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FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK is set to benefit from fishing opportunities worth nearly £5 million after reaching an agreement with Norway to secure access to key fishing stocks.

30th November 2022

UK-Norway quota deal

30th November 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Oceana and the global mobile satellite communications are working together to tighten the net on illegal fishing.

29th November 2022

Illegal fishing crackdown

29th November 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

With the understanding that good lighting can stimulate growth and keep farmed salmon healthy, Philips aquaculture LED lighting has been installed at Havlandet’s newly-built, land-based recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) pilot plant in…

29th November 2022

Illuminating RAS pilot

29th November 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The government is investing a further £30 million in projects to modernise the UK seafood processing sector.

28th November 2022

UK seafood boost

28th November 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Germany and Bulgaria have been given €211.8 million and €85 million respectively in EU funding to help promote sustainable fisheries and aquaculture and stimulate innovation and growth.

28th November 2022

Germany, Bulgaria funding

28th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Low-impact precision seabed harvester Arctic Pearl is ready to set course for the Barents Sea and the reopening of the Arctic scallop fishery for the first time in 30 years.

28th November 2022

Scallop project launched

28th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Faroe Islands and Russia have concluded consultations on their fisheries cooperation for 2023. 

28th November 2022

2023 Faroes-Russia deal

28th November 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Fishing company Royal Greenland A/S has placed an order for a new trawler. Designed by Skipsteknisk AS, the newbuild will be the fifth vessel to be built by Astilleros Murueta in Spain. 

28th November 2022

Royal Greenland newbuild

28th November 2022

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Soybeans and fishmeal have helped make aquaculture a global force to be reckoned with, but it now looks like the industry has arrived at the point where it needs to increase the…

25th November 2022

New proteins on the table

25th November 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Nodosa shipyard in Spain has formalised an agreement for the construction of a new freezer trawler for Orion Fishing Company Ltd, a venture jointly-owned by Vigo’s Armadora Pereira SA and Malvinas, Falklands-based…

24th November 2022

New trawler for Orion

24th November 2022

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

The first at-sea assessment of working conditions and crew welfare onboard a longline vessel supplying Thai Union has already led to improvements being made, with more expected to follow, according to the…

24th November 2022

TU improves fisher welfare

24th November 2022

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Engine company Yanmar America has completed the installation of powerful and fuel-efficient marine diesel engines in the two Maine lobster boats, Mattie & Ayva (Wesmac 50) and KGB (Libby 47), both based…

24th November 2022

Yanmar power for Maine

24th November 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norwegian canned seafood brand King Oscar celebrates the milestone of its 120th anniversary on 29 November 2022.

24th November 2022

120 years for King Oscar

24th November 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Peru’s Ministry of Production (Produce) has authorised the start of the second season of industrial fishing for anchovy (Engraulis ringens) and white anchovy (Anchoa nasus), destined for indirect human consumption, in the…

24th November 2022

Peru sets anchovy quota

24th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Action is urgently needed to prevent the depletion of Pacific tuna stocks, warns the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF).

24th November 2022

ISSF urges action on tuna

24th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has agreed new sustainable management procedures for bluefin tuna and shortfin mako sharks and better protection for sea turtles.

23rd November 2022

ICCAT protects bluefin

23rd November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

International non-profit Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is calling on member governments of the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to pass important conservation management measures for tuna stocks at the 19th Regular…

23rd November 2022

MSC urges tuna progress

23rd November 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Jusanhama Gyokyo Youth Association – a group of 19 producers – has secured Aquaculture Stewardship Council-Marine Stewardship Council (ASC-MSC) seaweed certification for responsible and sustainable wakame and kelp production, making it the…

23rd November 2022

Japanese seaweed first

23rd November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The world’s first population-wide fishing quota for highly vulnerable shortfin mako sharks has been agreed by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).

23rd November 2022

First mako shark quota

23rd November 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The United States’ National Fisheries Institute (NFI) has confirmed the passing of its President & CEO, John Connelly.

22nd November 2022

NFI’s John Connelly dies

22nd November 2022