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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Queenslands largest commercial fishery - the trawl sector – has become the first to finalise a development plan in conjunction with the Queensland government to boost industry profitability.

25th October 2010

NZ plan to boost trawling profitability

25th October 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

To mark the arrival of the 10 millionth Norwegian salmon to China, the Norwegian Seafood Export Council (NSEC) created a sushi mosaic featured 8,374 pieces of sushi made from different types of…

25th October 2010

New world record: largest sushi mosaic

25th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Findus Group received a Special Award for Excellence from the UK’s Food & Drink Federation (FDF) for its ‘Fish for Life’ sourcing approach at last week’s annual Community Partnership Awards in…

25th October 2010

Fish for Life wins sixth award

25th October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) must aim to ensure sustainable exploitation of resources and contribute to the ‘Europe 2020’ strategy by working on robust economic performance, inclusive growth and enhanced…

22nd October 2010

EU chief wants five-pronged CFP reform

22nd October 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Italian company Luciano Cocci has launched a new product line for weighing shellfish.

22nd October 2010

Accurate, safe shellfish solutions

22nd October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The governor of Thailands Songkhla province has ordered that security must be improved around the deepsea port, following complaints from foreign shipping companies they have been robbed of tonnes of their tuna…

22nd October 2010

Thailand beefs up tuna security

22nd October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The government of New Zealand has given the go-ahead for an exploratory permit to find out if it is possible for its fishermen to commercially catch deepwater king and red crab.

22nd October 2010

NZ trials king crab industry

22nd October 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

South Australias mussel industry is to trial a programme in which hatchery-raised mussel spat will be imported from Tasmania.

21st October 2010

Tasmania to send mussel spat to South Australia

21st October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two key Kodiak-related fisheries decisions came out of the latest North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) meeting in Anchorage, Alaska.

21st October 2010

Trawl fishing to close in area of Kodiak

21st October 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Advice on making authorised nutrition and health claims in line with new European legislation is now available on the Seafish website www.seafish.org

21st October 2010

Seafish offers advice on using seafood nutrition and health claims

21st October 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Numbers of juvenile Atlantic tuna at a major spawning site in the Gulf of Mexico probably fell by at least 20% this year as a result of the BP oil spill, according…

20th October 2010

Bluefin tuna hit hard by BP oil disaster

20th October 2010

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