Two of the big names in the processing tech sector are about to join forces as Baader acquires a majority stake in Icelandic company Skaginn 3X....

Fishing companies in Iceland are already gearing up for blue whiting in the New Year. While there are hopes that there will be a capelin season to keep pelagic vessels busy in January, there’s a chance the fleet will be back on blue whiting....

MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division, MAN PrimeServ, has completed the installation of a SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) system to a fishing vessel operated by Norwegian company Ivan Ulsund Rederi, slashing CO2 and NOx emissions....

A series of well-attended webinar conferences broadcast during the first Covid lockdown has resulted in Thordon Bearings securing a contract from a Mexican fishing vessel operator....

Inmarsat and Cobham SATCOM have been awarded a new contract to connect 732 fishing vessels active in the Maldives Economic Exclusion Zone to Inmarsat’s Fleet One maritime broadband services....

Nordnesgruppen has begun rebuilding ‘Nordbas’, which aims to become the market's greenest trawler and seiner vessel, at Nye Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway....

Nova Sea has increased the oxygen content in its waiting cages outside its packing facility in Lovund in North Norway after implementing newly developed pump technology....

Ten start-ups from backgrounds including technology and artificial intelligence have taken part in this year’s Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) Aquaculture Workshop....

Algae oil rich in omega-3 can successfully replace fish oil in the diet of farm-raised juvenile California yellowtail, research shows....

Arctic Offshore Farming has invested in a new type of feed barge model in steel excelling in size and robustness and said to have an environmentally-friendly feeding system....

Orkney Shellfish Hatchery, which forms part of the Cadman Capital Group’s Aquaculture Division, has successfully cultured its first run of native flat oysters on land, with plans to increase production of the species imminently....

Marine services group Endúr has entered into an agreement to acquire BMO Entreprenør, a provider of maintenance and rehabilitation services for marine infrastructure projects in Norway....

NOAA Fisheries’ Northeast Fisheries Science Center has provided funding to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to enable lobster and crab biological and fishery data gathering to support stock assessments....

Women in Maritime Africa, South Africa chapter (WIMA-SA), and Global Fishing Watch (GFW) have joined forces in a partnership that seeks to develop technical skills for women working in the maritime sector....

“‬We are fishermen,” was the simple reply when asked why a group of Norwegians would go all-in for longline fishing in Antarctic waters, oceans apart from their North Sea home base....

The Trump Administration has been accused of ignoring more than a decade of scientific analysis on the impacts the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska will have on the state’s Bristol Bay salmon fishery....

On almost any given day, at four-thirty in the morning, while most people are still sleeping, Europe’s biggest fishing port in Vigo is in full swing....

US$300m in fisheries assistance funding will be provided to US states, tribes, and territories with coastal and marine fishery participants who have been negatively affected by COVID–19....

Fisheries and aquaculture can lead the crucial overhaul of global food systems, writes Jason Holland...

The recent Virtual Ocean Dialogues conference confirmed that while the sector has made strong progress, some important obstacles still need to be overcome, writes Jason Holland....

Through its new executive order, the White House is seeking to propel the nation’s seafood sector into the big league, writes Jason Holland....

Do retailers need to be more upfront about what’s gone into the aquaculture products they’re selling? A new report insists that they do, writes Jason Holland...

While as a consumer product, Atlantic salmon has transcended the seafood category, producers now need to adopt new harvest technologies to maintain growth, writes Jason Holland....

Retaining market access and consumer confidence are of the utmost importance for both the UK and EU27, writes Jason Holland...