The Flemish Service for Employment and Vocational Training (VDAB) went to Kongsberg for its K-Sim simulation technology to provide comprehensive and targeted training for beam trawler skippers and crews....

Norwegian maritime display and computer manufacturer, Hatteland Display, has released a new 43 inch display as part of its Series X MVD product family....

Icelandic company Slippurinn Akureyri has finalised an agreement with Norwegian fishing company Nergård Havfiske to design, produce and install a processing deck for its new freezer trawler....

Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors has awarded TMC Compressors of the Seas (TMC) a contract to deliver a complete marine compressed air system to a 100 metre pelagic trawler the yard is building for the Seattle-based Arctic Storm Management Group....

A fast-growing industry in Brazil, aquaculture is expected to create multiple business opportunities in the next few years – and Norwegian companies plan to get involved in every field of tilapia production, reports Eduardo Campos Lima....

Delivered at the beginning of 2017 and designed to fish shrimp all year round, Newfoundland Victor operates across different areas and fishing grounds that range from practically clean to rugged ground where gear damage is inevitable....

Aller Aqua’s PowerRAS concept meets the high demands towards feed for RAS in terms of feed efficiency, optimal water quality and subsequent fish growth. The concept is the result of continuous research and trial work at Aller Aqua Research in combination with field trials....

Fish feed suppliers Cargill and Skretting have joined forces to use the same vessels to transport fish feed in Norway....

According to preliminary figures released by the Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries, aquaculture production was up 5.60% in 2018, with a 232,000 tonne growth in production....

Scottish supplier of aquaculture equipment, technology and services, Gael Force Group, has announced new company names, logos and jobs for its fish farm pen and boatbuilding businesses....

The judging panel for the 2019 Aquaculture Awards has been announced with the ceremony to take place on 29 May at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, Scotland....

European aquaculture - Too soon to be bullish While a new study claims that EU aquaculture has ‘fully recovered’ from a recent downturn, any celebratory popping of corks will be premature, writes Jason Holland...

The chief executive of the Western Australian Fishing Industry Council (WAFIC) has welcomed the Australian government's decision to revise a proposed lobster reform....

No illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing vessels or activities were detected during a recent joint patrol of the Southern Ocean by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and the French navy....

Necks craned as the lithe Kenyan models displayed their stylish dresses, purses and shoes at the Blue Fashion show that was held as part of Kenya’s Blue Economy Conference....

The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF), a charity committed to developing and supporting responsible one-by-one tuna fisheries and supply chains, has released a new film about Indonesia’s fisheries....

Transparency must be improved to eradicate illegal fishing and prevent the collapse of Ghana’s fishing industry, according to a new report from the Far Dwuma Nkɔdo project....

Europêche has welcomed news that the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries has adopted a European Commission proposal to establish a multiannual management plan for demersal fisheries in the western Mediterranean....

European aquaculture - Too soon to be bullish While a new study claims that EU aquaculture has ‘fully recovered’ from a recent downturn, any celebratory popping of corks will be premature, writes Jason Holland...

The Cod Hunters is an exploration of the cod fisheries of Shetland from the early nineteenth century. There are few people better qualified to chart the history of Shetland’s fisheries than John Goodlad with his remarkable depth of knowledge....

Julie Hesketh-Laird, the recently appointed Chief Executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation, speaks at length to Owen Stevens for World Fishing & Aquaculture...

​The Russian fishing industry is on the verge of major changes, due to the recently announced state plans to completely replace the existing distribution of fishing rights based on track records with by a system of auctions, reports Eugene Gerden...

Fish farming has made strong progress in recent years, but there’s still plenty of choppy water ahead reports Jason Holland....

Pelagic fishermen working in the NE Atlantic are aghast at a proposed huge cut in the region’s mackerel TAC for 2019 and are fighting to get it reduced, reports Tim Oliver...