Marine Fish

SRI LANKA - Kuwait has expressed its interest in partnering with the Sri Lankan fishery industry and excepting fish exports from the country.

UK - Fishermen may no longer be able to catch cod and haddock off the shores of Britain in the next century, according to a marine expert at the University of Hull.

US - The Pacific bluefin tuna fishery has been fished down more than 97 per cent and with overfishing continuing, The Pew Charitable Trusts is calling for a two year ban on commercial fishing of the f…

US - Alaskan Salmon Harvests outside of Bristol Bay are having a difficult season, with catch totals well below season estimates, report Rob Reierson and Kyla Ganton in the Tradex Foods 3-Minute marke…

NETHERLANDS - People who eat a lot of eel from polluted rivers in the Netherlands have high levels of dioxin- and PCB-like substances in their systems. This finding comes from a study by PhD researche…

EU - On 29 June 2016 the Council of Fisheries Ministers and the European Parliament reached a political agreement to amend the rules currently in force for cod stocks (a long-term plan, also known as …

US - Speculative projections for Atlantic Cod indicate strengthening raw material pricing and production space for twice frozen products booking up in the Fall, report Rob Reierson and Kyla Ganton in …

NORWAY - Norway exported seafood worth NOK 42.6 billion in the first six months of 2016. This is an increase of 25 per cent or NOK 8.6 billion when measured against the first six months of 2015.

UK - The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) has become an official collaborator with the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions. The move is part of IPNLFs continued commitment to deliv…

US - The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has released its 2015 annual report which outlines tuna sustainability progress and achievements and argues for continuous improvement o…

THAILAND - Thai Union Group PCL (Thai Union), the world's largest shelf-stable tuna processor and owner of a portfolio of leading global seafood brands, appointed Valentin Ramirez as CEO of Tri-Union …

As seen in other animal species, fish individuals tend to react differently to a new situation. In the case of human harvest, the boldest individuals are more likely to get caught, leaving only the fe…

US - A poor winter fishery for Pacific Albacore Tuna has left inventories bone dry, in the weeks leading up to this year's season opener, reports Robert Reierson in the Tradex Foods 3-Minute Market In…

EU - The EU multiannual plan for managing Baltic Sea cod, sprat and herring stocks has now been approved. This is the first new Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) regional plan that takes account of intera…

FRANCE - Sapmer, a French deep-sea fishing company based on the island of Reunion, has recently concluded Friend of the Sea renewal audit for its purse seine fleet. Yellowfin, skipjack and bigeye tuna…

VIETNAM - In April 2016, Vietnam's tuna exports valued nearly US$42.5 million, up 2.5 per cent compared to the same period of 2015. The figure in the first four months of this year estimated at over U…

US - New research has revealed that eels do make leaping attacks out of the water. This discovery confirms a 200-year-old story by Alexander von Humboldt.

SPAIN - The Basque expert technology centre (AZTI) specialising in marine and food innovation will lead the first-phase tagging activities in the eastern Atlantic coordinating an international consort…

JAPAN - International regulations on tuna fishing are becoming increasingly strict in the midst of further concerns over declining tuna stocks and overfishing. Amidst this, companies in Japan are turn…

US - Along the West Coast, lingcod fish are top predators - voracious eaters that aren't picky about where their next meal comes from. But lingcod in the Pacific Ocean used to be overfished, to the po…