Fishupdate Briefing Friday April 20th

CHINA HUNGRY FOR US LOBSTER CHINA and the United States may be gearing up for a trade war, but the dispute hasn\’t stopped Chinese \’s hunger for American lobsters. And the demand is helping keep prices high for US domestic . consumers. However,  a tariff on the seafood by Beijing  is not thought to be…

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Young’s Seafood up for sale

YOUNG’S, Britain’s largest seafood company, has formally announced that the business is to be put up for sale. And it is almost certain to attract widespread interest from at home and abroad. The news came in a statement yesterday from the parent company, Lion capital, which is owned by the private equity firm HPS Investment Partners (UK),…

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Fishupdate briefing Friday February 23rd

  ENERGY WORLD FIRST FOR NEW WELLBOAT THE Norwegian company Nordlaks is building the world\’s first wellboat powered by Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) propulsion and a battery pack. It says the development will  provide significant environmental and climate benefits. Emissions of Co2 are reduced by 30 per cent and  by 90 per cent for NoX…

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Young's in fish cake recall

YOUNG\’S Seafood is recalling some of  its Chip Shop range fish cakes because they have been found to contain plastic and metal. The Food Standards Agency says the products are \’unsafe to eat\’. The recall applies only to packs of six fish cakes sold in the frozen food chains Farmfoods and Heron Foods. No other…

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