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BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

New Zealand seafood company Sanford Limited has agreed the unconditional sale of its spiny (red) rock lobster quota in Fisheries Management Areas CRA7 and CRA8.

4th May 2022

Sanford sells lobster quota

4th May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

To improve the long-term sustainability of global tuna fisheries, the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has announced improvements to its conservation measures that help ensure best practices for protecting sharks, sea turtles…

4th May 2022

ISSF conservation updates

4th May 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Mairi Gougeon, Scotland’s Rural Affairs Secretary has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to reform the country’s aquaculture sector.

3rd May 2022

Scottish aquaculture reform

3rd May 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Thai Union has confirmed the appointment of Volker Büttel as CEO of its German seafood business Rügen Fisch and its subsidiaries Hawesta-Feinkost Hans Westphal GmbH & Co. KG and Ostsee Fisch GmbH &…

3rd May 2022

New Rügen Fisch CEO

3rd May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Ministry of Production (Produce) has authorised the start of the first 2022 fishing season for anchovy (Engraulis ringens) and white anchovy (Anchoa nasus) for indirect human consumption in the country’s North-Central…

2nd May 2022

Peru ups anchovy quota

2nd May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Norway and the EU have reached a new political understanding with relation to the fisheries in the Northeast Arctic, in ICES subareas 1 and 2, the European Commission has confirmed.

2nd May 2022

EU, Norway agreement

2nd May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Alaska’s all-species salmon harvest for 2021 totalled nearly 235 million fish, with more than half of the harvest comprising pink salmon (161.4 million fish), finds the latest annual state-wide salmon run forecast…

2nd May 2022

Alaska salmon forecast

2nd May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A fishery improvement project (FIP) has been launched for Argentine shortfin squid following the signing of a joint collaborative framework agreement by the Argentine Chamber of Jigger Fishing Vessel Shipowners (Camara de…

29th April 2022

Squid FIP launched

29th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Board of Avramar Seafood Group has confirmed that the seabass and seabream company’s current Chair, Thor Talseth, has been appointed as group CEO, effective 1 May 2022. He will be replaced…

29th April 2022

Avramar names new chief

29th April 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

With the aim of further strengthening zero waste commitments in the global fish processing industry, Baader has joined the Iceland Ocean Cluster (IOC).

28th April 2022

Baader joins Iceland cluster

28th April 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Food processing equipment firm Marel has entered an agreement to acquire Wenger Manufacturing LLC, a US-headquartered processing solutions provider to the petfood, plant-based protein and aquafeed sectors for US$540 million.

28th April 2022

Marel buys $540m Wenger

28th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Global tuna marketing company Pacifical has called on those fishing companies in its partners’ Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) supply chain to adopt the Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard (RFVS).

28th April 2022

Tuna vessel responsibility

28th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

To improve the aquaculture sector in Europe, raise its profile and ensure that it is better recognised at a political level, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and the Federation of European Aquaculture…

28th April 2022

European aquaculture boost

28th April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

GlobeXplore of France and Pescanova España of Spain scooped the two top prizes in the 2022 Seafood Excellence Global awards at the Seafood Expo Global trade event.

26th April 2022

Seafood Excellence winners

26th April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global, the leading world seafood trade event, is back and taking place in Barcelona, Spain, for the first time in its history this week.

26th April 2022

Barca expo underway

26th April 2022

NEWS

NEWS

There are calls for the European Commission to act on Russian trawlers fishing in a shared zone between the UK and the Faroes

26th April 2022

Russian action wanted

26th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

NovaNam (Pty) Ltd, a Namibian-based subsidiary of the Nueva Pescanova Group, the At-Sea Processors Association (APA), representing US-flagged Alaskan pollock catcher-processors, and the Fishing Industry Association – Papua New Guinea (FIA-PNG) have…

26th April 2022

First FISH crew audits

26th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms has voluntarily committed to paying above the UK’s real living wage to help support its employees and their families that are being hit by the rising cost…

26th April 2022

Salmon firm’s wage pledge

26th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norway Royal Salmon ASA’s (NRS) appointment of interim CEO Klaus Hatlebrekke has expired and he has returned to his previous position of COO of Business Development with immediate effect.

26th April 2022

NRS CEO change

26th April 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The Azores pole-and-line fishery has become the world’s first ‘plastic neutral’ fishery.

25th April 2022

‘Plastic neutral’ fishery

25th April 2022