Blue North CEO: More consolidation coming in Alaska cod sector
After deal to manage Prowler fleet takes Blue North up to nine longliners, with tenth on the way, CEO says more co-operating and mergers are likely in sector
Bakkafrost aims to get ASC for two more salmon sites
Faroese salmon farmer and processor is hoping to get the NGO's seal of approval for another two of its sites in 2016
Aker nets $28m from selling down Havfisk stake
Aker Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aker, netted NOK 246.50m from selling down its stake in Norwegian fishing company Havfisk
New initiative seeks to improve human rights in Thai seafood
Thai human rights and labor advocate forms a new initiative aimed at ridding Southeast Asia's seafood sector of human trafficking and other labor abuses
Watch last toothfish poaching vessel get blown up by Indonesian authorities
Authorities in Indonesia have sunk the last of the 'Bandit 6' toothfish poaching vessels, Viking, in Pangandaran, West Java
Report: IUU responsible for $616m of Pacific tuna, but policing improving
Illegal licensed fleets are costing impoverished Pacific nations hundreds of millions of dollars, but a new study says the situation is improving
New Glacier-managed Iquique US vessel will have fishmeal, oil production
All three upcoming new Amendment 80 vessels, including one from Glacier-managed Iquique US, will have capability to also produce fishmeal, oil
Royal Greenland, Quin-Sea deal ‘will close’ after gov’t approves production licenses
Last condition on the transaction now completed, meaning deal will close, CEO tells Undercurrent News
Dongwon-owned tuna vessel strikes rocks in Seychelles
Oriental Kim, a tuna purse seiner owned by South Korea's Dongwon Enterprises, which owns the Starkist brand, ran aground in The Seychelles with 700 tons of fish aboard
Fripur hake to be cross-sold with Cooke’s growing mix of farmed, wild seafood
Rationale for Fripur deal is to get access to more products to sell through Cooke’s global sales teams, says CEO and founder Glenn Cooke