All Fish articles – Page 74
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Marr buys Fastnet
Hull region-based Andrew Marr International has acquired Murray Vernon Holdings’ controlling interest in the Fastnet Fish Group based in Grimsby. The deal creates one of the largest seafood businesses in the UK, and represents the ongoing...
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In Profile: Andrew Gidden, Sales & Trade Marketing General Manager, John West
What is your career background? I joined John West from RHM’s Manor Bakeries, where I looked after its business with Tesco for three years. I was director...
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Skipjack failure
Retail tinned tuna prices are set to rise, say analysts.The failure of skipjack catches in all three oceans has led the market into its worst period for over 30 years.Factories in Thailand, Africa and the Indian Ocean have closed for...
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Christmas challenge to M&S
Waitrose is taking on M& S in the run-up to Christmas with the launch of a 30-strong range of packaged meat and fish products under the Easy banner.Speaking as Waitrose posted a 6.4% rise in sales to £1.4bn in the half-year to July 31, Waitrose...
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no bones about it
Princes has added Skinless and Boneless Red Salmon Chunks in Brine to its range.The addition is in response to research that suggested consumers had a growing appetite for the fish because of its Omega-3 properties but were put off by having to...
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Low production ups salmon price
Scottish salmon farmers are optimistic about firmer prices in the final quarter of the year, thanks to lower production.Leading distributor Sea Products of Scotland reported that prices were currently averaging £2.10/kg.MD Willie Liston is...
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director jailed
Brighton fish merchant Christopher Leonard Bish was sentenced at Hove Crown Court to 21 months in prison after falsely claiming more than £5.5m from a finance company. Bish, a director of Jelfish Ltd, Lower Goods Yard, Trafalgar Street,...
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Public indifferent to origin of fish
Shoppers are keen to buy fish that comes from the area they live in, but otherwise origin is not high on their agenda.Seafish and Seafood Scotland interviewed 1,000 shoppers across the UK to find out just how much the origin of seafood mattered...
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£2m boost to quality
A £2m salmon primary processing line in the UK is now operational at Macrae Foods Fraserburgh.The advanced, computer-controlled main processing line provides significant quality and fillet yield improvements, with the amount of manual handling...
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work is being done on sustainability
from John Rutherford, chief executive, Sea Fish Industry AuthoritySir; Charles Clover’s Saturday Essay about overfishing (July 24, p24) was not only sensational – it was factually incorrect. His statement “you would never catch a wild...
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Cod farming is coming of age
A major step forward in cod farming volume is set to be achieved by Johnson Seafarms at Vidlin, Shetland.Johnson Seafarms is set to have a steady annual 6,000 tonnes of premium organic cod coming to harvest a year from now. It will also produce...
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FSA four-portion advice hailed
Kit DaviesThe farmed salmon industry has hailed new Food Standards Agency advice which pushes up the recommended weekly intake of oily fish from one portion to four portions a week for men and boys.The advice is welcome backing from the...
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DEFRA must keep a finger in this pie
from Bob Salmon, food adviser, Forum of Private Businessproduct has earned the right to PGI from Tom Bridge, international development chef, by e-mailSir; The row that has broken out concerning who has...
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Loch Duart buys Ardvar
Loch Duart, a premium salmon farm in Sutherland, is buying the sites of neighbouring farm Ardvar Salmon. At a time when many salmon farms are struggling to survive, Loch Duart is concentrating on local expansion. The area between the...
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Fish counters remain key says JS
Making fish easy for customers is at the heart of Sainsbury’s plans to develop its fish range.But the supermarket, the number two chain for fish sales, said the theatre of counters would remain very important, despite loose fish accounting for...
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The need to shout about shortcomings
From Elliott Gough, Triple-Nine-Zero ConsultancySir; As a consultant to the fish sector in the UK, I would like to make a few points on the Saturday Essay (February 14). Helen Lo’s comments on CSR and the fish sector ably...
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Tartan standards look wider afield
The expertise providing independent quality assurance for Scottish Quality Salmon is set to roll out to other areas.Food Certification Scotland executive director Martin Gill said the assurance behind the Tartan Quality Mark and Label Rouge was...
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EU ‘must move fast on salmon’
Independent Scottish salmon farmers have welcomed the UK and Ireland’s application to the EU for safeguards against surges of cheap imports of farmed Atlantic salmon from Chile, Norway and the Faroes. But sources among the independent salmon...
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UB reveals board changes
United Biscuits, which is dividing the roles of chairman and chief executive, has appointed David Fish as non-executive chairman.Fish, formerly an executive with Mars, where he previously held general management positions, including...
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Salmon farmers’ price ‘must rise’
A leading distributor of Scottish farmed salmon has warned more companies will go bust this year if supermarkets and further processors do not pay a better price.Willie Liston, MD of Sea Products of Scotland, said farms would not be able to...