HB Grandi has signed a deal with Marel for a FleXicut system and packing graders to be installed on board its new freezer trawler. Marel has sold more than thirty FleXicut machines since the revolutionary pinboner and portioner was introduced in 2014 and this is the fifth sale of the onboard version...

The new and improved RoteX Thawing will be introduced at Seafood Expo Global in Brussels....

Spanish company Tucal will participate this year at the Seafood Processing Global event in Brussels, this time bringing with them a compact mini plate freezer that will be installed in a Spanish fish processing plant as soon as it has been shipped back to Spain after the exhibition....

Océan Délices had a good year in 2017, expanding its range, extending its reach and working with new customers. Key fresh products are the salmon roll, tartare products and gravadlax produced in a variety of versions from dill to Szechuan pepper....

Calais producer Fournier Fils is one of the longest-established smoked fish producers in a region where smoking fish has a long tradition. This year the company is introducing new products, including a unique beer-marinaded smoked salmon, produced using a local Calais brew....

In November last 2017, Carsoe was selected by Russian Fishery Company (RFC) as the official factory supplier for the development and delivery of seven fish processing factories on RFC’s new trawlers. Carsoe and RFC have signed the giant deal which is the biggest order for Carsoe so far, bringing the company closer to its nearest...

A new £798,400 research project aims to help accelerate understanding of gill health issues in farmed salmon and identify new approaches to overcoming these issues....

Skretting’s parent company Nutreco has assumed 100% ownership of Skretting Nigeria in a deal focussed on developing innovative fish feed products and growth....

Norwegian salmon supplier Nils Williksen has signed a contract with Baader to use its salmon slaughter and processing technology to increase capacity and productivity....

The Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification programme has surpassed the 2,000-facility mark, with certified processing plants, farms, hatcheries and feed mills in 33 countries and six continents....

Loch Duart has been placed at number 21 in the annual Sunday Times BDO Profit Track 100, which ranks Britain’s private companies with the fastest-growing profits over three years....

As a new and rapidly growing food sector, aquaculture brings a range of important economic opportunities. However, it also faces challenges such as gaps in the knowledge required to run profitable and efficient operations. Now, mobile technology is helping to address this by providing aquaculture operators with the data they need to optimise and improve...

A group of prominent UK retailers and seafood industry companies have out their weight behind a demand for the British government to adopt and implement robust fisheries regulations effectively once the UK has left the European Union, just as government prepares new fisheries legislation....

From 21-23 June, fisheries ministers from nations signed up to Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) will adopt policies governing the western and central Pacific tuna fishery....

Portugal is investing heavily in improving its fisheries and in a strategy that will help it become more sustainable over the long-term. Adrian Tatum reports....

Further investment is needed, along with much tighter fisheries laws, if the West African nations are to win the battle against their depleted fish stocks. Adrian Tatum reports....

Taiwan’s Executive Yuan has recently passed draft legislation and revised existing fishery regulations to comply with European Union (EU) demands for increased measures to eliminate IUU fishing by the republic’s large distant waters fishing fleet....

Thailand’s fishing industry is awaiting the outcome of an inspection by an EU delegation in late January of new measures being enforced by the government to combat illegal fishing and to prevent the use of trafficked labour by the fisheries industry, reports David Hayes....

Farmed seafood is widely regarded as a “winning protein”, but what’s responsible for the industry’s growth and what will be the main drivers in the years to come? asks Jason Holland....

The trade embargo that was introduced by Russia in response to economic sanctions against Moscow over the Ukrainian conflict is now into its fourth year after being extended twice. The ban has disrupted markets all over the world, with seafood supply chains particularly affected as producers and exporters sought alternative markets for the fish that...

On 23rd June, 2016 a referendum in which everyone (or nearly everyone) of voting age could take part was held in Britain to decide whether the UK should leave or remain in the European Union. I have still to understand why, but anyway almost 52% of the British voted to leave the EU, while 48%...

While there is still some considerable distance between what EU and UK decision makers believe their future relationship should be following the Brexit end-date in little over a year’s time, the seafood industry has a much clearer picture on what would constitute the most workable divorce package for the supply chain, reports Jason Holland....

Fake news is one of today’s buzzwords, especially in politics where fake news has been dominating the media. It appears that this trend has now been exposed all over, including in conservation of marine and other natural resources. Reports that local people are destroying the environment are in most cases fake news. Fake news is...

When Europe was inhabited by tribes of intelligent savages, fishing was one of the main sources of food. The associated seamanship and boat-building enabled the development of marine navigation and other sea trades....