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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Board of Directors of Marine Harvest ASA and Åse Aulie Michelet reached agreement that Ms Michelet would step down as CEO effective as of yesterday.

24th March 2010

Åse Aulie Michelet steps down as CEO of Marine Harvest

24th March 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Friend of the Sea has certified Mont Saint Michel Bay ‘moules de bouchot’ from Trad’Ocean.

24th March 2010

French traditional mussel culture obtains sustainability recognition

24th March 2010

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A unique project in Orkney, UK, between the emerging wave energy industry and the local inshore fishing community aims to demonstrate that the two industries can co-exist in harmony - and deliver…

24th March 2010

Sustainable energy meets sustainable fisheries management

24th March 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Aberdeen Harbour has awarded Macduff Shipyards the contract to build a new workboat.

24th March 2010

Aberdeen Harbour awards Macduff Shipyards £1m contract

24th March 2010

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The Icelandic fishing company Uthafsskip, which operates two freezer trawlers, recently received a second pair of trawler winches for one of its trawlers, Glorya.

19th March 2010

Uthafsskip’s new winches

19th March 2010

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Hampidjan recently supplied a full set of Dynex Warps to Norwegian pelagic vessel Birkeland, consisting of two sets of 2,000m of 40mm diameter Dynex Warp.

19th March 2010

First Norwegian pelagic trawler to use Dynex Warps

19th March 2010

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Bangladesh fishing company Sea Resources Limited and Danish fishing gear manufacturer Cosmos Trawl have renewed a contract with Danish overseas aid agency Danida to put into place the third phase of a…

19th March 2010

Cosmos to produce gear in Bangladesh

19th March 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Tucal has designed a new vertical plate freezer with a mechanised unloading system which enables just one worker to unload the frozen blocks effortlessly and quickly.

19th March 2010

New vertical plate freezer with mechanised unloading

19th March 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The product group built up around Stette’s Monstergrinder GS150, has a new member – the GS150-TF2P.

19th March 2010

New mobile grinder unit from Peter Stette AS

19th March 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

As trends in food packaging come and go, retailers are constantly trying to set themselves apart from competition by creating new packaging concepts.

19th March 2010

Design your own packaging with SEALPAC

19th March 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Optimar Iceland Ltd has designed and delivered its first air cooled slurry ice machine, the BPS-110, intended for an onshore processor in Japan.

19th March 2010

New land based air cooled slurry ice machine

19th March 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Maurer-Atmos has developed the Allround System for fish smoking.

19th March 2010

The space-saving fish smoking system

19th March 2010

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

At this year’s SPE, Ishida Europe will demonstrate its expertise in weighing and packing solutions with a range of equipment including the latest multihead weigher and checkweigher developments, an entry level X-ray…

19th March 2010

Seafood packing solutions from Ishida Europe

19th March 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Baader will be showing the following machines at SPE:

19th March 2010

Baader machines on display

19th March 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Avure Technologies’ new horizontal High Pressure Processing (HPP) system makes advanced food safety technology more affordable for small and mid-range processors.

19th March 2010

Avure’s new HPP system

19th March 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Smoking kiln manufacturer, AFOS, is continuing its support to help the hard pressed smoked fish and food industry by extending its offer to provide cost effective kiln upgrades to customers.

19th March 2010

AFOS extends help to processors

19th March 2010

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The company was started when Rudolph M J Baader developed a machine for filleting herring in 1919. This machine not only reduced the number of people required to fillet the species, it…

19th March 2010

Producing safe food safely

19th March 2010

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

A laboratory for analysis and study, inspection organisation and certification organisation – these are the three activities of Quality Partner.

18th March 2010

Professionalism, recognition and growth

18th March 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A Marine Protection Area Fishing Coalition has been set up to represent the entire UK commercial fishing industry in the face of a proliferation of designations and demands related to habitat protection…

18th March 2010

Fishing coalition to fight marine Highland Clearance

18th March 2010

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Despite Thailand and Indonesia pledging to finalise a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on fisheries this year, the industry is critical saying the accord fails to address various fundamental problems, reports Michael Mackey.

18th March 2010

Barriers between Thailand and Indonesia

18th March 2010