Processing & Refrigeration

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Steakholder Foods Ltd (formerly MeaTech 3D) has filed a provisional US patent application based on the formation of layers of crosslinked tissue, with the international deep-tech food company stating that this “breakthrough…

17th November 2022

3D printed fish patent

17th November 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Norwegian-headquartered farmed salmon group SalMar ASA has sent notice of layoffs to 851 employees at its processing facilities in Frøya and Senja, with the government’s proposed new salmon tax cited as the main…

14th November 2022

SalMar lays off 851

14th November 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

UK manufacturing outsourcing specialist PP Control & Automation (PP C&A) has confirmed it has been brought in to support the delivery of a new €11 million project that will boost the fishmeal…

11th November 2022

PP C&A lands Iceland deal

11th November 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

A ‘chaotic situation’ created by the Norwegian government’s salmon tax proposals is to blame for the job losses says the seafood group’s chief executive.

9th November 2022

Lerøy processing cuts

9th November 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

A new fishmeal processing facility has been opened in Warrenton, Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest, that will focus on the upcycling of fish trimmings.

19th October 2022

Oregon fishmeal JV opens

19th October 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

UK government has announced an expansion to the autonomous tariff quota (ATQ) on imports of coldwater prawn products into the country.

30th September 2022

UK expands prawn tariff

30th September 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

The Chilean company FoodCrop has become the first pelagic fish producer to validate the traceability of the raw material used for its fishmeal production through ORIVO certification.

27th September 2022

Fishmeal validated

27th September 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

BAADER has appointed a new chief executive for SKAGINN 3X and BAADER Ísland in a move the company says will further strengthen its strategic position in Iceland.

14th September 2022

New SKAGINN 3X CEO

14th September 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture technology manufacturer, Stranda Prolog, has filed for insolvency, blaming the Covid-19 pandemic, cost increases and shortages of materials and labour.

12th September 2022

Stranda Prolog in administration

12th September 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Processing equipment manufacturer Marel has started the construction of a new global distribution centre in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

12th September 2022

Marel breaks ground

12th September 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Scottish Pelagic Processors Association (SPPA) – the representative organisation for Scotland’s mackerel, herring and blue whiting processing industry – is calling for urgent government action to support it from the serious…

31st August 2022

UK processing concerns

31st August 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Food processing solutions provider, Baader has established a holding company to help establish the company as a European group.

25th August 2022

Baader sets up global group

25th August 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Norwegian shipowner Ervik Havfiske AS has chosen Carsoe to deliver the onboard shrimp and crab processing factory for its new fishing vessel, Ny Frøyanes.

25th August 2022

Innovative new crabber

25th August 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Icelandic processing equipment firm Marel has announced plans to reduce its global workforce by 5% in order to improve its operational performance, which it says has fallen “below expectations”.

22nd July 2022

Marel to cut workforce

22nd July 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Additional duties on Russian seafood are included in the latest batch of sanctions implemented by UK government this week.

20th July 2022

Russian whitefish tariff

20th July 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

With million tonnes of fisheries and aquaculture raw materials going to waste, IceFish 2022’s Fish Waste for Profit Conference heard there’s significant scope to optimise the use and value of seafood

19th July 2022

Total fish utilisation

19th July 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

To support companies that have the ambition to increase circularity in the seafood space, the Iceland Ocean Cluster (IOC) and processing solutions provider Marel have announced a strengthening of their already longstanding…

13th July 2022

Blue economy partnership

13th July 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Recognising that with proper handling, the offcuts from processing pelagic fish can be used for more valuable purposes, EU-funded project WaSeaBi has developed new sorting technology that make it possible to separate…

4th July 2022

New pelagic sorting tech

4th July 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Nordic private equity firm Bluefront Equity has invested in Svolvær, North Norway-headquartered Proff Kulde AS, a supplier of refrigerant and heating solutions for the seafood industry.

20th June 2022

Bluefront buys into tech firm

20th June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition – or IceFish as it’s popularly known – is all set to open its doors on Wednesday 8 June, welcoming exhibitors and attendees from around the world, at…

7th June 2022

IceFish 2022 is ready!

7th June 2022