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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A total of 17,000 tonnes of products from pelagic species have been processed this year at HB Grandi’s Vopnafjördur factory, smashing the companys previous production record of 12,700 tonnes set in 2004.

20th October 2010

Pelagic production record for HB Grandi

20th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US government is looking to hire a new chief for its fisheries law enforcement arm after the former head of enforcement, Dale Jones, was reassigned to monitoring international seafood trade.

20th October 2010

US looks for new law enforcement chief

20th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US Department of State has certified Mexico under Section 609 of United States Public Law 101-162, which prohibits the import of shrimp and shrimp products harvested in ways that may adversely…

19th October 2010

US approves Mexico shrimp imports

19th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Ten lobster boats will use sonar to survey populations of the fish in coastal waters next summer and autumn, with the help of a grant from the Maine Technology Institute.

18th October 2010

Maine lobstermen to aid herring research

18th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The New Brunswick Salmon Growers Association has changed its name and focus to better reflect the industrys spread out of southwest New Brunswick.

18th October 2010

Salmon group changes name to reflect region

18th October 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Tonka Seafoods Inc is interested in restarting shrimp processing in Petersburg, Alaska, and last week approached the Petersburg Harbor Board seeking permission to build a two-story warehouse close to the Petersburg Community…

18th October 2010

Tonka Seafoods looks into shrimp processing

18th October 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

It took SEAC AB three years to overhaul its ARENCO SFD-300 to fillet smaller fish from 25 to 50 fish per kg and the result – the ARENCO SFD-300 XS was installed…

18th October 2010

Filleting the smallest fish

18th October 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The latest installations for marine weighing specialist Marelec NV include the Scottish prawn fishing vessels Achieve and Replenish, while Norwegian vessel Sunderoy installed a MS4/6 six-gate static grader for grading to size…

18th October 2010

Marelec marine scales and graders

18th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Peterhead Port Authority’s new all-weather deepwater Smith Embankment quay has opened for business - on time and within budget.

15th October 2010

Peterhead’s new quay opens on time

15th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new federal rule is being introduced that will allow NOAA’s assistant administrator for fisheries to deny a vessel entry into a US port or access to port services if that vessel…

15th October 2010

New rule denies IUU boats entry to US

15th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

NOAA’s Fisheries Service has mailed applications to almost 240 trawl fishermen and processors on the US west coast to invite them into what will be arguably the most important change in west…

15th October 2010

US west coast fishermen sent catch share applications

15th October 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Processing equipment manufacturer for small fish, Peruza said it has bucked the trend for cyclic weighing to introduce continuous volume dozing.

15th October 2010

Continuous volume dozing

15th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Salmon Company Ltd (SSC) has appointed three new non-executive directors to its board, Robert M Brown III, Merete Myhrstad and Viacheslav Lavrentyev.

15th October 2010

Scottish Salmon Co appoints board members

15th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Australian scientists will use the data from a new AUD 22 million (€15.6 million/$21.9 million) array of high-tech equipment to probe deeper into the nation’s surrounding oceans.

14th October 2010

Technology to probe deeper into oceans

14th October 2010

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

McMurdo’s new Smartfind S5 AIS SART (Automatic Identification System Search and Rescue Transmitter) has been authorised for installation onboard Danish-flagged vessels and in accordance with the requirements of the Danish Maritime Authority.

14th October 2010

Smartfind S5 gets Danish approval

14th October 2010

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

On a good day as many as 1,000 boxes of salmon are fed into the production department at Danish smoked fish giant Norlax A/S. The huge quantity of expanded polystyrene (EPS) boxes…

13th October 2010

Eco-friendly EPS handling turns waste into money

13th October 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon farming giant Marine Harvest has filed an official complaint against rules that prevent the company from growing any larger in Norway, saying it wants to participate in the consolidation of the…

12th October 2010

Marine Harvest wants in on consolidation

12th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Chicken of the Sea (COS) International has transferred its closed tuna cannery in American Samoa to US-based Tri Marine International.

12th October 2010

Closed tuna cannery in American Samoa to reopen

12th October 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Akva Group has won a contract with the National Prawn Company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for delivery of a pre-grow-out system for the production of yellowtail kingfish.

12th October 2010

Saudi kingfish contract for Akva

12th October 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

With its robot-supported processing and packing system for fish and shrimp, Cabinplant A/S claims it has followed a completely new path: products are no longer processed in individual, linked steps; instead, all…

12th October 2010

Robot-supported processing ‘follows new path’

12th October 2010