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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Guðmundur Kristjánsson has stepped down as CEO of Icelandic fishing and processing company Brim.

30th April 2020

Brim CEO steps down

30th April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK government has launched a new Domestic Seafood Supply Scheme, which will fund projects to help seafood businesses in England increase the supply of local seafood to domestic markets.

30th April 2020

COVID19: Support scheme for supply projects

30th April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Brim’s pelagic vessels have both docked in Vopnafjörður, bringing around 5000 tonnes of blue whiting between them.

29th April 2020

5000 tonne haul of blue whiting

29th April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

With the threat of Covid-19 in Vladivostok, the Russian Fishery Company has introduced measures to prevent the infection spreading, and has since 22nd April been testing staff for coronavirus.

29th April 2020

RFC takes steps to tackle Covid-19 infections

29th April 2020

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

If you can’t meet your customers at an exhibition, it turns out you can bring the expo to them, as Marel has done by opening up its Brussels expo stand to the…

29th April 2020

Marel hosts global fish expo online

29th April 2020

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Doctoral student Melissa Cronin of the University of California, Santa Cruz, is the Grand Prize winner in ISSF’s International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) Seafood Sustainability Contest.

29th April 2020

Manta and devil rays proposal wins ISSF prize

29th April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Canadian government has set up a CA$62.5 million package to support the fish and seafood processing sector through the COVID-19 pandemic.

27th April 2020

COVID-19: CA$62.5m fund for Canadian fishers

27th April 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

AKVA Group has signed a NOK100 million contract for the delivery to seven locations in Norway of a patented solution to reduce sea lice infestation in salmon.

24th April 2020

AKVA Group secures large Tubenet deal

24th April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A multicrusher made by Borger has helped the Western Isles local authority win the prestigious Scottish Environment Business VIBES award.

24th April 2020

Borger multicrusher helps win eco award

24th April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) has criticised a government support package to protect English businesses from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, stating that the ‘three-month scheme could not be…

23rd April 2020

COVID-19: Scheme ungenerous, says NFFO

23rd April 2020

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A range of companies, research organisations and individuals from around the world have made the shortlists for the 2020 Aquaculture Awards.

23rd April 2020

Aquaculture Awards 2020 shortlists announced

23rd April 2020

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

High-tech company Valka and seafood producer FISK Seafood have signed an agreement for a new batching and automatic packing system for light salted frozen fillets. The system automatically weighs, batches and packs…

23rd April 2020

Breakthrough in batching and robot packing

23rd April 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

BioMar and Vietnam’s leading shrimp hatchery Viet-UC have signed a memorandum of understanding with the intention of BioMar becoming part owner and operational lead in the feed factory currently owned by Viet-UC.

23rd April 2020

?BioMar enters partnership in Vietnam

23rd April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson has made a significant change to the regulations governing catch weight registration, treating catches landed without ice and chilled using iceless storage systems on board…

22nd April 2020

Regulations adapted for iceless catches

22nd April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the PNA countries and Pacifical have implemented a temporary variation to its chain of custody (CoC) to reflect the unprecedented force majeure situation the world…

22nd April 2020

PNA suspends observer coverage requirements

22nd April 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Three new bore holes are being drilled at Samherji’s land-based fish farming site at Grindavík in southern Iceland. This is to ensure water economy following last years expansion and to prepare for…

22nd April 2020

Samherji invests in charr capacity

22nd April 2020

NEWS

NEWS

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a US$6.4 million grant to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to restore and manage fish species.

22nd April 2020

US$6.4m grant to help restore Great Lakes

22nd April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish has created ‘critical worker certificates’ for fishermen and other key workers in the industry to use in the course of their work.

20th April 2020

COVID-19: Key worker status certificates

20th April 2020

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

More than 1,000 fishing and aquaculture businesses in England affected by the coronavirus pandemic will receive cash grants through a fisheries support scheme.

20th April 2020

COVID-19: £10m fund for seafood sector

20th April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

WorldFish, together with the CGAIR Research Programme on Fish Agri-food Systems and its partners, is attempting to assess the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on fish and aquatic food systems in developing…

17th April 2020

COVID-19: Assessing impact on fishing sector

17th April 2020