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  • Kongeåen River Fish Farm, Denmark is an example of a freshwater fish farm which recycles its water. The high-tech and environmentally friendly model fish farms use water from boreholes, rather than from rivers, and are based on water recirculati...
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    Salmon breeding comes ashore

    2011-03-10T13:42:00Z

    The environmentally friendly Danish model fish farms are to be expanded from the current freshwater farms to also include saltwater fish farms.

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    Mackerel talks underway

    2011-03-10T10:53:00Z

    A senior Scottish Government official is part of the EU delegation that is seeking to put in place a new international agreement for the mackerel stock.

  • Greenpeace says that John West is now the UK’s most environmentally unfriendly tinned tuna company
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    Tinned tuna giants go shark friendly

    2011-03-10T10:44:00Z

    Princes – who sells more tinned tuna than any other company in the UK – is going to stop using a fishing method which is responsible for killing sharks.

  • This handout photo, release 30 August 2010, compares the size of the GE-salmon (background) to an Atlantic salmon of the same age (foreground). Photo by Barrett & McKay Photo/AquaBounty Technologies/Handout, NP
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    GE-salmon – blessing or monster-fish?

    2011-03-09T16:57:00Z

    Both, the monster created by Shelley''s fictional Frankenstein character and the legendary Golem of Prague created by Rabbi Maharal, were made of dead material and put to life by magic.

  • The Hercules doors on Vestmannaey
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    Orders coming in for Polar Fishing Gear

    2011-03-09T15:58:00Z

    Polar Fishing Gear of Iceland has recently introduced its new ‘Hercules’ trawl doors - a low aspect version of it semi-pelagic ‘Mercury’ trawl doors suitable for bottom and ‘off the seabed’ fishing.

  • Baader’s salmon processing line
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    Baaders salmon processing solution

    2011-03-09T13:47:00Z

    Baader says it is aware that food processors are always searching for improved ways to monitor and control their production and is offering a Production Management Software to monitor and optimise the overall production performance.

  • The WiseFish family
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    WiseFish seafood software solution

    2011-03-09T13:00:00Z

    Maritech will present a new version of WiseFish, a comprehensive, scalable software solution, tailor-made to meet the needs of seafood producers.

  • The Ishida Fresh Food Weigher presents another solution to the handling and weighing of sticky products, featuring a linear multihead design, fed by belts from an infeed table
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    Seafood packing solutions from Ishida Europe

    2011-03-09T11:39:00Z

    New to Ishida’s quality control range is its latest checkweigher, the DACS-G, which delivers even higher speed and accuracy and, at the touch of a button, can switch between two weighing ranges, allowing manufacturers and processors to handle more products on one machine.

  • The freezlite bed freezer
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    freezelite – the modular fluidised bed system

    2011-03-09T11:19:00Z

    The freezelite bed freezer is designed for cooling and freezing bulk products such as shrimps and prawns.

  • The MMO is extending the deadline for applications to the sole discard reduction trial. Credit: NOAA
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    Sole discard reduction trial

    2011-03-09T10:03:00Z

    The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has decided to extend the deadline for applications to the sole discard reduction trial in response to industry feedback and queries.

  • Eric Schwaab, Assistant Administrator for NOAA Fisheries. Credit: NOAA
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    US turning a corner in ending overfishing

    2011-03-09T09:49:00Z

    Assistant NOAA Administrator for Fisheries Eric Schwaab has said that the US is making good progress toward meeting the mandate to end domestic overfishing.

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    Fish Tales wins book award

    2011-03-09T02:00:00Z

    Bart van Olphen and Tom Kime scooped top prize for Fish Tales in the category ''Best Sustainable Food Book in the World'' at the Gourmand World Cookbook Award in Paris last week.

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    HSI urges European Commission to strengthen EU ban on shark finning

    2011-03-09T02:00:00Z

    Humane Society International/Europe has urged the European Commission to prohibit the removal of shark fins onboard vessels without exception.

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    Shellfish Association of Great Britain’s 42nd Annual Conference

    2011-03-09T02:00:00Z

    The Shellfish Association of Great Britain’s 42nd Annual Conference will take place on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th May 2011 at Fishmongers’ Hall, London.

  • Professor Andrew Mills with food packaging incorporating the intelligent plastic indicator.  The yellow part is the indicator and it has changed colour to show that the food it contains has spoiled.
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    Intelligent packaging will tell when fish spoils

    2011-03-08T17:02:00Z

    Packaging that alerts consumers when food is becoming unfit to eat is being developed by researchers at Strathclyde University in Scotland.

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    Badinotti continues growth in Canada and Chile

    2011-03-08T16:31:00Z

    Badinotti Group has continued its growing phase in the Canadian and Chilean markets by acquiring all of the assets of Card’s Aquaculture.

  • NORLAX compacting fish boxes
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    RUNI finances fish box compactor with used fish boxes

    2011-03-08T15:40:00Z

    The prices for compacted EPS (expanded polystyrene) fish boxes are almost the highest they have been in a decade.

  • The new RQ-7000M
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    RQ-7000M automatic strapping machine to launch at SPE

    2011-03-08T15:19:00Z

    The new RQ7000M automatic strapping machine from Gordian Strapping will be showcased for the first time in Brussels at SPE.

  • Denmark at SPE 2010. Photo: Danish Export Association
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    Danish Fishing Equipment Group bigger than ever at SPE

    2011-03-08T15:03:00Z

    More than 16 companies will gather at the Danish stand at SPE, which the Danish Fishing Equipment Group says gives a One Stop Solution, relevant both for renovation projects and plans to build a new factory with new machinery.

  • BESNARD’s mussel brushing machine
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    40 years of processing

    2011-03-08T14:17:00Z

    For 40 years BESNARD has been working on developing a full range of processing machines for the food industry, especially shellfish.