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FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) have ordered the emergency reopening of commercial fishing areas in the Gulf of Mexico that were…

2nd August 2010

Commercial fisheries reopen in Louisiana

2nd August 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Iceland has kicked off its EU accession negotiations by saying it will not tolerate competition from rival fishing fleets in its waters. The country’s foreign minister has said his country must keep…

30th July 2010

Iceland defies EU fishing rules as accession bid talks begin

30th July 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Optimar Iceland has been delighted with sales of its OPTIM-ICE slurry ice machines so far this year.

30th July 2010

Sales of slurry ice machines pick up

30th July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Draft standards designed to help minimise the potential negative impact freshwater trout aquaculture has on the environment and society have been released for the first of two public comment periods.

30th July 2010

WWF’s trout aquaculture standards released for public comment

30th July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marel has reported strong second quarter results and a healthy order book. Revenues for Q2 2010 from core business totalled €136.1 million ($177.9 million), an increase of 5.6% compared to the previous…

29th July 2010

Marel reports strong orders, good results

29th July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thai Union Frozen PCL is set to become one of the worlds largest canned tuna companies after announcing it will buy French-based canned seafood business MW Brands in a deal worth €680…

28th July 2010

Thai Union Frozen to buy rival tuna brands for $883m

28th July 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Union is the latest signatory to a key regional fisheries management convention which, once it enters into force, will ensure fishing from western Australia to South America is subject to…

28th July 2010

EU signs high seas fishery resource convention

28th July 2010

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