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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The joint US-Canada Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) has added three leading scientists to its breeding team, with Dr Peter Kube, Carlos Pulgarin and Jeffrey Prochaska appointed to contribute to the expansion of…

18th April 2022

CAT adds to breeding team

18th April 2022

NEWS

NEWS

A government scheme has relaunched to help support England’s seafood industry.

14th April 2022

Seafood scheme relaunches

14th April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A legislative amendment to the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) 2014-2020 has been proposed by the European Commission that will allow additional crisis measures to support the EU fishery and aquaculture…

14th April 2022

More EU crisis measures

14th April 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the government of Haiti have signed a financing agreement to implement the Inclusive Blue Economy Project (I-BE).

13th April 2022

IFAD funds Haiti project

13th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Europêche has founded a new group to support sustainable tuna fishing and promote the sector in EU and international decision making.

13th April 2022

EU tuna sector advocacy

13th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A review of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has been launched by the On The Hook campaign, with the stakeholder group stating that while the fishery certification programme has a “vital role…

13th April 2022

MSC critics start review

13th April 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Fishing and processing company Thorbjörn, based at Grindavík in the south of Iceland, has placed an order with Astilleros Armón for a 58-metre long, 13.6-metre breadth fresher trawler with a 2024 delivery…

13th April 2022

Icelandic trawler order

13th April 2022

NEWS

NEWS

A new global initiative will mobilise major retailers to reduce the bycatch of sharks, marine mammals and seabirds

12th April 2022

Accelerating bycatch action

12th April 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Four new landing utility vessels (LUVs) are under construction for Damen Shipyards with the group convinced that these particular boats are ideal for servicing Europe’s sea-based aquaculture sector and that buyers will…

12th April 2022

New aquaculture quartet

12th April 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The much-needed development of Russia’s fish processing industry has been derailed by the war in Ukraine.

11th April 2022

Russian processing crisis

11th April 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Loran is one of the famous names in the Norwegian longline fleet, and its owners have never shied away from going in new directions. Now they are making plans to replace the…

11th April 2022

Hydrogen for new longliner

11th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Following its entrance into the shrimp feed market, the board of BioMar has approved the acquisition of Australian acoustic feeding technology company AQ1 Systems, with the aim to create new synergies between…

11th April 2022

BioMar acquires AQ1

11th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Catherine McManus has been appointed by salmon farming company Mowi to the role of Operations Director, Farming (Ireland).

11th April 2022

Mowi Ireland appointment

11th April 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The Irish seafood economy grew by more than 15% in 2021 despite the challenges of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic.

11th April 2022

Irish seafood grows 15%

11th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Administrative Board of the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) has elected Fabrizio Donatella, Director of Fisheries Policy Atlantic, North Sea, Baltic and Outermost Regions at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime…

8th April 2022

New fisheries control chief

8th April 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Scotland’s farmed salmon sector has joined calls from the food and drink industry for more flexibility in the UK’s immigration system to help address labour shortages.

8th April 2022

Immigration action urged

8th April 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Sainsbury’s has become the first UK supermarket to have 100% of its fresh Scottish salmon range independently certified by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC).

7th April 2022

Sainsbury’s salmon first

7th April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Despite the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and new COVID-19 outbreaks affecting the Chinese market, Norway exported NOK 34 billion worth of seafood in the first quarter of this year – its highest…

7th April 2022

Record quarter for Norway

7th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian land-based salmon farming company Salmon Evolution ASA has confirmed that it successfully achieved a private placement, raising gross proceeds of approximately NOK 300 million.

7th April 2022

Salmon Evolution funds

7th April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US supermarket chain Wegmans has joined public-private partnership the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) as a Funding Partner.

6th April 2022

Wegmans joins GSSI

6th April 2022