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FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The next steps for a collaborative project aimed at improving how inshore fisheries are managed in the UK have been published.

5th June 2020

Inshore fisheries management action plan

5th June 2020

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Bayer Animal Health has signed supply and distribution agreements with water treatment technology suppliers, Cytozyme Laboratories and Chengdu Kehongda Technology, as well as farm management technology provider, XpertSea Solutions.

5th June 2020

Warm-water aquaculture technology

5th June 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon production is fast approaching the practical physical limits permitted by current coastal farming methods, putting investors at risk, says non-profit financial think tank Planet Tracker.

4th June 2020

Salmon investors at risk, says think tank

4th June 2020

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Skaginn 3X has signed major pre-engineering contracts with Russian and South Korean companies that are planning to modernise and automate their fish processing for more efficiency, quality and yield.

4th June 2020

Allies in automation in Russia and Asia

4th June 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

??The coronavirus lockdown hasn’t stopped Scottish Sea Farms putting into operation a new service vessel which will play a crucial role in protecting fish health; particularly gill health which is currently one…

4th June 2020

Fish health focus for SSF’s new Fair Isle

4th June 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

NOAA Fisheries and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission have hosted a workshop to help realise the goal of developing a US$100 million mariculture industry in Alaska within the next 20 years.

3rd June 2020

Mariculture in Alaska workshop

3rd June 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A demonstration farm of Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA), which works under the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), has produced 15 tonnes of seabass from just one hectare, an initiative…

3rd June 2020

Seabass as alternative to shrimp in India

3rd June 2020

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Award-winning Irish seafood producer Carr & Sons Seafood, based at Killala in Co Mayo has acquired HJ Nolan Seafood, Dublin, effective from March 2020.

2nd June 2020

Carr and Sons Seafood acquires Nolan Brand

2nd June 2020

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

American Seafoods trawler American Dynasty is under lockdown at the Port of Seattle after a large number of its crew tested positive for COVID-19.

2nd June 2020

American Seafoods trawler in lockdown

2nd June 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fishery managers at a Panama small pelagics fishery are working on a series of improvement milestones to enable their processing plant to achieve full MarinTrust certification.

1st June 2020

MarinTrust helps Panama fishery improve

1st June 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fisheries New Zealand is beginning a consultation on proposed changes to catch limits for a range of fisheries for the new fishing year beginning in October.

1st June 2020

Consultation on New Zealand catch limits

1st June 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

As part of Faroese salmon producer Bakkafrost’s strategy to produce larger quantities of sustainable farmed salmon, it has ordered a new wellboat to be built at the Sefine shipyard in Turkey, with…

1st June 2020

Bakkafrost orders hybrid wellboat

1st June 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The opportunity to write reports, use mapping software, attend courses and visit fishing company installations were identified as some of the advantages of participating in the first intake of a Graduate Internship…

29th May 2020

SADSTIA celebrates interns’ success

29th May 2020

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Do retailers need to be more upfront about what’s gone into the aquaculture products they’re selling? A new report insists that they do.

29th May 2020

Fostering greater faith in farmed fish

29th May 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Skretting’s latest sustainability report showcases strategies that the company has undertaken over the past year to develop and support sustainable fish and shrimp production.

28th May 2020

Skretting committed to leading sustainability

28th May 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Despite challenging economic conditions, fish farming grew 4.90% in 2019 in Brazil, with 758,000 tonnes of fish produced in the country, reports Eduardo Campos Lima.

28th May 2020

Fish farming grows in Brazil

28th May 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Three trawlers have arrived in Ghana from China and have been registered to the Ghanaian flag, despite the country’s moratorium on adding more fishing vessels to the fleet. The Ghanaian government’s own…

27th May 2020

Despite ban, trawlers to join Ghanaian fleet

27th May 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has hired a new director of business engagement to help encourage innovation and support growth across the sector.

27th May 2020

SAIC appoints new business director

27th May 2020

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

A new study has found that resistance to Tilapia Lake Virus (TiLV) appears to be due to differences in genes between families of the same fish.

27th May 2020

Genetics key to TiLV resistance

27th May 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of the UK’s fishing industry in ensuring food security for the nation, says the chief executive of the Scottish Pelagic Fisherman’s Association.

27th May 2020

COVID-19 highlights importance of fishing

27th May 2020