Latest News – Page 141
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NewsBangkok skipjack tuna prices end 2021 on a high
Prices of frozen whole skipjack tuna in Bangkok continued to increase as 2021 drew to a close due to a decreasing raw material supply, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
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NewsRecord breaking 2021 for Norwegian seafood exports
The last 12 months have been the best year ever for Norwegian seafood exports with a record 3.1 million tonnes exported in 2021 at a value of NOK 120.8 billion (€12.1 billion).
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NewsRostein orders new live fish carrier
A contract for a new carrier has been placed by Norwegian live fish transport and services company Rostein AS.
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NewsSalmon farmer brings in Denmark’s Blue Unit to help with water quality
To help uphold Mowi’s production capability and market position, the Norwegian-headquartered salmon farming company has started working with Blue Unit Solutions, a Danish company that produces data and visualisation technologies to improve water quality controls in farms.
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NewsNew head of research and development arrives at Iceland Ocean Cluster
Dr Alexandra Leeper has joined the Iceland Ocean Cluster team as its new head of research and innovation. In the role, she will be seeking out innovative projects and opportunities both domestically and internationally that can support sustainable food security and 100% utilisation of valuable aquatic resources.
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NewsLatest Maritech fish quality scanner introduced by Mowi UK
To further enhance quality assessments of its Mowi brand smoked salmon, Mowi Consumer Products UK has implemented new Maritech Eye to provide real-time hyperspectral scanning of its fillets.
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NewsAIPCE-CEP: Using salmon supply to solve pelagic impasse would damage European processing
Any attempts to address the effects of having no catch share agreements in place through other trade interferences such as import measures on farmed salmon should be greatly discouraged, cautions AIPCE-CEP, the EU Fish Processors and Traders Association.
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NewsTim Heddema takes up the helm at PFA
The Pelagic Freezer-trawler Association (PFA), which represents the interests of nine European pelagic freezer-trawler companies that fish for human consumption, has appointed Tim Heddema as its new president
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NewsBakkafrost snaps up 90% of Danish processor
Ninety percent of the shares in Danish canned fish processor Munkebo Seafood A/S have been acquired by the Bakkafrost Group.
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NewsUK allocates £75m to modernise fishing, level up coastal communities
Fishing communities in the United Kingdom are to benefit from better infrastructure, strengthened supply chains, new jobs and increased investment in skills, provided through a GBP 75 million investment boost, announced by the country’s government on 27 December 2021.
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NewsEU, UK agree on 2022 fishing opportunities
The European Union and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement on the fishing opportunities for 2022, covering all shared and jointly-managed fisheries resources in UK and EU waters.
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NewsArctic Seafarm gets government green light, Kvarøy CEO joins the board
The Norwegian land-based production project has received an official governmental permit for its flow through system, confirming the plans to produce up to 15,000 tonnes of fish annually and to employ 50 people.
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NewsUK, Norway agree fishing deal for 2022
The United Kingdom has reached an agreement with Norway on fisheries access and quotas for 2022 through which both parties will permit some access to each other’s waters and to exchange a number of fish quotas in the North Sea and the Arctic.
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NewsNorway commits millions to lift aquaculture communities out of poverty, lower malnutrition
NOK 45 million (US$ 5 million) has been committed to the International Fund for Agricultural Fund (IFAD) by the Norwegian Agency of Development Cooperation (Norad) to increase the incomes and build the resilience of small aquaculture farmers in Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania.
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NewsAustralian seafood industry hails ‘landmark’ UK free trade agreement
The announcement of the Australia-United Kingdom free trade agreement (FTA) has been welcomed by national body Seafood Industry Australia (SIA) as the sector looks to further diversify its markets.
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NewsGlobal Seafood Alliance CEO Wally Stevens retires, Brian Perkins takes up position
Wally Stevens, who has held various leadership roles with the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) for the past 14 years and is currently chief executive officer (CEO), is retiring at the end of December 2021, the non-profit organisation has announced.
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NewsIce Fish Farm edges closer to owning Laxar
The majority shareholders at Ice Fish Farm AS and Laxar Fiskeldi ehf have agreed to the former’s acquisition of Laxar and its subsidiaries and the merger of the two Icelandic salmon farming companies.
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NewsNew supervisors to lead NOAA survey teams
New supervisors have been appointed to lead NOAA survey teams monitoring bottom-dwelling fish and crabs
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NewsPacific Mariculture opts for hybrid design
A second aquaculture support vessel to be built for Pacific Mariculture, a division of Pacific6 Enterprises, will be hybrid powered, with a 1mW stored energy capacity on board, enabling it to run its daily farm operations in electric mode.
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NewsTough measures for Mediterranean fisheries for 2022
Among the measures announced for 2022 Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries are the continuing EU multiannual management plan for demersal stocks in the Western Mediterranean, adopted in June 2019.
