Marine Harvest/ Villa Organic give up on cod

Marine Harvest is ending its investment in cod farming, taking write-downs for US$3.4 million, while Villa Organic is selling over two-thirds of Villa Cod Farm after losses last year cost $9.42 million

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NGOs condemn WWF

WWF has launched a statement of support for its proposed Aquaculture Stewardship Council, prompted by a group of NGOs which last month again called on WWF to halt development of the eco-label programme

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Norway risks becoming new Chile

One of Norway’s leading salmon farmers has voiced fears that more growth in the salmon industry will increase the risk of a repeat of the Chilean disaster happening in Norway

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Malta ups tuna farm

Despite Greenpeace and WWF warning of the possible extinction of Atlantic bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean, Malta has just registered a new 1500 tuna farm

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Hawaii Oceanic plans bigeye farm

A US Hawaiian company is hoping to get permission to put a dozen underwater pens three miles off the coast of the Big Island to grow bigeye tuna

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Pacu production begins

The Philippine’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources says pacu – a tropical fruit-eating fish resembling piranha – is now being grown commercially

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US plans reversal on pangasius name

After US catfish growers and their associated congressmen insisted that Vietnamese catfish was labelled ‘pangasius’, they now want that decision reversed

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Thai giant signs deal

Thai Union Frozen Products Public (TUF) and Marine Gold Products have joined forces with 185 shrimp farmers from all over Thailand in a contract farming deal with a price guarantee for 10,000 tonnes of shrimp

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