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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Scottish seafood sector is reeling from the effects of Brexit with computer failures and confusion over paperwork rendering some companies’ efforts to export their produce all but impossible.

14th January 2021

Scottish seafood sector ‘at rock-bottom’

14th January 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thai Union Ingredients, a subsidiary of Thai Union Group, has launched a new dietary supplement produced from tuna bones which can help promote healthy bones and teeth.

14th January 2021

Thai Union creates bone health supplement

14th January 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Climate change is proving a major risk to one of Canada’s vital fish species according to new research published in Nature Climate Change.

14th January 2021

Climate change linked to Arctic charr decline

14th January 2021

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The first few days of the UK’s new trading relationship with the European Union as a nation outside the European single market has got off to a rocky start, with reports of…

13th January 2021

UK seafood exports hit border turmoil

13th January 2021

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Icelandic fishing and processing company Síldarvinnslan has announced plans to substantially increase the production capacity of its Neskaupstaður fishmeal factory, alongside adding a smaller production facility for use in between main seasons.

13th January 2021

Síldarvinnslan expands fishmeal production

13th January 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

MarinTrust has developed a new tool to help ensure continuity and traceability within the seafood value chain.

13th January 2021

New tool gives extra MSC assurance

13th January 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing across borders…

13th January 2021

Joint US force to combat IUU fishing

13th January 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Trilateral and bilateral negotiations have opened between the UK and adjacent coastal states with the aim of agreeing total allowable catches for shared stocks and other fisheries management measures for 2021.

12th January 2021

UK and coastal state negotiations open

12th January 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Association of Responsible Krill Fishing Companies (ARK) is using fishing vessels to monitor the status of the krill population around South Georgia.

11th January 2021

Fishing vessels help with krill surveys

11th January 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Director of Sustainability at Inland Seafood Corporation, Mary Smith, has been elected as the new chair of Sea Pact’s advisory board.

11th January 2021

Sea Pact appoints new board chair

11th January 2021

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The chief executive of Seafood Scotland, Donna Fordyce, has criticised disruption caused by the UK leaving the EU, warning of a ‘perfect storm’ for Scottish seafood exports.

8th January 2021

Brexit a ‘perfect storm’, says seafood boss

8th January 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thai Union has begun Covid-19 testing at its own cost for its more than 27,000 employees in Samut Sakhon in central Thailand.

8th January 2021

Mass Covid testing for Thai Union employees

8th January 2021

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Rainbow trout born and raised in Western Australia’s South West is the latest species to join the state’s aquaculture expansion.

7th January 2021

Trout on the menu in Western Australia

7th January 2021

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre has reached a significant milestone with Malin Group and the Isle of Skye Mussel Company taking the consortium’s membership beyond 150 organisations for the first time.

6th January 2021

SAIC membership reaches key milestone

6th January 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Distant-waters fishing faces an uncertain future following the UK’s exit from the EU, says Hull-based UK Fisheries Ltd.

6th January 2021

End of the line for UK distant-water fishing?

6th January 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Key promises made to the Cornish fishing industry have been broken and fishermen betrayed, says the Cornish Fish Producers’ Organisation as it slams the terms of the Brexit trade deal.

4th January 2021

Cornish fishermen ‘betrayed by Brexit deal’

4th January 2021

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre is to fund eight new innovation projects that will support the sustainable development of the aquaculture sector in Scotland and beyond.

4th January 2021

SAIC to fund innovation in aquaculture

4th January 2021

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Some Icelandic fishing companies are preparing to provide information on the carbon footprint for wildly caught fish products. Providing this information allows a more holistic approach for consumers and businesses to assess…

3rd January 2021

Carbon footprint data for wild-caught fish

3rd January 2021

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

By December 31, 2022, the Commission is required to report to the Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), writes Brian O’Riordan, executive secretary of LIFE…

2nd January 2021

2022 CFP Review: Fisheries at a crossroads?

2nd January 2021

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A collaboration agreement between Quality Salmon Sotenäs and Baader lays the ground for the salmon industry’s most modern and sustainable circular industry park to be built in western Sweden.

31st December 2020

Circular and sustainable RAS salmon

31st December 2020