World Fishing News – Page 362
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Value added products from smaller fish
Five years ago, Swedish fish processing machine manufacturer SEAC AB decided to move from the renovation of ‘old’ Arenco and VMK machines to designing its own new brand – SEAC FPM machines for very small fish. SEAC owner Ulf Groenqvist talks to WF&A about the results seen so far.
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NewsDesert facility for growing fish and fuel
Operations began this week at the world’s first research facility to grow both food and fuel, using desert lands irrigated by seawater.
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NewsShowcasing the second generation water jet cutter
Icelandic processing equipment manufacturer, Valka, has launched the second generation of the Valka Cutter machine, for automatic bone and portion cutting.
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First US farm achieves ASC certification
Taylor Shellfish Farms has become the first US grower to achieve Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for a farming operation in Washington State.
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NewsWomen in seafood – celebrating International Women’s Day
Seafish has spoken with some key female role models from across the UK seafood industry to celebrate International Women’s Day (8 March).
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Action plan adopted for Dutch fisheries control system
An action plan has been adopted by the European Commission to boost fisheries control in the Netherlands.
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GAA and IDH further collaboration
The Global Aquaculture Alliance and IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative, are furthering their collaborative relationship.
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£18m EFF funding for Fraserburgh
The European Fisheries Fund (EFF) has funded 142 projects in Fraserburgh between 2008 and 2015.
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NewsIGAD approves fisheries strategy
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a trade-bloc of eight African nations focused on development and environmental control, has approved a regional fisheries and aquaculture strategy to harness, review and develop practices in the IGAD region.
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NewsMSC fisheries minimise impacts on the Arctic
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has released clarification of its requirements which ensure that MSC certified fisheries maintain the productivity, function and diversity of sensitive ecosystems.
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NewsStainless motors for the industry
ABI bv, located in Haarlem, Holland, has been developing and manufacturing IP69K stainless steel electric motors and gear motors for the food industry since 2004.
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Girteka orders 1,000 new trucks to strengthen fleet
Lithuanian logistics company Girteka Logistics has ordered 1,000 state-of-the-art tractor units with Euro VI engines from Mercedes-Benz – the largest purchase from Eastern Europe for Mercedes-Benz Trucks in its history.
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Marine Harvest loses fish to algal bloom
Marine Harvest has experienced a severe algae bloom in its Chilean operations in Region X.
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NewsFishing down marine food webs?
Menakhem Ben-Yami shares his opinion on Pauly and Zeller’s recent paper on fish catches.
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NewsRise in Vietnamese fisheries’ production
Vietnam’s fisheries are expected to have produced 827,000MT in the first two months of 2016, representing a 3.1% increase on the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
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NewsFirst Latin American company offers four-star BAP tilapia
The Global Aquaculture Alliance has announced that Paraiso Springs Aquaculture Guatemala has become qualified to offer four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) tilapia.
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$20,000 prize for bycatch reduction solutions
The NPF Industry Pty Ltd (NPFI) is offering $20,000 in prize money for skippers, owners or crew who can develop strategies to help reduce bycatch in the Commonwealth Northern Prawn Fishery by 30% within three years.
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NewsRapid in line defrosting of fish and seafood
Traditional defrosting methods introduce a number of difficulties directly related to the heat transfer mechanisms, says Stalam, a developer, designer and manufacturer of radio frequency (RF) equipment.
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NewsFish skinning technology from NOCK
At Seafood Processing Global, NOCK will exhibit two ‘highlights’ from its range of high quality fish skinning machines ‘Made in Germany’.
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NewsLord Sebastian Coe to speak at AquaVision 2016
Lord Sebastian Coe, President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will be the keynote speaker at this year’s AquaVision conference.
