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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Scottish Government will be funding a three year programme to roll out Seafood Scotland’s pioneering ‘Seafood in Schools’ pilot project.

8th March 2012

Seafood education in Scottish schools

8th March 2012

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

As of 1 July 2011, Mexican packaging group Envases Universales (subject to customary closing conditions) acquired Glud & Marstrand A/S from AAC Capital Partners.

8th March 2012

Packaging group acquires Glud & Marstrand

8th March 2012

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Kroma A/S, Danish manufacturer of primary processing equipment, has developed a new gutting machine for tuna from 1-4kg.

8th March 2012

Tuna gutting machine from Kroma

8th March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafood Scotland’s ‘Seafood in Schools’ pilot project is set to roll-out nationwide, following confirmation from Scottish Government that it is to fund a three-year programme.

8th March 2012

Scottish schools project goes nationwide

8th March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Macduff Shipyards Limited has recently completed a new design scallop trawler in the under 15m class.

8th March 2012

New scallop trawler from Macduff

8th March 2012

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Volta Belting Technology says that freezing applications can often prove to be a weak point in the contamination of frozen fish and seafood products.

7th March 2012

New levels of hygiene for deep freeze applications

7th March 2012

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

Grimsby-based PPS East has recently become BRC Storage & Distribution certified at its state-of-the-art wash location, where the company cleans a range of returnable transit equipment such as plastic boxes, crates, pallets…

7th March 2012

PPS East achieves BRC accreditation

7th March 2012

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

European Seafood Exposition (ESE), the world’s largest seafood trade event, began in April 1993 as a result of requests from European customers who attended International Boston Seafood Show who wanted to have…

7th March 2012

ESE celebrates 20th edition

7th March 2012

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

McAirlaids offers a range of absorbent materials for food packaging and storage, in cut pieces and rolls, which the company says improves pack appearance and product quality.

7th March 2012

Absorbent packaging and storage materials

7th March 2012

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

At SPE, Ishida Europe will demonstrate its range of packing solutions for the seafood sector, including the launch of a new tray sealer plus the latest multihead weigher, checkweigher and X-ray models.

7th March 2012

A wealth of seafood packing solutions

7th March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Global Aquaculture Alliance has announced the Best Aquaculture Practices certification of Northern Harvest Sea Farms.

7th March 2012

BAP certifies Northern Harvest farm

7th March 2012

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Scottish Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead will officially open the ‘Fishing, Aquaculture and Seafood Expo – from Sea to Plate’ at the SECC in Glasgow, which runs from 22-24 March.

7th March 2012

Scots Fisheries Secretary to open Fishing, Aquaculture and Seafood Expo

7th March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Physical marking of farmed salmon and DNA tracing will now be tested as methods of finding out if a salmon in the sea or river is an escaped farmed salmon and, if…

7th March 2012

Tracing escaped farmed salmon

7th March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority has closed zone B of the Australian Sea Lion Management Zone following confirmation that three Australian sea lions died there when they were caught in gillnets in…

7th March 2012

AFMA closes second area in scalefish and shark fishery following sea lion deaths

7th March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Skipper Expo International Galway 2012, held 24-25 February, came to an end with satisfied customers, new contacts and excellent business being done over the two days of the event.

7th March 2012

Skipper Expo the most successful to date

7th March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fishing for a ‘balanced harvest’ can achieve productive fisheries as well as environmental conservation, an international scientific team reports in the journal ‘Science’.

7th March 2012

Diverse catch is better for ecosystems

7th March 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fusion Marine Ltd has won a £0.5m contract to supply fish farm pens and associated aquaculture equipment for a new tilapia farming venture in Zambia.

6th March 2012

New Zambian fish farm development project

6th March 2012

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Detectronic A/S is launching a new, innovative and compact X-ray machine for the food industry.

6th March 2012

New innovative X-ray machine

6th March 2012

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The first steps in Baader’s new advanced Whitefish Processing Line will be shown at SPE - the BAADER 582 Filleting Machine and the BAADER 59 Skinning Machine.

6th March 2012

Baader focuses on whitefish

6th March 2012

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

AFOS is launching a new mini defroster, which measures just one cubic metre in size, at SPE.

6th March 2012

AFOS to launch mini defroster

6th March 2012