followed by squid
Poor weather pushes prices up in Spain’s main fish markets
Behind price increases of up to 160% there were waves of 5 meters that kept Galician fishers at home, with some market halls shut for business during the first days of the 2014
Former Oceanfresh CEO: Lonrho encouraged financial fraud in run up to sale
Oceanfresh co-founder Gavin van der Burgh alleges former bosses wanted favorable results whatever means necessary in run up to $285m sale
Chile pelagic landings down 700,000t year-on-year
Sardine catches had the steepest fall by 72.9% to 213,500t, from January to end November
Chile faces near 450,000t cut in anchovy, sardine, hoki and hake 2014 TACs
Fishing players brace for tough times in the short term as Chile proposes steep drops in total allowable catches for its main pelagic and demersal species, with jack mackerel only stock to see an increase
Argentina increases TACs for hoki, hake, scallops
Limit for hubbsi hake is set to 322,000 metric tons, while for hoki is set to 130,000t for 2014
Surges of up to 114% in 2014 fishing quotas for Spain
Spain's representatives left Brussels Tuesday with higher quotas than expected for most of its claims, the industry set for better performance next year
Whitefish players facing challenging times in Argentina
Spiralling inflation and costs, risky political climate and low sales prices have seen whitefish companies sell out, restructure or stop operations since the start of the year