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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

American Seafoods Group has acquired Good Harbor Fillet LLC from private equity group Creo Capital Partners LLC.

20th January 2012

American Seafoods buys Good Harbor

20th January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Kefalonia Fisheries, a major Greek producer of Mediterranean sea bream, sea bass and meagre, has received Friend of the Sea sustainability certification.

19th January 2012

First Greek FoS aquaculture farm

19th January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Spanish Association of Marine Aquaculture Producers (APROMAR) has begun working on a project to develop a technology capable of measuring fish biomass levels in offshore aquaculture cages.

19th January 2012

Spanish offshore aquaculture project

19th January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (AFDF) has announced that eight major primary salmon processors are backing out of the Marine Stewardship Council certification programme in October.

18th January 2012

Alaska salmon industry pulls out of MSC

18th January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Fisheries Fund (EFF) has made £4.2m of funding available to help fragile fishing communities across Scotland.

18th January 2012

Scottish funding for fishing communities

18th January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Open-ocean shark populations throughout the world are dropping, not only due to overfishing but also from inadvertent captures by fishermen in search of tuna.

18th January 2012

EU project to protect threatened sharks

18th January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Food Safety Authority’s Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ Panel) has completed a risk assessment on norovirus in oysters.

18th January 2012

EFSA assesses norovirus in oysters

18th January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seniors in Thornton, Lancashire, has been named the best British fish and chip shop after beating rivals in the National Fish and Chip Awards 2012 on 17 January 2012.

18th January 2012

Seniors named UK’s best fish & chip shop

18th January 2012

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

I started my marine career as a wireless operator. An upcoming ‘sparker’, as we were fondly called by other seamen, one of the first subjects they taught me at maritime school was…

17th January 2012

Ditching a fishing boat? No problem – just follow the rules

17th January 2012

HEME

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17th January 2012

World Fishing

17th January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Dartmouth’s RockFish Seafood & Chips, owned by food writer and restaurateur Mitch Tonks and business partner and long term friend Mat Prowse has achieved MSC certification.

17th January 2012

RockFish rolls MSC certified fish

17th January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

AUT University researchers are touting Undaria pinnatifid, a type of seaweed, as the aquaculture sector’s ‘next big thing’ – despite it being a highly invasive and unwanted organism under New Zealand biosecurity…

17th January 2012

Seaweed the “next big thing”

17th January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Mainstream Canada trial against anti-salmon farming activist Don Staniford began yesterday.

17th January 2012

Mainstream begins trial against activist

17th January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The American Soybean Association’s (ASA) World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) programme and the Pakistan Fisheries Development Board have launched the ‘FEEDing Pakistan’ programme.

16th January 2012

‘FEEDing Pakistan’ programme launched

16th January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new EU project will carry out environmental accounting for catch and production of cod and haddock.

16th January 2012

Enviro accounting for cod and haddock

16th January 2012

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13th January 2012

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13th January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two new ISO standards for traceability of fish products have been approved.

13th January 2012

New ISO standards for fish products

13th January 2012

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Following the surveillance audit carried out in December 2011, Moody Marine Intertek has suspended the MSC certification of the Portuguese sardine purse seine fishery.

12th January 2012

Portuguese MSC certificate suspended

12th January 2012

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Cooke Aquaculture, the largest Atlantic salmon producer on the East Coast, has invested in a state-of-the-art ice system that will boost the quality of its products while reducing energy consumption.

12th January 2012

Cooke Aquaculture invests in ice system

12th January 2012

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Global Aquaculture Alliance has announced the Best Aquaculture Practices certification of four salmon farms owned and operated in British Columbia, Canada, by Grieg Seafood B.C. Ltd.

12th January 2012

BAP certifies Skuna Bay Salmon Farms

12th January 2012