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PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Thai Union has officially opened its new, 8,000-tonne coldstore for its Pioneer Food Cannery (PFC) factory. Located in Tema, Ghana, near PFC’s manufacturing plant, the coldstore will ensure year-round temperature-controlled storage of…

26th July 2024

Thai Union expands footprint in Ghana

26th July 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir, has announced the Marine Environment and Fisheries Fund for Northern Ireland stakeholders is now open for applications.

26th July 2024

Northern Ireland provides millions in fisheries, aquaculture support

26th July 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Globally, consumers are eating less fish and seafood and replacing these foods (and also red meats) with more poultry, fruit and vegetable products, according to the findings of a new industry survey…

25th July 2024

Is sustainability losing value with seafood consumers?

25th July 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU fishers have renewed access to waters around Cabo Verde for five years under the latest deal struck between the two.

25th July 2024

Cabo Verde renews EU tuna quotas

25th July 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fisheries scientists in “An Evaluation of the Sustainability of Global Tuna Stocks Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria” – a new report commissioned by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) – found 11 of the…

25th July 2024

ISSF: 12 tuna stocks don’t meet MSC certification criteria

25th July 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Five small-scale fish farmers are benefitting from a new training programme to boost the sustainability of aquaculture in the south-east Mediterranean.

24th July 2024

Boosting sustainability in Med aquaculture

24th July 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Maine-based Salmonics Inc has confirmed that Lerøy Seafood Group has made a strategic investment in the biotech firm, with the new funding going towards supporting its continued growth and the development of…

24th July 2024

Lerøy invests in US biotech firm

24th July 2024

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

European land-based yellowtail kingfish producer Kingfish Company NV has reported that a “substantial sales acceleration” was achieved in the second-quarter of 2024, with its volume of 512 tonnes in the period representing…

24th July 2024

Record sales growth for Kingfish Company

24th July 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

While longstanding seafood trade relations exist between the European Union and Norway, the European Commission must now take actions that address market distortions caused by unprecedented levels of Norwegian so-called “production” grade…

24th July 2024

EU processors being disadvantaged by Norwegian salmon loophole

24th July 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Atlantic salmon produced in aquaculture systems is now second only to wild-caught cod in terms of how much export income it brings into Iceland’s economy, according to data compiled by Radarinn, a…

24th July 2024

Farmed salmon now Iceland’s second most valuable fish

24th July 2024