Fish Handling – Page 6

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    Tub vs box - size matters

    2005-01-19T13:12:00Z

    The Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories is an independent state organisation, operating on behalf of industry under the Ministry of Fisheries. For 20 years it has worked to improve the humble containers which carry fish all over the word. Staff member Sigurjón Arason, a civil engineer with an MSc at Denmark''s Technical ...

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    ABP PLYMOUTH LANDS A BIG CATCH

    2005-01-17T14:37:00Z

    Associated British Ports (ABP), owner and operator of Millbay Docks at Plymouth, has caught a new cargo in the form of 1,100 tonnes of frozen fish. The fish is being loaded at Millbay Docks today (Monday, 17, January) for local company Interfish.

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    Sæplast sells 3,000 Euro-size PUR tubs to German processor

    2004-10-01T15:37:00Z

    In one of the largest agreements of its kind in the group''s history, Sæplast has concluded a contract with German fish processor Euro-Baltic Fischverarbeitungs GmbH calling for the delivery of 3,000 700-litre insulated polyurethane Euro-size PUR containers for use at the company''s herring processing plant in the port of Sassnitz, ...

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    Sydney market upgrades auction

    2004-04-13T15:00:00Z

    February 2004 saw the installation of a new electronic selling system at Sydney Fish Market, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, according to Auxcis Trading Solutions (ATS) in a press statement. Its outdated electronic auction was replaced by a brand new system that included three auction clocks, a buyers'' gallery ...

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    Quality on show for fisheries minister

    2002-11-12T15:56:00Z

    Visible quality. Icelandic Minister of Fisheries, Ãrni M Mathiesen (right), gets first-hand evidence of the freshness of fish at Fishgate, Hull''s quality-driven fish trading centre, during an early morning visit to the electronic auction market.

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    Peterhead looks to future with confidence

    2002-05-11T11:57:00Z

    Peterhead Harbours has ridden out a difficult year for demersal landings caused by the very low quota levels for 2001 but is now looking to the future with renewed confidence, thanks in part to a recent £9m investment to upgrade port facilities.