Industrial gases and engineering company Linde announced on 10 March the launch of a new product line of atmospheric gases produced with 100-percent renewable energy.
The company – which is hosting a digital Industry Pod at next week’s Seafood Expo North America Reconnect event, taking place from 15 to 19 March – said the Linde Green portfolio features low-carbon liquified oxygen, nitrogen, and argon.
The new products swap
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Milan, Italy-based Friend of the Sea recently announced the renewal of its certification for the Indian Ocean purse-seine fishery, SAPMER.
The renewal means SAPMER can continue to feature the Friend of the Sea logo on its products, according to the certification standard. The Reunion Island-based SAPMER, which was founded in 1947, operates a fleet of four deep-freezer longliners fishing for Patagonian toothfish and a pot vessel fishing for rock
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Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A. will be the location for Ren Seafoods’ new seafood processing facility and distribution hub, if all goes according to the company's plan.
The seafood company said it will invest USD 12.4 million (EUR 10.2 million) into a shuttered manufacturing facility in Mobile for the project, which will create 54 jobs, Area Development reported. Ren Seafoods, which is affiliated with Pennsylvania-based The Fishin’
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Seafood producers in Mexico and Vietnam have achieved firsts in earning certification from the Aquaculture Stewardship Council and Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) program.
On Tuesday, 2 March, Australis Aquaculture said it had become the world’s first producer to secure certification under the ASC's tropical marine finfish (TMFF) standard for its ocean-based farm in
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British retailer Morrisons announced on 1 March that it had acquired Cornish seafood company Falfish after 16 years of working together.
The Bradford, U.K.-based Morrisons is now the first supermarket in the country with its own trawler, the 30-foot Jacqui A, according to a report from The Yorkshire Post.
The retailer purchased its long-time supplier partner – Falfish provides 80 percent of Morrisons fish, accounting for nearly half of the
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The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) has seen its ranks grow in 2021, with the Papua New Guinea Fishing Industry Association (PNG FIA) recently coming aboard as a funding partner and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) joining as an affiliated partner.
PNG FIA, which provides “a united voice for the fishing and associated industries in Papua New Guinea,” has been forging stakeholder partnerships
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BAADER’s acquisition of a majority share in Skaginn 3X has closed, the seafood and processing equipment manufacturer announced on 24 February.
Lübeck, Germany-based BAADER and Akranes, Iceland-headquartered Skaginn 3X first announced the acquisition on 29 October, 2020. In a press release, the companies said they are "committed to their site locations" and did not intend to carry out any workforce reductions "as existing
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced U.S. seafood business to overhaul the ways in which they protect and engage their workforces ...
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Portland, Maine, U.S.A.-based seafood supplier Bristol Seafood is expanding into the grab-and-go segment with its Bristol Grab & Go retail range, the company announced on 19 February.
The range, which includes line-caught Alaska cod and farmed Atlantic salmon, among other items, showcases “quality seafood in a contemporary format aimed at delighting the evolving retail seafood consumer,” Bristol said.
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Regal New Zealand King Salmon has hired Constance Wolfe as its director of retail sales for North America, a new position for the brand
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