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Saucy 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…
Read MoreSenator in bid to advance US aquaculture
A US senator is championing a new bill aimed at speeding up growth in American aquaculture. Republican Roger Wicker (Mississippi) has introduced the Advancing the Quality and Understanding of American Aquaculture (AQUAA) Act. The legislation is designed to streamline the permitting process for fish farms in federal waters, and fund research and development to advance…
Read MoreGo ahead for Marine Harvest expansion
MARINE Harvest has won the go ahead to expand two of its farms in Argyll, the Oban Times reported. The company’s plans to merge five sites into four were approved by Argyll and Bute Council at the end of June. In one application, Marine Harvest sought to modify 16 x 100m cages into 12 x…
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