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Low salinity slurry ice from Highland
Proper product handling, rapid and efficient cooling are critical factors in preserving the quality and freshness of a catch. More than ever, consumers are demanding high quality, fresh seafood. To achieve this, the initial rapid cooling of the product is required, according to US-based Highland Refrigeration.
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NMFS agrees to re-propose rule against bycatch dumping
US commercial fishermen have reached an agreement with the NMFS regarding a change in a final rule for the Atlantic herring fishery issued in November 2009. The rule outlined new protocols that herring midwater trawl ships must follow in order to fish in an ocean area closed to nearly all ...
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EU signs high seas fishery resource convention
The European Union is the latest signatory to a key regional fisheries management convention which, once it enters into force, will ensure fishing from western Australia to South America is subject to agreed international rules.
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Culimer introduces Global GAP certified shrimp
Dutch seafood supplier Culimer BV has introduced Global GAP certified white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) to its product range.
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New linear freezing tunnel from CES
CES has unveiled its new Blizzard-LT linear freezing tunnel, which the company claims is “probably the most efficient and hygienic tunnel in the world”.
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Industrial flow-ice generators for Russian trawler
PAM Refrigeration recently delivered two unique packaged, ammonia, ice generators to Cape Town harbour for installation on a Russian trawler, fishing in South African waters for horse mackerel.
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Next gen hygienic flake ice production
Maja-Maschinenfabrik has introduced a flake ice equipment line that it claims offers increased hygienic standards for the production of commercial ice.
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IMS builds RSW for smaller vessels
The latest member of US-based Integrated Marine Systems (IMS) family of refrigeration products is a self-contained refrigerated sea water (RSW) system that is designed for easy installation on board fishing boats with space limitations.
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Cash in the consumer coastline catch
Jerry Percy believes more local marketing and growing transparency in the buy and supply chain can boost "one-day" fishing boat incomes. (Image: TW: EEC Photos)Sir Angus Stirling kicked off June’s one-day Sustainable Inshore Fisheries workshop in London by saying that the Fishmongers’ Company (FC) might be centuries old but it ...
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Findus launches Fish for Life website
A new website has been launched which explains in greater detail the operation of the Fish for Life sustainable sourcing programme used by UK-based Young’s Seafood and the Findus Group.
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Herpes outbreak threatens UK oysters
Samples taken from Pacific oyster species harvested off the coast of Whitstable, Kent, UK, have tested positive for type one oyster herpes, according to the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas).
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Irish government unveils three-year seafood plan
Irish Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Brendan Smith TD and Minister of State with responsibility for Fisheries, Sean Connick TD, launched Bord Iascaigh Mhara’s (BIM’s) new three year strategy (2010–2012) and the Irish Seafood National Programme to 2013.
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US lobster fishermen get reprieve on ban
The American Lobster Management Board has shelved the proposal for a five-year ban on lobster catching south of Cape Cod.
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Louisiana blue crab fishery pursues MSC eco-label
Louisiana’s Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board has entered the blue crab fishery into the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification programme.
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HB Grandi lands 15,000 tonnes of pelagics
HB Grandi’s vessels have landed around 15,000 tonnes of herring and mackerel so far this season. In previous years mackerel has primarily been a bycatch with herring but now mackerel accounts for some 60% of catches.
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Storm Bonnie halts BP spill clean up
Work at the site of the Gulf of Mexico BP oil spill will stop for 10-12 days until Tropical Storm Bonnie has passed.
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NOAA reopens one-third of closed Gulf
No oil has been observed for 30 days in 26,388 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico being reopened for fishing.
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NZ’s new aquaculture regulations on track
New Zealand’s government is on track to set new regulations for the aquaculture industry that will allow the backlog of applications to be dealt with, according to fisheries minister Phil Heatley.
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Vietnam processors run low on shrimp, pangasius exports rise
Seafood exports out of Vietnam have grown this year but processors are now facing a shortage of shrimp. In the first half of this year, exported shrimp prices increased 84% in France, 20% in Japan and 7% in the US.
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Shetland seafood firms praised by Jamie Oliver team
Shetland’s seafood suppliers have received a glowing review from two top members of staff at Jamie Oliver’s Restaurant Fifteen in London.