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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Dutch seafood supplier Culimer BV has introduced Global GAP certified white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) to its product range.

28th July 2010

Culimer introduces Global GAP certified shrimp

28th July 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

CES has unveiled its new Blizzard-LT linear freezing tunnel, which the company claims is “probably the most efficient and hygienic tunnel in the world”.

28th July 2010

New linear freezing tunnel from CES

28th July 2010

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Sir Angus Stirling kicked off June’s one-day Sustainable Inshore Fisheries workshop in London by saying that the Fishmongers’ Company (FC) might be centuries old but it saw change as a priority, in…

27th July 2010

Cash in the consumer coastline catch

27th July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new website has been launched which explains in greater detail the operation of the Fish for Life sustainable sourcing programme used by UK-based Young’s Seafood and the Findus Group.

27th July 2010

Findus launches Fish for Life website

27th July 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Irish Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Brendan Smith TD and Minister of State with responsibility for Fisheries, Sean Connick TD, launched Bord Iascaigh Mhara’s (BIM’s) new three year strategy (2010–2012) and…

26th July 2010

Irish government unveils three-year seafood plan

26th July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The American Lobster Management Board has shelved the proposal for a five-year ban on lobster catching south of Cape Cod.

26th July 2010

US lobster fishermen get reprieve on ban

26th July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

New Zealand’s government is on track to set new regulations for the aquaculture industry that will allow the backlog of applications to be dealt with, according to fisheries minister Phil Heatley.

23rd July 2010

NZ’s new aquaculture regulations on track

23rd July 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Shetland’s seafood suppliers have received a glowing review from two top members of staff at Jamie Oliver’s Restaurant Fifteen in London.

23rd July 2010

Shetland seafood firms praised by Jamie Oliver team

23rd July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The last significant independent fish farming operation in Scotland’s Western Isles has been bought.

23rd July 2010

Salmon firm buys Western Isles farms

23rd July 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Avure, the US company which claims 15 years experience of developing and designing machines for high pressure processing (HPP), has launched the Avure QFP 100L-600 HPP system.

20th July 2010

Plugging the gap in high pressure processing

20th July 2010

NEWS

NEWS

Pieter Tesch finds the West African country is no longer willing to bow to pressure from European fishing giants. In future it wants to hold on to at least half its catch.

20th July 2010

All change in Mauritania

20th July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The strong recovery of North Sea cod stocks has been acknowledged by WWF but the NGO is concerned poor management of certain stocks will undermine the species’ recovery.

19th July 2010

WWF: cod can recover if we control bycatch

19th July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Clipper Round the World yacht race which ended in the Humber, UK, has generated £1 million (€1.2 million/$1.5 million) in trade deals for the region.

19th July 2010

Clipper race brings new fish contracts to Humber

19th July 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Delhaize Group is to implement a sustainable seafood policy across its US portfolio, which comprises the stores Hannaford, Sweetbay, Bottom Dollar Food and Food Lion.

19th July 2010

Delhaize launches sustainable seafood programme

19th July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An independent film maker from Hawaii is producing a documentary about the tuna industry in American Samoa to highlight its significance for locals and the economy.

15th July 2010

Film planned on demise of tuna canning in American Samoa

15th July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Independent catering group CH&Co has become the first catering company in the UK to serve pole and line-caught tuna in spring water throughout its 120 restaurants nationwide.

15th July 2010

UK caterer introduces pole and line tuna

15th July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fish farming company Lighthouse Caledonia, which was saved from the brink of collapse in 2008 has changed its name to The Scottish Salmon Company.

15th July 2010

Rescued Scottish salmon company rebranded

15th July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sal Sunseris P&J Oyster Company has worked Louisiana waters since 1876, making it the oldest operating oyster processor in the United States. But the future is grim, he told a recent presidential…

15th July 2010

US oil spill panel assesses economic impact

15th July 2010

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The UK government's vision for its marine area was first published in the 2002 document ‘Safeguarding Our Seas’. This document established the UK's vision for "clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse…

15th July 2010

Time to contemplate incoming MPAs

15th July 2010

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Turkey’s three leading gilthead seabream and European seabass hatcheries could not be more different if they tried. At one end of the spectrum is the Kilic Group where everything – including the…

15th July 2010

A tale of three hatcheries

15th July 2010