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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The largest dedicated longliner in the North Atlantic region, the new Geir has been delivered by Vaagland Båtbyggeri and christened in its home port of Ålesund.

27th May 2020

New longliner for Norwegian company

27th May 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

With the Tersan shipyard ready to hand over new factory trawler Calvert to its Canadian owners, every precaution was taken to comply with Covid-19 restrictions.

26th May 2020

Trawler handover under lockdown conditions

26th May 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Bryan Rosenberg has been appointed president and CEO of Thai Union North America (TUNA), responsible for its two North America operating companies, Chicken of the Sea International (COSI) and Chicken of the…

26th May 2020

New leadership for Thai Union North America

26th May 2020

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

On almost any given day, at four-thirty in the morning, while most people are still sleeping, Europe’s biggest fishing port in Vigo is in full swing.

26th May 2020

Maintaining Vigo’s fisheries value chain

26th May 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Leading fish producers and processors have called on the Russian government to provide support this year, to help them to avoid massive losses due to COVID-19 and any possible suspension of catching…

26th May 2020

Russian fish producers call for support

26th May 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Net Free Seas project, run by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) and funded by the Norwegian Retailers’ Environment Fun, is aiming to rid Thailand’s waters of discarded fishing nets.

22nd May 2020

EJF launches ghost gear project in Thailand

22nd May 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Diversified Communications UK, the new owners of Aquaculture UK, has confirmed that this year’s event has been postponed as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

21st May 2020

Aquaculture UK postponed until May 2021

21st May 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced up to $469.4 million in new measures to support fish harvesters, left economically disadvantaged by the pandemic but unable to access existing federal measures. This…

20th May 2020

New support for Canada’s fish harvesters

20th May 2020

NEWS

NEWS

US$300m in fisheries assistance funding will be provided to US states, tribes, and territories with coastal and marine fishery participants who have been negatively affected by COVID–19.

19th May 2020

US$300m funding for US fishery businesses

19th May 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The Pella Shipyard in St Petersburg has delivered the first crabber to be built under the Russian government’s investment quotas initiative.

19th May 2020

First investment quotas programme crabber

19th May 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) has called on its members to share good practice already in place or being developed to help keep workers safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

18th May 2020

Share best working practice, urges NFFO

18th May 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Shellfish growers and trout producers in Scotland will receive a share of £800,000 to help mitigate the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

18th May 2020

COVID-19: Funding for Scottish aquaculture

18th May 2020

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

One of the largest salmon producers has opted to install an ice-free Sub-Chilling system from Skaginn 3X.

18th May 2020

Skaginn 3X lands Mowi contract

18th May 2020

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A two year project into the management of fisheries in marine protected areas (MPA) in the UK has shown that involving the fishing sector and stakeholders is crucial in promoting sustainability and…

15th May 2020

Concerted management of MPA fisheries

15th May 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Following suspension of face-to-face training as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Seafish is extending its support for online training for those working in the UK’s seafood industry.

15th May 2020

COVID-19: Seafish to fund online training

15th May 2020

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Aquaculture is key in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), says a new report produced by Cermaq.

14th May 2020

Aquaculture key in meeting UN goals

14th May 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Corvus Energy has been selected by BMA Technology in Turkey to supply the lithium-ion battery-based energy storage system (ESS) for a new LNG hybrid Live Fish Carrier to be built at Tersan…

14th May 2020

Corvus EES for LNG hybrid live fish carrier

14th May 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sunneva Ósk Guðmundsdóttir has been appointed quality manager for Samherji’s land-based fish processing, replacing Elvar Thorarensen who is retiring for health reasons.

13th May 2020

Samherji appoints quality manager

13th May 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Figures for the first quarter of 2020 indicate that with landings of over 2000 tonnes of crab this year so far, the Russian Crab Company’s catches account for 21% of the Russian…

13th May 2020

Russian Crab announces first quarter catches

13th May 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

BioMar Australia has commenced aqua-feed production at its new €40 million facility in Tasmania, Australia.

13th May 2020

BioMar Australia begins production

13th May 2020