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Seafish Media Review 11th July |
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Monday, 14 July 2008 |
A review of newspaper, magazine, website and broadcast coverage surrounding the seafood industry.
Catching and aquaculture
Seafish moves from Hull to Grimsby
Seafish moved its Hull-based divisions into offices in the new Humberside Seafood Institute in Grimsby on Monday this week.
• Fishing News 11 July 2008 (subscription only)
• IntraFish 10 July 2008 (subscription only)
• Yorkshire & Lincolnshire Business Link July 2008 (no web version)
A £75,000 show of support from Seafish
Seafish has awarded £75,000 from their International Trade Support Fund
to ten UK bodies to support the importing and exporting of seafood.
• The Fish Site http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/7413/a-75000-show-of-support-from-seafish
Marks & Spencer's discuss seafood needs with Scottish fishermen
Seafood Scotland last month invited fishermen and processors to meet
retailer Marks & Spencer Senior Fish Technologist Andrew Mallison
at the Royal Highland Show, Scotland's biggest agricultural event, as
part of the groups's ‘Catching for the market' initiative.
• IntraFish 11 July 2008 (subscription only)
Pilot Project for UK Shellfish Biotoxin Database
The UK Biotoxin Database Development project, led by Seafood Scotland
and funded by FSA (Scotland), Scottish Government, Scottish Fishermen's
Trust and Seafish, will run a 4-month pilot scheme in Scotland at end
of July, to coincide with the main scallop fishing season.
• FishUpdate http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/11480
What are the fish species that require the most and least amount of fuel to catch?
The Guardian looks at the various methods of catching fish and how fuel
efficient these are. Seafish is mentioned in this article.
• The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/10/fishing.ethicalliving
Fish prices show upward movement
The price of fish in the UK is starting to show an upward movement this week, according to the latest market reports.
• FishUpdate http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/11469/Fish_prices_show_upward_movement.html
Climate change to impact on fisheries
Climate change will have a strong impact on fisheries and aquaculture,
with significant food security consequences for some populations,
according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United
Nations.
• Press & Journal http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/734268
• The Fish Site http://thefishsite.com/fishnews/7416/black-cloud-of-climate-change-looms-in-fish-future
Go-ahead for world-class fishing research centre
Plans to build a world-class fishing industry research centre in an
Aberdeen regeneration area were given the go-ahead yesterday.
• Press & Journal 11 July 2008 (no web version)
• The Fish Site http://thefishsite.com/fishnews/7425/frs-gets-grant-for-new-research-facility
• FishUpdate http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/11476
Irish support efforts on fuel costs
The Anglo-North Irish FPO Ltd has voiced its support for a series of
proposals made by the European Commission yesterday, which attempt to
deliver short-term aid to Europe's fishing fleet, while positioning the
industry for long-term higher fuel costs.
• FishUpdate http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/11474/Irish_support_efforts_on_fuel_costs.html
Fishing fleet subsidies 'harmful'
Marine conservation group Oceana has outlined concerns about further
European Union subsidies to fishermen, warning they could do more harm
to under-pressure fish stocks.
• Press & Journal http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/732227
Government must show political will to chart course out of fisheries fuel crisis
Lib Dem for Scotland member of the European Parliament Elspeth Attwooll
has urged the UK Goverment to work with other European nations to
reduce the effects of rising fuel prices.
• FishUpdate http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/11478
Are buyers really paying more for farmed cod?
While Norway's export statistics show farmed cod fetching higher prices
that its wiled counterpart, that's not necessarily the right picture.
• IntraFish 10 July 2008 (subscription only)
EU breakthrough on artificially breeding bluefin tuna
World-first breeding techniques pioneered by Clean Seas Tuna Limited to
artificially reproduce Southern Bluefin Tuna have been successfully
replicated in Europe
• The Fish Site http://thefishsite.com/fishnews/7412/eu-breakthrough-on-artificially-breeding-bluefin-tuna
Irish fish farmers say aquaculture investment money threatened
Seafood industry organisations in Ireland say €100 million in promised
investment in aquaculture is being jeopardized by government inaction.
• IntraFish 10 July 2008 (subscription only)
European Commission launches "an aggressive defence"
The European Commission has launched "an aggressive defence" of their
decision to force Shetland fishermen to pay back thousands of pounds in
grants to the local council.
• FishUpdate http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/11477
'Fishing police' launch £1.5m patrol vessel
A new £1.5m fisheries protection vessel has been formally named and blessed ahead of its official maiden voyage.
• Hull Daily Mail
http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/environment/Fishing-police-launch-new-boat/article-214186-detail/article.html
Major Objective One investment at Mevagissey Harbour
Mevagissey harbour is soon to complete work on two major projects funded by Objective One Fisheries Programme.
• South West PESCA Ltd 10 July 2008 (no web version)
Annual report and accounts
The Cefas Annual Report and Accounts 2007-08 is available to download.
• Cefas http://www.cefas.co.uk/about-us/annual-report-and-accounts.aspx
Hastings fishermen and Tory Codswallop
Michael Foster, MP Labour member of Parliament for Hastings and Rye,
discusses the future of the Rye and Hastings fishing industry.
• Hastings Observer http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/michaelfoster/Hastings-Fishermen-and-Tory-Codswallop.4274024.jp
Fishermen caught in crisis
Blog entry from Mark Mardell, the BBC's Europe editor, about the
current crisis facing the Spanish, and entire fishing industry.
• BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markmardell/2008/07/a_coruna_spain_the_rough.html
Processing and Imports
Young's Seafood collects top accolade
Young's Seafood is celebrating major success in the Business Commitment
to the Environmental Leadership Awards and was the only food
manufacturer to collect a top accolade.
• FishUpdate http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/11468/Young's_Seafood_collects_top_accolade.html
Fish processors face prospect of haddock supplies from Iceland
Fish processors in Scotland and on the Humber face the prospect of haddock supplies from Iceland over the next 12 months.
• FishUpdate
http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/11472/Fish_processors_face_prospect_of_haddock_supplies_from_Iceland..html
Retail and foodservice
Blue sea food company launches new crab product
The blue sea food company, based in Devon, has launched a new range of sustainably sourced pure white and brown crab meat.
• FishUpdate http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/11470/Blue_sea_food_company_launches_new_crab_product.html
Consumer and environmental Issues
Seafood consumers: making the right choice
Seafood choices have implications that reach well beyond what ends up
on the dinner plate. As the oceans’ ability to provide sufficient fish
supplies diminishes, making sustainable seafood choices takes on
greater importance.
• The Fish Site http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/7394/seafood-consumers-making-the-right-choice
Climate change threat to third of coral reefs
One-third of corals are threatened with extinction because of climate
change and other human activities such as fishing and coastal
development, scientists warned.
• The Herald
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/environment/display.var.2389977.0.Climate_change_threat_to_third_of_coral_reefs.php
• The Scotsman 10 July 2008 (no web version)
• The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/10/conservation.wildlife
• BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7501041.stm
Vanishing zooplankton spells disaster for fishing
The Scottish fishing industry could be facing disaster as a result of a
dramatic collapse in zooplankton - the tiny organisms at the bottom of
the marine food chain - according to a conservation charity.
• The Scotsman 11 July 2008 (no web version)
Farm-raised tilapia has low omega-3 levels
Farm-raised tilapia has very low levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty
acids and, perhaps worse, very high levels of omega-6 fatty acids, U.S.
researchers say.
• UPI.com http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2008/07/09/Farm-raised_tilapia_has_low_omega-3_levels/UPI-79691215625396/
Is tilapia bad for you? Researchers say maybe
Tilapia may not be a healthy diet choice after all, according to
research released by Wake Forest University School of Medicine. The
researchers found farm-raised tilapia -- the fifth most popular fish
consumed in the United States, and growing rapidly in European markets
-- could be potentially dangerous to people dealing with heart disease,
arthritis and asthma.
• IntraFish 10 July 2008 (subscription only)
Fish oil reduces the chance of asthma
Mothers who take fish oil supplements during the last 10 weeks of
pregnancy can reduce the chance of their children developing asthma, a
new study suggests.
• Daily Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2275573/Fish-oil-supplements-may-reduce-risk-of-asthma.html
A dish to get your claws into
Use your fingers to feast on succulent crab with ginger and spring onion.
• The Times 11 July 2008 (no web version)
Takeaways? Yes, take them away
Celebrity chef, Ching-he Huang has a mission: to get Scots eating
proper Chinese meals. And our glorious seafood makes it easy she says.
• The Herald http://www.theherald.co.uk/search/display.var.2389963.0.takeaways_yes_take_them_away.php
Becks is oil baron
David Beckham has been signed up as the face of fish oil tablets in the United States.
• Daily Star 10 July 2008 (no web version)
A cold fish
Fish species swap genes in a way that looks a bit like genetic engineering.
• The Economist http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11703152
Please note: this is a review of media coverage relating to the seafood
industry and does not necessarily represent the views of the Sea Fish
Industry Authority (Seafish). This media review is published three
times weekly on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. For further
information on any of the articles referenced please contact:
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