Seafood

ACE Refrigeration has reported three successes in the fish and seafood industry.

Lossie Seafoods has won a prestigious award at the Highland & Islands Food Awards in recognition of its success in developing new markets for premium Scottish smoked salmon.

Nofima tests have shown that the remotely-operated underwater vehicle (ROV) ‘Seabed Harvester’ harvests more sea urchins than divers, and can harvest them in conditions that divers can’t.

The Seafood Foundation recently appointed Linda Cornish as its new executive director who will be helping to build a new education initiative.

Direct Seafoods is launching its new Certified Sustainable Range of products this month.

A new NOAA report shows that US seafood landings reached a 17-year high in 2011, thanks in part to rebuilding fish populations.

Seafish has announced the final programme is now available for the Humber Seafood Summit 2012 which will be hosted at the Humber Seafood Institute on 19 September and 20 September 2012.

At just over half way through the Olympics, fans have already consumed an estimated 40 tonnes of seafood at the games.