World Fishing News – Page 180
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NewsHavskjer heads home to Norway
New pelagic vessel Havskjer has been delivered by Karstensens Skibsværft to owner Henning Veibust following a construction period that has not been short of challenges, largely due to delays related to the Covid-19 pandemic and in taking delivery of key equipment.
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NewsBoost for Portuguese sales platform
New interest in online sales since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic has boosted a Sesimbra, Portugal-based virtual platform that sells fish to the public from the local artisanal fishing fleet.
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NewsBettcher appoints new European MD
Bettcher Industries has appointed a new managing director of its European subsidiary, Bettcher GmbH, based in Dierikon in Switzerland.
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NewsStudy into marine by-products traceability
HSSMI and MarinTrust have begun a three-month feasibility study, funded by the UK Seafood Innovation Fund’s Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), to define a traceability system for the UK’s marine by-product supply chain.
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NewsNueva Pescanova proposes capital increase
The board of directors of Nueva Pescanova will call its shareholders and creditors to a voluntary debt to equity swap in a bid to secure the future viability of the company and accomplish its business plan.
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NewsRussian Crab five-fold increase in catch
The Russian Crab Company Group caught more than 13,000 tonnes of crab in 2020, 19% of the total regional catch and five times the previous year’s catch.
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NewsGAA appoints Brian Perkins as COO
Seafood industry veteran Brian Perkins is joining the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) as its chief operating officer.
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NewsHydroniq cooling systems for Sølvtrans trio
Norwegian shipbuilder Myklebust Verft has awarded Hydroniq Coolers a contract to deliver a hull-integrated seawater cooling system to a vessel the yard is building for wellboat company Sølvtrans.
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NewsNovel approach to quantify histamine levels
Scientists in Korea have developed an effective yet simple strategy to quantify histamine levels in fish samples. This dangerous compound occurs in spoiled food, such as mackerel, left at room temperature for too long. Unfortunately, existing histamine detection methods are inconvenient and expensive. To tackle this issue, a team of ...
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NewsAller Aqua to show feed carbon footprint
The Aller Aqua Group is taking the next step in its sustainability strategy by labelling fish feed produced at the company’s three EU factories with carbon footprint information.
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NewsInnovasea welcomes US Army finfish decision
Innovasea has welcomed the decision by the US Army Corps of Engineers to authorise finfish mariculture in federal waters.
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NewsFifty-fifty, whitefish and salmon
“We specialise in tailored systems for fish processing, supplying fishing vessels, processors and also aquaculture companies producing salmon and trout. This year we have been busy with the new whitefish production plant that Samherji opened recently in Dalvík, with conveyors and other equipment. There’s a lot of our gear in there,” said CEO Kristján Karl Aðalsteinsson.
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NewsHvítfiskur og lax, jafnt af hvoru
„Við sérhæfum okkur í sérhönnuðum búnaði fyrir fiskvinnslu, bæði fyrir skip, vinnslustöðvar og fiskeldisfyrirtæki sem ala lax og silung. Þetta árið höfum við haft nóg að gera við nýja vinnsluhúsið á Dalvík sem Samherji tók nýlega í notkun, við að setja upp færibönd og annan búnað. Það er mikið af tækjum frá okkur þar,“ segir Kristján Karl Aðalsteinsson, framkvæmdastjóri.
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NewsSupport promised for UK seafood exporters
A £23 million fund is being made available by the UK government as support for seafood businesses hit by by the Covid pandemic and the challenge of coping with a new working environment in exporting to the European Union.
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NewsHéðinn HPP to be IceFish star of the show
Héðinn’s engineers have pioneered a new approach, developing the company’s Héðinn Protein Plant (HPP), combining simplified operation with some highly promising results in terms of energy efficiency, manpower needed to run the system, the physical footprint of the installation and outstanding product quality.
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NewsPróteinverksmiðja Héðins verður stjarna sýningarinnar
Verkfræðingarnir hjá Héðni hafa verið frumkvöðlar í nýrri nálgun við þróun Próteinverksmiðju Héðins (Hedinn Protein Plant), þar sem saman fara einföld tækjastjórnun og afar lofandi niðurstaða hvað varðar orkunýtingu, mannafla sem þarf til að stýra búnaðinum, fyrirferð búnaðarins og framúrskarandi vörugæði.
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NewsOvercoming the effects of climate shocks
Access to alternative fisheries, ports and grounds helps fishermen overcome the effects of climate shocks, suggests research conducted by NOAA.
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NewsFishmeal and oil production steady
There was an improved availability of raw materials in November 2020, but cumulative production in 2020 remains in line with the previous year’s, according to IFFO’s analysis on marine ingredient market trends, January-November 2020.
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NewsSnapper boost for South Australia
The South Australian Government has announced 300,000 snapper fingerlings will be released in Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent this year.
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News#FishToYourDoor scheme runs through lockdown
Despite a bitterly disappointing Brexit deal for UK fisheries, and lockdown 3.0 looming over the country, Cornwall’s fishermen and Seafood Cornwall’s #FishToYourDoor scheme – running continuously since lockdown 1.0 in March 2020 – is into a third wave of contact-free delivery activity, across the UK.
