The second victim was a young Japanese woman in her early twenties. On a business trip to the U.S., she ordered tuna sashimi for lunch. It seemed fishy to her—and she was dead right.
The third was a South African fisherman we'll call "Nate." He never ate a thing, but as he plied the waters of the new fishery he'd recently started working, elsewhere poachers harvested protected spiny lobster and exported them with false documents—further damaging recovering fishing grounds Nate hoped to one day fish again.
Seafood identity theft?
From the beginning of the current marketing year (MY, July 2009/June 2010), Ukraine exported nearly 16 mln tonnes of grains, declared Ivan Demchak, the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy, on February 3.
Wheat futures rose the most in four weeks in Chicago on speculation that U.S. farmers are holding onto grain, limiting supplies, after prices last month fell the most since June.
Sugar futures climbed following a forecast that the worldwide shortfall will be higher than estimated amid ample demand.
Australia, Brazil and Thailand have criticized the European Union for planning to export an extra 500,000 tons of sugar this year.
Construction officially gets under way Feb. 3 in Gramercy, La., on what will become one of the largest capacity sugar refineries in the United States.
The Obama administration wants to save billions of dollars by putting new limits on farm subsidies and cutting back on government support for crop insurance companies, according to the fiscal year 2011 budget proposal released Monday by the White House.
Sugar futures may jump 39 percent by August, extending the sweetener’s rally to its highest level in 30 years amid global supply shortages, Commerzbank AG said.
Ukraine exported 14.9 million metric tons of grain harvested in 2009 between the beginning of the current marketing year July 1, 2009 and Jan. 25 this year, the Agriculture Ministry reported Wednesday.
Soybeans rose the most in more than a week on speculation that this month’s slump to the lowest level 15 weeks may encourage investors to buy contracts to close out profitable bets on lower prices.