South Africa’s Oceana Group, close to announcing an acquisition, is shifting cash off its balance sheet into canned fish stock as quotas come down and demand grows (more…)
Oceana invests in canned fish stock
Swiss billionaire makes bid for owners of SA hake group
Group controlled by Thomas Schmidheiny and Rainer-Marc Frey makes £175m offer for Lonhro, owners of investments in Africa including Ocean Fresh and Fish On Line (more…)
EU, Seychelles extend fishing protocol
Protocol between the EU and the Seychelles will be for six years and allow European vessels to continue its fishing activities uninterrupted off the islands
Sapmer trawler returns with full quota of African rock lobster
After two campaigns done between December and April, the Austral came back with allocated quota of 380 metric tons
African countries given EU ultimatum
Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire and Kenya are among seven African countries that risk being required to pay tariffs on exports to the EU
Korean firm to invest $55m in Namibian subsidiary
South Korea’s Insung Fisheries intends to spend big on vessels and operations in Walvis Bay
Nigerian aquaculture ‘is being neglected’
Nigeria was currently the leading country in Africa for aquaculture, especially in catfish, but more investment is needed
Thailand confident over US shrimp anti-dumping charges
Director general to the foreign trade department says Thai frozen shrimp exports to the US face a more positive future
South Africa fisheries head leaves post
Greta Apelgren-Narkedien quits fisheries branch of the department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries after only joining in December
Ghanaian fish farmers use Canadian’s idea to turn profit
Cooke Aquaculture employee uses locally sourced feed to make west African fish farm more profitable
Dongwon and Liberia settle IUU case for $2m
Korean fishing firm pays $1m for each of its vessels engaged in illegal fishing, question remains over vessel status
Nutreco ups stake in Egyptian tilapia feed producer
Hendrix Misr is one of Egypt’s market leaders in extruded fish feed, which is sold under the trade name Skretting (more…)
Russia files first ever complaint to WTO
Claim over the practice of direct state subsidies, which are provided by the EU to its fishing companies.
Calls for stronger EU leadership on West African IUU fishing
To coincide with the European Seafood Exposition, charity The Environmental Justice Foundation has launched a new briefing document and a film against IUU
German retailer donates €100,000 to Gambian sole fishery
Kaufland donates funds to the Gambian artisanal tonguesole fishery for social projects and upcoming MSC assessment (more…)
EU gives deadline to Namibia, Ghana, over duty-free access
Namibia, Ghana, Ivory Coast and others are given 18 months to conclude trade negotiations with EU or lose their duty-free access for products including fish (more…)
EU, Morocco start free trade negotiations
First round of negotiations kicks off for ‘Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area’ (DCFTA) agreement (more…)
South African trawl-caught hake given glowing report
Latest Marine Stewardship Council annual surveillance report has confirmed that the fishery is “well managed” and continues to perform in line with requirements
Ghanian tuna held at UK ports over IUU fear
Government agency Marine Management Organisation said it has discovered potential problems with consignments of tuna caught by Ghanian vessels destined for the UK (more…)
Dongwon vessel refused entry to Mauritius port
The vessel at the center of recent IUU allegations in Liberia has been denied access to Port Louis by Mauritian authorities