Posts Tagged ‘EU’
Processors \’will be able to recruit from overseas\’
THE seafood sector has been told it will be able to recruit overseas workers under the government’s new points based immigration proposals. It had been feared that the scheme, announced this week, would hit processing plants, particularly in the north east of Scotland, where 70 per cent of employees are foreign nationals. However, roles such…
Read MoreProcessors \’will be able to recruit from overseas\’
THE seafood sector has been told it will be able to recruit overseas workers under the government’s new points based immigration proposals. It had been feared that the scheme, announced this week, would hit processing plants, particularly in the north east of Scotland, where 70 per cent of employees are foreign nationals. However, roles such…
Read MoreSeafood relief as UK and Norway strike deal
LONDON and Oslo have signed a new trade deal which allows the continued free movement of Norwegian seafood shipments into Britain. Salmon farming companies and fishermen were worried that the UK’s exit from the EU tonight could be interrupted by tariffs and red tape, even though Norway is not a member of the EU. The development…
Read MoreNorwegian fears over arrival of Boris Johnson as PM
NORWAY’S Seafood industry has expressed fears over the impact of a hard Brexit on its members now that Boris Johnson is Britain’s new Prime Minister. Johnson has promised to take the UK out of the EU without a deal by October 31st if he cannot reach a new accord with Brussels. Now Hans Frode Asmyhr…
Read MoreNew French factory will scale up insect meal production
A FRENCH company producing insect meal as an alternative protein in fish diets has been given €20 million EU backing for a new factory. Ynsect, one of the early pioneers of insect aqua feed, today announced the development, which will produce protein from mealworm beetles (Tenebrio molitor). The new Poulainville plant, on the outskirts of…
Read MoreScottish salmon exports grow
SCOTTISH salmon exports in the first quarter of the year were valued at around £152 million, up 27 per cent on the same period last year. The figure, an increase of £32 million for January to March sales, was close to the Q1 total for 2017, a record year for salmon exports. Farmers exported some…
Read MoreInsect farmer secures $125m funding
A FRENCH insect farmer has secured $125 million from venture capital investors to build the world’s biggest insect farm, to be run by robots. Ynsect, one of the early pioneers of insect farming, rears a type of beetle for fish feed, as well as for pets and fertilising plants. The fundraising round, which will be…
Read MoreResearch boosts EU fish breeding
A FIVE year EU funded study into advanced aquaculture breeding programmes has demonstrated the potential of selecting for disease resistance, say researchers. The NOK 75 million Fishboost project, led by Norwegian research organisation Nofima, has involved scientists from nine countries, 14 research institutions, 11 companies and an NGO. Their goal was to improve European aquaculture…
Read MoreHuge untapped potential in aquaculture
SUSTAINABLE aquaculture will have to ‘step up’ to close the food security gap, said the EU’s fisheries commissioner, Karmenu Vella, in a message to the World Aquaculture Society (WAS) conference in Montpellier last night. ‘These are exciting times for the aquaculture community. The world’s population is growing; we know we need high quality proteins to…
Read MoreEU yellow card hits Vietnam exports
A CLAMPDOWN by the European Union has led to a market fall in seafood exports from Vietnam. The EU has been closely monitoring Vietnamese fishing practices in an attempt to put an end to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. Late last year it became so concerned that it showed a yellow card to Vietnam, which…
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