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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The July issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reports on evidence that fish and its omega-3 fatty acids should be considered more than just a healthy part of a diet,…

8th July 2008

Seafood as medicine, not just dinner

8th July 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has adopted a package of emergency measures to help tackle the fuel crisis.

8th July 2008

EC package proposed to tackle fuel crisis

8th July 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Scottish Fisheries Minister Richard Lochhead will meet representatives of the Scottish Fishing Industry on Friday to review the work of the Fuel Task Force that he established.

3rd July 2008

SFF keeps pressure on government over fuel

3rd July 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

HB Grandis fishmeal production plant in Vopnafjördur yesterday took delivery of 1,100 tonnes of herring from Ingunn AK.

3rd July 2008

First herring to HB Grandis fishmeal plant

3rd July 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is welcoming a new member to its Board of Trustees, adding further expertise, balance and capacity to its non-executive leadership. At its meeting on 11 June 2008…

3rd July 2008

Changes to the MSC Board

3rd July 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission approved today a block exemption Regulation for fisheries, according to which certain types of national aid to the fisheries sector will no longer have to be notified to and…

2nd July 2008

Commission approves block exemption for state aid

2nd July 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) welcomes the agreement adopted by the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) today to protect deep-sea corals and other sensitive ecosystems from high seas bottom fisheries in…

2nd July 2008

DSCC welcomes NEAFC deep sea protection agreement

2nd July 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Icelandic Minister of Fisheries has decided to keep the cod quota unchanged for the coming fishing year. However, Icelandic bank Glitnir says that he has ignored advice from the Marine Research…

2nd July 2008

Icelandic cod quota unchanged

2nd July 2008

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Rodney McInnis, Southwest Administrator of NOAA’s Fisheries Service and U.S. Commissioner to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), today expressed disappointment that a few countries blocked the Commission’s plan to conserve depleted…

2nd July 2008

Eastern Pacific fishing nations fail to conserve tuna

2nd July 2008

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Friend of the Sea used the following guidelines to certify applicants for sustainability:• Target stocks cannot be considered overexploited• The applicant's fishing methods cannot impact the seabed• There must be a generation…

1st July 2008

Omega Protein gains certification

1st July 2008

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

Due to the expense associated with the transport and disposal of used EPS (Expanded Polystyrene or Styrofoam) fish boxes, many companies are investigating whether cheaper waste management alternatives exist.

1st July 2008

Turning waste into value

1st July 2008

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

G.W Containers & Equipment Ltd has been supplying the Saeplast range of insulated containers for over seven years.

1st July 2008

Insulated containers add value

1st July 2008

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

At the end of 2007 Foodvest (formerly Young’s Seafood) began using a new form of packaging for its salmon which is estimated to reduce carbon emissions by around 78%.

1st July 2008

Cool blue is green revolution

1st July 2008

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

At the beginning of the year, the UK’s largest inland fish market, Billingsgate Market announced that it is to recycle all EPS (expanded polystyrene) fish boxes that pass through its famous portals,…

1st July 2008

Billingsgate installs fish box recycling machine

1st July 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The new Weigh-Batcher from Ishida Europe enables packers to work efficiently with a single multihead weigher to optimise arrangement and presentation of product in trays.

1st July 2008

New Weigh-Batcher from Ishida

1st July 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Nofima scientist, Edgar Henriksen, looks at the factors affecting the fish processing industry in Norway.

1st July 2008

Norwegian processing going overseas?

1st July 2008

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

According to Avure, the company’s high-pressure treatment, Fresher Under Pressure®, avoids post-processing contamination and guarantees seafood company’s products a longer shelf-life.

1st July 2008

Solutions for seafood processing

1st July 2008

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

From the 1960s to the 1980s this seafood paradise attracted tens of millions of summer tourists and now both Italian and the Eastern coasts are clawing back their clientele. Peter O’Neill finds…

1st July 2008

The Adriatic – where mountains meet sea

1st July 2008

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

A technology new to the seafood industry has been developed by Afoheat to give fish products a more appetising look.

1st July 2008

Using infra-red technology in fish processing

1st July 2008

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

What could make 17 scientists from eight European countries, most of them associated with their national fisheries research institutes, team up to author a rather short article describing a situation that is…

1st July 2008

Do we change the fish in water?

1st July 2008