South African harvester's acquisition of the fishing business of Foodcorp, valued at about ZAR 445m, is approved, with Oceana told to divest Glenryck brand and some quotas

By Victor Jimenez

Supply contracts with Mercadona proved to be the most effective protection against recession for profitable Frivipesca and Frinova, unlike loss-making peers in group

By Neil Ramsden

New CEO in at Oceanfresh, after founder of the company and managing director for 12 years, Gavin Van der Burgh, resigns

By Victor Jimenez

Spanish trading divisions of Pescanova posted losses of €3.3m in the first four months of 2013, following Pescafina's Argentine shrimp and vannamei product shortcomings

Squid was the most exported species reaching 91,727t in the first nine months of the year

Hangana Seafood grabs the Namibia Standards Institution's Enterprise Quality company and product of the year awards

Hygiene of Norwegian whitefish industry is poor and must be improved substantially, says food safety authority, as audit finds 90% of businesses presented issues, with some ordered to shut down immediately

After having cut quotas for hoki and Southern blue whiting, authorities set hake quota at 312,000 metric tons

Hoki levels to rise, but cuts in pollock, haddock and hake allocations around the world will see the world catch of wild whitefish edge down, according to 2014 predictions presented at the Groundfish Forum in Vienna, Austria

Galician fleets want to put pressure on Brussels to increase catches this year already, based on scientific reports that support the increase of the species