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PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Spains Kinarca claims its Frost-Free Airlock-Vestibule can save up to 40 per cent power and reduce the formation of fungus on-chill room products.

8th August 2005

Close the door! Its cold inside

8th August 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Danish plate freezer manufacture Dybvad Stål Industri says orders are very strong and that Icelandic company Sjolaskip H.F. has just order 28 vertical plate freezers on top of an earlier order of…

8th August 2005

Overflowing plates for DSI

8th August 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The UKs Starfrost, which says it has been supplying bespoke mechanical freezing and chilling equipment since 1984, reports it has opened an office in Moscow to target the expanding frozen food market…

8th August 2005

Crabsticks tempt Starfrost into Russia

8th August 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Jacoba Prins has turned oyster laying and fishing back to front. Dutch builder Maaskant Bruinisse B.V., Bruinisse, Netherlands and owner Prins Oesterkweek b.v., Yerseke, Netherlands decided on a different approach for…

7th August 2005

Oysters fishing back to front

7th August 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

In his second article from Latvia, Peter ONeill reports on how he discovered that some of his new-fangled ideas about diversification do not always stand up. Aivars Lejietis, general manager of Gamma-A…

3rd August 2005

Bring in the old, throw out the new

3rd August 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the commercial fishery for red snapper in Gulf of Mexico federal waters will open at noon, local time, on August 1, 2005, and will close…

3rd August 2005

RED SNAPPER COMMERCIAL FISHERY OPENS IN GULF OF MEXICO FEDERAL WATERS

3rd August 2005

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

“Seventy years of warming may be followed by cooling as it used to be before. …we should pay more attention to the relative influence of management steps and climatic variations on fish…

2nd August 2005

Fish scientists cast doubt on costly warming calls

2nd August 2005

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The world fishing industry ought to be shaking in its gumboots at the latest strategic moves by scientists on two areas - their estimates of the loss of global biodiversity and the…

2nd August 2005

Science flies kites over acid ocean & biodiversity

2nd August 2005

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Q: What are the main strengths of the industry today?It is diversity. Most of the Icelandic stocks are in a stable situation or growing. There is probably only one stock in trouble,…

1st August 2005

Robust Iceland will report pirates

1st August 2005

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

It has certainly won a lot of goodwill. However, there are critics, for example over exactly what the orange roughy situation is and will be in the future. New Zealand says it…

1st July 2005

New Zealand faces new challenges

1st July 2005

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Peter O'Neill discussed the issues with Normunds Rieksti?š, Director of the National Board of Fisheries and finds that Latvia still leads with its most famous products, Riga sprats and herrings.Normunds has been…

1st July 2005

Brave New World – from occupation to liberalisation

1st July 2005

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS 30th June 2005

EU document on eco-labelling

30th June 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission (EC) lanched a debate on eco-labelling of fisheries products. According to a communication from the EC, this This initiative follows the growing interest by environmental Non-Governmental Organisations and increased…

30th June 2005

EU opens debate on eco-labelling

30th June 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UKs Fisheries Ministers today published measures to help bring about profitable and sustainable Sea Fisheries in a thriving marineenvironment.

28th June 2005

New measures for the UKs fishing industry

28th June 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS 28th June 2005

Securing benefits

28th June 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The anchovy fishery in the Bay of Biscay is to close for three months after a report from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) warned about the poor…

27th June 2005

Anchovy fishery to close for three months

27th June 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Managers of two lobster and sea bass fisheries on the Yorkshire coast have announced they are seeking certification under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) programme for sustainable and well-managed fisheries.

13th June 2005

UK fisheries seek international recognition for environmental practices

13th June 2005

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

During the past three weeks, two Canadian Air Force CP-140 Aurora patrol aircraft have repeatedly scoured a 4.1 million square kilometre expanse of the North Pacific in search of vessels engaged in…

9th June 2005

JOINT INTERNATIONAL DETECTION AND ENFORCEMENT OPERATION STEMS ILLEGAL FISHING IN NORTH PACIFIC

9th June 2005

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

3X Stal has launched a new rapid chiller which its says offers: increased yield, firmer shrimp with netter texture, better colour and less tail breakage.

1st June 2005

3X-Stals new chiller

1st June 2005

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Foreign crew members on board fishing vessels should be assured decent minimum wages and employment conditions

1st June 2005

Cheap labour

1st June 2005