All Industry News articles – Page 37

  • Sainsbury’s first with Salmon Skin Crisps
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    Sainsbury’s first with Salmon Skin Crisps

    2019-06-24T14:54:00Z

    Sea Chips – the UK’s first salmon skin crisp company – has made its debut in major retail by becoming one of the first products to be part of Sainsbury’s ground-breaking ‘Taste of the Future’ scheme, trialling its innovative snack among consumers for a three-month period.

  • Ghost gear is given a new lease of life through the Net100-Net + Positive Project Photo: Satlink
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    Chilean project sees ghost gear repurposed

    2019-06-24T10:02:00Z

    Satlink and recycling company, Bureo, have joined forces to collect 100 tonnes of fishing nets along the coast of Chile, through the Net100-Net + Positive Project.

  • AENOR sustainable tuna is available in Spain Photo: AENOR
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    AENOR sustainable tuna comes to Spain

    2019-06-19T10:13:00Z

    Tuna bearing the AENOR Conform Responsibly Fished Tuna seal is now available to Spanish customers.

  • LR Health & Beauty FoS certified?
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    LR Health & Beauty FoS certified

    2019-06-19T09:00:00Z

    Leading manufacturer and distributor of cosmetics and nutritional supplements LR Health & Beauty qualifies for Friend of the Sea certification.

  • Campaign aims to attract young jobseekers
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    Campaign aims to attract young jobseekers

    2019-06-17T12:48:00Z

    Misconceptions about the seafood industry are putting off young talent as the next generation sees the seafood industry as low skilled and unexciting, leaving seafood businesses struggling to recruit fresh, young talent.

  • IPNLF welcomes first Japanese member
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    IPNLF welcomes first Japanese member

    2019-06-17T12:43:00Z

    The Kochi Sustainable Skipjack Association (KSSA) has become the latest member of the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF).

  • Brixham fish market has adopted a cloud-based trading system Photo: Auxcis
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    Fish from the clouds at Brixham

    2019-06-13T09:47:00Z

    UK fish market, Brixham, has become the first to introduce a cloud-based trading and information system.

  • Europêche hits back at claims that fishing is contributing to an unprecedented decline in species Photo: Europêche
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    UN's fish extinction warning 'far-fetched'

    2019-06-10T13:23:00Z

    The European fishing industry has called claims from the United Nations that fishing is contributing to an unprecedented decline in nature a ''bit far-fetched''.

  • Joanna Toole Photo: World Animal Protection
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    Ghost gear award in honour of UN worker

    2019-06-10T12:59:00Z

    World Animal Protection has created a new award in honour of United Nations worker and former World Animal Protection campaigner, Joanna Toole from Devon, who died in the Ethiopian airlines crash in March.

  • First Young Fishmonger of the Year announced
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    First Young Fishmonger of the Year announced

    2019-06-05T10:24:00Z

    Jordan Keig from Robinson’s Foods on the Isle of Man has been announced as the first winner of the Master Fishmonger Standard Young Fishmonger Award at a ceremony at Fishmongers’ Hall, London, home of the historic Worshipful Company of Fishmongers.

  • The Keralan state government is using holograms to tackle unregistered fishing vessels
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    India uses holograms to tackle IUU fishing

    2019-06-05T10:19:00Z

    The state government of Kerala in India is using holograms in a bid to tackle the increasing number of unregistered fishing vessels that are implicated in criminal activities, including human trafficking.

  • All Greenland halibut caught by EU fisheries is now sustainable Photo: MSC
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    All EU-fished Greenland halibut sustainable

    2019-06-05T09:55:00Z

    Following Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for the Doggerbank Seefischerei halibut fishery, all Greenland halibut in the EU is now being fished sustainably.

  • Lerwick Port Authority's chief executive, Calum Grains, and Bank of Scotland's Carolyn Martin Photo: Lerwick Port Authority
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    Green focus at new Lerwick fish market

    2019-06-03T10:34:00Z

    With support from a £3 million funding package from Bank of Scotland, Lerwick Port Authority is developing a new white fish market at Lerwick Harbour with sustainability at its core.

  • Dr Annika Clements Photo: Seafish
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    Seafish appoints new NI manager

    2019-05-31T09:23:00Z

    Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry, has welcomed a new member to its Northern Ireland team.

  • Black Sea Common Maritime Agenda endorsed
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    Black Sea Common Maritime Agenda endorsed

    2019-05-29T08:00:00Z

    The Common Maritime Agenda agreed by ministers of seven nations bordering the Black Sea is the first of its kind for the region and the result of a process initiated by the European Union.

  • Jens Vogler joins Rügen Fisch AG
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    Jens Vogler joins Rügen Fisch AG

    2019-05-29T07:00:00Z

    Jens Vogler has been appointed by Thai Union as CEO of Rügen Fisch AG with its subsidiaries Hawesta-Feinkost Hans Westphal GmbH & Co. KG and Ostsee Fisch GmbH & Co. Produktions- und Vertriebs KG.

  • Salmon
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    Drop in earnings for New Zealand’s Sanford

    2019-05-28T15:41:00Z

    New Zealand seafood company Sanford Limited has reported an 8% drop in earnings and 16% drop in profit following the death of a crew member alongside environmental challenges.

  • Sea Delight has joined the Red Crab and NFI Crab Councils Photo: Sea Delight
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    Sea Delight joins crab councils

    2019-05-24T07:05:00Z

    Florida-based company, Sea Delight, has joined the National Fisheries Institute’s Crab Council as its 33rd member and the NFI Red Crab Council as its 11th member.

  • Silla Co. has been awarded Friend of the Sea certification Photo: Silla Co.
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    Silla achieves FOS certification

    2019-05-24T07:00:00Z

    The purse seiner vessels of South Korean company, Silla Co., have been found to comply with the Friend of the Sea’s sustainability criteria following a third party audit.

  • M&S and Waitrose have joined EJF's fight against illegal fishing Photo: Environmental Justice Foundation
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    UK retailers join EJF transparency pact

    2019-05-22T10:21:00Z

    Marks & Spencer and Waitrose & Partners have become the latest UK major retailers to commit to ensuing their seafood supply chains are free from illegal fishing and human rights abuses by signing the Environmental Justice Foundation’s (EJF) Charter for Transparency.