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Top speakers lined up for Taiwan
INNOVATION, sustainability and food safety are the themes for the World Aquaculture Society conference in Taiwan in April. Organised by the Asia Pacific Chapter of WAS and hosted by the National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU), the conference and exhibition will focus on aquaculture development in the Asia Pacific region. Plenary speakers will include Dr Ching…
Read MoreSwiss ban boiling lobsters alive
SWITZERLAND has outlawed the age old restaurant culinary practice of boiling lobsters alive. From March 1, as part of new government animal protection reforms, it will be illegal for chefs to throw live lobsters into the pot. The Swiss authorities say they will only accept an electric shock or the ‘mechanical destruction’ of the lobster\’s brain to render…
Read MoreNorway PM in trade talks with Trump
FEARS that the United States could impose curbs on Norwegian seafood exports have receded after Norway\’s prime minister, Erna Solberg, met President Donald Trump last week. The industry and salmon producers in particular have been worried for some time that Trump\’s ‘America first’ policy and the threat of high import tariffs in the form of a border…
Read MoreGrimsby to stage seafood careers event
GRIMSBY is to host a major event next month in a bid to steer more young people towards a career in food and in the seafood industry in particular. Organised by Seafish and the Grimsby Institute, the Future of Food careers conference on February 22 is also aimed at key stakeholders and employers, both on the Humber and…
Read MoreIceland looks to reduce fishing fees
ICELAND\’S new government is looking to ease the burden on small and medium sized fishing companies by reducing the licence fees they pay for the right to fish inside the country\’s territorial waters. Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir said that while as yet there is no firm decision she has indicated her sympathy with those businesses that were struggling…
Read MoreNew feed barge for Skye site
THE Scottish Salmon Company has commissioned a new Gael Force feed barge after securing consent for an additional 2,000 tonnes of capacity at its Portree site. Delivery is expected later this year. Work on the 400 tonne, 14m long SeaMate feeding barge will begin imminently at the Gael Force base in Inverness. The barge will…
Read MoreFish Update Briefing, Friday, January 12
CIAO TO NEW CAPTAIN BIRDS EYE AN Italian born actor is to be the new Captain Birds Eye. Riccardo Acerbi, 56, is the first foreigner to take on one of UK television’s best known advertising roles. The company is believed to want to evolve the captain into a more contemporary character. But the move has not gone…
Read MoreFaroese people to control fisheries
SWEEPING changes to way the Faroe Islands manages its fishing industry have just been approved by the Løgting, the country\’s parliament. The reforms largely exclude foreign ownership of quotas and puts the entire industry under the direct control of the 50,000 people who make up the country\’s population. The bill, called the Act on Management of Marine…
Read MoreEnd of an era as Bracken retires
ONE of the pioneers of Scottish salmon farming has announced his retirement after 41 years in the industry. Steve Bracken, business support manager at Marine Harvest Scotland, will stand down at the end of July 2018. Beginning his career as a fish farm assistant at Lochailort on May 23, 1977, Bracken is the longest serving…
Read MoreNeptune wins appeal court case
THE Fish Vet Group and Benchmark Animal Health have lost a three-year battle in the Norwegian courts against the aquaculture company Neptune Pharma. The Norwegian Court of Appeal rejected claims that Neptune executives exploited trade secrets involving a sea lice treatment used by the global salmon industry. The Court of Appeal affirmed the January 2016…
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