All Fish articles – Page 73
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Asda pushes for exit from fisheries policy
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...