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NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Armón yard in Vigo has launched freezer trawler Hadassa Bay for South Atlantic Squid Ltd, a joint-venture company owned by Beauchene Fishing Co in the Falkland Islands and Spanish company Copemar.

5th August 2024

Falklands trawler launched at Vigo yard

5th August 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

NOAA Fisheries has developed a new data visualisation tool that provides abundance indices for 25 species in the Gulf of Mexico and 18 species in the southeastern US Atlantic. Species include numerous…

5th August 2024

US fish and shrimp data on demand

5th August 2024

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Despite the detrimental impact of sweeping Western measures imposed over Iran’s nuclear programme, the government has ambitious plans to near double its fish production. And while a lack of access to critical…

2nd August 2024

Iranian fish production in the shadow of sanctions

2nd August 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Wild catch of salmon and related species has risen by 7% to 5.2 million tonnes in 2023, according to seafood data analyst, Kontali.

1st August 2024

Wild salmon catch up whilst farmed sector struggles

1st August 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK’s Merchant Navy Welfare Board (MNWB) has launched a new online training course to help drive up welfare standards in the fishing sector.

31st July 2024

Charity drive to boost welfare in fishing

31st July 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built for Seastar Holding, live fish carrier Seifjell has been built at the Cemre yard in Turkey to a design by Salt Ship Design.

31st July 2024

Circular tanks for innovative live fish carrier

31st July 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Oyster farming has long been touted for its benefits, such as improving water quality and not requiring any feed, freshwater or fertiliser. However, outdated technology and tools that prevent high volume production…

31st July 2024

Oyster farming innovations on the rise

31st July 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Lewes District Council allocated just over GBP 1 million to the project from a GBP 12.68 million UK government grant to improve infrastructure for the town’s commercial fishing industry.

29th July 2024

Newhaven fish processing plant nears completion

29th July 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Baader’s 189 filleting machine has for decades been a fish processing workhorse around the world, so there were high expectations of the new Baader 189PRO when the first units of this new…

29th July 2024

New generation of veteran filleter exceeds expectations

29th July 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Urchinomics has struck a pair of partnership deals aimed at restoring kelp forests and mitigating the decline in wild sea urchin populations.

26th July 2024

Urchinomics teams up to keep sea urchins on the menu

26th July 2024