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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Bristol Channel’s sea bass fishery has started the independent assessment that – if successful – will allow it to carry the blue Marine Stewardship Council ecolabel identifying it as a sustainable…

1st July 2009

Bristol Channel bass boats seek blue ecolabel

1st July 2009

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Atlas-Stord and Haarslev A/S have come together to create a new corporate brand, Haarslev Industries.

1st July 2009

Completion of international merger

1st July 2009

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Fishmeal production in Peru was 1,408,481 tonnes in 2008, an increase of 0.7% over the previous year, Pablo Nano, senior analyst with Scotiabank has said.

1st July 2009

Fishmeal in Peru

1st July 2009

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

HB Grandi took a big step into the future when its new electrically powered electric/steam boiler was test-run for the first time recently at the company’s fishmeal production facility.

1st July 2009

Environmentally friendly meal production begins in Vopnafjördur

1st July 2009

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

In mid 2008, the board of Pioneer Fishing, a South African fishing company active in the fishmeal/fish oil, canning and frozen fish sectors, approved a USD2.5m investment in the upgrade of its…

1st July 2009

Investment in South African fishmeal plant

1st July 2009

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Fish sold chilled is called ‘fresh’ fish, and the consumer assumes that it is of better quality than fish sold frozen, regardless of the time the fish was caught and the treatment…

1st July 2009

Keeping ‘fresh’ fish fresher for longer

1st July 2009

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The majority of natural fish resources in the Baltic Sea are small fish. This has led PERUZA to develop smart equipment solutions that turn small fish into big profit.

1st July 2009

PERUZA delivers smart budget solutions

1st July 2009

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

Nesco Weighing Limited has recently launched the next generation of its Wavecheetah range of marine weighing systems.

1st July 2009

Nesco and Danish skipper develop new marine scale

1st July 2009

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Cretel and Marelec have come together to form new company called UWAVE, manufacturer of the new U WAVE U1 Microwave Tempering machine.

1st July 2009

New microwave machine

1st July 2009

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Smoking kiln and defroster manufacturer AFOS has landed nearly £1m worth of orders from Australia’s largest aquaculture company.

1st July 2009

AFOS sales up thanks to £1m order

1st July 2009

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Ishida Europe has launched an entry-level version of its market leading X-ray inspection system, offering companies an affordable solution for maximum quality control in their packing operations.

1st July 2009

Entry level model widens X-ray solutions

1st July 2009

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Baader recently introduced its sizing, batching and weighing programme to the world fishing industry.

1st July 2009

Baaders sizing, batching and weighing programme

1st July 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

US President Barrack Obama has established an Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force in order to better meet the US stewardship responsibilities for the oceans, coasts and Great Lakes.

24th June 2009

Obama establishes Ocean Policy Task Force

24th June 2009

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

AKVA group has been awarded a contract for the supply of Wavemaster steel cages to Marine Harvest in Scotland. This will involve delivering completed cage groups in October 2009 and early 2010.

24th June 2009

New steel cage contract for AKVA group

24th June 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Greenpeace has reported that the whaling boat Hvalur 9 dragged two massive fin whales up to the ancient whaling station ramp at Hvalförður in the early hours of 19 June.

24th June 2009

First fin whales killed in Iceland

24th June 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scottish mussels produced by the Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group are set to become the first rope-grown mussels in the world to achieve Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification as a sustainable and well…

24th June 2009

Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group enters MSC and FoS certification

24th June 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish, the UK authority on seafood, has announced that Paul W Kerr has been appointed as the new Independent member on the Board representing Northern Ireland.

24th June 2009

Seafish welcomes new board member

24th June 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fishing for Energy is hooking up the City of Portland to facilitate the disposal of unusable fishing gear from the areas fishermen serviced by the Portland Fish Exchange.

24th June 2009

Portland fish exchange welcomes Fishing for Energy partnership

24th June 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has welcomed the announcement by the Scottish Government that it is to launch a new economic study to assess the impact the recession and new fishing regulations are…

24th June 2009

SFF welcomes new economic impact study on Scottish fishing

24th June 2009

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, has announced the appointment of Faith Scattolon as a Canadian Commissioner to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).

16th June 2009

Canadian minister appoints Commissioner to ICCAT

16th June 2009