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SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

More than 500 medical kits are being distributed to Thailand’s fishing fleet by Bangkok-based seafood giant Thai Union through a new initiative to enhance the health and safety of workers onboard fishing vessels.

24th May 2022

Medical kits for Thai fishers

24th May 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Applications are open for a relaunched scheme to support the sustainability, resilience and prosperity of England’s seafood sector.

23rd May 2022

Seafood scheme opens

23rd May 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A new partnership has been created to strengthen the control of fishing activities around Benin.

23rd May 2022

West Africa IUU fishing pact

23rd May 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood is the most globally-traded animal protein with a trade value of US$164 billion last year, according to the latest seafood trade map and report compiled by Rabobank.

23rd May 2022

Global seafood trade growth

23rd May 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Icelandic salmon farming company Arnarlax has signed a declaration of intent with Vesturbyggð officials to build a high-tech processing facility in Patreksfjörður.

23rd May 2022

New plant for Arnarlax

23rd May 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Barramundi Group Australia (BGA) has announced plans to expand its barramundi operation off the West Kimberley Coast.

23rd May 2022

Barramundis growth plans

23rd May 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Salmon Scotland has written to the Prime Minister to raise concerns about the impact of a ‘trade war’ with Europe following a Commons statement from the Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss.

20th May 2022

Seafood trade war fears

20th May 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

The EU-27’s total organic aquaculture production reached a level of around 74,032 tonnes in 2020 and accounted for 6.4% of the region’s total farmed output, according to a new report from the European…

20th May 2022

EU organic aqua growth

20th May 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Global solar energy company Lightsource bp is expanding into East Asia and will work with Green Rock Energy to co-develop a 150-megawatt solar plant in Budai, Taiwan, alongside fish farming operations.

20th May 2022

Aqua-solar farm for Taiwan

20th May 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Bangkok-based seafood giant Thai Union (TU) has made a CAD 10 million investment in Mara Renewables Corporation as part of the Nova Scotia, Canada-based company’s CAD 39.5 million growth funding round, joining…

19th May 2022

New backing for Mara

19th May 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Struggling to bolster food security, countries in this vast region have set their sights on aquaculture growth. But while ambitious plans are being laid out, fish farmers still find themselves undermined by…

19th May 2022

Central Asias aqua hopes

19th May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Billed as a “world-first method for catching scallops”, an alternative to damaging dredging activities has been developed thanks to funding from the UK government’s Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF).

18th May 2022

Scallop breakthrough

18th May 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A new tool has launched to provide a comprehensive view of the risks around illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

18th May 2022

IUU fishing risk tool

18th May 2022

NEWS

NEWS

A new online resource has launched to support the training and education of those working in the UK’s aquaculture sector.

18th May 2022

Aquaculture training tool

18th May 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Total seafood production in Vietnam in the first four months of this year is estimated at 2.6 million tonnes, representing an increase of 2.6% over the same period of 2021, according to…

17th May 2022

Vietnam production climbs

17th May 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood consumption in the United States slipped to 19 pounds or 8.6kg per capita in 2020, according to new data compiled by the National Fisheries Institute (NFI).

17th May 2022

Americans eat less fish

17th May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

US fishermen and fish catches were hit hard in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic, two new fishery status updates released by NOAA Fisheries have confirmed.

16th May 2022

US counts cost of COVID

16th May 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A new initiative has been launched to encourage Scottish pupils to eat nutritious salmon when choosing their school meals.

16th May 2022

Salmon in schools scheme

16th May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Australian government is investing AUS$1.5 million in improving mental health support for commercial fishers across the country. 

16th May 2022

Fishers wellbeing support

16th May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A bumper capelin catch helped Iceland’s fleet to land 34% more fish in the 12 months through April 2022, with almost 1.48 million tonnes of fish and shellfish recorded in the preliminary…

16th May 2022

Capelin lifts Iceland catch

16th May 2022