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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Next week Associated Seafoods Ltd (ASL) will integrate its Scottish smoked salmon operation into its modern new processing facility in Buckie, north-east Scotland.

19th September 2013

Associated Seafoods’ facility nears completion

19th September 2013

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

At the end of September Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam will deliver the bright pink mussel dredger ‘Lottie Holly’ to Welsh shellfish company, Myti Mussels Ltd.

19th September 2013

Pink dredger for Myti Mussels

19th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A study by researchers from the University of Minnesota has shown that extinction and overfishing threats from multispecies fisheries can be identified decades before species are over-harvested and populations decline.

18th September 2013

Preventing fishery collapse

18th September 2013

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

A free online health service has been launched to help people working in small businesses in higher-risk sectors in England – including fishing - who suffer from work-related ill health.

18th September 2013

Free health service for fish workers

18th September 2013

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

New research is being released that examines customer attitudes towards culinary preparation of seafood.

17th September 2013

Seafood consumption study

17th September 2013

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

‘Atlantic Viking’ has become the fourth in a series of five trawlers delivered to Norwegian owners by Tersan Shipyard in Turkey.

17th September 2013

Tersan Shipyard delivers ‘Atlantic Viking’

17th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Michael Lodge, the Independent Adjudicator for the objection against Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the Russia Sea of Okhotsk pollock fishery, has cleared the fishery for certification.

17th September 2013

Russian pollock fishery can be certified

17th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Ugly Animal Preservation Society has named the “world’s ugliest animal”, the blobfish, as its new mascot.

16th September 2013

Blobfish ugliest animal!

16th September 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

At DanFish International, C.C.Jensen A/S will present its latest solution in oil filtration for the fishing fleet - a filter that eliminates the sludge problem in lube and diesel oils and reduces…

16th September 2013

Sludge handling almost eliminated

16th September 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Western Australian Resources Limited (WARL) has acquired the Marine Farms Pty Ltd aquaculture site in Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia, to meet its 100,000 tonne per annum farmed prawn production target.

12th September 2013

Prawn site acquisition

12th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Canada’s AgriMarine intends to acquire a fellow Canadian steelhead trout farm in a bid to increase its sustainable fin fish offering.

12th September 2013

AgriMarine acquisition

12th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New Zealand’s decision to reduce the size of the marine protected area (MPA) in the Ross Sea by more than 40% is “a tactical mistake and a significant retreat for Southern Ocean…

12th September 2013

New proposal for Ross Sea

12th September 2013

NEWS

NEWS

Turkey is targeting a major increase in fisheries production over the next decade, reports David Hayes.

12th September 2013

Turkey targets growth

12th September 2013

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

As the seafood industry is having to increasingly rely on aquaculture for its raw material, so processing equipment suppliers are manufacturing more machines specifically for dealing with farmed fish.

12th September 2013

Innovation and automation key to processing farmed fish

12th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Tank ship tycoon, John Fredriksen, has ploughed more investment into the world’s largest producer of farmed salmon, Marine Harvest.

11th September 2013

Tycoon ploughs more into Marine Harvest

11th September 2013

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Whiteleg shrimp producer, Nekkanti Sea Foods Limited, has been certified by GLOBALG.A.P. – making the company the first to be certified in India.

11th September 2013

First Indian producer GLOBALG.A.P. certified

11th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Soybeans are becoming an increasingly important part of sustainable aquaculture, functioning as a popular fish feed ingredient, and could also help the environment, says the US Soybean Export Council (USSEC).

11th September 2013

Soybean boost

11th September 2013

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Menakhem Ben-Yami looks into the issue of fisheries management.

11th September 2013

Two sorts of science

11th September 2013

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sea Pact, a new coalition of seafood industry leaders, is now accepting its first Request for Grant Proposals.

11th September 2013

Sea Pact requests grant proposals

11th September 2013

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

On 7 September the tuna freezer IZARO was launched at Zamakona Yards in Bilbao, Spain.

10th September 2013

Tuna freezer launched

10th September 2013