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SSC Chief Executive recognised as transformational leader. The Scottish Salmon Company’s (SSC) Chief Executive Craig Anderson has been named as a Transformational Leader at the prestigious EY Entrepreneur of the ...
Accolade for SSP (Sustainable Shrimp Partnership) – The Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP) has been named a James Beard Foundation Impact Program Sustainability Partner. The James Beard Foundation is one of ...
Businesses encouraged to get involved in Seafood Week 2019. Dates for the diary: Seafood Week 2019 will run 4-11 October. Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood ...
Southwind Foods Joins GSSI – The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative is pleased to announce that Southwind Foods has joined the GSSI Global Partnership as a Funding Partner. Southwind Foods is ...
NZ proposes catch limit changes for 20 stocks. Fisheries New Zealand wants public feedback on proposals to change catch limits for 20 fish stocks around the country. The proposals are ...
New Zealand shellfish alert. The New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has issued a public health warning advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish harvested from Nydia ...
Canadian university goes for 100% sustainable seafood. The University of British Columbia (UBC) has announced it will purchase and offer only 100 per cent Ocean Wise recommended sustainable seafood beginning ...
Kendal college students named UK Young Seafood Chefs of the Year. Two young chefs from Kendal College have won the 2019 UK Young Seafood Chef of the Year competition after ...
Chinese retailer Hema Fresh, commits to selling ASC certified salmon. Chinese retailer Hema Fresh, has committed to work towards selling only ASC certified Atlantic salmon under its own brand label ...
New leader for EDF Oceans programme. Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has announced that Eric Schwaab, a recognised expert in ocean conservation, is the new leader and Senior Vice President of the ...
Shetland Maritime Heritage Book – A new book on Shetland’s maritime heritage has just been launched as a result of a project coordinated by the NAFC Marine Centre UHI. The ...
Stirling study to tackle aquaculture disease. A new £680,000 project will use cutting-edge techniques to tackle antimicrobial resistance in Vietnamese catfish – a key challenge for the global aquaculture industry. ...
Fishers aware of damage marine litter causes. Commercial fishers are acutely aware of the potential for marine litter to cause lasting damage to their catches and the wider industry, a ...
Marel to host future of whitefish processing event. When processing machinery specialist Marel hosts the Whitefish ShowHow in Copenhagen, 25 September, it will showcase the latest in hi-tech processing solutions, ...
Good Fishing Off Iceland – Icelandic integrated fishing company, HB Grandi, reports that its fresher trawler Akurey docked in Reykjavík earlier this week with a full fishroom, 190 tonnes, after ...
Vietnamese fish sauce entrepreneurs. Farmers in Sam Son city, the north-central province of Thanh Hoa in Vietnam, have become rich by developing traditional fish sauce production and business, reports the ...
Seafood Scotland Hebridean boost. Seafood Scotland and guests have returned from a successful three-day Scottish Seafood Storytelling Trail across the rural towns and villages of the Outer Hebrides. With MasterChef finalist ...
New Shrimp Feed Success – Corbion, a global market leader in algae-based food and feed ingredients, announced at last week’s Seafood Summit that AlgaPrime(TM) DHA has been successfully trialled in ...
New study shows extent of marine plastic pollution. A new study shows that microplastic particles are not only common from the surface to the seafloor, but they’re also being eaten ...
Seafood champion awards highlight creativity in sector. Diversified Communications and SeaWeb announced last week the winners of the 2019 Seafood Champion Awards, an outstanding group of seafood sustainability leaders who exemplify ...
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