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NewsNew Recom flake ice machine
Recom Ice Systems will be introducing its first flake ice machine at Seafood Processing Global (formerly Seafood Processing Europe) in Brussels in May this year.
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Demand for automation increases
Freezer manufacturer Dybvad Stål Industri (DSI) says that despite slow sales to start with, demand for its automated V16 plate freezer has really taken off.
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News‘Big Ten’ university certified sustainable
The University of Michigan (U-M) has become the first ‘Big Ten’ University to achieve Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of Custody certification.
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Pingtan to build processing plant
As part of Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd’s strategy to sell fish products directly to end markets, the company is joining forces with China Co-op (Hainan) Industry Development Co., Ltd. to build a fish processing plant.
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Outstanding Icelandic Fleet Award sponsored by Samskip
Samskip is a global logistics company offering transport and related services by land, sea, rail and air with a particular focus on cost efficient, sustainable and environmentally friendly transport. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Samskip is one of the larger European transport companies, with offices in 24 countries in Europe, ...
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Provisional Icefish conference details announced
The first conference, titled ‘Cooperation and Conflicts in Fisheries' takes place on 26 September 2014 and is organised by the Institute of Economic Studies Iceland and is sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers. The conference will take a view on current and future cooperation between different stakeholders in ...
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NewsNew test for salmon DNA tracing
Scientists at the food institute Nofima have developed a new and efficient DNA test to trace escaped farmed salmon, in which they can link the DNA profile of the escaped fish to the fish farm from which it escaped.
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NewsCooling system nets 25% energy saving
Investing in a high efficiency cooling system from Star Refrigeration has resulted in a 25% energy saving for a Scottish seafood processor.
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NewsX-ray inspection for frozen scallops
French seafood packer, Packopale, has installed an Ishida X-ray inspection system to monitor frozen scallops before they enter the packing process.
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Haikui Seafood to build new processing factory
The Chinese subsidiary of Haikui Seafood AG is planning to build a new seafood processing factory in the Dongshan Marine Biotechnology Industrial Park, Dongshan Island, Fujian Province.
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NewsCod-tagging project to protect local cod
Scientists and fishermen in Massachusetts are working together to gather data about cod behaviour, to better protect local cod during spawning season.
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NewsO’Scannlain takes over as NFI chairman
Fortune Fish & Gourmet president & CEO Sean O’Scannlain has been announced as the new chairman of the USA’s National Fisheries Institute (NFI).
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NewsShrimp shell research grant awarded
Canada’s Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development at the Marine Institute will receive $100,000 from the Fisheries Technology and New Opportunities Program to continue research into extracting chitin from shrimp shells.
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NewsProject to reduce the number of seabirds caught in fishing wires
Australia’s South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association Limited (SETFIA) is to receive a government grant of up to $356,840 for a project to reduce the number of seabirds caught by wires on trawl fishing vessels.
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NewsNZ shark fin ban confirmed
New Zealand’s government has confirmed a ban on shark finning, with the first tranche of sharks included in the ban taking affect from 1 October 2014.
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NewsComplex supply chains leave industry open to fraud
Last year’s horsemeat scandal in the UK illustrated the ease with which criminals could target the food industry and make huge profits as they did so.
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NewsNew appointments for NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has a new commanding officer at the NOAA Marine Operations Center-Atlantic.
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NewsUSA: Count the fish and let them go
Menakhem Ben-Yami looks into an American fish counting project
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NewsFreshwater fish will become more important in aquaculture
World Fishing & Aquaculture interviews Norwegian modern fish farming pioneer, Bjørn Myrseth to discover what he believes the future holds for the fast growing industry.
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