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PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Wherever flake ice is used in the production or refrigeration of foodstuffs, hygiene should have a high priority. Today no producer or processor of fresh food items can afford the risk of…

1st August 2007

Transparent ice production at MAJA

1st August 2007

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Sea Harvest, processor of hake in South Africa, has been enjoying the benefits of its new North Star liquid ice system. The company reports that the North Star system has improved the…

1st August 2007

Sea Harvest gets liquid ice

1st August 2007

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Scotsman Ice Systems has been manufacturing ice machines since 1950. According to the company, all machines comply to European requirements and to the most important regulations and, since July 2006, all models…

1st August 2007

New MF46-56 and 58-68Split

1st August 2007

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Sunwell Technologies Inc. is currently installing six palletised DeepchillTM Variable-State Ice systems on three vessels owned by Icelandic fishing company Sjolaskip for fishing mackerel off the African coast.

1st August 2007

Six Deepchilling systems for Icelandic vessels

1st August 2007

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

MMS Ship Repair & Dry Dock Co. Ltd is building a 14.5m vivier-crabber for Skipper Iain Gray of Bridlington, due to be handed over in autumn 2007.

1st August 2007

Newbuild crabber

1st August 2007

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Aker Seafoods has purchased M/Tr “Polaris” for NOK 125 million to replace M/Tr “Vesttind”.

1st August 2007

Aker Seafoods strengthens its fleet

1st August 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The complex challenge of balancing a spiralling worldwide consumer demand for seafood with the development of sustainable global fisheries is one of the key ‘green marine’ issues driving the timely and topical…

1st August 2007

WSC 2007 programme unveiled

1st August 2007

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

First the bad news, from the 3rd Update and Stakeholder Consultation on illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing (IUU) organised in London by the Royal Institute of International Affairs. Stakeholders conspicuous by their…

1st August 2007

Pirates, poachers or global crime syndicates?

1st August 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has opened two new offices – one in Tokyo, Japan, and the other in The Hague, Netherlands.

1st August 2007

Two new MSC offices

1st August 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

In mid-July, the Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) adopted an operational plan for joint multi-national fishery controls in the North Sea and adjacent areas. This marks the start of an innovative and…

1st August 2007

Control measures to save North Sea cod

1st August 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission yesterday adopted a Commission Regulation increasing the ceiling of the so-called de minimis aid to the fisheries sector.

25th July 2007

Commission adopts new Regulation on state aid for fisheries

25th July 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has opened a local office in The Hague in response to the strong Dutch demand for seafood sourced from MSC-certified fisheries.

17th July 2007

New MSC office opens in The Netherlands

17th July 2007

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

AKVA group will launch a brand new fish farming boat at the Aqua Nor tradeshow in Trondheim, Norway, this August.

13th July 2007

New Polarcirkel flagship for fish farming

13th July 2007

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Ben Tre clam fishery of Vietnam is the first fishery in South East Asia to seek assessment against the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) environmental standard for well-managed and sustainable fisheries.

12th July 2007

Socialist Republic of Vietnam seeks sustainable seafood market clam fishery to be assessed for seafood eco-label

12th July 2007

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The US National Fisheries Institute (NFI) has released its ‘Top 10’ list of the most consumed seafood in the United States for 2006.

10th July 2007

US seafood consumption rose in 2006

10th July 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Icelandic Fisheries Minister has decided to abandon the 25% catch rule for cod and that the cod quota in the next fishing year shall be 130 thousand tonnes, in line with…

9th July 2007

Icelandic cod quota reduced by one third

9th July 2007

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Aker Seafoods has entered into an agreement to purchase 50 per cent of the shares in Norwegian Fish Company Export AS (NFC). The transaction gives Aker Seafoods ownership of several processing plants…

9th July 2007

Aker Seafoods strengthens its processing in Norway

9th July 2007

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Marine navigation solutions supplier, Kelvin Hughes Ltd, has opened an office in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company says that this is in order to offer a better service to their customers in Scandinavia…

6th July 2007

Copenhagen office for Kelvin Hughes

6th July 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Kiotech International, the supplier of high performance natural feed additives to the aquaculture and agriculture markets has said it is in the final stages of agreeing a joint venture in China, in…

5th July 2007

Kiotech joint venture

5th July 2007

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Australian Minister for Fisheries and Conservation, Senator Eric Abetz, hailed the South East Region Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) network to come into effect today as a sensible balance between jobs and the…

5th July 2007

Australia: MPAs balance jobs and the environment

5th July 2007