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MSC certified Young’s Chip Shop Mackerel hits supermarket shelves
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 8, 2011 11:03
Few things symbolise recent interest in sustainable fishing as much as the mackerel bap. Yet, while the fish and chip shop industry has begun to embrace mackerel, fish-lovers keen to serve up mackerel baps themselves have been unable to find battered mackerel fillets. Step up fish specialists Young's who have launched a new Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified Chip Shop Mackerel so that - for the first time - you can try the mackerel bap at home, reports www.megafishnet.com
Best quarter for clipfish in recent times
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 8, 2011 09:47
Exports of groundfish including clipfish, salted fish and stockfish in the first quarter of 2011 totalled NOK 3.1 billion. This is an increase of 10% or NOK 278 million compared with the same period last year, according to the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council. Exports in March totalled NOK 1.1 billion, up by 7% or NOK 72 million compared to March 2010, reports www.megafishnet.com
Permira to refinance Birds Eye loan
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 7, 2011 14:35
Private equity firm Permira is refinancing part of the 1.5 billion euro ($2.1 billion) in loans used to back its 2006 buyout of frozen foods company Birds Eye Iglo, market sources said on Wednesday, reports www.megafishnet.com
Robbins Umeda LLP Announces an Investigation of HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc. for Shareholders
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 7, 2011 12:14
Robbins Umeda LLP, a shareholder rights litigation firm, is interested in helping shareholders of HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc, reports http://www.megafishnet.com
Russian vets suspend seafood imports from Japan
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 7, 2011 11:40
Russia has suspended imports of fish and seafood from 242 Japanese plants due to the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, reports www.megafishnet.com.
Overview of Russian fishery in North Atlantic and Central Eastern Atlantic in March 2011
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 7, 2011 11:12
In March 2011 fishing operations in North Atlantic and Central Eastern Atlantic were marked by mixed trends, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/
Price Chopper Launches Sustainable Seafood Platfoorm
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 7, 2011 10:07
Price Chopper Supermarkets made public its new sustainable seafood platform, bolstered by the addition of Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) and Trace Register. These two exemplary organizations will be guiding Price Chopper in the further development of plans and programs to ensure that its seafood is harvested from the most sustainably managed and maintained fisheries of the world, reports www.megafishnet.com
Nordic Naturals' Stuart Tomc, CNHP, Demystifies Omega-3 Fish Oils at Important Lecture to be Held during CHFA Expo West in Vancouver
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 7, 2011 09:46
Watsonville, CA Nordic Naturals invites all expo attendees to attend an important lecture entitled "Omega-3 Fish Oils: Extracting the Truth and Delivering the Promise of Better Health", presented by Stuart Tomc at 2:00 pm on April 15th in Room 202 at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre during the CHFA Expo West, April 14-17th, reports www.megafishnet.com
A new hope for Sarita Chinook, thanks to salmon farmers
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 7, 2011 09:31
Salmon farmers and enhancement groups are hoping their partnership can help wild salmon make a comeback in the Sarita River, reports www.megafishnet.com
Apetit Kala Oy's cost-efficiency programme has reached the implementation stage
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 6, 2011 16:49
Apetit Kala Oy, a subsidiary of Lännen Tehtaat plc, launched a cost-efficiency programme in its Finnish Seafood business in February. The aim of this programme is to make significant cuts in fixed costs, reports www.megafishnet.com
Swiss DER FRISCH-FISCH certified Friend of the Sea seafood
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 6, 2011 16:21
DER FRISCH-FISCH is the brand of the major Swiss seafood trader Dörig & Brandl AG. The Company has over 30 years of experience supplying a vast range of fresh fish, reports www.megafishnet.com
Japan sets seafood safety level after nuclear plant spews highly contaminated water into sea
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 6, 2011 10:47
The government set its first radiation safety standards for fish Tuesday after Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant reported radioactive contamination in nearby seawater measuring at several million times the legal limit, reports www.megafishnet.com
Stocks are up, first Baltic cod fishery achieves MSC certification
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 6, 2011 09:14
This week, Danish vessels will start landing MSC certified Baltic cod in Danish ports, reports www.megafishnet.com
Blue whiting as by-catch only this year
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 6, 2011 09:11
Due to some dramatic reductions in this year's blue whiting quota across the North Atlantic, HB Grandi's pelagic vessels will not be carrying out an directed fishing on blue whiting. The company has a quota for this year of only 590 tonnes, which it is hoped will be enough to cover by-catches of blue whiting taken while fishing on mackerel and Atlanto-Scandian herring this summer, reports www.megafishnet.com
Tailormade oysters and fish
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 5, 2011 15:50
A new line of research known as ‘Seafood' recently launched by Professor Joop Luten at Wageningen University, aims to make the flavour of the exotic but increasingly common Japanese oyster more appealing to the average consumer. He is also exploring possible ways of sustainably regulating the level of essential nutrients (such as selenium) in farmed fish, reports www.megafishnet.com
Indonesian Seafood Suppliers: Planning for Success
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 5, 2011 13:56
CBI will welcome six companies from Indonesia during the European Seafood Exposition, 3 - 5 May, at the Brussels Exhibition and Conference Centre (Hall 11, Stand 2141). These suppliers of a wide range of frozen, pasteurised and canned products, are ready to form long-term, stable and mutually profitable partnerships with European buyers, reports www.megafishnet.com
HPP Food Services Debuts As a First West Coast Contract Provider
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 5, 2011 12:17
As further testimony to the food industry's embrace of high pressure processing, a new West Coast company, HPP Food Services (HPPFS), has opened its doors to provide the post-packaging treatment on a contract services basis. Using a high-production horizontal HPP system from Avure Technologies, the plant has a capacity of 264,000 pounds per 20-hour workday, reports www.megafishnet.com
Value of Norwegian Salmon Exports Highest Ever
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 5, 2011 09:17
Exports of Norwegian Salmon in the first quarter of 2011 set a new record of NOK 7.5 billion. This is an increase of 17% or NOK 1.1 billion compared with the same period last year, according to the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council. In the same period, the volume of exports showed a slight decline of 2% to 177,000 tonnes, reports www.megafishnet.com
Record Exports of Seafood in 1st quarter
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 5, 2011 09:15
The value of seafood exports from Norway in the first quarter of 2011 totalled NOK 14 billion, up by NOK 1.7 billion or 14% compared to the first quarter of 2010. In March alone, exports totalled NOK 5 billion. This is an increase of NOK 409 million and establishes a new export record for the month of March, reports www.megafishnet.com
Transport Minister sees benefits of working with Seafish
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 4, 2011 17:09
During a visit to Grimsby last week, Mike Penning, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, met with staff from the safety team at Seafish to see for himself the benefits to fishermen's safety of collaboration between Seafish and the Department for Transport, reports www.megafishnet.com
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