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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The crew of the Margate RNLI lifeboat have provided assistance to a Belgian trawler that ran aground on a sandbank off the north Kent coast with fears at one stage that its…

29th March 2011

Margate lifeboat assists Belgian trawler

29th March 2011

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Freezer equipment manufacturer Advanced Freezers will be demonstrating its entire range of industrial chilling and freezing equipment at the upcoming ESE/SPE.

29th March 2011

Advanced Freezers brings fish freezing to the optimum

29th March 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Mainstream Canada has begun legal proceedings against Don Staniford and his organisation, The Global Alliance Against Industrial Aquaculture, for defamatory statements that have been made regarding the companys fish farming operations.

29th March 2011

Mainstream Canada begins legal proceedings against Don Staniford

29th March 2011

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

NOAA continues to re-test seafood from the Gulf of Mexico to demonstrate to American and worldwide consumers that it is safe to eat, and has announced it will continue this re-testing into…

29th March 2011

Testing continues on Gulf seafood

29th March 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Plans for a new-look fishing exhibition for 2012 that will broaden the scope of the event for visitors and exhibitors have been revealed by Fish Expo organiser, QD Events.

29th March 2011

Plans revealed for Fishing UK 2012

29th March 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Commercial fishing for Gulf group king mackerel in the southern Florida west coast subzone is closed from 23 March 2011, for commercial hook-and-line vessels.

28th March 2011

King mackerel hook-and-line fishing prohibited in southern Florida

28th March 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead has commented on provisional sea fisheries statistics for 2010, published recently.

27th March 2011

Scottish fisheries statistics

27th March 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The CFCA has adopted its annual report for 2010 at the meeting of the Administrative Board held on 15 March.

26th March 2011

2010: A year of cooperation in fisheries control

26th March 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

In March, QVD Aquacultures farm and processing plant in the Dong Thap province of Vietnam became the Best Aquaculture Practices programs first two-star certified pangasius facilities.

25th March 2011

BAP certifies first pangasius facilities

25th March 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK Food Standards Agency is working with port health authorities and other Government departments to ensure that food imports from Japan, mainly fish and shellfish, are screened for radioactive material.

24th March 2011

Food imports from Japan

24th March 2011

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Visitors to Marel Stand 6227 in Hall 4 at this year‘s Seafood Processing Europe show in Brussels will have a unique opportunity to combine business and pleasure with some solid information, as…

24th March 2011

Species sessions add fresh flavour to Brussels show

24th March 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Fisheries Secretary has received assurances that EU plans for mackerel sanctions against Iceland and the Faroe Islands are at an advanced stage.

23rd March 2011

EU mackerel action imminent

23rd March 2011

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The finalists for the European Seafood Exposition 2011 Seafood Prix d’Elite new products competition have been announced.

23rd March 2011

Seafood Prix d’Elite finalists unveiled

23rd March 2011

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Sixty five fishing industry projects across Scotland have been awarded a total of £4.46 million under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) programme.

23rd March 2011

Scottish funding for fisheries

23rd March 2011

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The salmon plant owned by Mainstream Norway AS in Hammerfest will be almost completely automated when new technology is installed.

22nd March 2011

New technology for salmon plants

22nd March 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

NOAAs Fisheries Service has announced that it will propose increasing the spiny dogfish quota to 20 million pounds for 2011.

22nd March 2011

33% increase for spiny dogfish quota

22nd March 2011

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Sodexo, Inc. in partnership with CleanFish has announced one of the largest initiatives of its kind designed to significantly increase the quantity and availability of sustainable fresh fish options in the US.

22nd March 2011

Sodexo unveils plan to increase sustainable fresh seafood options

22nd March 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fish are not as dumb as people sometimes think: marine scientists have found that fish that are regularly hunted with spearguns are much more wary and keep their distance from fishers.

22nd March 2011

Fish know to avoid the spear

22nd March 2011

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Government of Canada has officially released 2010 fish and seafood export figures and re-launched a new and improved www.sustainable-seafood.ca website.

22nd March 2011

Canada’s fish and seafood exports grow by more than 7% in 2010

22nd March 2011

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Commenting on the provisional statistics for fish landings in 2010 released by the Scottish Government, Bertie Armstrong, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation said:

21st March 2011

Fish figures underline importance of fishing industry to Scottish economy

21st March 2011