Scotland has seen a massive 55 per cent rise in food and drink exports to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Four more crab companies have joined the National Fisheries Institute’s Crab Council.

A flexible in-line freezing system from Starfrost has boosted business at a major seafood production facility in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire.

Following on from the announcement of some shellfish monitoring contracts last month, the Food Standards Agency has now awarded contracts for shellfish sampling across nine local authority areas in Scotland.

“We had record revenues in quarter four... and we had excellent profitability, in the top end of our target range,” said Theo Hoen, CEO of Marel, when the company’s results for 2011 were presented this morning, 2 February, at a meeting with market participants and investors.

Over 200 guests from 23 countries as far apart as Australia and Canada and representing 93 key industry companies gathered in Nørresundby, Denmark, this morning for the opening of the 11th annual Marel Salmon Showhow.

Chile's exports of fishery products and aquaculture reached a value of USD 4,228 million in the first 11 months of 2011.

An innovative new welfare-friendly and humane fish harvesting system  is likely to prove a focal point of interest for fish farmers and seafood processors visiting the forthcoming ‘Fishing, Aquaculture and Seafood Expo – from Sea to Plate’ that will be staged in Glasgow, Scotland, in March 2012.

THE  Vietnamese seafood industry, heavily dependent on fish farming, says it is confident of hitting its Government's export target of US $6.5-billion this year.

IN a move that has been welcomed by Norwegian authorities, the US Government has lifted the penalty tariffs it had imposed on Norwegian salmon imports.

The recent change of ownership and a new identity has already started to pay off for Anglesey Aquaculture Ltd, the only producer of sea bass in the United Kingdom.

THE Irish seafood sector met yesterday at an intensive seminar organised by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM). The event was arranged to discuss the possibilities offered by creating a large scale seafood hub for the country’s seafood producers.

After 40 successful years of addressing the research needs of the seafood community, the Fisheries Scholarship Fund (FSF) in the US is evolving into the Seafood Industry Research Fund (SIRF).

Designed especially for the fish processing industry, Landia pumps with extra cutting blades are helping Greenock-based Rossyew convert Scottish Salmon by-products into specialty oil and protein ingredients for pig, poultry, pet and aqua feeds.

“Seven hundred three quarters!” “Seventy five and one, seventy five and one!”

The Isle of Man’s government has closed a queen scallop fishery to protect stocks against overfishing.

A quarter of Brussels restaurants serve at least one species of fish listed as in danger of
extinction, according to a survey.

The European Seafood Exposition (ESE) attracts buyers and sellers from all corners of the globe to Brussels for three days of business, networking, growth and opportunity.

‘Seniors @ Marsh Mill’ based in Thornton, Lancashire has won the prestigious title of the National Independent Takeaway Award 2012 sponsored by Norwegian Seafood Council.

A TON of cod fillets worth between £5,000 and £6,000 - that's the hefty prize awaiting one lucky  fish and chip shop in Britain this year.

TV chef Jamie Oliver is returning to UK screens in a new television advertising campaign with Young’s Seafood Limited, which premiered on the Young’s Facebook page on Friday 20 January, before being launched on national television today, Monday 23 January.

GRIMSBY MP Austin Mitchell paid a visit to the ultimate in recycling centres and a vital cog in the smooth operation of the local fishing industry recently.

THE first Marine Stewardship Council certified plaice is about to enter the UK market – thanks to an enterprising partnership between three Grimsby companies.

In the last year, over 30 Seafood and Catering Businesses from across the South West have benefitted from a programme of Seafood Skills Training delivered by Seafood Cornwall Training.

Plymouth-based Interfish Ltd has started the New Year with the acquisition of Scotland’s Northbay Fishing Company Ltd backed by a finance package from the Royal Bank of Scotland Corporate & Institutional Banking (RBS CIB).

Seniors in Thornton, Lancashire, has been named the best British fish and chip shop after battering its rivals in the National Fish and Chip Awards 2012 on Tuesday (17 January 2012).

American Seafoods Group, a world leader in harvesting, at-sea processing, value-added preparation and supply of quality seafood, has acquired Good Harbor Fillet LLC, a manufacturer of value-added frozen seafood products, from private equity group Creo Capital Partners LLC.

Last year, the value of Norwegian cod, haddock and prawns exported to the UK totalled 112.9 million GBP, an increase of 15.7 million GBP from 2010.

THE  Vietnamese seafood industry, heavily dependent on fish farming, says it is confident of hitting its Government's export target of US $6.5-billion this year.

Following a remarkable 2011 in which food exports from Scotland broke the £1 billion mark for the first time ever, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Caroline Spelman visited Scottish farmers and fishermen to praise them for the excellent produce that has made Scotland world renowned.

TOM Omley, one of the leading figures behind  Grimsby’s development as Britain’s top fish processing centre, has died, aged 76.

Seafood processors and equipment suppliers will have a unique opportunity to showcase their products to the UK market at the newly extended ‘Fishing, Aquaculture and Seafood Expo – from Sea to Plate’ that is being staged in Glasgow, Scotland, in March 2012.

udging for the Independent Fish & Chip Takeaway of the Year, the headline category of next week’s National Fish & Chip Awards, has now come to an end after industry experts completed their mystery judging tour.

AT last a tuna fishery that has full environmental approval - the Marine Stewardship Council has certified the PNA western and central Pacific free school skipjack tuna fishery as being a sustainable and well managed stock.

FOLLOWING seven years of continuous growth, Norwegian seafood exports fell for the first time last year - largely due to the slump in farmed salmon prices.

GRIMSBY Fish market has re-opened robustly after the long Christmas and New Year break.

MORE than 500 jobs are under serious threat at the three former Cumbrian Seafoods factory sites, bought by rivals Young’s Seafood a month ago.

ONE of Alaska's largest canned salmon operations has been sold in a major deal.
 

THE Unite Union has criticised Young's Seafood for announcing 70 redundancies at the Cromer Crab Company factory in North Norfolk so soon before Christmas.

Ohio Sea Grant is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Chris Winslow as its new Assistant Director. Winslow will coordinate the programme’s Great Lakes research with agencies and universities, as well as assist in research, curriculum development, and student recruitment at Ohio State University’s Stone Laboratory.

Ireland’s top scampi processor W Middleton & Son (NI) Ltd, trading as Middleton Seafoods, has acquired 100% of the share capital of Rockall Seafoods Ltd.

Will Clark Chairman of Peterhead & Fraserburgh Fish Processors Association and Chairman of the new Scottish Seafood Association has hit out at the micro management of fisheries coming from the EU commissioner Damanaki.

Ireland’s top scampi processor W Middleton & Son (NI) Ltd, trading as Middleton Seafoods, has acquired 100% of the share capital of Rockall Seafoods Ltd.

NFI hosts first live video chat with trade press via Eating Seafood Google+ Profile.

RICHARD Muir, owner of the prestigious Café Fish in Edinburgh, has bought the highly successful seafood restaurant Livebait in Manchester from Paramount Restaurants.

LION CAPITAL, private equity owners of the Findus group and Young’s Seafood, have bought Cumbrian Seafoods which officially went into administration earlier today.

THE first restaurant opened by the iconic fish and chip chain Harry Ramsden's is due to close after 83 years in business.

AN official announcement is expected later today about the future of Cumbrian Seafoods with speculation that the business, or at least part of it, has been bought by the Findus group.

The finalists of the National Fish & Chip Awards 2012’s Good Catch Award for Sustainability have been named, with The Bay in Stonehaven, Harbour Lights in Falmouth, and Frankie’s in Brae set to batter it out for the national title.

PPS East, an established and well known returnable packaging rental company in Grimsby, has started providing plastic 15kg fillet boxes to Icelandic cod and haddock producers, who in turn supply to Sealord in Caistor.

The finalists of the Independent Fish and Chip Restaurant of the Year Award at the National Fish and Chip Awards 2012, organised by Seafish, the authority on seafood have been announced.

Atlantic Seafood has been a seafood producer since 1997 and has developed and created two ranges of products: tuna in Ecuador, and cod in Spain.

The 25th  anniversary UK fishing expo that will be held in Glasgow in March 2012 has broadened its reach to cover every sector of the seafood industry, show organiser QD Events has announced.

The North Atlantic Seafood Forum AS has appointed Simon Dwyer of Seafox Management Consultants Ltd as their UK & Ireland Representative to promote the North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) which takes place in Oslo next March.

AM Seafoods have doubled their production capacity with a brand new £1.5M purpose built facility delivered by Project Link design and construction.

Group celebrates release of its 10,000th egg bearing crab back to the wild.

The UK’s favourite frozen food brand will be sponsoring the two televised shows which will be aired on ITV on the 11th & 24th December.

Happy Thanks Giving to all our USA readers. From all at Fishupdate.

As of 10 December 2011, there will be new requirements for all aquatic animals (finfish, molluscs and crustaceans) imported into Canada.

Shellfish processor Moray Seafoods Ltd has appointed two procurement managers as part of its new development programme following the company’s recent acquisition by Associated Seafoods Ltd.

THE sale of Icelandic Group's US seafood operations to the Canadian company High Liner Foods for $230-million last week will strengthen the financial position of the Reykjavik based organisation, chief executive Finboggi Jonsson has said.

LESS than ten years ago Vietnam was just a minor player in the global seafood industry.

TWO-point-six million fishcakes, or 1 fishcake every second, were sold in the first month since Jamie Oliver’s new frozen fish range by Young’s landed on shelves nationwide.

The Food Standards Agency has published a recall notice for  a batch of Bleiker’s Traditional Oak Smoked Scottish Salmon because one pack in this small batch has been found to contain listeria.

Chip Awards 2012, with the winner announced at the grand final in London on 17 January 2012. They will then get the chance to see their product developed and taken to market by the King Frost team.

BRITAIN'S fish and chip shop owners are gearing up for a VAT fight which could have a profound impact on their businesses and the fish trade in general.

The China Seafood and Fisheries Expo concluded its 16th annual exposition on November 3rd, drawing record numbers of attendees and exhibitors to the Qingdao International Convention Center.

BIM, the Irish fisheries board, is helping a company develop a new range of long life crab products.

China’s increasingly insatiable appetite for seafood was never more apparent than at this year’s record-setting China Fisheries & Seafood Expo, which concluded November 3rd in Qingdao.

The North Atlantic Seafood Forum is the world's largest seafood business conference and a leading meeting place for top industry executives.

GRIMSBY'S new £3million seafood village project is on course for a New Year opening.

THE Grimsby Fish Merchants' Association can look forward to the next 100 years with confidence, its chief executive Steve Norton told fishing industry leaders and senior politicians at the weekend.

The International Cold Water Prawn Forum 2011 at Fishmongers Hall in London will bring together industry specialists and traders from across the world.

THE 10 regional winners from the UK Independent Takeaway Fish & Chip Shop of the Year competition have just returned from a highly successful visit to Norway where they learned about sustainable fishing and, at the same time, educated the Norwegians about  Britain's favourite takeaway dish.

HIGH Liner Foods, the Canadian seafood company currently favourites to net the US and Asian operations of the Icelandic Group, is living up to its name following the release of its third quarter results.

BUYERS from a number of European countries joined the bidding recently for machinery and processing equipment from the collapsed Grimsby company Superior Seafoods.

After a very intensive and profound assessment period, the Suriname Seabob fishery is the first tropical shrimp fishery in the world to be awarded the MSC certification and seafood ecolabel.

Young’s Seafood Limited, the leading provider of chilled and frozen fish and seafood, was last night (08/11/2011) named Seafood Manufacturer of the Year, at the Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards.

ONE of the biggest deals in the history of the US seafood restaurant business has just been struck.

Northern Ireland shellfish company Henning Brothers has won its first export business in Europe for frozen crab products. The shellfish processing company has secured business for frozen crabmeat and crab claws from two wholesalers in Amsterdam.

NORWAY exported a record mount of cod and cod products last month, new figures show.

NZ King Salmon welcomes EPA decision.

NORWAY''S fishing industry was today preparing to welcome a group of unusual guests - the owners of 10 British fish and chip shops.

As part of a conference call with members of the National Fisheries Institute, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA discussed plans to ramp up its new DNA fish testing programme.

Delegates from across Europe met at the NAFC Marine Centre last week to hear the results of a project that was initiated to reduce disruption to the shellfish industry through establishing advanced testing technologies for the analysis of algal blooms. 

The use of a new ISO standard on the traceability of finfish products will help improve food safety by supplying stakeholders throughout the supply chain with accurate information about the origin and nature of these products.

YOUNG'S Seafood has announced that it will probably keep crab processing in the North Norfolk town of Cromer after all.

THE Leroy Seafood group has moved into the Dutch seafood market in a big way. Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (LSG)  has agreed to purchase 50.1 per cent  of the shares in RodeBeheer BV (Rode) in The Netherlands for a total of 15-million euros.

Finalists for the Best Multiple Fish and Chip Operator Award category of the National Fish & Chip Awards 2012, organised by Seafish, the authority on seafood, have been announced after being judged on standards in business, retail and commitment to customer service.

The finalists of the Young Fish Frier of the Year category for the National Fish and Chip Awards 2012, run by Seafish, the authority on seafood have been announced.

PRESS speculation over the future of the Findus group increased further at the weekend with a report that it is considering selling Young’s Seafood and its sister business The Seafood Company. 

Salmon smoker Lossie Seafoods Ltd and langoustine processor Moray Seafoods Ltd have appointed an export director to spearhead sales into new markets around the world.

CANADA'S High Liner Foods are firm favourites to "net" the US and Asian operations of the Icelandic Group, one of the world's largest seafood businesses.

In August Peruvian fish exports generated USD 286.7 million in revenue, 21.6 per cent more than in the same month of 2010, when its value was USD 235.6 million.

Newly merged company will track and monitor half the world’s ships.

The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) concluded its celebration of National Seafood Month with an update on the company's work to source sustainable seafood.

Three times winner of the Great British Menu, Richard Corrigan has been unveiled as the face of the National Fish & Chip Awards 2012.

The Seafood Summit is an annual event bringing together global representatives from the seafood industry and conservation community for in-depth discussions, presentations and networking around the issue of sustainable seafood.

Increased turnover and jobs boost success for Seafood Scotland Project.

The Orkney Fishermen’s Society has received the coveted Highlands & Islands Food & Drink Excellence Award, an award presented by the judges recognising excellence in any one category.

A group of 12 ambitious seafood entrepreneurs from County Donegal, Ireland, have become the first in the North East region to benefit from a new intensive business development programme.

THE  board of Aker Seafoods ASA said it plans to split up the ownership of the company’s two business areas. The shares in Norway Seafoods will be distributed to the shareholders in Aker Seafoods. This is in accordance with the plan effectuated and communicated in the first half-year 2010.

SAMHERJI, Iceland's fastest growing fishing company, has hit back hard against criticisms within the country that it is not contributing enough to the national economy.

Ten of the UK’s best fish and chip shops are celebrating making it through to the final of this year’s National Fish & Chip Awards 2012 after being named the Independent Takeaway Fish & Chip Shop of the Year in their respective regions.

As this year’s China Seafood And Fisheries Expo approaches, industry leaders are preparing to tackle emerging food import issues and discuss how manufacturers and importers are bracing for the coming changes in US FDA regulation.

Lyons Seafoods, one of the UK’s leading seafood suppliers, is extending its successful product portfolio with the introduction of a new range of chilled, ready-to-cook seafood meals as part of a major brand overhaul.

SPECULATION is growing that the private equity group Lion Capital may want to break up its Findus Frozen Food Group which also includes the Young's Seafood brand.

PACIFIC Seafood is this month celebrating its 70th anniversary by releasing the official history of its founder, the late Frank Dulcich Sr., who rose from poverty to found one of North America's largest seafood companies.

THE Thor, Iceland's new super fishery protection ship, has begun the 14,000 mile journey from the shipyard in Chile, where it was built, to its new base near Reykjavik.

TWO major US seafood restaurant chains have been sold in a near sixty million dollar deal.

A Norfolk newspaper has launched a campaign to save the Cromer Crab Company factory in Cromer, England - and it has already had some early success.

Just six months after the first direct exports were agreed, China has become the largest export destination for Scottish salmon in the Far East.

The Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group (SSMG) is highlighting to consumers that mussels are an excellent choice at this time of year because of their tremendous quality.

WITH salmon prices at their lowest level for at least six years, this week's news that the value of Norwegian seafood exports have fallen yet again has hardly come as a surprise.

Following the success of our first two Masterclasses of 2011, Edinburgh School of Food & Wine is delighted to announce its ‘Fish Masterclass’, taking place on Thursday 10th November, in conjunction with Seafood Scotland.

IT is called  "Fish Dock" and it is a new initiative  from the Grimsby-based Saucy Fish Company to help consumers get to know their seafood better.

John West, one of the UK’s leading canned seafood manufacturers, today announces the launch a bespoke application which will bring full transparency of their supply chain to consumers.

THE first exports of smoked salmon following a new deal earlier this year between a New Zealand fish company and a Philippine processor are now making their way to the supermarkets.

THE Icelandic Group, one of the world's leading seafood organisations, has a new chief executive. He is Mr. Lárus Ásgeirsson, who has extensive experience from the Icelandic and international business community.

GVA markets prominent fish market site.

YOUNG'S Seafood has added a new dimension to the convenience fish market with the launch of its Easy Cook range into three major supermarket chains - Asda, Sainsbury and Tesco.

The managing director of premium smoked salmon producer Lossie Seafoods has praised his employees for being the driving force behind the prestigious award just presented to the company in recognition of its export success that has seen it continue to expand into new markets over the past year.

James Withers, the new CEO of Scotland Food & Drink, together with Chairman Ray Jones, are heading to Peterhead on Tuesday 4th October for a thorough induction into the Scottish seafood industry.

Phillips Foods announced today a management team restructuring in its sales and marketing departments.

TRIDENT Seafoods, one of the largest fish processors in the United States, has been ordered to pay $2.5-million for alleged clean water violations at its processing facilities in Alaska.

THE Lerøy Seafood Group, the world's second largest producer of trout and salmon, has announced a major sponsorship deal with the Norwegian Skating Association.

Verlasso™, the world's first provider of harmoniously raised fish, today launched its premium salmon with FreshDirect, New York City's premier online grocer.

APROMAR and Ctaqua present the study “Proposals for the promotionof meagre consumption in Spain”

YOUNG'S Seafood has announced that it is entering a 90-day consultation period with staff at its shellfish processing site in Cromer in Norfolk.

ICELAND'S Fisheries Minister is likely to be invited to open the newly refurbished Grimsby Fish Market when the £1.2million project is completed early next year, it has been revealed.

ICELAND exported fish and seafood products to the world totalling 647 million euros -  or £569 million sterling - during the first six months of this year, new figures have shown.

The Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society, one of the UK’s oldest charities supporting impoverished former seafarers, has announced canned seafood manufacturer John West as its headline sponsor of the ‘Celebrations of the Sea’ project, the world’s first photography exhibition underwater.

As part of an initiative from experts across the country, the Seafood Health Facts project has launched a website – Seafoodhealthfacts.org – designed to help clear up some of the confusing messages surrounding seafood.

From today, all fish products served in McDonald’s UK restaurants will carry the official Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) ecolabel.

SI’s CEO, Rob Stephens, has just returned to the UK following his participation at a food traceability and value chain management workshop held in Toronto, Canada.

SYSCO, the largest foodservice distributor in the United States has announced it will sell only responsibly-sourced seafood by 2015.

An international search has been launched to find a buyer for Fishgate, Hull’s fish grading and auction facility, following its liquidation.

Angus Vajk (22) a biology undergraduate from Dunbeg, near Oban, Argyll, is heading for Galway in Ireland this weekend to take part in the Bollinger World Oyster Opening Championships on 24th September.

Northumberland’s fish producers and harbours are benefitting from over £100,000 of European funding.

The latest and best in salmon processing technology will be firmly in focus at the 11th annual Marel Salmon Showhow, which will be staged in the premises of the company’s Salmon Division in Nørresundby, Denmark, on February 1, 2012.

ONE of Europe's top fishing companies, Aker Seafoods has concluded an agreement to build and equip three new trawlers at cost of 770-million Norwegian kroners (£86.4 million sterling).

Will Clark, the newly appointed vice-chair of the Seafood Scotland (SFS) Board, is a man with a mission; a mission to develop the Peterhead and Fraserburgh Fish Processors’ Association into a country-wide organisation, the Scottish Seafood Association (SSA).

Bill Bloom created one of the most iconic American family seafood companies of the last 40 years.

New Zealand Rock Lobster harvested by members of the CRA 5 Rock Lobster Industry Association Incorporated (CRAMAC5) has been certified by Friend of the Sea.

Food Certification International is currently engaged in a wide range of certification assessments for the Marine Stewardship Council standard in northern Europe, underlining the surge of interest from the seafood sector for the certification of fisheries as being sustainable and responsibly managed.

FRANCE, renowned around the world as the home of good food, is Scotland's biggest customer for produce  - and most of that is fish, new figures today show.

SEAFOOD gourmets and, in particular lovers of oysters, from Britain and Europe will be heading in their thousands to Galway this week for Europe's leading oyster celebration.

THE Norwegian Seafood Export Council, which has just announced a major UK sales drive, has told Fishupdate, that fishing policies are higher than ever on the current news agenda - thanks in part to Hugh (Fearnley-Whittingstall's)  Fish Fight campaign on television this year.

As more and more restaurants source sustainable fish, the popularity of British tilapia continues to increase, as highlighted by its appearance on the menu at the Craft Guild of Chefs’ Graduate Awards luncheon this month.

THE Humber Trade Corridor said last night that it believed the Norway Seafood Conference it organised in Grimsby last March played a major part in the Norwegian Seafood Export Council announcing a major sales drive in the UK.

THE Humber fish trade has welcomed the news that charges for inspection and paperwork to ensure that illegal, unregulated and unreported fish does not enter the ports of Grimsby and Immingham are to be reduced.

Galician mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Mariscos Linamar S.L. have been certified Friend of the Sea. Both, Mariscos Linamar and Depuradora La Sirena (the purification Plant) are located in the Port of Tragove - Cambados, the geographical centre of the "Rias Baixas".

A new £350,000 storage facility has opened at Peterhead, as part of Peterhead Port Authority's ambitious plans for its Smith Quay development.

A FISH extravaganza is coming to the heart of London this weekend.

THE head of Young's, Britain's largest seafood company, said the most important person in the business was the consumer - and the industry needed to connect to that person.

AN initiative is under way to bring an important international seafood gathering to Grimsby.

MORE than 100 seafood leaders arrived in Grimsby today for the Humber Seafood Summit, expressing a new message of optimism about the future of the UK seafood industry.

MORE than 100 seafood leaders arrived in Grimsby today for the Humber Seafood Summit, expressing a new message of optimism about the future of the UK seafood industry.

An increasing number of Danish shellfish fishermen and processors are now reaping the benefits of using Prawnfresh Plus to boost the quality of prawn (Nephrops) catches following the creation of a new company in Denmark to distribute this innovative sulphite-free treatment.

PLANS for a new world beating seafood factory in Grimsby have just been given the go-ahead.

Seafish will again support the annual Humber Seafood Summit, which takes place this week on September 8 in Grimsby. 

A special menu dish highlighting the quality of Scottish rope-grown mussels and other seafood found around Scotland's shores has been specially created by the Mussel Inn restaurant in Glasgow and Edinburgh to celebrate Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight.

The value of exports of Norwegian Seafood in July totalled 3.5 billion Norwegian kroners (£399-million sterling)  – a decline of  269 million kroners  (£30.6 million)  or seven per cent compared to the same month last year. And again lower salmon prices were mainly to blame.

The biggest Latin American fisheries and aquaculture trade fair takes place this year from November 10-12 in Lima, Peru.

The Icelandic Group, one of the largest seafood organisations in the world, says it has finalised completion of an agreement to sell the company’s operations in France and Germany to a consortium of investors, led by Pacific Andes for an undisclosed sum.

New research by Young’s seafood has discovered that 11 per cent of Britons barely manage to include fish in their diet once a month, despite Government advice to eat fish at least twice a week.

WHOLE Foods Market, one of North America's leading natural foods retail chains,is expanding its promotion of locally caught albacore tuna.

CANADA'S ambitious High Liner Foods is expanding the marketing team in its seafood food service sector in the United States as part of its growth drive.

A NORWEGIAN scientist working for the country’s research body Nofima has argued that no Norwegian producer of salmon is sufficiently large to be able to influence the export price of fresh salmon to their advantage.

M&J Seafood fishmonger Terry Martin has been crowned British Fish Craft Champion for the second time at the national championships held in Cardiff Bay on Sunday (28 August).

THE Canadian Province of British Columbia, the country's major salmon producer, is boosting its fish exports to China via  a new  airbridge between the two countries.

The doors will soon open on a brand-new event for executives involved in the production, storage and distribution of chilled and frozen goods.

Visitors to this year’s Newlyn Fish Festival were treated to an enthralling display of skill and expertise, as six of Cornwall’s finest fish filleters and fishmongers competed for the coveted title of “Cornish Fishmonger of the Year 2011 supported by Seafood Cornwall Training.”

Counter trends and farming technology, in-depth information and expert interviews, products and production processes: at fish international from 12 to 14 February 2012 everything in the Bremen Exhibition Centre will revolve around fish and seafood.

SEALORD, the big New Zealand fishing company, which also has major interests in the UK, and the  Greenpeace appear to be on collision course over a new campaign by the global enrvironmental organisation.

SOME leading names from the world of fishing and aquaculture will be in Grimsby later this month for the second Humber Seafood Summit.

TWO award winning fish restaurants have been have been named as among the most talked about dining establishments in the UK by Tripadvisor.com, the international travel review website.

All caterers selling fish – from mobile ‘chippies’ and independent take-ways to big brand chains, upmarket fish specialists and other restaurants – are invited to take part in this year’s Fish & Chip Feast, to raise funds for fishermen and other seafarers in need.

SUPERIOR Seafoods, one of Grimsby's leading independent fish processors, has ceased trading.

NEW research has shown that not all certified Chilean sea bass are what they are claimed to be.

Seafish, the authority on seafood, is supporting this year’s British Fish Craft Championships (August 28th, Cardiff Harbour Festival) with an award of £5,000 from its Industry Project Fund (IPF) to event organisers, the National Federation of Fishmongers (NFF).

Canada’s Clearwater Seafoods Income Fund  has said that it has implemented a unit holder rights plan designed to ensure that all of the Fund's unit holders are treated fairly in the event of a take-over bid.

RAYMOND Blanc, the renowned chef and restaurateur, has launched a competition to find the most forward thinking caterer or restaurant using sustainable fish.

Following the success again of this year’s event, Scottish Development International and Highlands & Islands Enterprise are again offering the opportunity for Scottish companies to be part of the Scotland Food & Drink Pavilion at the European Seafood Exposition 2012 - now the world's premier fishing event. It takes place in Brussels from April 24th to April  26th and attracts 25,000 visitors from over 140 countries.

DKSH, the leading Market Expansion Services Group with a focus on Asia, and Xyrex Ltd., a part of the EFH Group and leading manufacturer of cutting edge products for the fishing, seafood processing, and aquaculture industries have entered into an exclusive distribution partnership for Vietnam.

Prime Foods NZ Ltd has announced that it has formed a smoked salmon joint venture with successful Philippine Tuna processor, Alliance Tuna International Inc.

AUSTRALIA and New Zealand may be major rivals on the cricket and rugby fields, but it seems the two countries are in complete harmony when it comes to fish and seafood.

PPS East, a leading supplier of returnable transit equipment for the Seafood industry, has appointed IceBox Company ehf as their new agent in Iceland to support increasing demand for its products and hygienic box washing services.

THREE British Columbia pink salmon fisheries have been awarded Marine Stewardship Council certification which now establishes they are both sustainable and well managed.

THE New Zealand fishing company Sealord, which also has production operations in the UK, has signed a groundbreaking deal with McDonalds to provide the restaurant chain with Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)  hoki fish.

THE Dutch Producers' Organisation, Mosselcultuur is celebrating the 2011 mussel season with the news that the fishery has been awarded Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification following an independent assessment against the MSC standard for sustainable fisheries.

IT has to be the ultimate in seafood apps, but whether it catches on in the smarter restaurants is another matter. 

Glasgow's latest star attraction, the £74million Riverside Museum, is to host a mouth-watering celebration of Scottish seafood early next month.

Scotland’s oldest commercial producer of traditional Scottish smoked Scottish salmon, John Ross Jr (Aberdeen) Ltd, has struck gold for the third year in succession at this year’s Great Taste Awards by the Guild of Fine Food.

The UK’s largest cold storage and distribution provider has invested more than £500,000 in the creation of a state-of-the-art ambient storage chamber at its Grimsby depot.

Label Rouge Scottish Salmon took centre stage at a prestigious event in one of the richest cities in the world to celebrate Bastille Day – France’s national day – recently.

Far below the surface of New Brunswick’s coastal waters lie 60,000 concrete lobster condos that boast an enviable 90% occupancy rate.

WORK is due to start this week on the long-awaited plan to modernise Grimsby Fish Market.

THE UK company Lonrho has signed a major deal to supply fish to hundreds of Wal-Mart stores in the United States.

John West today became the last of the major UK tuna industry players to announce that it will shift to greener fishing methods.

Developments in science and technology research will continue to push Vietnamese seafood exports toward USD 8 billion in 2020, it is predicted.

Associated Seafoods Ltd has acquired prawn processor Moray Seafoods Ltd in a move that will secure the future of the company and herald the beginning of a new strategy to develop the domestic and export markets for quality langoustine and scampi. 

THERE are new claims that too many fish products in Britain and Ireland are being deliberately mislabelled, with the Irish getting the rougher end of the deal.

LOBSTER stocks off  the Channel islands, and particularly around Jersey  have made a significant recovery and are now fully sustainable, says Jersey's fishermen Association.

New research shows that retailers in the UK are  achieving a price premium of over 14 per cent, and achieving higher sales, for products bearing the MSC ecolabel, compared with their non-labelled equivalents.

Young’s Seafood Limited, the leading supplier of fish and seafood to retailers and consumers, has today welcomed Austin Mitchell MP’s support for the business.

SCOTTISH food exports have broken through the £1-billion barrier - with fish and seafood accounting for well over half of that total, Scottish Development International (SDI) has just announced.

THE Icelandic Group has started the sale process for its sourcing and manufacturing business in the United States.

GRIMSBY'S new £3-million seafood village is moving ahead at a rapid rate, with completion expected by late autumn, the directors report.

Malaysia-based animal nutrition and feed milling group Gold Coin has acquired full control of shrimp genetic company SyAqua.

The value of exports of Norwegian seafood in the first six months of 2011 totalled  25.9 billion kroners (around £3-billion sterling), the highest figure ever recorded for a half year, according to the  Norwegian Seafood Export Council.

Young visitors to the Children’s Discovery Centre at this year’s Royal Highland Show were delighted to take part in Seafood Scotland’s ‘seafood experience’.

French restaurants may lead the way in serving some of the finest dishes, but its chefs and owners are often unaware of the importance of serving sustainable seafood, says a new survey.

A PUB in the picturesque Yorkshire Dales has restored Britain's pride by reclaiming the world record for serving the largest portion of fish and chips.

Glenarm Organic Salmon in Northern Ireland doubled sales of fresh salmon last year in markets including the US, Europe, Singapore and Dubai.

Sæmark, fresh fish product exporters in Iceland, has recently been awarded Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for its cod and haddock fisheries. These are the first fisheries in Iceland to achieve MSC certification and cod and haddock caught by the Sæmark fishing fleet will be the first Icelandic cod and haddock, eligible to carry the internationally recognised, blue MSC ecolabel.

24th June was the Mission’s first Fish Friday, a national fundraising day supporting our fishermen, their families and a way of life.

SEAFOOD Scotland is launching a new export programme to provide companies with insight and support that will help them respond to market changes and maximise opportunities to develop or expand trading links with France, Spain and Italy.

An exciting cook-off in the Young Scottish Seafood Chef of the Year Competition saw Orry Shand (21), Eat on the Green, Ellon, beat five other finalists to claim the title.  The competition took place at the Edinburgh School of Food and Wine, Newliston.

A North East-based supplier of seafood has been named among the top 100 food and drink manufacturers in the UK and Ireland.

ROYAL Greenland, one of Europe's leading seafood companies, has announced first half (after tax) profits of 12 million Danish kroners - about 2.28 million US dollars.

The 19th annual European Seafood Exposition and 13th annual Seafood Processing Europe recently concluded following an exciting three days, 3 through 5 May, in Brussels, Belgium. Together these events form the world's largest seafood exposition and this year's event was busy with attendees conducting business throughout the three days.

Shetland Products will be attending the Royal Highland Show at the kind invitation of TESCO to carry out sampling opportunities of their multi award-winning range of WildWaters Smoked Salmon & Gravadlax varieties.

ALL fish served in all UK Government departments and their agencies must come from sustainable sources, through the new Government Buying Standards announced this week.

THE Icelandic Group, which owns Coldwater Seafoods and Seachill in the UK, has said the sale of its French and German operations, would help to lower debt and sharpen the operational focus of the company.

THOUSANDS of London schoolchildren are to be taught about the benefits of under-utilised fish thanks to a new initiative involving Billingsgate Seafood School.

LONRHO has become the latest international  industrial group to move into the fish business.

The Supreme Court today handed down its judgment in favour of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) regarding Seafish.  The Court ruled that Seafish levy collection from imported sea fish and sea fish products is legal and always has been legal.

ONE in seven companies in the UK fish merchants’ sector could change ownership as a result of the current economic climate, claims a new study by financial analysts Plimsoll.

Grieg Seafood Hjaltland UK Ltd’s innovative WildWaters Scottish Salmon range has scooped yet another major accolade.

The UK’s leading independent seafood supplier has given one of its most popular brands a new look.

Atlantic Fresh Ltd, a partner in Fishgate, Hull, has announced that as of Monday, June 13 2011, it will no longer be selling whole fish through the Hull auction house.

FIVE of the six finalists in Seafood Scotland's 'Young Seafood Chef of the year competition' were in Peterhead  to see at first hand, how fish gets from the sea to their kitchens.

As a continuing sign of its determination to win new business, Styropack UK announces the appointment of Alan Grosvenor as its area sales manager for Grimsby today.

A DELEGATION of Dutch dignitaries visited Grimsby today (Wednesday, June 8) to develop business links and tourism opportunities.

Generale Conserve, a leading tuna (tuna steak in cans and tuna fillets in jars) producer in Italy, has just launched a major TV advertising campaign in Italy to promote its Friend of the Sea and SA8000 Social Accountability Certifications.

A new project has been launched to connect school children with Cornwall’s fishing industry.

A DUTCH fishing and civic delegation is due to visit Grimsby this week on a very special mission.

Norway Royal Salmon (NRS) reports EBIT before fair value adjustment and non-recurring items of NOK 10.0 million for the first quarter of 2011, compared with NOK 35.7 million for the corresponding quarter last year.

The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today (Friday 3rd  June 2011) announced the creation of 158 new jobs in the Seafood Processing Sector.

THE first catch of Portland Race Sea Bass – renowned as the finest wild caught sea bass in the world - has been landed in the West Country for the fish food service company M&J Seafoods.

SLOW Fish 2011, Slow Food’s sustainable seafood event, held every two years in Genoa came to a close on Monday.

Today the Findus Group announced the completion with Bonduelle and Ardo Groups to launch Findus’ return to the Spanish market.  The Findus Group, one of Europe’s largest food and seafood companies, today also launched its vision and strategy for Spain.

SEAFOOD Romo East Jutland and Isefjord blue shell mussel dredge fishery in Denmark have entered full assessment against the internationally recognised MSC standard for sustainable fishing.

The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, today expressed his confidence that the Irish seafood processing sector has a “secure and viable future as long as we continue to innovate, differentiate and develop new market driven products.”

VIETNAM is eyeing Europe and the UK as one of the main targets for increasing its seafood exports.

SEAFOOD companies in Britain and Europe were facing limited disruption of air shipments of fresh fish from Iceland and possibly other Nordic countries this week resulting from the eruption of the volcano Grimsvotn.

A PACKED Grimsby Minster heard an emotional tribute to the former Grimsby fishing leader John Ross from his son David.

TWO young women from Manchester College served up a fish treat in Grimsby at the weekend to take the UK Young Seafood Chef of the Year title.

Grimsby fish suppliers of Cumbrian Seafood’s, are now packing their fish into PPS East’s returnable plastic 15kg fish boxes.

BRITAIN'S  largest shellfish celebration gets under way this weekend.

AN Aberdeen fish processor which opened a new factory in Grimsby just over two years ago has decided to close down a large part of its operations in the port.

New Spring/Summer range has arrived at Lhd Marine Supplies Ltd shop in Lerwick.

The fishery producing Manx Queenies, the Isle of Man’s famous queen scallops, were last night crowned by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) as a certified sustainable and well-managed fishery. The coveted MSC certificate was presented at an industry dinner in Fishmongers’ Hall in central London.

MORE than 5,000 visitors were attracted to this year's renowned Loch Fyne Food Fair at the weekend. The celebrated event is now in its 21st year.

YOUNG’S Seafood Limited, the UK fish supplier, welcomed last week’s debate in the House of Commons, Selfridge’s Project Ocean event, and designer Katharine Hamnett’s slogan t-shirts, which are raising awareness of fish sustainability issues.

JOHN Ross Jr (Aberdeen) Ltd, claimed to be Scotland’s oldest commercial producer of traditional Scottish smoked Scottish salmon, is launching at one of London’s most iconic stores, the world-famous Harrods.

FIVE Star Fish, the big Grimsby-based fish processing company, has a new managing director. He is Ellis Ward, who has been with the parent company, the 2 Sisters Food Group, for the past nine years.

NEWS that the Catholic Church in Britain is to restore "Fish Fridays" later this year has been welcomed by the fish trade on the Humber.

New Zealand King Salmon continues to impress in the highly competitive world of international culinary taste awards.

BRITAIN's supermarkets have come in for more criticism over the labelling of fish and seafood dishes.

Iceland’s defiance of international trade agreements seems to have reached new heights following the discovery by WDCS - Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society - that in March 2011, the country exported 289,134 kilos of “other frozen whale products” to Japan, almost double the previous largest single shipment of this kind since Iceland resumed international shipments of whale products in 2008 and a move that raises questions of commercial opportunism.

It’s the second best coastline in the world, according to a recent National Geographic poll and Fish Week is a fantastic time to enjoy the Pembrokeshire coast to the full, according to organiser Kate Morgan.

An iPhone app from Nofima will assist fishmongers to evaluate how fresh a batch of fish is. The app was launched Wednesday at the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels.

SCOTLAND took two of the seven major trophies at the 2011 Seafood Prix d'Elite competition at the European International Seafood Exposition in Brussels last night.

The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney TD visited the 18 Irish seafood exporters exhibiting at the European Seafood Expo (ESE) in Brussels yesterday (Tuesday).

At the European Seafood Exposition 2011, held May 3-5 in Brussels, Chile will be showcasing product variety and quality as well as its skill at tracking global trends.

Food Certification International (FCI) has become the first European based certification body to be awarded accreditation to inspect and certify aquaculture feed production plants against a new Global Feed Manufacturers Standard.

The price for exported fresh Norwegian salmon reached NOK 43.61 per kilo during the week before Easter, the highest ever, according to the Export Council for Fish, reports The Norwegian Post.

A NEW Grimsby-based company Seafox Management Consultants Limited has launched a new service that will help companies, particularly those in the seafood industry, to access public funds to assist them to grow and develop new products and services.

THOUSANDS of fishing and seafood leaders will be heading for Brussels tomorrow for what is the world's largest seafood show.

SEAFOOD - much of it sourced from Scotland - featured heavily at the Royal wedding reception and at the evening event that followed it.

Sales of £14.4 million generated at the world's largest seafood show in 2010.

Slade Gorton & Company, Boston USA, today took a major step in expanding its Gourmet Bay and Sonoma Seafoods lines of fresh and frozen value added products with the naming a nationally-recognized restaurant chef to serve as the company’s in-house executive chef.

A protracted and potentially heated takeover battle is now expected following the big American McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant chain rejection at the weekend of a bid from its main rival, Landry's Restaurants.

TWO Grimsby-based seafood companies are hoping to capture some of the top awards at next week's 2011 European Seafood Exhibition in Brussels.

Two meetings of key importance to the EU Fisheries sector were held in Brussels last week.

SOME of Britain's top seafood companies and retailers have joined forces in a new seafood coalition to keep up the pressure on the EU discards policy, which they want to see scrapped.

TRADITIONAL Holy Week fish landings on the Humber were among the worst on record this year.

ATLANTIC Fresh, the main importer of Icelandic caught fish into the Humber, has undergone a management buyout.

Supply chain management will increasingly be the key element of successful fish trading, reports Atlantic Fresh Ltd following a management buyout of the holdings of the founders of Isberg and Icebrit, the companies which merged to form the Icelandic-owned business.

SAINSBURY'S, Britain's largest fishmonger, is reported to be considering a possible bid for some or all of the stores operated by the frozen food chain Iceland  - if the business comes on the market.

The main legal documents between the directors who are behind the scheme and the main contractors QA Construction have just been signed, with additional funding obtained from the Swedish bank Svenska Handelsbanken, which has a base in Grimsby.

FAROE Seafood UK now plans to move from a cash centred operation to a profit based operation and is looking forward to expanding its business.

YVONNE Adam has left her long time post as marketing director for Young's Seafood to take a similar role with Baxters, the iconic Scottish soup maker.

The Northern Australian company's commitment to sustainable harvesting merits award of the FOS seal of approval.

GRIMSBY has received assurances there will be no threat to fish supplies following Iceland’s rejection of the Icesave compensation plan.

A Hartlepool fish wholesaler is looking forward to moving into new markets after it was awarded £115,500 of EU funding to extend its factory.

Young’s Seafood Limited has welcomed the results of a YouGov poll, commissioned by WWF, which found that almost four out of five people want fish on sale to come from sustainable sources. 

A PROFESSIONAL fish taster in Grimsby has had her tongue insured - for a cool £4 million.

FINDUS, the seafood and frozen food group, which owns Grimsby-based Young’s, is set on the road for expansion.

A leading North East seafood supplier has today (April 12 2011) been awarded a grant from the Regional Growth Fund to help it develop additional manufacturing capacity – with the promise of more than 100 new jobs.

FISHGATE, Hull's fish market, has paid tribute to its longest serving employee - 81-year-old Ray Cutsforth who has spent 70 continuous years in the industry.

An innovative new mussel product developed by the Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group (SSMG) has been short-listed for a prestigious award.

DESPITE a strong currency, Canada has announced a seven per cent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year.

TWO of the biggest seafood restaurant chains in the United States are engaged in what is shaping up to become  an intriguing takeover battle.

THE Icelandic Group, one of the world's largest seafood producers, has just announced a 25 per cent increase in pre-tax profits for the year 2010.

A 10 per cent increase in sales and improved efficiency has helped boost the fourth quarter profits of the ambitious Canadian company Clearwater Seafoods.

C.P. Pokphand Co. Ltd, the leading animal and aquafeed producer in China, reported group profit for the year ended December 31, 2010 of US$132.8 million. This compares with US$8.6 million in 2001 -  a year-on-year increase 1,450%.

In order to further limit possible risks to the safety of its Food Chain, the European Union is reinforcing controls on imports of food and feed from certain regions of Japan, where production could be affected by the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

A SURVEY by Ireland's Food Safety Authority has found that an increasing amount of fish is being mislabelled. And the suggestion is that some retailers and restaurants are deliberately misleading customers to increase their profits during the country's recession.

ICELANDIC fishing companies are being urged to stop sending whole fish abroad and process everything at home in order to reduce unemployment.

ONE of the last tangible links with the glory days of Hull's distant water trawler industry has closed its doors.

FAROE Seafood is back in business. The administrators and a number of former managers with the old company have signed a contract to purchase Faroe UK, based in Grimsby, Faroe France SA and the Faroe brand along with the name of Faroe Seafood.

Rarely has the fish industry generated so much interest as recent times, following high-profile campaigns by celebrity chefs on the television and in their restaurants.

Shetland Seafood Quality Control (SSQC) is leading the way in shellfish testing by achieving full accreditation for its shellfish biotoxin analysis from the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).

A HIGHLY specialised Scottish salmon company was celebrating last night after picking up a major award at the Boston Seafood Show in the United States.

An acclaimed Irish food business has announced details of a successful new business win - to supply one of the UK’s most prestigious gourmet food halls.

A Japanese seafood company has taken measures to assure its customers in Taiwan that its fresh seafood is safe to eat and untainted by radiation  from nuclear reactors in Japan.

SHARES in the Norwegian-owned Leroy Seafood Group Norway have been tipped by one of America's most respected stock market analysts as a likely target for investors this year.

FRESH fish from Norway could soon be appearing on the Grimsby market in the same way that Icelandic supplies have been coming in for years.

Sea Web has announced  President and CEO of Phillips Foods, Inc., Steve Phillips as winner of the 2011 Seafood Champions Awards at the International Boston Seafood Show.

THE Icelandic Group has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch as exclusive financial advisors for the possible sale of some of its seafood subsidiaries.

THE Norwegian Seafood Export Council is planning a major sales drive in the UK this year. Karin Olsen, the council’s marketing manager told the Norwegian Seafood Conference in Grimsby last week that they had been given extra financial resources to finance that campaign.

Cornish fish and seafood processor, Falfish, are the latest business to invest in Integreater®. To maintain advanced management control throughout their production process, the award-winning firm are due to install the e-MES in time for the new financial year.

ONE of Norway’s leading salmon farming companies, SalMar ASA yesterday entered into an agreement to acquire 100 % of the shares in Bringsvor Laks AS.

The Humber is the main gateway into the UK seafood industry, Norwegian fishing leaders were told yesterday.

THE power and influence of celebrity chefs on British fish eating habits was dramatically revealed at the Norway Seafood Conference in Grimsby yesterday.

Young's have added Scottish-sourced mackerel to their Chip Shop range following the recent Fish Fight TV programmes.Two major UK supermarkets, Tesco and Morrison's, are stocking the product across 650 stores nationwide.

GRIMSBY was the landing ground for a new Viking invasion last night - but unlike the first one 1,400 years ago, this one was welcomed with open arms.

THE 2011 Boston Seafood Show, due to open next week, has been given a huge boost with the news that the US city is to get a massive new seafood plant.

GRIMSBY fishing leaders have wholeheartedly welcomed the news that the European Fisheries Fund is to make a major grant towards the cost of upgrading the port's fish market.

UK food and drink (non-alcoholic) exports grew for the sixth year in succession and passed the £10 billion mark for the first time in 2010.

Princes – who sell more tinned tuna than any other company in the UK – are going to stop using a fishing method which is responsible for killing sharks.

THERE seems to be no stopping Norway's astonishing growth as an exporters of seafood. The latest figures show that by the end of February the 2011 total was already around £1 billion - or some nine billion Norwegian kroners. This shows an increase of 17 per cent on the same period last year.

What happens in one part of the world can quickly influence supplies and prices on the other side.

Scottish Rural Affairs and Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead yesterday presented leading salmon manufacturer, Gourmet's Choice, with their Safe and Local Supplier Approval (SALSA) certification. The accreditation illustrates the continuing strength of Scottish salmon industry.

A FORMER top-earning Grimsby trawler skipper has launched a new seafood restaurant venture which, it is hoped, will lead to a chain being established across the country.

Grieg Seafood ASA  (Public, OSE:GSF), one of the world’s leading fish farming companies, specializing in salmon and trout, has reported its best quarterly and annual results ever.

All too often we have heard the excuse, ‘We are too busy selling to consider or review our marketing activities’, which some companies may think is an acceptable admission.

YOUNG'S has become the first major UK seafood company to hail yesterday's  EU announcement that the practice of discards - throwing over quota  fish back into the sea - is to be scrapped.

A statement from Young's Seafood Limited following the announcement today of proposals on discards from the EU's Fisheries Commissioner, Maria Damanaki, is as follows.

SEAFOOD Scotland (SFS) has launched its search to find the ‘Young Scottish Seafood Chef of the Year 2011’, with a competition aimed at chefs under 23 on 30th June 2011.

One of Ireland’s largest prawn processors, Rockabill Shellfish Ltd, has recently switched to Prawnfresh Plus as an effective and safe treatment to ensure the production of top quality prawns.

NORWEGIAN fishing and seafood export companies will be heading to Grimsby for a major conference in two weeks -  hoping this time that the snows stay away.

HIGH Liner Foods, the Canadian frozen seafood company hoping to buy a chunk of its rival, the Icelandic Group, has reported a drop in sales and profits for the fourth quarter of its trading year.

Exports of Label Rouge Scottish Salmon increase by 7 per cent.

New initiative to target the Middle East for the first time.

Salmon producers travel to Dubai this weekend.

PPS, a specialist company that provides a comprehensive range of services for users of Returnable Transit Equipment (RTE), has purchased the equipment pool assets along with the customer database from the Administrators of Cool Blue Box.

THERE was somewhat better news for most of the Young's staff at the company's main factory in Humberstone Road in Grimsby today.

VIETNAM is to increase food safety inspections at its seafood processing plants, following overseas criticism from some quarters about the way its fishing industry is operated.

CANADA'S Clearwater Seafoods has just announced the certification of two of its processing facilities under the British Retail Consortium (BRC) standard for food safety, indicating that it is intending to increase its interest in the UK retail market.

Devon businesses involved with the catching, preparation or sale of seafood are invited to take advantage of specialist, funded training programmes in Seafood Quality, Fish Filleting and Fish Mongery taking place in Devon next month, organised by Seafood Cornwall Training.

Pembrokeshire Fish Week has announced a spectacular new event for the 2011 festival.

THE Icelandic fishing company Samherji has won the contest to buy the assets of the Faroe Seafood Company, which includes six modern trawlers.

A POTENTIALLY damaging strike by workers at up to nine fish meal plants in Iceland has been called off.

A FISH processing plant in Iceland  which sparked off a demonstration after it closed nearly three weeks ago has been rescued.

UP to 15 bids are reported to have been made for the fishing and processing assets of  Faroe Seafood, which filed for bankruptcy in December, according to Faroese radio.

THE remarkable growth in Norway’s seafood exports continued in January with a total value of NOK 4.2 billion (£452 million).

VIETNAMESE catfish is one of the fastest growing seafood products around the world, but it appears that it is increasingly being sold as anything but under its proper name.

THE on-off strike threat by fish meal workers in Iceland looks to be back on again.

FISH processors in Iceland were breathing a sigh of relief this week after a threatened strike by fish workers was ruled to be illegal.

Young's Seafood, The Seafood Company and Findus UK are to be brought together to create Young's Seafood Limited, the UK's largest supplier of fish and seafood to retailers and consumers. But it also re-affirmed that it will continue to keep strong bases in Scotland and Grimsby.

With many years experience of pooling and management of returnable plastic fish crates and pallets for the fishing and fish process industry, the PPS group announces the launch of the new PPS ‘Easy-Clean’ fish box in 15kg and 25kg capacities.

THREE leading executives with the Icelandic Group, which was at the centre of an abortive takover bid last week, have dramatically tendered their resignation, indicating serious tensions at the top of one of the world's largest seafood producers.

Young’s Seafood – and its parent, Findus Group – has come out in full  support of  fundamental reform of the Common Fisheries Policy and says that change is essential to achieving long term sustainability.

THE seafood industry is expecting a flurry of bidding activity following the collapse of takeover talks between the private equity company Triton Partners and the Icelandic Group.

ONLY 20 seafood companies in Malaysia have managed to meet the European Union standard and are allowed to export their products to EU countries, it has been revealed.

Seafood Shetland in partnership with the Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group (SSMG) has entered its mussel fishery for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Assessment.  If successful, the fishery’s products will be eligible to bear the MSC ecolabel which the partnership believes will be a great boon for the industry, opening up new markets in the UK and further afield.

TALKS between the Icelandic Group, one of the world's largest seafood producers, and the European private equity company Triton Partners have surprisingly broken down.

Regeneration plans for North Shields fish quay have received a £45,000 boost from the European Fisheries Fund (EFF).

Scottish fishermen have welcomed the failure of a bid by the Faroe Islands to seek Marine Stewardship Council certification for their mackerel fishery.

THE European private equity firm Triton Partners is thought to be edging its way towards a deal to buy the Icelandic Group, one of the world's largest seafood producers.

SEAFOOD sales around the world are expected to soar to more than $370-billion US dollars (about £250-billion sterling) over the next four years, according to a new forecast.

The Isle of Man Government’s Fisheries Directorate, part of the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, has achieved first place at the UK finals of the Sustainable Seafood Awards 2011 following a presentation in London to an audience of industry experts, food journalists and major buyers of seafood from supermarkets, hotels and restaurants.

Fish supplied by the UK's largest independent supplier of seafood has helped one of the country's major supermarkets win a national award.

THE independent certifier, Moody Marine, has suspended the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certificate for Loch Torridon langoustine.

THE Findus Group last night welcomed  the attention brought to the issue of sustainable aquaculture by Foresight, the Government's futures think tank, in it its report titled "The Future of Food and Farming'.

SUSTAINABILITY will feature strongly when the world's fishing industry gathers in Vancouver next week  for the 2011 Seafood Summit.

SCOTTISH seafood is proving to be a major hit at France's largest foodservice show this week. Seafood Scotland is in Lyon, regarded as the country's gastronomic capital, for the Sirha exhibition.

SEAFOOD chief Ranjit Boparan looks to have succeeded in his daring bid to buy Northern Foods.

Fishery products from Papua New Guinea and Fiji will be able to enter the EU market more easily, after the European Parliament (EP) approved a trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the two Pacific countries.

A fish and chip shop in the heart of Britain's most important shellfish port has been voted the best in the country.

AROUND 80 jobs at one of Young's Seafood operations in Grimsby are likely to go.

RELIEF returned to Grimsby Fish Market this week after it received its first substantial fish supplies from Iceland  for the first time several weeks. Almost 4,000 boxes were landed during the first three days. Although bidding was brisk, prices fell back from their previous high levels.

A Devon seafood company is looking forward to moving into new markets after work to extend its factory was completed.

THE Yearsley frozen food and cold store group, which has a major base in Grimsby, has added a new seafood business to its portfolio. It has snapped up Ice Pak Seafood Specialists which is centred in Leeds and Manchester.

LONDON has decided to bid for the title of the world's first sustainable fish city in time for the opening of the Olympic Games in just over 18 months' time.

JUST two weeks after announcing the launch of a new fish crate service supplying Belgian supermarkets, with Scottish salmon, the company PPS has won its first ever fish farm contract. It is also considering new investment in Scotland. PPS will supply plastic crates for Belgian company Levenstond Seafood at a salmon processing facility on Shetland in a deal worth six figures.

Shetland salmon farming and processing company, Grieg Seafood Hjaltland, has become one of around only 50 aquaculture producers worldwide to meet the criteria and achieve Friend of the Sea certification for its entire finfish sites in Shetland and its processing operation in Lerwick.

The head of Britain's largest seafood producer has welcomed the Channe 4 television fish investigation into the fishing industry.

A NEW agreement between the Scottish and Chinese governments will allow Scottish salmon exports into China for the first time, it was announced today.

AS do Mar brand of tuna and mackerel has been one of the first in Italy to be certified Friend of the Sea since 2006.

BRITAIN'S fish eating public will be urged this week to cast aside traditional cod and haddock and try new and relatively unknown species.

RANJIT Boparan, the Midlands businessmen who last year became a major player in the seafood industry, has been given less than two weeks to make his move for Northern Foods. The deadline of January 21 has been imposed by the UK's Takeover Panel.

SOURCES in Iceland are suggesting caution over a 340-million euro bid by the Canadian company High Liner Foods for its seafood rival, the Icelandic Group.

ANY hopes of international agreement on saving the blue fin tuna collapsed in Tokyo yesterday when one of the fish sold for a record £257,000 (32 million yen).

The head of the Grimsby Fish Merchants Association has said the port's new seafood village, now taking shape, will deliver a powerful business case to the rest of the country.

PPS East, based in Grimsby, has started a new contract providing services for returnable fish crates to the Belgian company Levenstond Seafood who supply Belgium’s leading supermarkets with Scottish salmon.

A MEGA fish takeover deal involving two of Britain’s largest seafood companies could be in the offing. The Canadian seafood company High Liner Foods has made an unsolicited bid, thought to be worth around 340 million euros in total (£290-million sterling) for the Icelandic Group.

A M Seafoods has appointed ProjectLink, part of the Gilcrest Group, to design and build a new shellfish processing facility at its site in Fleetwood, Lancashire.

A LEADING Devon seafood processor is sourcing all of its scallops from Responsible Fishing Scheme (RFS) vessels after sponsoring four boats through the programme, according to Seafish, the authority on seafood.

A bold move to change manufacturing procedures to meet the needs of discerning Swiss consumers has helped NZ King Salmon break in to its 13th export market.

A Highland seafood company which transports west coast live shellfish worldwide isn't letting the winter weather stop it from cooking up new business.

A FASCINATING new book tracing the history of  Grimsby's fishing industry over the past 100 years - and beyond - has gone on sale.

The UK's leading training academy for the fish processing industry has chosen AFOS equipment for their Humber training centre.

THE internationally spread Icelandic Group, which owns Coldwater Seafoods and Seachill in Britain has joined hands with Fish Fight, a campaign to end discards led by UK celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whttingstall and supported by fellow chef Jamie Oliver.

WITH  a bit of help  from Young’s Seafood, fish expert and chef  Mitch Tonks is hoping to batter the opposition in this year’s National Fish and Chip Awards – in which his new ‘RockFish’ restaurant has been shortlisted as ‘Best Newcomer.’

TOP fish chef Mitch Tonks has launched  the first iPhone app dedicated to promoting fish skills and popular fish recipes.

THERE was more seasonal employment good news for people in the Annan area this week with the news that Pinney's of Scotland was recruiting twice the number of temporary workers to meet the surge in Christmas demand.

The business potential in Russia and Eastern Europe for western European, North American or Asian seafood companies is staggering - both in terms of vast, fish-loving, sales markets and new suppliers for cod, haddock, pollock or salmon.

A leading seafood provider committed to ethical trading is taking additional steps to ensure its suppliers comply to its exacting standards.

BRITAIN'S largest seafood producer has given its backing to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's new 'Fish Fight' campaign, which aims to end the practice of discarding fish.

UP to 28 jobs may go in Grimsby as the Findus Group, the parent company of Young's, announced plans to move its marketing department to London.

THE Canadian seafood company High Liner Foods, which has just announced a substantial rise in profits,  is to be the principal sponsor of the 2011 Seafood Summit in Vancouver.

THE Findus Group, which owns Young's Seafood, has hit back at comments by Scottish Conservative MEP Struan Stevenson's health concerns comments about Vietnamese Pangasius (also known as basa).

NUTRITIONISTS may be urging people to eat two portions of fish week for their health's sake - but not, it seems if there are chips with it - and especially not if it is sold near a school.

SEACHILL of Grimsby, one of the country's leading suppliers of chilled and fresh fish, to the retail trade has been acknowledged as the company with the best logistics and transport practice in Britain.

Located in Whalsay, Shetland Isles

Not currently trading, company in administration

CUMBRIAN Seafoods, one of the UK’s leading independent suppliers of fish and seafood is to launch an innovative scheme which will allow consumers to trace their fish back to the boat it was caught on.

LION Capital, the London based private equity group which bought Young's Seafood and Findus two years ago, has bought one of North America's oldest seafood businesses - Bumble Bee Foods.

A HIGHLY detailed new report on the future of the UK frozen food and frozen fish industry has been welcomed by some of the country's leading seafood companies.

THE Young's and Findus Group 'Fish for Life' sustainable sourcing approach has won its seventh major award in three years, yesterday taking the ‘Land, Water and Ecology’ prize in the prestigious 2010 Green Business Awards.

Shetland salmon company, Grieg Seafood Hjaltland UK Ltd, has been announced winner of the ‘New Business Award’ in the Highlands and Islands Food and Drink Awards 2010 at a dinner at the Drumossie Hotel in Inverness.

THE man who turned Nolan's Irish Seafood into an international brand with The White House among its customers has died.

THE Findus Group has been honoured by the Food and Drink Federation for its "Fish For Life"seafood sourcing programme.

The sustainability group of the European Union Fish Processors and Traders Association (AIPCE), of which Findus Group is a member, has launched a new risk assessment process to define a Europe-wide sourcing standard for seafood. Covering both wild caught and farmed seafood, the new guidelines provide a blueprint for the way that fish processing companies should engage with suppliers to support environmentally responsible fish sourcing.

CUMBRIAN Seafoods has been named as one of Britain’s leading mid-market companies.Established in Maryport, Cumbria by Peter Vassallo less than 15 years ago it has grown into a leading seafood suppliers to major retailers such as Tesco and Morrisons with annual sales of £164.3 million.

THE Findus Group, which includes Young's of Grimsby and The Seafood Group, has praised a new hard hitting television documentary warning of a major threat to marine life and fish stocks.

YOUNG'S at Grimsby  has revealed that it is producing 16 per cent less carbon dioxide per ton of production than two years ago  - thanks to a sustained focus on enviuronmental improvement.

MORE evidence of North America's 'green' credentials on fish emerged at the weeekend with the news that the big Canadian retailer Metro Inc will only sell sustainable fish in the future.
It is taking threatened species off its shelves and that includes Atlantic Cod which some still view as sustainable.

MARK Escolme, managing director of the Findus group, which owns Grimsby Based Young's Seafood and The Seafood Company, has surprised the seafood business by resigning after just a year in the job.

MORE than 20,000 Londoners have signed a petition calling on Boris Johnson, the capital city's mayor, to support the Billingsgate Fish Market porters who fear for their jobs.

MORPOL, the Polish owned seafood company, has swooped again in Britain.

IT is news certain to have Napoleon turning in his grave - but the latest culinary fashion in Paris this autumn is Fish and Chips, British Style.

TESCO has unveiled a new initiative to ensure that a Vietnamese fish which is growing in popularity across the UK reaches the shelves in the most humane way possible.

TOP salmon producer Pinney's of Scotland has announced that it is creating  around 100 temporary jobs at their factory in Annan.

A CHANCE to buy in big time into one of Britain's fastest growing seafood companies could be coming up soon.

-        Fund for up to £1 million still open to applicants

-        Application closing date is 30 September 2010

-        Preference for seafood marketing, consumer and nutrition projects

A NEW scheme to protect traditional fish handling skills was officially launched in Grimsby this week.

THE CHINESE and Indian meals takeaway pack has been popular in UK supermarkets for a long time - now it is coming in fish form  thanks to a new initiative by Young's.

YOUNG'S Seafood  has launched a new range of premium fish dishes intended to start the biggest category shake-up of the year. Called Young’s Fishmonger’s Choice  the new range is designed to overhaul existing perceptions of frozen fish as well as presenting strong competition to the chilled equivalents already available on the market.

Quality Assurance
At Seachill, the Quality Assurance (QA) team are responsible for setting important specifications for each product.

Seachill are one of the UK’s leading fresh fish processors. As pioneers in the sector, they have recognised the need to make the transition from a labour intensive, paper based business, to one that records and measures data electronically, ensuring optimum accuracy, efficiency and traceability.

IT was a sweet and sour weekend recently for a well known Cardiff fishmonger.

SCOTLAND is to get a radical new fish and chip shop - and the twist is that there may not be quite so  many chips on sale.

A THREE day fish handling skills extravaganza gets under way this  weekend  to prove that the art of being a fishmonger have not been forgotten.

THE Norwegian Leyroy Seafood group has announced a big increase in second quarter turnover and  profits, almost certainly helped by the surge in salmon prices. Turnover was up from 1,823-million Norwegian kroners in 2009 (£188-million sterling) to 2,176-million kroners (about £224-million sterling).

Waterford shellfish processor Erin Isle Seafood Ltd has become the latest Irish company to switch from sodium metabisulphite to the more effective Prawnfresh treatment for prawns.

Findus Group, which includes Young's Seafood and The Seafood Company, has appointed a new marketing director for its  has announced the appointment of Tasha Gladman as Marketing Director for its UK Frozen business.

A STRONG Canadian dollar saw Nova Scotia based Clearwater Seafoods  announce a second-quarter loss of $4.5 million The Halifax-based company's loss compared with a profit of $11.3 million a year earlier. Sales dropped to $65.2 million from $70.2 million. This is not the first time that the strength of Canada's currency has affected the company's results.

THE long running and often controversial plan  to rebuild Newlyn fish market and fishing harbour in Cornwall have finally been shelved.

A NEW move to counter the growing shortage of traditional fish handling skills, including fish filleting, is due to get under way in Grimsby later this year.

Seafish is inviting those with innovative ideas to apply for grants from the 2011 Seafish Industry Project Fund worth up to £1 million.

IN what is seen as a major surprise, Nomura Securities Company, the Japanese owned  financial services group is to set up the world's first investment trust specifically targeting global seafood and fisheries related businesses. The group is planning an investment that will raise around $1.6 billion annually.

UK fish buyers face an uncertain month ahead on supplies and prices. The Iceland summer is short and many Icelandic vessels have taken advantage of the good weather to lay up until the new fishing quotas take effect on September 1st. But there could be problems storing up for the autumn.

THE growth in Norwegian seafood exports seems unstoppable. The latest figures published today show overseas sales of both farmed and wild caught fish soared by over 15 per cent to a record 3.8 billion kroners (around £380 million sterling).

PORTERS at Billingsgate, Britain's oldest fish market have launched a mass protest over plans to change the way it is being run by the City of London Corporation.

IN another major international seafood deal, the company which makes many of the McDonalds restaurant chain fish products has been snapped up by a Japanese company.

LION Capital, the private equity owners of Young's Seafood and Findus, have swooped for the French frozen food firm Picard Surgeles.

Tess Agro’s yellowfin tuna and swordfish pass traceability audit making Friend of the Sea leading sustainable seafood label in Sri Lanka.

GRIMSBY's £3-million seafood village plan has finally received the go-ahead - almost five years after the scheme was first conceived.

JOHN West, one of the best known names in canned seafood in Britain, has finally been sold following months of speculation. John West is part of the larger French owned MW Brands which also has separate operations in its home country.

YOUNG'S Seafood have moved  their 'Fish For Life' campaign up a couple of gears by launching a special website about the initiative.

PLANS to increase trade in seafood between Grimsby and one of the most important fishing centres on Canada's East Coast are being drawn up.

Counting fish is never going to be easy but with the correct application of some well thought out number crunching, it may not be as hard as you think, writes Craig Marsden of Lark Statistics.

NORWAY'S Aker Seafoods has taken full control of the Spanish fish harvesting company Pesquera Ancora.

GIANT fish finger producer Birds Eye Iglo has won the battle to buy one of the biggest European prizes in frozen fish and frozen food - Findus Italy. Birds Eye are owned by the private equity company Permira.

MARK Escolme, managing director, Young's Seafood and Findus in the UK said it was his love of fish and the vibrancy of the business which attracted him into the industry.

YOUNG’S/FINDUS has hit back at a newspaper report which claimed fish stocks would near extinction by 2050.

GRIMSBY'S reputation as the seafood centre of Europe will be greatly strengthened this week when it hosts the first ever Humber Seafood Summit.

ONE of Canada's  fastest growing fish product businesses  has changed hands.
Vancouver based Premium Brand Holdings has bought a 76 per cent holding in the fish products company Maximum Seafood of Toronto which has sales of around $56 million a year.

THE Serious Fraud Office has finally confirmed that it is investigating  the affairs of the British Seafood Group which collapsed in February.

A 20-year-old self confessed fish fan from Edinburgh is celebrating culinary triumph this week.