Frozen seafood is more than a sound economic solution for the British market; it’s often the best solution. True, the United Kingdom is an island nation, surrounded by water and blessed with an abundance of domestic species. But Brits are fickle consumers who don’t just like choice, they demand it.
Walk the frozen food aisles of any large UK supermarket and there’s richness in the fish category with traditional staples like cod, mackerel
… Read MoreSourcing shrimp at an affordable price is no mean feat these days. As seafood buyers will testify, a voluminous imbalance exists between consumers' high demand for shrimp and the comparatively low production. And it's a safe bet this will see current high prices prevail for another two to three years, particularly in the case of large-size shrimp.
Last week shell-on black tiger (Penaeus monodon) market prices stood at about USD 6.70 (EUR 4.76)
… Read MoreLaky Zervudachi is director of sustainability at foodservice supplier Seafood Holdings, one of the fastest growing private companies in the United Kingdom. As far as Zervudachi is concerned, one of his role's most important aspects is his external work with chefs and caterers to encourage greater understanding of the importance of responsible sourcing.
In an exclusive Q&A with SeafoodSource, Zervudachi, who took on the position in March, said
… Read MoreHere’s part two of a two-part Q&A with Laky Zervudachi, director of sustainability at foodservice supplier Seafood Holdings. Part one ran on Friday.
Holland: Despite so much good work behind the scenes, it appears as though there’s some distance to go before sustainability becomes the foodservice industry norm. Is that the case?
Zervudachi: It will take time, but I believe there’s one thing that’s going to move everything forward
The ongoing dispute between the United Kingdom and Iceland over the latter’s decision to set its own, much higher mackerel quota is almost certain to crank up another notch or two with the arrival in the British market of significantly increased amounts of Icelandic cod.
Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Jon Bjarnason increased Iceland’s annual cod quota by 10,000 metric tons, to 160,000 metric tons, as of 1 September.
A lot of Icelandic cod
… Read MoreLa disputa constante entre el Reino Unido e Islandia al respecto de la decisión de esta última de establecer su propia cuota de caballa, mucho más alta, va a intensificarse, casi con total seguridad, con la llegada al mercado británico de cantidades enormemente superiores de bacalao islandés.
Jon Bjarnason, Ministro de Agricultura y Pesca de Islandia, ha aumentado la cuota islandesa anual de bacalao en 10.000 toneladas, hasta alcanzar las
… Read MoreBritish tilapia is now being sold in leading U.K. supermarket chain Tesco. The Fish Co. is producing the fish on four fish farms across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in northern England.
“There is a growing market for sustainably and ethically produced white fish, which we believe we can help fulfill,” said Hamish Bichan of The Fish Co. “Our fish are 100 percent U.K. produced and are not hormone treated. The quality-reared stock is fully
… Read MoreFor the last six years, the UK oyster industry has anxiously watched while disease has obliterated France’s Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) production. Then, UK producers’ worst fears were realized a few weeks ago when that same disease — the recently discovered OsHV-1 (oyster herpesvirus type 1) — was found on the Kent coast, in southern England.
According to reports, OsHV-1 wiped out between 8 and 10 million oysters at the Seasalter
… Read MoreEight years ago, a realization came to Dragon Feeds Managing Director Tony Smith that while in the years and decades ahead aquaculture will have to provide more and more of the world's seafood, to use feeds that use marine oil and protein from wild stocks isn't a viable long-term solution.
Smith foresaw a point when all natural supplies would be accounted for. He is adamant that today the aquaculture and fish-feed industries have reached that
… Read MoreThe future of seafood is aquaculture and the future of aquaculture is offshore, delegates were told at last week’s Offshore Mariculture 2010 conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
This biennial event, which pulls together producers, suppliers, scientists and many other stakeholders, has, since its inception, been an arena of fierce debate. In Dubrovnik, it quickly became apparent that the fish farming industry had evolved dramatically since the
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