Seafood – Page 80
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Big Tick award for Young's Seafood
Young’s Seafood has today been awarded a ‘Big Tick’ for its sustainable sourcing approach in the UK''s annual Business in the Community Award (BITC) awards.
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Friend of the Sea to give sustainable seafood awards
Tomorrow, at the Infofish Conference in Bangkok, Friend of the Sea will award two main tuna producers – Vito Gulli, CEO of Generale Conserve and Hagen Stehr AO Chairman of Clean Seas - for their efforts in sustainable seafood production.
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M&J Seafood bans sales of Bluefin tuna
M&J Seafood has announced that as from yesterday (19 May), it will no longer be supplying Bluefin tuna to the foodservice market.
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FTA with China opens opportunities for NZ seafood industry
The signing of a FTA (free trade agreement) with China will create further market development opportunities for the New Zealand seafood industry, says New Zealand Seafood Industry Council''s general manager of trade, Alastair Macfarlane.
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NewsSeafood Prix d’Elite winners
Stuehrk Delikatessen Import and Royal Greenland were awarded the top prizes in the eighth annual Seafood Prix d’Elite new products competition at the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels last week.
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NewsGreenpeace protests at European Seafood Expo
Last Wednesday, at the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels, 80 Greenpeace activists protested at the stands of five large tuna suppliers.
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NZ Seafood Industry Council supports safety at sea initiatives
The release of the ''Report 06-204, fishing vessel Kotuku capsized, Foveaux Straight, 13 May 2006'', highlights the need for vigilance and compliance with regulations established to prevent accidents at sea, said New Zealand Seafood Industry Council chief executive Owen Symmans.
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Aker Seafoods increases supplies to Europe
With all formalities in place, Aker Seafoods finally concluded the acquisition of the seafood company Viviers de France on 31 March. This strengthens Aker Seafoods further in the competition to deliver self-produced consumer packed fresh fish to the world’s largest food retail chains.
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NewsProcessing lines for value-added seafood
As a supplier of complete processing lines for convenience food, from preparation to freezing, Alco-Food-Machines will show its latest models of coating lines during SPE.
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Your chance to vote on where 'sustainable' seafood comes from
Seafood certification organisation, Friend of the Sea, is asking people to vote on whether sustainable seafood can come from overexploited or depleted stocks.
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M&J Seafoods bans sale of shark
M&J Seafood announced last week that it will no longer be supplying shark to the catering trade as of the end of March 2008. The decision to remove all shark from its frozen and fresh product portfolio comes as part of the company’s continued efforts to support sustainable sourcing and ...
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NOAA launches seafood facts website
American consumers seeking information about which seafood is sustainable, safe, and healthy can now use the new government-run online consumer education tool, http://www.fishwatch.noaa.gov.
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Aker Seafoods strengthens its fleet
Aker Seafoods has purchased M/Tr “Polaris” for NOK 125 million to replace M/Tr “Vesttind”.
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Increased testing of Australian seafood imports
Seafood imported into Australia will now be tested for a range of antibiotics, including flouroquinolones, quinolones and penicillins, under additional measures announced by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Peter McGauran, today.
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Ice Fresh Seafood established
A new sales company called Ice Fresh Seafood has been set up for Samherji and is fully owned by the company. By establishing Ice Fresh Seafood, Samherji says that it is reinforcing its emphasis on sales activities and increasing the service both for suppliers and customers. In addition, the company ...
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Socialist Republic of Vietnam seeks sustainable seafood market clam fishery to be assessed for seafood eco-label
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.
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US seafood consumption rose in 2006
The US National Fisheries Institute (NFI) has released its ‘Top 10’ list of the most consumed seafood in the United States for 2006.
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Aker Seafoods strengthens its processing in Norway
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 and landing facilities in North Norway and thereby increases the company’s access to raw material and finished products.
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Smart packaging to identify spoiled seafood
A team of researchers led by Professor Dermot Diamond at Dublin’s Adaptive Information Cluster (AIC) working in collaboration with the Marine Institute, Teagasc-Ashtown Food Research Centre and the Irish Fisheries Board-Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), has developed “Smart Packaging” for fresh fish and fish products that tells the consumer if their ...
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EU seafood sector report
The report shows that the total seafood supply of the EU-27 countries in 2005 was 7.1 million tonnes, of which 5.8 million tonnes were derived from capture.The largest fishing nation is Denmark, representing 16% of total capture of the EU-27, followed by Spain (15%), the UK (12%) and France (11%).Seafood ...
