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BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The latest round of awards from the first year of the Marine Fund Scotland (MFS) has provided fishing businesses and marine organisations in coastal communities with £7.4 million in funding.

6th April 2022

Marine Fund Scotland

6th April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Scotland’s farmed salmon sector has urged the UK government to speed up the removal of bureaucratic post-Brexit paperwork for exporting goods to the EU.

6th April 2022

Brexit red tape

6th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Blue Waters LLC Oman, which produces seabream (Sparus aurata) in the Gulf of Oman, has achieved Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification, the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) has confirmed.

6th April 2022

Oman aqua certification first

6th April 2022

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

A fifth round of sanctions against Russia has been proposed by the European Commission in response to the invasion of Ukraine and allegations of war crimes, with the new sanctions’ six pillars…

5th April 2022

More Russia sanctions

5th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

To ensure there is informed understanding of the sector by politicians and other interested parties, the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group (SPSG) has produced the new ‘Pelagic Industry Briefing Document’.

5th April 2022

Demystifying pelagics

5th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The final draft of the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) Hatchery Standard Issue 2.0, published by the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) has been finalised, complete with new requirements related to food safety, worker…

5th April 2022

Hatchery standard finalised

5th April 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

2021 brought a rapid growth in Iceland’s farmed fish production and sector earnings, confirms new data compiled by Statistics Iceland.

5th April 2022

Iceland aquaculture growth

5th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Union has officially become a member of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC), the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG Mare) has confirmed.

4th April 2022

EU joins NPFC

4th April 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Europe’s fishers have welcomed measures to help support the industry following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

4th April 2022

Crisis support welcomed

4th April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Both the founder and the executive director of Bangkok-based seafood giant Thai Union (TU) have been fined for insider trading.

4th April 2022

Thai Union insider trading

4th April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Confirmation of the new Australia-India interim free trade agreement (FTA) has been welcomed by national body Seafood Industry Australia (SIA) as the industry seeks to open up new markets.

4th April 2022

Australia-India FTA boost

4th April 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Vertically integrated tilapia producer Regal Springs AG and aquaculture technology provider aquaManager have formed a new strategic alliance to deliver smarter automation of the former’s fish farming operations.

4th April 2022

Smart farming tilapia

4th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has confirmed that it has placed a temporary suspension on Russian participation in its activities.

1st April 2022

ICES suspends Russia

1st April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

To support rural communities across Scotland that are looking to host their first events in three years this summer, salmon farmer Mowi Scotland is putting its own Salmon Wagon food truck on…

1st April 2022

Salmon wagon charity drive

1st April 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Salmon farming company Cermaq and Norwegian tech firm BioSort have for the first time tested a new mechanism that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to sort fish in a net…

1st April 2022

iFarm – sorting first fish

1st April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A strategic review has concluded there is an overwhelming need for Seafish to continue its championing of the UK’s seafood industry.

31st March 2022

Seafish review

31st March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Up to US$3.5 million in annual funding is being made available to entrepreneurs and others developing new technologies that increase the sustainability of fisheries around the world by the San Francisco, California-based…

31st March 2022

Schmidt new tech funding

31st March 2022

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Denmark’s Karstensens Skibsværft has agreed a new contract with Brunvoll AS for the delivery of propulsion and manoeuvring systems for nine new fishing vessels being built over the next three years for…

31st March 2022

Brunvoll propulsion deal

31st March 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The European Union is committing an additional €500 million to financial intermediaries investing in the blue economy.

30th March 2022

Blue economy fund

30th March 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The Seaweed Company is scaling up operations by bringing minority shareholder, Colruyt Group, on board for a new investment round.‍

30th March 2022

Investing in seaweed

30th March 2022