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The jiggers and liners of the Ny-Fiskur cod fleet, which supply Marine Harvest and the Swiss processor/wholesaler Covedis (provider of Manor and Sushi Zen) has passed a thorough Friend of the Sea…

4th November 2010

Marine Harvest and Covedis line-caught cod pass eco-label audit

4th November 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Xyrex Ltd, the manufacturer of the Prawnfresh and Prawnfresh Plus products for the treatment for harvested shrimp, has successfully won an Interim Interdict at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, UK, against…

4th November 2010

Xyrex obtains Interim Interdict against Rytium over shrimp treatment products

4th November 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Findus Group’s ‘Fish for Life’ sustainable sourcing approach has won its seventh major award in three years, taking the ‘Land, Water and Ecology’ prize in the prestigious 2010 Green Business Awards.

4th November 2010

Fish for Life wins seventh award

4th November 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Malaysia’s export of seafood products to Russia is expected to resume by the year-end following discussions between the Malaysia External Trade Development Corp (Matrade) and Russia’s Ministry of Agriculture and the Federal…

4th November 2010

Malaysia to resume seafood exports to Russia

4th November 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Marine Harvest reported operating revenues of NOK 3,610 million (€440.3 million/$618.2 million) in the third quarter of 2010, up slightly from NOK 3,601 million (€439.2 million/$616.7 million) recorded in the corresponding period…

3rd November 2010

Marine Harvest: strong Q3, output to rise

3rd November 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

With the passing into statute of a new bylaw by the Isle of Man government that excludes much of the Scottish scallop fleet from Manx waters, the Scottish scallop industry has lost…

3rd November 2010

SFF: Scots scallopers failed by new Isle of Man fishing rights bylaw

3rd November 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The annual competition run by the Association of Scottish Shellfish to find Scotland’s best mussels and oysters was held in the Corran Halls, Oban, Argyll.

3rd November 2010

Scotland’s best shellfish competition – winners announced

3rd November 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Scottish fisheries have been awarded close to £11 million (€12.6 million/$17.6 million) in European funding, it has been confirmed. A total of 144 companies are to share the £10.9 million grant from…

3rd November 2010

Scots fisheries get £11m European funding

3rd November 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

DSM Dyneema is set to present results of new research that it says confirms that using its ultra-strong lightweight fibre in fishing nets can yield major energy savings for fishermen, and make…

3rd November 2010

Dyneema to unveil fishing net energy savings

3rd November 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Industrial scale aquaculture production magnifies environmental degradation, according to the first global assessment of the effects of marine finfish aquaculture. This is true even when farming operations implement the best current marine…

2nd November 2010

Tool assesses impact of aquaculture

2nd November 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Fisheries Ministers of the European Union (EU) wants to maintain fishing quotas for bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) and has rejected a 50% reduction in catches, as proposed by the European Commission…

2nd November 2010

EU ministers refuse to cut bluefin quota

2nd November 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Fish and animal feed company Nutreco saw an 11% year-on-year rise in turnover in the third quarter of 2010. It took third quarter sales past €1.3 billion ($1.8 billion), largely due to…

1st November 2010

Nutreco Q3 turnover grows 11%

1st November 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Iceland dismissed the mackerel quota proposed by the European Union and Norway, saying it was unrealistic and would not solve the ongoing row in the north Atlantic, its negotiator said.

1st November 2010

Iceland rejects EU mackerel proposal

1st November 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

BP has agreed to pay Florida $20 million (€14.4 million) over the next three years, half of which - $10 million (€7.2 million) - will go toward paying for seafood inspections and…

29th October 2010

BP to pay Florida $20m for seafood projects

29th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Taiwan will send battleships to escort the countrys trawlers as the autumn crab season began almost two months late this year, the Council of Agriculture (COA) and the Coast Guard Administration (CGA)…

26th October 2010

Taiwan warships escort fishing boats

26th October 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Empresa Pesquera Apiao’s Chilean blue mussel (Mytilus chilensis) farming sites have been audited by an international certification body and found to be compliant with Friend of the Sea sustainability requirements.

26th October 2010

Chilean blue mussels secure Friend of the Sea eco-label

26th October 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Regal Springs Tilapia farm Aquafinca in Honduras was the first aquaculture operation to be audited by the Institute for Marketecology (IMO) for compliance with the International Standards for Responsible Tilapia Aquaculture (ISRTA),…

25th October 2010

First tilapia farm becomes compliant with aquaculture dialogue standards

25th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Queenslands largest commercial fishery - the trawl sector – has become the first to finalise a development plan in conjunction with the Queensland government to boost industry profitability.

25th October 2010

NZ plan to boost trawling profitability

25th October 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

To mark the arrival of the 10 millionth Norwegian salmon to China, the Norwegian Seafood Export Council (NSEC) created a sushi mosaic featured 8,374 pieces of sushi made from different types of…

25th October 2010

New world record: largest sushi mosaic

25th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Findus Group received a Special Award for Excellence from the UK’s Food & Drink Federation (FDF) for its ‘Fish for Life’ sourcing approach at last week’s annual Community Partnership Awards in…

25th October 2010

Fish for Life wins sixth award

25th October 2010