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Young’s buys site for Grimsby expansion
YOUNG’S Seafood is thought to have spent more than £1 million buying a 13-acre site in Grimsby in readiness for future expansion in the town. The land is a former cold store and logistics base less than two miles from its main fish dock production factories. The site was on the market at £1.5 million,…
Read MoreNew code to make fishing safer
FISHERMEN across the country have been urged to sign up to a new safety code, in a bid to make careers at sea safer for the UK’s fishing community. Representatives from the Fishing Industry Safety Group (FISG), Seafish, and the Maritime & Coastguard Agency met coastal MPs and transport minister Nusrat Ghani in the Houses…
Read MoreSaucy Fish lift for frozen sales
THE award winning Saucy Fish brand has given frozen seafood sales a huge boost in many of Britain’s best known supermarkets. The business, owned by Seachill, said today that since launching into frozen last year and securing listings with Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Ocado and Amazon Fresh, some 69 per cent of its spend has been incremental…
Read MoreFish Update Briefing, Friday, July 13
EU PROBES TUNA FRAUD CANNED tuna is being treated with illegal substances in at least two European countries, the European Commission has found. Europol and Interpol carried out the investigation following a tip-off from whistle blowers that tuna intended for canning was fraudulently being sold as fresh tuna. They said their investigation took place in…
Read MoreMedicines body welcomes Brexit blueprint
THE body representing the animal medicines industry has cautiously welcomed the government’s blueprint for UK relations with the EU, published today. The long awaited White Paper sets out government proposals for withdrawing from the EU and plans for future working together, including the establishment of a new free trade area and regulatory alignment. National Office…
Read MoreGo ahead for Europe's largest salmon land farm
PLANS to build what will eventually be Europe’s largest land based salmon farm have received local authority approval. The company, Salmon Evolution AS, was given the go ahead to develop a facility that is hoped will produce more than 28,000 tonnes of salmon a year. The development site is at a place called Indre Harøy…
Read MoreIceland farmer seeks cause of net breach
ICELAND’S largest fish farming company has been working this week to limit the damage from what could have been a potentially serious net pen failure in the north west of the country. However, the company, Arnarlax, appears to have contained the damage and while it is not known how many fish – if any –…
Read MoreThermolicers ‘effective’ tool in pest control
MECHANICAL methods of removing sea lice from salmon are an effective means of managing lice levels on farms, the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation said. Responding to calls from anti-salmon farm campaigners to ban thermolicers and hydrolicers, the SSPO’s chief executive, Julie Hesketh-Laird, said: ‘Fish health and welfare is, and always will be, at the heart…
Read MoreKrill firms back call to protect Antarctic
A GREENPEACE campaign to protect the Antarctic Ocean has received the support of the vast majority of krill fishing companies operating in the region. The move will see nearly all krill companies working in the Antarctic voluntarily stop fishing in ‘buffer zones’ around breeding colonies of penguins, to safeguard Antarctic wildlife. Krill, eaten by penguins,…
Read MoreCod price spiral hits whole food chain
NORWAY may have exported less cod over the past six months, but its fishing companies are receiving more money for what they do sell. It is another sign of the upward price pressure on UK and European fish buyers, which in turn is impacting on performances, profits and jobs right down the food chain. The…
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