Cermaq pulls the plug on Chilean sites
Two salmon processing plants owned and operated by industry giant Cermaq in Chile are about to close, reports IntraFish, as part of efforts to restructure operations to negate the effects […] Continue Reading
$570,000 boost for Nova Scotia seafood
NOVA Scotia, Canada’s most important seafood export province, is to spend more than half a million dollars expanding its fishing and aquaculture businesses. The two-year programme will see the state […] Continue Reading
High Liner’s $13m boost for Nova Scotia
HIGH Liner Foods, one of Canada’s largest seafood producers, has announced at $13 million investment at its factory in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The investment, which involves moving production from Massachusetts in the […] Continue Reading
Nova Scotia in new brand launch
THE Canadian Province of Nova Scotia has flagged up China as its main target as it launched a new international seafood brand to market its premium seafood around the world. Nova Scotia’s Premier, Stephen McNeil, […] Continue Reading
Fish Update briefing Friday March 11
HUGE WEAPONS HAUL FOUND ON TRAWLER THE Australian Navy says it has seized nearly 2,000 AK-47 rifles, 100 rocket-propelled grenade launchers and 49 PKM machine guns from a fishing trawler thought […] Continue Reading
High Liner to close some US operations
THE big Canadian seafood company High Liner Foods is to close some of its processing operations at its US plant in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The company says the plant is underused and […] Continue Reading
Canada reports record sales to Asia
THE Canadian port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is exporting record volumes of seafood to Asia, according to figures released by the city’s Stanfield International Airport. Demand for Canadian live lobster is such […] Continue Reading