All Fish articles – Page 66

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    Salmon producers hail 95% signing up to code

    2006-09-23T00:00:00Z

    The Scottish Salmon Producers' Organisation is calling for 100% of farmed salmon producers to sign up to the code of practice to provide a robust answer to the industry's critics. The SSPO has announced that 95% of the salmon farming...

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    Young's trades up to premium standard

    2006-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Seafood specialist Young's is planning a radical move upmarket with the launch of a spate of premium fresh and frozen fish products.This month the company is introducing a premium Spey Valley Smokehouse smoked salmon, the result of 18...

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    Chicken still top of the protein charts

    2006-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Chicken is still Britain's favourite meat by a consi-derable margin, despite claims by retailer Waitrose last week that fish had just become the top-selling protein in its outlets.The poultry industry has been at pains to stress its...

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    Charles provokes fury over salmon

    2006-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Scottish salmon farmers are said to be furious that Prince Charles' famous Duchy Originals brand is importing Alaskan salmon for smoking in Scotland.The Prince's decision to source wild Marine Stewardship Council-accre-dited salmon from...

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    Research Notes

    2006-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Canned foods, worth £1.7bn, is growing at less than 1%. Leading growth sectors are fish, soup and baked beans, but hot meats, fruit and tomatoes are underperforming. Growth is due to increasing average prices this year - a 0.8% increase...

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    Fish

    2006-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Major canned fish producers launched an aggressive campaign to reclaim the sector's pre-2000 value share of the canned goods market between 2001 and 2004. The move followed a 20.2% decline in share between 2000 and 2001, driven by cheap prices...

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    Asda pushes for exit from fisheries policy

    2006-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Asda has joined calls for Britain's withdrawal from the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in order to protect the livelihoods of Scottish fishermen and preserve fish stocks in the North Sea.Gordon Maddan, regulatory affairs manager at Asda,...

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    Spotlight on sprats dressed as sardine

    2006-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Anyone for 'sardine-type canned product' on toast? Probably not. But that may not stop international food standards experts from adopting a new rule to make the labelling of tinned fish more accurate. They will decide this month whether...

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    Salmon days here to stay

    2006-09-02T00:00:00Z

    With UK consumption of fresh salmon increasing at a rate of 18%, from 301 million meals in November 2003 to 356 million two years later, (TNS 52 w/e November 2005) and prices rising, it is easy to see why sector leaders in both feed and farming...

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    Scots break with tradition

    2006-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Scotland is famous for producing some of the finest food and drink products in the world - think whisky, beef, salmon, game, oats and raspberries. It also has some unique regional specialities - wonderful butteries from Aberdeenshire, Selkirk...

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    MBL changes tack to boost fresh fish offer

    2006-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Musgrave Budgens Londis is changing tack with a return to own-label fresh fish that will extend the whole category. Budgens will be the first to benefit, with the new lines appearing in-store from 14 September, but MBL says its other...

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    41 Pan Fish

    2006-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Number 41 on our list this year is Pan Fish Scotland, part of the Norwegian Pan Fish Group, which also farms salmon in Canada and the Faeroes and has processing plants in Norway, Scotland and France. Following its recent merger with...

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    Leask quits as Shetland Catch MD

    2006-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Derek Leask has resigned after 11 years as MD of salmon, herring and mackerel supplier Shetland Catch. John Goodlad, chairman of Shetland Catch, said: "Derek has not been at work due to illness since March 2006 and he has now resigned his...

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    In the can

    2006-08-26T00:00:00Z

    SALMON As the Alaskan red salmon season comes to an end, there is frantic activity at the government inspection facilities to get the gradings completed. All product has to go through a rigorous process to ensure both quality and...

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    Fish & chips get a VAT battering

    2006-08-19T00:00:00Z

    Sir; "Take VAT off, and more people will be able to afford a nutritious product". Quite so. Nowhere is the abject nonsense of VAT exemplified more than in the treatment of one of our best- known...

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    In the can

    2006-08-12T00:00:00Z

    Fish While the Alaskan red salmon run has come in slightly above forecast, the pinks are a disaster. After three years of oversupply and all-time low prices, canners fear the total pink pack may be 60% below last season, resulting...

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    Talking shop

    2006-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Steven Tait, head of sales and marketing at Freedom Food, says its take-up to date shows the potential for further growth of the standard in the farmed salmon sectorThe relatively young salmon industry is booming. Yet despite fish being...

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    Suppliers concerned by power of Pan Fish

    2006-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Fears that the acquisition by Pan Fish of Marine Harvest will push up Scottish salmon prices have triggered its referral to the Competition Commission. Industry sources told The Grocer there was concern among buyers of Scottish farmed...

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    "How much longer is there going to be wild cod on store shelves?"

    2006-07-15T00:00:00Z

    ohnson Seafarms, Europe's only organic cod farming business, began with a breakthrough in cod rearing techniques at the North Atlantic Fisheries College in 2002.The family-owned company was offered the college's 5,000 cod when it wound...

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    Salmon

    2006-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Prior to the major red salmon run in Bristol Bay, Alaska test fishing is taking place in the Port Moller region. In previous years, data from the US Department of Fisheries has been a good indication of the likely outcome of the season's...