Tag: fish

• Thursday, July 30th 2020 - 07:41 UTC

  China interested in purchasing more fish produce from Brazil

  

  China extended export certificates to three more Brazilian fish farms. That makes 110 companies that have received authorization to send products to China. The certified fish farms are located in Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso do Sul, and Santa Catarina.

• Thursday, March 21st 2019 - 09:13 UTC

  Ocean sunfish washed up on an Australian beach becomes viral

  

  Pictures of a giant, odd-looking fish have gone viral after it washed up on a beach in South Australia. Identified as an ocean sunfish by experts, the 1.8m-long specimen was first spotted by a group of fishermen driving along the sand.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2018 - 08:56 UTC

  French/British scallop war in the English Channel

  

  Stone-throwing, insults and dangerous manoeuvres on the high seas: French and British fishermen clashed in the English Channel over a hoard of scallops on Tuesday, the latest flare-up in a years-long war over the prized shellfish.

• Saturday, June 18th 2011 - 01:36 UTC

  Falklands’ fish, “a highly branded commodity” in Europe

  

  Falklands’ fish is a “highly traded commodity” and customers are excited about secure and direct access to it, stated Director Fortuna Fishing Company Ltd Stuart Wallace this week.

• Monday, June 13th 2011 - 12:37 UTC

  Argentina in 2011 is exporting more fish than beef

  

  Argentina’s cattle herd and beef production continues to contract and the latest statistics give full support to the tendency that begun in 2006: in the first four months of the year fisheries exports were more significant that beef overseas sales.

• Monday, January 31st 2011 - 21:21 UTC

  Fisheries, aquaculture support livelihoods of 8% of world population, says FAO

  

  The contribution of fish to global diets has reached a record of about 17 kg per person on average, supplying over three billion people with at least 15% of their average animal protein intake.