Latest News – Page 738
-
News
HBT introduces energy saving solutions
Drastic price increases in oil have resulted in many fisheries companies having to forego opportunities to catch various types of fish because, in some cases, the price of their catch has not kept up with the price of oil.
-
-
News
Avure’s new HPP system
Avure Technologies’ new horizontal High Pressure Processing (HPP) system makes advanced food safety technology more affordable for small and mid-range processors.
-
NewsAFOS extends help to processors
Smoking kiln manufacturer, AFOS, is continuing its support to help the hard pressed smoked fish and food industry by extending its offer to provide cost effective kiln upgrades to customers.
-
NewsProducing safe food safely
Baader 142 Princess-Cut Gutting MachineThe company was started when Rudolph M J Baader developed a machine for filleting herring in 1919. This machine not only reduced the number of people required to fillet the species, it also saved time and money. The German company, now operating worldwide, still seeks to ...
-
News
Professionalism, recognition and growth
A laboratory for analysis and study, inspection organisation and certification organisation – these are the three activities of Quality Partner.
-
News
Fishing coalition to fight marine Highland Clearance
A Marine Protection Area Fishing Coalition has been set up to represent the entire UK commercial fishing industry in the face of a proliferation of designations and demands related to habitat protection issues, reports Stuart Fisher.
-
News
Barriers between Thailand and Indonesia
Despite Thailand and Indonesia pledging to finalise a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on fisheries this year, the industry is critical saying the accord fails to address various fundamental problems, reports Michael Mackey.
-
News
Vietnam catch increases of up to seven times
Michael Mackey reports that catch increases of up to seven times have been reported by Vietnam''s fishing vessels since the introduction of three different types of nets with some financial help from local authorities late last year.
-
NewsBluefin tuna ban rejected
Trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna will not be banned, it was decided at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) today.
-
NewsCobia set to make its mark at ESE
Marine Farms is launching farmed cobia at the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels.
-
NewsUSA: Fishing industry and government on a colliding course?
On 24 February 2010 a “United We Fish” Rally took place in Washington DC, reports Menakhem Ben-Yami.
-
NewsRevised enforcement regime within English waters
The regulation of marine resources has passed into the hands of the Marine Management Organisation. Credit: DaplazaThe regulation of marine resources has passed into the hands of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) which will be based in Newcastle upon Tyne. The MMO has whole raft of new powers in respect ...
-
NewsIndia – farmed fish for peace
For many small fishermen the invasion of the coast by prawn farms has been a 30-year battle.
-
News
Marine fish farming: solution or delusion?
The question is not how to protect environment from aquaculture, but how to develop marine fish farming that’s environment friendly.
-
NewsBrain-storms and litmus tests for acidity with hot air pollution
Some of the proposed/agreed areas before the undersea land grab. OSPAR (Oslo Paris Convention) began to emerge in 1972 to stop waste dumping in the Northeast Atlantic. Credit: TW : EEC PhotosPeter O’Neill reports that doubts are also coming in across all weather fronts about the quality of climate data ...
-
News
PPS announces acquisition of TFA Box Company
PPS Equipment Management Ltd, based in Measham in the Midlands, UK, has announced its successful acquisition of the Grimsby based TFA Box Company that has a long history of supplying the East Coast fishing industry with a wide selection of plastic fish boxes plus collection and hygienic washing services.
-
NewsNOAA lists Pacific smelt as threatened
NOAA’s Fisheries Service is listing Pacific smelt as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
-
News
Norwegian farmed cod popular in France and Sweden
Norwegian farmed cod is a good fish - that is the conclusion of a market test involving 32 chefs in France and Sweden.
-
News
SFF: Fishing must not be neglected
Bertie Armstrong will today tell a major conference that the primary and sustainable harvesting of seafood must be considered in balance with the activities of other stakeholders such a the oil, gas and renewable energy sectors.