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5m Publishing has taken over the running of Aquaculture UK, having bought the events company Ascomber Ltd from Aviemore stalwart David Mack...

THE next phase of the UK’s marine planning programme will begin on 11 April, with the launch of public consultation and a series of events across the country ...

The meeting was initiated by the Austrian party. Opening the talks Yevgeny Nepoklonov noted that it is important to maintain working contacts between the Rosselkhoznadzor and Veterinary Services of the EU member countries despite the sanctions and retaliatory economic measures.

The negotiations with the competent authority of Uruguay took place as part of measures aimed at studying capabilities of the soybean exporting countries to comply with the RF requirements for safety of the exported products. The specialists also acquainted themselves with the laboratory facilities and studied the control system applied during the shipments from the port of Nueva  Palmira.

The meeting was initiated by the Belarusian party. At the beginning of the meeting Julia Schvabauskene marked the importance of joint actions against unfair participants of the external economic activities.

The Blood Bank’s donation van has been at HB Grandi’s Nordurgardur location today to receive donations and to find new blood donors. According to Blood Bank representative Jórunn Frímannsdóttir, the collection has gone well and the response from the staff of HB Grandi and other companies in the area has been very good.

A DIETARY supplement made from shrimp shells, which is said to lower blood pressure, is set to be launched commercially this year ...

AS another large delegation of Welsh producers prepares to head off to the Seafood Expo Global, the country’s Deputy Minister for Farming and Food, Rebecca Evans, has today spoken of the importance of the seafood sector to growth plans for the food industry in Wales ...

BRAKES Group has become the first foodservice supplier to introduce Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified prawns in the UK ...

The talks initiated by the Egyptian party were held in the mode of the teleconference.

The Head of the Rosselkhoznadzor took part in business forum “Russia – Latin America” which was held in Montevideo, March 29, 2016 ...

Videoconference between representatives of the Rosselkhoznadzor and Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India took place on the initiative of the Russian party on March 30, 2016 ...

Sergey Dankvert held a business meeting with Ricardo Negri, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries in the margins of “Russia – Latin America” forum ... 

Sergey Dankvert held a meeting with Hugo Federico Idoyaga Benitez, President of National Veterinary Service of Paraguay (SENACSA) in the course of his visit to Paraguay ...

In the course of the working visit to the Eastern Republic of Uruguay the Head of the Rosselkhoznadzor visited the southern area of the country. Sergey Dankvert got acquainted with the work of "Erro" company which had increased the production of non-transgenic soybeans... 

Making sure all rules are complied with is an essential part of managing fisheries. 

According to the agreement with competent authorities of Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan the Rosselkhoznadzor experts carried out an inspection of 6 Sri-Lankan fish  processing establishments, two fishing boats, a shrimp farm as well as  the official laboratory involved in product safety control from  ...

The negotiations were held in the format of teleconference on March 25, 2016 and were devoted to the discussion of regulated product export from Egypt to Russia.

There has been some very good fishing in the last few weeks south and west of the Reykjanes Peninsula. The fishing is primarily golden redfish and cod, plus there has been a spell of good saithe fishing. There are trawlers and smaller boats fishing from the Westmann Islands all the way west to Reykjanes and according to Eiríkur Jónsson, skipper of HB Grandi’s fresher trawler Sturlaugur H Bödvarsson, there has been a steady period of heavy fishing over these last few weeks ...

A HATCHERY which will produce up to 5 million genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) a year has been opened in Timor-Leste ...

MARINE Harvest Scotland’s new feed mill will be built on the Isle of Skye, the firm announced on 29 March 2016.

Aller Aqua Group by Christiansfeld in Denmark is one of Europe’s largest producers of environmentally friendly fish feed. The company now takes further measures in their proactive growth strategy by building a new factory in Zambia ...

RETAIL giant Les Mousquetaires announced earlier today that its fishing fleet, Scapêche, will progressively phase out fishing for deep-sea species, as well as the sale of deep-sea fish in its supermarkets by 2025 ...

Thai Union Group Public Company Limited (TU), the world's largest shelf-stable tuna processor and owner of a portfolio of leading global seafood brands, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a joint venture agreement to acquire a 40% equity stake of Avanti Feeds Limited’s wholly owned shrimp processing unit Avanti Frozen Foods Private Limited India ... 

CARREFOUR Italy and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) have committed to work together to provide Italian consumers with MSC-certified products ...

For the year 2015 the total value of Icelandic catch increased by 11% when compared in 2014, from 136 billion ISK to 151 billion. This was mostly due to 8 billion ISK increase in value of cod catch and 9 billion increase in catch value of capelin.

HB Grandi hf. has decided not to participate in the annual Seafood Expo Global in Brussels this year, which will be held on April 26.-28 and is one of the largest of its kind globally. A group of 27 employees was scheduled to attend the event ...

CONAPESCA Director: Aquaculture must be recognized, or its development will be slowed

UMaine researcher digging into Piscirickettsia salmonis to present at June conference

Innovations lead to new approaches, possibilities for salmon farmers ...