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Why and how to label seafood products? Not an easy matter

Labelling seafood is made necessary on oversupplied markets, such a...

Veracruz hosts IATTC annual meeting

MEXICO
Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 05:10 (GMT + 9)

The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) has announced the Mexican government that the port of Veracruz was selected to host its first 2013 annual meeting. The meeting, attended by officials and experts from 22 countries, will take place between 3 and 14 June. According to the head of the National Aquaculture and Fisheries Commission (Conapesca), Mario Aguilar Sanchez, this international forum will help strengthen the Mexican fishery and will make it possible to project the state of Veracruz to the world. The annual meeting will be attended by representatives of Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Canada, United States, Panama, China, France, Peru, Colombia, Guatemala, Chinese Taipei, Korea, Japan, European Union, Costa Rica, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Ecuador, Mexico, Venezuela, Bolivia and Cook Islands. In addition, the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Dev... FULL STORY

Spain Deloitte requests temporary suspension of Pescanova’s audit revocation May 22, 02:20 The reorganisation administrator of the Galician multinational firm asked a commercial court to decide on a 60... FULL STORY		Viet Nam Minh Phu seeks to delist itself from stock market May 22, 01:50 Vietnamese seafood giant Minh Phu Company (MPC) is delisting itself from the stock market, which has agitated ... FULL STORY

Chile Lawmakers and fishermen request Fisheries Act repeal May 22, 00:50 Three MPs and a group of fishermen asked the Chilean Executive to send a bill to repeal the Fisheries Act. The... FULL STORY		United Kingdom Sainsbury's steps on toes with mislabelled salmon May 21, 23:50 Supermarket chain Sainsbury's admitted to an error made in the labelling of some of the Scottish salmon produc... FULL STORY

United Kingdom
Marine Harvest seeks ASC accreditation by 2020
May 22, 04:20
Marine Harvest is seeking certification from a programme to lower the impact of its fish farms on the surrounding ecosystems. Still, the firm is once ... FULL STORY

Norway
Cermaq AGM says no to Copeinca deal
May 22, 03:30
Fish farming juggernaut Cermaq this week tried and failed to obtain sufficient shareholder approval to issue new shares to pay for the acquisition of ... FULL STORY

United States
NOAA interviews featured in Massachusetts film series
May 22, 03:00
Interviews collected through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) “Voices from the Fisheries” project were r... FULL STORY

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	IN BRIEF - Soybean Alliance to study potential fish feed mill

Australia May 22, 01:30 (GMT + 9):
	IN BRIEF - Lobster stocks could collapse under proposed marine parks plan, warns South Australian Rock Lobster Advisory Council

New Zealand May 22, 01:20 (GMT + 9):
	IN BRIEF - Sounds mussel farm expansion fears

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Australia May 22, 00:10 (GMT + 9):
	IN BRIEF - NSW allow unrestricted commercial flathead fishing

United Kingdom May 22, 00:00 (GMT + 9):
	IN BRIEF - Marine Harvest agrees to limit pesticides and seal killings

Mexico May 21, 23:20 (GMT + 9):
	Chiapas begins tuna exports to the US

United Kingdom May 21, 23:10 (GMT + 9):
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Norway May 21, 23:00 (GMT + 9):
	IN BRIEF - Willingness to improve offer terms

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