Business Intelligence Report
Business Intelligence Report: Here’s the world’s most valuable seafood company The company is so far ahead of other groups that it accounts for a stunning 24% of the total market cap of the world’s top 150 listed companies. It wasn’t that long ago that salmon farming companies listed on the Olso Stock Exchange were an […]
“Women in Seafood” video competition:
WSI (Women in Seafood), a not-for-profit organisation, created by seafood and gender issues specialists highlights gender imbalance in the industry, sheds light on women’s real contribution in the industry, and promote greater gender diversity and inclusiveness. For its third edition the WSI video competition 2019 has hit a record with 32 entries from 14 countries, […]
EU AND MAURITANIA EXTEND PARTNERSHIP DEAL
The EU and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania have agreed to extend for up to one year the protocol governing the sustainable fisheries partnership agreement which was due to expire in November 2019. Under the protocol, the EU fleet can fish in Mauritanian waters for shrimp, demersal fish, tuna and small pelagic fish, up to […]
RESEARCH TO TARGET FISH HEALTH AND GROWTH
Aller Aqua and marine ingredients producer TripleNine have begun a research collaboration to identify components of marine raw materials that particularly benefit fish health and growth, to target better performance and greater sustainability. Feeding trials on selected fish species are going to be conducted at Aller Aqua Research. Both companies partook in the first SDG […]
World Food Day 16 October 2019
World Food Day 2019 16 October 2019 World Food Day provides an occasion to highlight the plight of 870 million undernourished people in the world. Most of them live in rural areas where their main source of income is agriculture. Global warming and the biofuel boom are now threatening to push the number of hungry even […]
Afrika Ablaze and SAPFIA – BEACH CLEAN UP
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Afrika Ablaze and SAPFIA – BEACH CLEAN UP. DATE: 16 November 2019 (Saturday) Time: 11am-1pm. Beach: Muizenberg Beach What to bring: Gloves, a refuse bag and your smile Meeting point: Close to the public toilets. (Public showers) SAPFIA representative: Gino Solomon (0633678691) Project coordinators: Quisha Dawood (084 551 7729) and Lauren Jacobs (061 404 8733). […]
FAO encourages Peruvians to eat anchovies. Healthy, tasty and cheap.
Healthy, tasty and cheap FAO encourages Peruvians to eat anchovies They are nutritious, they taste good and they are plentiful and cheap. Each year Peruvian fisherfolk haul in between 7 and 8 million tonnes of anchovies, but since the 1950s, the anchovies have always ended up as fishmeal used as animal feed. Peruvians do eat […]
Anchovies on your pizza? Georgians learn anchovy seasoning techniques in Morocco.
In an earlier post, we wrote about fisheries activity in Georgia, a country in the Caucasus with considerable marine resources. Georgian fishers harvest 60 000 metric tonnes of Black Sea anchovies (Engraulis encrasicolus) annually. Currently, most of these anchovies are sold fresh to Turkey or processed into fish meal and oil. Georgia would like to […]
WOC ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN BBNJ NEGOTIATIONS
The World Ocean Council (WOC) aims to keep stakeholders informed and engaged regarding the UN negotiations to expand the Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to include a new legally binding instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine life in areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ). Legally binding, the BBNJ will create […]
Shamera Daniels: SAPFIA exco member #WomensMonth
Celebrating Women’s Month. Women in the Pelagic industry. Shamera Daniels The percentage of women in the business world has greatly increased over the years, yet despite these gains, an equal playing field has not been reached in business, especially at the most senior levels. As the Vice Chairperson and only female member on the management […]