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Fast thawing
One of Innotec Systems’ “Speedy Thawing” systems has been put into action thawing whole frozen mackerel blocks at one of the biggest pelagic processors in the Netherlands.
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NewsSmartfind S5 gets Danish approval
McMurdo’s new Smartfind S5 AIS SART (Automatic Identification System Search and Rescue Transmitter) has been authorised for installation onboard Danish-flagged vessels and in accordance with the requirements of the Danish Maritime Authority.
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NewsNine billion customers for the ‘bank in the water’
Wild and farmed, live and chilled fish at Hong Kong's Mong Kok fish market. Daily arrivals by truck and ferry from small suppliers around the Pearl Delta and from across China in special luggage vans on passenger trains. (Image: TW/EEC Photos)Beware of soothsayers predicting the future. But we can be ...
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NewsEco-friendly EPS handling turns waste into money
On a good day as many as 1,000 boxes of salmon are fed into the production department at Danish smoked fish giant Norlax A/S. The huge quantity of expanded polystyrene (EPS) boxes used to fill four truckloads per day, which commuted constantly between the company''s premises and a waste handling ...
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NewsMarine Harvest wants in on consolidation
Salmon farming giant Marine Harvest has filed an official complaint against rules that prevent the company from growing any larger in Norway, saying it wants to participate in the consolidation of the industry.
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Closed tuna cannery in American Samoa to reopen
Chicken of the Sea (COS) International has transferred its closed tuna cannery in American Samoa to US-based Tri Marine International.
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Handlined jumbo squid receives eco-label
Friend of the Sea has announced the certification of Seatec’s jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas). Seatec is a supplier of calamari products under the BelOcean brand based in Chile.
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Saudi kingfish contract for Akva
The Akva Group has won a contract with the National Prawn Company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for delivery of a pre-grow-out system for the production of yellowtail kingfish.
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New fish skinner with freeze drum technology
German manufacturer Nock has combined its competence in fish skinning technology with his refrigeration know-how from the manufacturing of its scale ice machines to create a fish skinning machine with freeze drum technology.
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NewsSimplifying IUU compliance for exporters
With its experience and expertise in the field of traceability, Marel Food Systems is helping companies to adapt their procedures to the European Union regulations on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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NewsRobot-supported processing ‘follows new path’
With its robot-supported processing and packing system for fish and shrimp, Cabinplant A/S claims it has followed a completely new path: products are no longer processed in individual, linked steps; instead, all processing is performed on the path from the conveyor belt to the package.
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NewsRoss Sea toothfish MSC assessment: objection upheld on four points
An independent adjudicator has instructed the third-party certifier Moody Marine to amend the final report of the Ross Sea toothfish MSC assessment to take into account his decision to uphold four of the objections lodged by the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) against the certification.
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NewsKing crab quotas down, snow crab up
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has released the total allowable catch (TAC) figures for the upcoming crab season and, as expected, the harvest level for Bristol Bay red king crab is lower than last season after summer surveys reported the stock remains in a declining trend.
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Mackerel quota talks to get underway
Crucial talks between the EU, Norway, Iceland and the Faroes to discuss mackerel quotas for 2011 will commence in London on Tuesday 12 October and Scottish fishermen’s leaders say they will be pressing for a deal that does not jeopardise their share in the international fishery and which also protects ...
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Survey: more consumers aware of MSC
Close to one in four adults are aware of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) eco-label – an increase of more than two and a half times since 2008, according to a survey carried out by AMR Marketing Research.
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NewsNew Manoverboard and Buoysmoke products unveiled
Chemring Marine has launched its new Pains Wessex Manoverboard MK8 and Buoysmoke MK8 lifebuoy markers in Europe.
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Cooke announces $150m expansion
Cooke Aquaculture is planning to spend $150 million (€107.4 million) over five years to expand its Nova Scotia operations.
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NewsNew two-lane Easymatic pinboner
Kaj Olesen A/S, which manufactures pinbone removers under the name of ‘Easymatic’, has developed a two-lane pinbone remover.
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Angola invests $62m in fishery protection
Angola’s government has spent $62 million (€44.4 million) on 10 new fishery and aquiculture monitoring boats to protect the country’s resources and to fight illegal fishing off the country''s coast.
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Scots: blue whiting quota shows mackerel threat
The release of the latest scientific advice for the catch uptake of blue whiting recommending a 2011 quota of only 40,000 tonnes is a stark reminder of the threat facing the valuable mackerel stock if uncontrolled fishing by Iceland and the Faroes continues, claimed the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation this week.
