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US PRECURSORS
BY PHILIP FINE and KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States is calling for countries to offer up more information on their legal pharmaceutical and bulk chemical industries so as to better catch those who are using them for illegal purposes.
In its comprehensive annual report on worldwide drugs activities, the US State Department places some of the blame for many legal chemicals ending up in the hands of illicit drug manufacturers, on government political structures.…
CANADA PROFITS
BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN fishing industry is currently enjoying a significant upswing in profits thanks to a surge in fish and seafood consumption and new accessible global fish sources. Three of the country’s main processors in its often hard-pressed Atlantic provinces have reported strong profits despite a decline in traditional fish catches.…
CANADA SMUGGLING CHARGES
BY MONICA DOBIE
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has laid criminal charges against Toronto-based JTI-Macdonald Corp., and eight of the firm’s current and former executives, alleging fraud and conspiracy involved in knowingly selling cigarettes to smugglers in the early 1990’s. “Our preliminary assessment of the RCMP’s charges strongly suggests that they are based on false evidence offered by convicted felons, encouraged by government-sponsored anti-tobacco activists,” said Guy Cote, JTI spokesman.…
ZAMBIA COPPERBELT
BY RICHARD HURST
THE WORLD Bank and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) have agreed to fund a US$55.77 million environmental management programme in Zambia’s copper mining region; the decision should tackle concerns that the bank – which has long been suggesting the programme – has been dragging its feet over releasing funding.…
FISH QUALITY INITIATIVE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL initiative has been launched that will boost the quality of processed fish products from developing countries, to ease the health and safety difficulties that they encounter when exporting to richer countries. This Aquatic Food Product Initiative (AFPI) has set up an interactive Internet portal to supply the latest fish product safety information to boost training and best practice.…
CANADA FEATURE
BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN government has stepped up to the baseball plate in response to calls from domestic and international law enforcement agencies that it raises its game in detecting, deterring and preventing money laundering, especially and terrorist financing. The result has been three new regulations that were brought into effect in January of this year.…
NUCLEAR SECURITY
BY MARK ROWE and ALAN OSBORN, in London, PHILIP FINE and MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal, and RICHARD HURST, in Johannesburg
RATCHETING up security has been a prime concern of the nuclear industry since the September 11 attacks, with all countries possessing commercial reactors addressing the issue to some extent.…
FISH FEATURE
BY ALAN OSBORN and MARK ROWE, in London, MONICA DOBIE and PHILIP FINE in Montreal, MATTHEW BRACE in Brisbane, and RICHARD HURST in Johannesburg
Introduction
Europe
Cuts to EU catch quotas
New sources of fish
Affect on fish producers
Wild alternatives to cod
Farmed cod
North America
USA – Healthier local stocks
USA – Demand up
USA – Fish imports
Canada – Farmed fish exports
Canada – GM issues
Australasia
Australia – New wild sources
Australia – Aquaculture
Australia – Wild fish innovation
Australia and New Zealand – sustainability
South Africa – Export increase and conservation
Japan – Local and regional supply
Japan – Maintaining quality
Japan – Non-Asian sources
Introduction
ONCE it was said, cod was so abundant that fishermen in some parts of the world boasted they could walk on the backs of the fish to find their catch.…
PETRO CANADA
BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN government is taking steps to sell off its remaining 19 per cent share of Petro Canada, which is valued at approximately CDN$2.45 billion. According to the Toronto Globe and Mail newspaper, government representatives have contacted investment bankers to prepare for the transaction.…
CANADA CHRISTMAS SALES
BY MONICA DOBIE
INDEPENDENT Canadian booksellers were rescued from what could have been a poor Christmas season, by shoppers who bought cheaper paperbacks according to the Canadian Booksellers Association.
The group reported that sales of hardback fiction and other expensive books were slow this year.…