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Trident Seafood won USDA wild salmon tender worth USD 3 million

UNITED STATES
Thursday, August 22, 2019, 22:10 (GMT + 9)

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded its most recent wild salmon contract to Trident Seafoods, for federal child nutrition and other domestic food assistance programs for Fiscal Year 2019. The purchase award description The Department of Agriculture purchased salmon products as indicated below for distribution to the child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs for Fiscal Year 2019. The purchase is the result of offers received in response to Solicitation No. 2000006344 dated July 31, 2019. The material was purchased on an f.o.b. destination basis. Deliveries are to be made from October 1, 2019 through March 15, 2020. [email protected] ww... FULL STORY

Viet Nam Pangasius export continued to decrease by 12.7% Aug 22, 05:30 Util the end of 7/2019, Pangasius export value of 5 consecutive months decreased compared to the same period l... FULL STORY		Chile SMA initiates sanctioning process against Nova Austral for environmental breaches Aug 22, 04:00 The Superintendency of the Environment (SMA) reports that it has initiated four sanction proceedings against t... FULL STORY

Argentina Biodiversity treaty on the high seas could affect fishing sector, shipowners warn Aug 22, 03:10 The Argentine Chamber of Shipowners of Deep Sea Fishing Vessels (CAABPA) has decided to make public the concer... FULL STORY		United Kingdom Grieg Seafood mulls selling its Skye fish farms Aug 22, 01:10 Norwegian fish farmer Grieg Seafood is considering the possibility of selling its operations on th... FULL STORY

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A seafood fraud investigation DNA tested fish sold in the US. Here’s what they found
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Taiwan
The 'Intelligent Equipment for Aquaculture' program was launched
Aug 22, 16:10
By integrating technology and wisdom, a finger captures information from the air and transfers it underwater to improve the competitiveness of aquacul... FULL STORY

United Kingdom
Brexit can significantly increase tuna prices
Aug 22, 06:00
The countdown of the UK departure from the EU will actually begin - the deadline is 11 noon (London time) on October 31, 2019 - and the country is wor... FULL STORY

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