Icelandic cannery to expand business into pet food products
As part of a scale-up plan, Icelandic canned cod liver producer Akraborg hopes to expand its business into 'more sustainable and healthier' pet food products in 2023
Newfoundland harvester union board quick to endorse possible successor to Sullivan
'Keith has no health concerns and made the choice to step down for personal reasons' -- Courtney Glode, FFAW spokesperson
World whitefish supplies set for very slight decline in 2023, Groundfish Forum says
If they prove true, the projections would represent a 0.9% drop year-on-year, so essentially a flat result
Russian investment giant buys into two fishing firms, eyes growth in Kamchatka
Sistema is one of the 20 largest companies by revenue in Russia, with assets worth over $28 billion, it says
Former Sofina, Young’s exec replaces retiring Fastnet financial director
Fastnet's FD of 36 years, Joy Herd, has retired the same day as Andy Weightman, the UK trader's long-time MD, with both replaced by former Young's execs
NGOs take legal action against Dutch gov’t for ‘leaving door open’ to misreporting catches
Two NGOs have just launched a legal challenge against the Dutch authorities 'for leaving the door wide open' for misreporting of fish catches and overfishing, they allege
Fortune’s third deal of 2022 is one of largest tuna buyers in Gulf of Mexico
Acquisitive US seafood and meat supplier Fortune International has snapped up New Orleans Fish House, its third deal in 2022
Aussie gov’t to spend $14m on fisheries permit buyback
Australian authorities are buying back quota for the south-east trawl fishery due to concerns over populations of jackass morwong, redfish, john dory and silver trevally
Ocean Choice set to open $16m Canadian value-added plant in Q4, eyes EU move
The company plans to use the plant to launch value-added products from 15 species, including scallops, coldwater shrimp, redfish and Greenland halibut
Harvester group suggests NAFO kick Russia out of Canadian offshore waters
'Offshore trawlers from the Russian Federation have access to thousands of tons of quota a year in the NAFO zone, including redfish, turbot and skate' -- Ryan Cleary, SEA-NL