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NMFS: No signs Alaska
pollock overfished

A SURVEY that shows the biomass of Alaska pollock found in the mid-water levels of the Bering Sea is half of what is was in 2007 does not indicate overfishing of the resource, says the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) researcher who conducted the survey.

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Japan and Spain back
Med bluefin closure

A CLOSURE of the beleaguered Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery to allow stocks to recover has been backed by Spain and Japan at the World Conservation Congress.

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Marine Harvest: Chile
profitable in ’09

MARINE Harvest has announced €198 million ($271 million) in write-downs in Chile and said its new business plan for its struggling Chilean division will put the division into the black by 2009.

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Farmed salmon shrugs
off feed price upsurge

A SUDDEN and steep price increase in the grains and oilseeds markets has significantly impacted the global aquaculture and farming sectors, however farmed Norwegian Atlantic salmon has emerged largely unscathed, according to a new report released by Rabobank.

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Transpacific pollock partnership penned

TRIDENT Seafoods has announced the formation of a new trans-Pacific seafood partnership with Gidrostroy Holding that will see top-quality, fully traceable Alaska pollock harvested, processed and distributed from the Russian Far East.

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Major feed deal signals
farmed cod expansion

ATLANTIC Cod Farms has signed a contract with feed producer Skretting worth NOK100 million ($16.24 million/€11.91 million), signaling big growth in the company’s operations.

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High Liner cashes in on currency fluctuation

HIGH Liner Foods is realising a CAD6 million ($5.2 million) profit by selling foreign exchange contracts and taking advantage of the volatile Canadian dollar, the company says.

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US, EU to ban mercury exports

THE United States has joined the European Union in setting a date to ban their mercury exports, thereby reducing the supply of commodity mercury into the world market.

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Cleans Seas and Kinki
team up over bluefin

AUSTRALIA’S Clean Seas Tuna and Japan’s Kinki University have signed a collaboration agreement which will see the aquaculture pioneers exchange successful tuna propagation and husbandry technologies.

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