All Fish articles – Page 70
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Fish & chips get a VAT battering
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
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
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
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?"
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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Young's: we won't touch bluefin tuna
Britain's major seafood supplier Young's Bluecrest stressed this week that it had for some time had a policy with regard to bluefin tuna of "not touching it with a bargepole."Young's spoke out in response to a WWF report that warned that...
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Young's speeds up in chase for the big chill
Young's Seafood is casting its net further across the chilled arena by adding four fish recipe ready meals to its repertoire. The move continues the company's ambitious plan to boost its chilled turnover to £100m by 2008, which began with...
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Amy Williams, commercial manager of the Marine Stewardship Council, says supermarkets really could do a lot more to push sustainable seafood
Consumers eat more seafood than ever before and increase the pressure on already strained fish stocks. We urgently have to take action to secure seafood supplies and meet future demands. Retailers can play a decisive role in leading...
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Amy Williams, commercial manager of the Marine Stewardship Council, says supermarkets really could do a lot more to push sustainable seafood
Consumers eat more seafood than ever before and increase the pressure on already strained fish stocks. We urgently have to take action to secure seafood supplies and meet future demands. Retailers can play a decisive role in leading...
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Birds Eye Mediterraneo company: Unilever UK price: Vegetables £1.99 for 350g; fish £2.99 for 400g
Expert's verdict...5/25?This range consists of oven-baked vegetables and stir-fry fish and vegetable dishes. The instructions suggested using a tablespoon of olive oil to cook the Sicilian Fish Fillets with Roasted Vegetables....
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'Broad endorsement' for new Seafish hailed
The Sea Fish Industry Authority has countered critics with a root-and-branch revamp that it says will mean it delivering an improved and more responsive service to the industry. In the wake of the Defra review in which a few levy...
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Birds Eye weds fish to UK's Med veg passion
Unilever UK is bringing a taste of the Med to the freezer aisles with premium fish and vegetable dishes under the Birds Eye banner. Mediterraneo taps into the growing consumer taste for roasted vegetables and comprises two main...
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In the can
TunaStatistics coming out of the recent World Tuna conference in Bangkok highlight the concern of stock preservation, particularly of yellowfin, bluefin and albacore. Skipjack stocks seem to be holding up in spite of continuing...
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In the can
Statistics coming out of the recent World Tuna conference in Bangkok highlight the concern of stock preservation, particularly of yellowfin, bluefin and albacore. Skipjack stocks seem to be holding up in spite of continuing growth...
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Developing nations face fish rule burden
Retailers' standards with regards to safety, quality and traceability in fish supply are placing increasingly bewildering burdens on developing countries, the UN has heard. The 10th meeting of the FAO Sub-Committee on Fish Trade was told...
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It's all work and no play in today's fast-paced world
It wasn't supposed to be like this. Karl Marx predicted that in the rationally organised economy of the future we would be able to "hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticise after dinner, just as I have a...