Processing & Refrigeration

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Hege Charlotte Bakken has joined the board of directors at salmon-based ingredients producer Biomega Group as an independent director.

1st March 2023

Biomega appointment

1st March 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Cape Fish has achieved Best Seafood Practices and Best Aquaculture Practices certifications from the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA), the first-ever seafood processing plant in South Africa to earn the distinction.

27th February 2023

First South African GSA

27th February 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Norwegian longliner company Leinebris AS has chosen Carsoe as the factory supplier for its fleet’s newest addition – a vessel bearing the company’s name that will be outfitted to combine seine netting,…

16th February 2023

Longliner factory chosen

16th February 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

A new European initiative is looking to replace the single-use plastic film typically used to preserve frozen fish with a biodegradable/edible alternative.

30th January 2023

Greener fish packaging

30th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Santa Monica Seafood is to open a new facility near Baltimore, Maryland, the company’s third location for its vacuum-packed seafood operations.

25th January 2023

Santa Monica goes east

25th January 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

UK retail giant Tesco has announced it is to start using discarded plastic collected from coastal areas in its packaging for fresh fish products.

25th January 2023

Tesco fish packaging project

25th January 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Rancho Dominguez, California-headquartered seafood distributor and processor Santa Monica Seafood has secured ISO 14001 certification for all four of its major processing facilities: SMS Rancho Dominguez, LA Fish Company, SMS Chicago and SMS…

19th January 2023

Santa Monica certification

19th January 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

After four years operating a simple shrimp line that froze industrial shrimp grades in vertical plate freezers, Havfisk AS’s factory trawler Nordtind has been upgraded with a new solution by Carsoe that grades and…

13th January 2023

Carsoe upgrades shrimp line

13th January 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Aquaculture and fishing technology provider Optimar AS has been ranked number one in the selection process for the Fish ID project, a collaboration between the Norwegian Directory of Fisheries and key industry…

4th January 2023

Optimar earns top ranking

4th January 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

FISH Standard for Crew Inc has confirmed that the Phoenix Processors Limited Partnership’s (PPLP) two processor vessels have been awarded the third-party certification. 

22nd December 2022

FISH for Phoenix

22nd December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Bergen, Norway-headquartered pelagic fish company Pelagia AS has signed agreements with Vigner Olaisen AS and Fjellmyhr AS to purchase the remaining shares in Aquarius AS.

13th December 2022

Pelagia buys Aquarius

13th December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Nieuwpoort, Belgium-headquartered food-processing equipment manufacturer Marelec Food Technologies has been acquired by Duravant LLC, a global engineered equipment and automation solutions provider to the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors.

6th December 2022

Duravant acquires Marelec

6th December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Alaska seafood processing company Northline Seafoods has confirmed the successful funding and launch of a new project to build a mobile commercial salmon processing platform.

5th December 2022

Northline processing first

5th December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Notpla – a UK start-up company that has developed an alternative to plastic packaging from seaweed – has been named as one of the winners of the Earthshot environmental awards, held in…

5th December 2022

Earthshot winning seaweed

5th December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Royal Greenland’s fishing fleet renewal has continued with its newest and most high-tech vessel Akamalik being equipped with an onboard shrimp processing factory from Danish processing equipment specialists Carsoe.

2nd December 2022

Carsoe fits new shrimper

2nd December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Today’s market presents both obstacles and opportunities for the small-scale fisheries (SSF) sector, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, with the body identifying that current structures…

2nd December 2022

From problem to solution

2nd December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Billed as the first plant of its kind to open in North America in at least 25 years, the new fishmeal processing facility in Warrenton, Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest, that’s jointly-owned…

2nd December 2022

‘The world needs protein’

2nd December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

It’s estimated that the equivalent of 10 million tonnes of fish is wasted annually. And accounting for between 3 and 8% of every fish, the skin is a structural material that’s full…

2nd December 2022

Skin deep

2nd December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

With the global population steadily rising, the consumption of seafood is likely to double by 2050. However, over a third of fish stocks are overfished and 60% are fished to their maximum…

2nd December 2022

Healing powers

2nd December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The government is investing a further £30 million in projects to modernise the UK seafood processing sector.

28th November 2022

UK seafood boost

28th November 2022