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NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Taking shape at the Westcon yard, the ambitious new trawler for Ålesund fishing company Bluewild has already won awards for the new thinking that has gone into the 73-metre Ulstein FX101 design…

14th December 2023

EcoFive – a shipful of new thinking

14th December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

An underwater robotic sorting device which helps fishing trawlers prevent by-catch by identifying and sizing fish and other marine life in real-time – is being developed by researchers from Heriot-Watt University in…

14th December 2023

AI-empowered fishing net helps prevent by-catch

14th December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK government has published new plans to help protect and recover key fishing stocks.

14th December 2023

UK gov reveals stock recovery plans

14th December 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

In a collaboration aimed at growing the per capita consumption of sustainable shrimp, the non-profit Global Shrimp Council (GSC) has been officially established with backing from the United States’ National Fisheries Institute…

14th December 2023

Global Shrimp Council launches

14th December 2023

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Norway-based maritime system supplier Brunvoll AS has signed a contract with Westcon Yards for the delivery of an array of products to new pelagic fishing vessel Quantus – for owner MV Quantus…

14th December 2023

Brunvoll lands Scottish newbuild propulsion contract

14th December 2023

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Microalgae can grow faster and form more omega-3 if bred, new scientific research conducted by the Norwegian food research institute, Nofima has found. This makes them even more interesting as a feed…

14th December 2023

Nofima: Huge breeding potential in microalgae

14th December 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Thai Union Group is joining two global environmental initiatives in a move it says will reinforce the company’s commitment to sustainability.

13th December 2023

Thai Union commits to sustainability duo

13th December 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The Scottish government has developed a new framework to better protect wild salmon populations.

13th December 2023

SEPA launches wild salmon protection plan

13th December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) CEO Seán O’Donoghue has given what he describes as “a guarded welcome” to the European Fisheries Council talks that concluded in Brussels on 12 December 2023.

13th December 2023

KFO: Fisheries Council outcome ‘acceptable’ to Ireland

13th December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Following European Council’s agreement on 2024’s fishing opportunities for fish stocks managed by the EU in the Atlantic, Kattegat and Skagerrak, EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius has…

13th December 2023

EU tallies new Atlantic, Med, Black Sea fishing quotas

13th December 2023