The Packaging Innovation Award 2022 seeks to give a seal of quality and be a showcase for mass markets, providing added value to the winning product within the packaging industry, thus recognizing efforts to advance sustainability and awareness to promote this type of packaging. production. This competition is the first award of these characteristics in the country and seeks to position itself as the main one.
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The shipbuilding group VARD has contracted Hydroniq Coolers to deliver the marine seawater cooling system to a newbuild stern trawler it is building for Deutsche Fischfang-Union GmbH & Co. KG in Germany.
Aalesund-based Hydroniq Coolers’ scope of work is to assemble and supply its Rack seawater cooling system to the stern trawler. This type of marine cooling system is integrated in the hull below the main engine room of the vessel.
Marine Scotland has published their Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2021 which provides data on weight and value of sea fish and shellfish landed by fishing vessels, structure of the Scottish fishing fleet and employment on Scottish vessels.
The report show there are signs that some parts of the fishing industry are recovering from the impacts of Covid-19, however there hasn’t been a return to pre-pandemic levels:
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Ecuador’s shrimp exports reached a record 841,000 tonnes in 2021 and, according to Luna, who runs Glunashrimp, a company that offers shrimp market advisory services, the country is on track to easily exceed this figure in 2022, as exports in January-June were up 35 percent compared to the same period last year.
“One million metric tonnes is the estimate, but it’s going to be higher [by 2-4 percent] because these end of the year months are higher than the first part of the year months,” Luna predicted.
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Minister McConalogue has announced a record €335 million allocation for seafood sector and coastal communities for 2023.
The Donegal TD has announced energy supports for seafood processors but has failed to give any direct fuel supports to the fishing industry and is still relying on the temporary tie-up scheme to alleviate the marine fuel pressures facing the Irish fleet.
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The agency governing Russian aquaculture has allowed the industry to increase farmed salmon production to 250,000 tonnes, or more than twice the 116,200 tonnes produced in 2020.
The target production volume, reported by Russian news outlet Sfera.fm, is far less ambitious than the 700,000 tonnes per year suggested in a private-sector proposal titled, “The Strategy for the Development of the Fishing Industry Complex of the Russian Federation by 2030.”
Author: Liza Mayer / SalmonBusiness | read the full articlehere
New types of seaweed are becoming popular in Japan as “functional foods,” or “nutraceuticals,” foods with specific health benefits. This is partially because unlike in Western countries, where consumers prefer dietary supplements in the form of pills, Japanese prefer to directly consume foods that contain beneficial compounds.
Companies marketing seaweed products in Japan are aided by a law allowing medical claims in advertisements for foods when there are studies to support the claim.
Author: Chris Loew / SeafoodSource | read the full article here
A company that uses a product extracted from shellfish exoskeletons to make a green alternative to expanded polystyrene (EPS) packaging has been shortlisted for an award by the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA).
California-based Cruz Foam uses chitosan – a refined version of chitin, the biopolymer found in crustacean shells - to make its biodegradable EPS alternative.
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A woman’s mercury level during pregnancy is unlikely to have an adverse effect on the development of the child provided that the mother eats fish, according to a new University of Bristol-led study.
The findings, which drew together analyses on over 4,131 pregnant mothers from the Children of the 90s study in the UK, with similar detailed studies in the Seychelles, are published in NeuroToxicology.
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The Packaging Innovation Award 2022 seeks to give a seal of quality and be a showcase for mass markets, providing added value to the winning product within the packaging industry, thus recognizing efforts to advance sustainability and awareness to promote this type of packaging. production. This competition is the first award of these characteristics in the country and seeks to position itself as the main one.
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The shipbuilding group VARD has contracted Hydroniq Coolers to deliver the marine seawater cooling system to a newbuild stern trawler it is building for Deutsche Fischfang-Union GmbH & Co. KG in Germany.
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Marine Scotland has published their Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2021 which provides data on weight and value of sea fish and shellfish landed by fishing vessels, structure of the Scottish fishing fleet and employment on Scottish vessels.
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The seafood sector along Canada’s east coast has begun a huge recovery operation after being battered by storm Fiona at the weekend.
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Ecuador’s shrimp exports reached a record 841,000 tonnes in 2021 and, according to Luna, who runs Glunashrimp, a company that offers shrimp market advisory services, the country is on track to easily exceed this figure in 2022, as exports in January-June were up 35 percent compared to the same period last year.
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Minister McConalogue has announced a record €335 million allocation for seafood sector and coastal communities for 2023.
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The agency governing Russian aquaculture has allowed the industry to increase farmed salmon production to 250,000 tonnes, or more than twice the 116,200 tonnes produced in 2020.
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New types of seaweed are becoming popular in Japan as “functional foods,” or “nutraceuticals,” foods with specific health benefits. This is partially because unlike in Western countries, where consumers prefer dietary supplements in the form of pills, Japanese prefer to directly consume foods that contain beneficial compounds.
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A company that uses a product extracted from shellfish exoskeletons to make a green alternative to expanded polystyrene (EPS) packaging has been shortlisted for an award by the  11_26_30.png)
A woman’s mercury level during pregnancy is unlikely to have an adverse effect on the development of the child provided that the mother eats fish, according to a new University of Bristol-led study.
