Asda is withdrawing one date code of its layered prawn salad because it's labelled incorrectly.

Morrisons is recalling all batches of certain smoked mackerel fillet products.

The new UK Coastal Fish campaign has caught the imagination of some of

London’s finest restaurants and top chefs, who are able to source an

abundance of fresh, underutilised species caught by British coastal

fishermen through Southbank Fresh Fish, one of the UK capital’s leading

local seafood suppliers.

THE Findus Group, which owns Young's Seafood, was at the centre of renewed speculation this weekend with the news that it was in "crunch talks" over its mounting debt problems.
 

SEALORD,  the New Zealand's seafood company, which has a large production unit at Caistor, near Grimsby, has just announced a 13 per cent increase in profits.

The Norwegian Seafood Export Council (NSEC) has changed its name with immediate effect (from 1^st January 2012) to Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC).

High Liner Foods Inc, the North American value-added frozen seafood company, has finalised its acquisition of Icelandic Group’s US and Asian operations.

THE Co-operative Group has taken joint top place in the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) Supermarket Survey 2011, by winning a  gold award for sustainable seafood. It scored an impressive 84 per cent.

The Co-operative retail chain is recalling two batch codes of its own-brand Scottish salmon because of high levels of Listeria monocytogenes found in a small number of retail packs, says the UK's Food Standards Agency.

After the success that the '7 steps towards better fish' of the Dutch Retail Association (CBL),  has had for the increase in sustainable, MSC (or equivalent) certified wild caught fish, in the Dutch supermarkets, it is now the turn of the farmed fish. The focus will be on sustainable aquaculture that must meet the standards of the aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) or equivalent.

SCOTTISH west coast langoustine will be launched nationwide in Sainsbury's stores this week.

European chefs have welcomed the arrival of Australia’s Spencer Gulf King Prawn (Merlicertus latisculcatus), regarded in the restaurant industry as one of the finest eating and most sustainably managed prawns in the world.

AKER Seafoods has announced an operating profit of 18 million kroners in the third quarter 2011, an increase of ten million kroners over the same period last year.

Shetland Products, the marketing arm of Grieg Seafood Hjaltland UK Ltd, is delighted that two of its products from the innovative and gourmet WildWaters range have been shortlisted at the prestigious, national and highly contested Quality Food Awards this year. 

Sainsbury's has announced  £1 billion plan, which will ensure the company remains at the forefront of sustainability with all seafood sold fully independently certified as sustainable by 2020.

There was a general air of optimism at the 10th Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition held in Smárinn, Kópavogur, Iceland from the 22-24 September 2011, with many exhibitors securing large orders at the event. 

A quintessentially British breakfast favourite is now available 44 weeks a year, thanks to a new Sainsbury initiative to extend the availability of whole fresh kippers on its fresh fish counters.

WHITBY Seafoods has just landed a groundbreaking deal to supply Tesco stores nationwide with its highly acclaimed scampi products.

HOME cooks have caused a jump in sales of herring roe, the lowest cost item on a supermarket’s fish counter, according to Waitrose.

Leroy Seafood has spoken of an "extremely positive" development after announcing its 2011 second quarter results yesterday.

The volume of sales of alternative fish gurnard are on the rise according to figures released by leading foodservice supplier M&J Seafood.

THE company Norway Pelagic says it does not expect disputed mackerel supplies from Iceland and the Faroe Islands to challenge its traditional markets.

GRIMSBY was toasting its biggest celebrity catch yet - Britain's best loved TV chef Jamie Oliver, who has teamed up with Young's Seafood.

Seafood choices could help to save Dorset’s sea life, according to Dorset Wildlife Trust.  Great Dorset Seafood is a major new UK campaign to support the most environmentally sensitive use of the riches of the seas .

NEW fish products and increased fish sales are helping to drive up turnover and profits at the former Birds Eye-Iglo group, according to the latest figures. And it now plans to launch one of its long time British favourites, the fish finger, into Russia.

A NEW initiative to increase trade between Grimsby and Iceland is due to get underway next month. A business delegation from the port will be flying into the capital Reykjavik in mid-September to continue the centuries old links between the two centres.

The Scottish Salmon Company has signed a ground-breaking deal to supply salmon to Russia, which will see their salmon from Loch Fyne salmon served in some of Moscow’s top restaurants.

THE head of one of North America's leading seafood companies has spoken of his optimism about future growth prospects, predicting that the steep rise in raw material prices appeared to be stabilising.

M&J Seafood, one of Britain's main fish suppliers, is urging chefs and restaurateurs to take time to study the fish discards debate, arguing that they have an important role to play in educating the public on alternative species.

McCormick & Schick, one of the largest seafood restaurant chains in the United States which has been the subject of an intense takeover battle, has just reported losses and a drop in sales for its latest financial period.

WITH the first instalment of Channel Four's new Fish Fight aired last night, the store chain Sainsbury's has revealed that it has sold 46 extra tonnes of alternative fish varieties such as coley, pouting, rainbow trout, hake and megrim following the launch of its successful Switch the Fish campaign in June this year.

With the follow-up of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Fish Fight programme due to air on Monday (Ch.4, 9pm), Waitrose is gearing up for a surge in sales of alternative fish to the 'big five' fish - as shoppers diversify their fish eating habits.

Sainsbury’s is recalling a batch of its Taste the Difference Melting Middle 2 Smoked Haddock with Cheddar and Leek Fishcakes because they might be contaminated with small pieces of metal.

SAINSBURY's "switch the fish" campaign last month resulted in a 12 per cent increase in fish sales, the supermarket group has said.

MARKS &  Spencer today launched Forever Fish – a major new campaign throughout its stores to help customers and their children learn more about fish, clean up British beaches and protect UK marine life.

EVEN the store in Grimsby, a town where fish is always  plentiful and reasonably priced, took part in the great seafood give away - the supermarket group Sainsbury's, which claims to be the country's largest fishmonger, was offering its customers free alternative fish at the weekend when asking for one of the "Big Five" - cod, haddock, tuna, salmon and prawns.

THE US fast food restaurant chain McDonalds, famed around the world for its burgers, is going "green" on its fish buying policy.

British retailer Sainsbury's says its canned tuna sales rose 15 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2010, which was attributed to a change in its tuna sourcing policy.

THE supermarket chain Waitrose has just launched a novel new form of seafood - but it has nothing to do with fish that swim in the sea.

OXFORD Street may be at the heart of London's shopping centre, but it is not the best place to go for sustainable fish, according to two environmentally-related organisations.

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Phillips Foods and Seafood Restaurants, Baltimore, announced that effective from May 1, Ed Rhodes has moved into the newly created position of vice president for sustainability and aquaculture development.  Rhodes has been with Phillips for four years as co-director of the aquaculture and sustainability division.  The new role highlights the increasing importance of sustainability as part of the core business.

A NUMBER of Britain's leading supermarkets have promised a thorough investigation into claims that some of their seafood dishes contained fish not listed on the labels.

THE supermarket chain Morrisons has announced a comprehensive change to its sourcing of own brand canned tuna to ensure it is caught using the pole and line method or it is from FAD free fisheries.This policy also applies to tuna used as an ingredient in Morrisons' products including sandwiches and in-store prepared products.

Pouting - or pout as it is also known - has become the UK’s most in demand new fish variety.

TESCO, Britain's largest supermarket chain, said last night that sales of pout fish  fillets (sometimes called pouting) are soaring and have already achieved 50 per cent of the sales of cod fillets.

SALES of less popular species of fish have taken off following the Channel 4 Fish Fight series of programmes.

The humble sprat and neglected flounder are launching at Waitrose supermarkets to generate new enthusiasm for these unloved fish.

TWO leading supermarket groups, J Sainsbury and Tesco, have announced they will only source 100 per cent pole-and-line caught tuna.

THE Canadian authorities have joined their US counterparts in accusing some fish companies of deceiving their customers by including ice in the weight of seafood products.

SAINSBURY'S, Britain's third largest supermarket group has helped the Marine Stewardship Council to tip the scales on sustainable seafood this week as its peeled, frozen prawns were announced as the 7,000th MSC eco-labelled product worldwide. Sainsbury's says growth in MSC eco-labelled products has rocketed over the past four years doubling, on average, every 12-15 months.

MARKS & Spencer has become the first major customer to receive the first landings of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified North Sea haddock.

Commuters in China are being offered an alternative to the crisps, chocolate and fizzy drinks usually dispensed from train station vending machines - live crabs.

Seafish, the authority on seafood, has restored its funding support to seafood businesses wishing, for the first time, to achieve British Retail Consortium (BRC) certification or Safe and Local Supplier Approval (SALSA) certification.

The Shetland produced WildWaters range of smoked salmon  and gravadlax  products has won a major supermarket breakthrough. The range is about to be launched in a large number of Tesco stores across Scotland.

ONE of the leading natural food retailers in the United States is to colour code the fish it sells so its customers can buy the most sustainable species.

GENETICALLY  modified salmon could be appearing on supermarket shelves and restaurant menus in the United States within the next two years.

THE effects of higher salmon prices are now noticeable even in the US where the number of supermarkets offering farmed salmon on promotion is noticeably down, according to a firm of industry watchers.

BIRDS EYE have confirmed that it is interested in acquiring Findus Italy, the big European frozen seafood and frozen food business.

THE Prince of Wales has said that retailers were in an ideal position to play an important  part in promoting fish sustainability.

AN increasing  number of fried fish and fresh fish retailers are facing court action for passing off cheaper fish - usually Vietnamese farmed and caught varieties  - as more expensive cod and haddock.

UK fish buyers face an uncertain month ahead as fish supplies continue their erratic pattern of the last few weeks.

The John West cannery at Port Lincoln, in South Australia is set to end its tuna production in May and transfer the division to Thailand.

UK-wide next day deliveries of fresh produce by APC Overnight are a key to the success of Cornish fish producer, Kernowsashimi. The specialist supplier of fresh locally caught fish, including sashimi-grade produce for Japanese restaurants, based on the Slow Food principles, works closely with the local APC Overnight depot to ensure that its produce gets to customers in pristine condition by 12 noon each day, regardless of their location.

CONSUMERS in Sydney Australia, where locals are basking in 90 degree F temperatures, have started flocking to the city's fish market for the start of the annual 36 hour seafood buying marathon.

NEW research by Stirling University in Scotland has found that many shoppers are confused by the large number of 'eco labels'  that are appearing on supermarket brought fish.

ASDA is reportedly selling a whole salmon for just £3 - less than the price someone would have paid for it in 1979 - when Jim Callaghan was replaced by Margaret Thatcher as prime minister.

THE UK supermarket chain William Morrison has agreed to pull a television fish advertising campaign featuring the 'My Family' actor Robert Lindsey following complaints from a rival store group.