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BY KATE REW
THE NEW edition of the global code, which sets the standard for imports and exports of healthy fish has just been released. The third version of the International Aquatic Animal Health Code published by Office International des Epizooties (corr), lists the diseases that would stop the import or export of fish, molluscs and crustaceans, under international trade laws.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE REVIEW of the Common Fisheries Policy is likely to create the largest overhaul in European Union fishing policy in years, matching the crisis in stock levels in European waters. At its heart is the integration of environmental and conservation concerns into the organisation of the EU fishing market, a principle that – judging by conclusions agreed by the Council of Ministers – will have significant consequences when changes are put in place next year.…

BY RICHARD HURST
THE SALDHANA Fishing Group of South Africa has announced that it has sold its open sea fishing interests to the new Slipper Bay Fishing Co for R60 million. The new firm will be a partnership between the Silverman family – long involved in the country’s fishing industry – and two black empowerment groups, Bluefin Holdings and Ntshonalonga Fishing; these companies have been sponsored by the ANC government to promote the involvement of black Africans in the country’s economy.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
SLEEMAN Breweries of Canada has announced that it has signed a five-year deal with South African Breweries, which allows for Sleeman to sell, market and distribute SAB’s Pilsner Urquell brand in Canada.

The agreement could help pave the way for Sleeman breaking into the US market, as the Canadians have been allowed to sit in on talks SAB are currently having with potential US partners.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL action plan to fight forest fires is being drawn up with the assistance of the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation. Experts from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Turkey and USA have been discussing proposals for a system involving mutual assistance and coordinated approaches to forest fire management.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SOUTH Korean government is continuing to bankroll its shipbuilding industry, allowing its companies to continue dominating this international sector, on the basis of unfair trading practices, a European Commission report has alleged. It noted that last year saw an significant expansion in shipbuilding orders worldwide, but that the 56 per cent rise in orders “benefited South Korean yards,” which increased their market share, rather than EU shipbuilders, whose share remained static.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SHELL chairman Sir Mark Moody Stuart has launched an environmental group, which aims to forge a common front among multi-national businesses initiative at next year’s second Earth Summit, at Johannesburg, South Africa. “Business Action for Sustainable Development” is to hold its first strategy meeting in October and is expected to be a vehicle allowing industrial giants to influence debates at the UN environment conference, also known as Rio II.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
EUROPE, in wine terms, has pedigree. It is, after all, the home of the longest established commercial wine-making tradition. But these days, its primacy is being challenged by colonial upstarts, in the shape of New World vineyards, and guess what; the new kids on the block seem to be ganging up on the oldsters.…

BY RICHARD HURST, IN JOHANNESBURG
AN EMPOWERMENT group – a company set up in South Africa to promote the economic well-being of blacks – called Pamodzi Investment Holdings has entered into a joint venture with the established Protea Hotel group to create a new five star brand of African Pride Hotels.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTERPOL has launched an international 24-hour early warning system, which can alert the world’s police forces to an Internet emergency sparked by cybercrime, such as the circulation of a dangerous virus, such as the love-bug ‘worm.’ The system enables the global police agency to mobilise resources in any time-zone, alerting public authorities, which can in turn warn private companies of any risks.…