China and Chile have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with an aim to strengthen fishery and aquaculture trade between the two nations
Aquaculture
Thai company TUF acquires European seafood firms
Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) has completely taken over two European seafood brands — MerAlliance and King Oscar
India to see its first fish hospital in 2015
India’s first hospital to treat abnormalities and diseases in fish is set to come up in Kolkata by mid-2015
WWF promotes sustainable means of tuna fishing
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has started its own public private partnership programme toward sustainable tuna (PPTST) in the Philippines to prevent the depletion of the tuna stocks in the Coral Triangle
Researchers develop new tool to diagnose EMS in shrimp
Two research groups in Japan have discovered a new tool for diagnosing early mortality syndrome (EMS) in shrimp