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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Scottish seafood sector is aiming to top sales of £30m made at the 2011 European Seafood Exposition (ESE) at next week’s 2012 show.

19th April 2012

Scottish seafood aims to smash sales

19th April 2012

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

People with a background in commercial fisheries are being sought to help with the management of inshore fisheries in five areas around England’s coastline.

19th April 2012

Management of Englands inshore fisheries

19th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The current suspension of the Portuguese sardine fishery MSC certificate will remain in place after independent certifier, Intertek Moody Marine, accepted an action plan to address the current sardine stock issue.

19th April 2012

Portuguese Sardine fishery: Corrective action plan approved

19th April 2012

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Keith Ashfield, Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, met with US Administration officials in Washington, DC this week to discuss bilateral and multilateral fisheries management and related issues.

19th April 2012

Canada’s advances fisheries issues

19th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Provisional statistics published this week reveal that landings by Scottish fishermen last year were worth £500 million, 15% on 2010.

18th April 2012

Value of Scottish catch at 10 year high

18th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Piotr Kapinos has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer of Morpol, effective from 16 April 2012.

18th April 2012

Piotr Kapinos appointed Morpol CFO

18th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Durham University has become the first independent catered academic institution in the UK to achieve the MSC Chain of Custody Standard following an assessment by Food Certification International (FCI).

18th April 2012

Durham Uni achieves MSC standard

18th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned of a voluntary recall on a frozen raw yellowfin tuna product called Nakaochi Scrape AA or AAA from Moon Marine USA Corporation (MMI).

18th April 2012

Tuna product linked to salmonella

18th April 2012

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

UK based Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) training and consultancy company ECDIS Ltd has announced a new partnership agreement with Japan Radio Company (JRC).

18th April 2012

ECDIS partners with JRC

18th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

DTU Aqua in Hirtshals is hosting an international AQUABEST meeting on sustainable fish farming in the Baltic Sea region.

17th April 2012

DTU Aqua to host AQUABEST meeting

17th April 2012

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Oceana has found widespread seafood mislabelling in the Los Angeles-area, according to a new report.

17th April 2012

Oceana investigation finds widespread seafood mislabelling in LA

17th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Co-founder and co-CEO of Kampachi Farms, Neil Sims, has been confirmed as the Chairman of the 2012 Offshore Mariculture Conference.

17th April 2012

Offshore Mariculture chair announced

17th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish just published its annual dossier on the status and management of the 10 feed grade fish stocks used to produce fishmeal and fish oil for the UK market.

17th April 2012

Seafish publishes feed fish stocks review

17th April 2012

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Glasgow-based ACE Refrigeration has won a six-figure contract to supply refrigeration equipment for a new factory extension of the Dingwall-based salmon processor, Edinburgh Salmon Company.

16th April 2012

ACE refrigeration lands major fish deal

16th April 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scientists at Nofima have created a manual that provides a thorough introduction to the reproductive cycle of sea urchins.

16th April 2012

Sea urchin reproduction

16th April 2012

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Oceana has released a report on the “disappointing” state of the fisheries management in the Baltic Sea.

16th April 2012

Baltic Sea management endangers fisheries

16th April 2012

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

McMurdo has expanded its product portfolio to include complete professional maritime and land-based tracking and monitoring systems, with the launch of McMurdo Marine Systems.

15th April 2012

McMurdo Marine Systems launched

15th April 2012

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The main issue associated with chilling post-mortem prior to gutting is ensuring chill rates are optimal for shelf life and quality, and the efficiency of the gutting process with the aim to…

15th April 2012

A new way of chilling fish

15th April 2012

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Beginning 1 January 2013, new emissions regulations will apply to John Deere PoweTech 4.5L and 6.8L marine diesel engines in North America.

15th April 2012

Ready for launch

15th April 2012

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

California seafood importer and processor Yamaya USA has agreed to a consent decree with the FDA that prevents the company from manufacturing or distributing fish or fish products.

13th April 2012

Department of Justice enters consent decree with California seafood processor

13th April 2012