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INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

HebNet, a community interest company that delivers superfast broadband to some of Scotland’s most isolated communities, has secured funding from salmon producers to support further improvements in connectivity.

26th January 2023

Farmers back rural internet

26th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The chief executive of trade body Seafood Scotland, Donna Fordyce, has joined a four-nations council to boost food and drink exports.

26th January 2023

CEO joins export council

26th January 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) has announced that Herman Wisse will step down as the organisation’s Executive Director effective 31 March 2023.

26th January 2023

GSSI chief steps down

26th January 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Demand for global aquaculture is falling, according to the latest research from Dutch financial services firm, Rabobank.

25th January 2023

Gloomy outlook hits aqua

25th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Santa Monica Seafood is to open a new facility near Baltimore, Maryland, the company’s third location for its vacuum-packed seafood operations.

25th January 2023

Santa Monica goes east

25th January 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

At the end of November 2022, kelp restoration and sea urchin aquaculture venture Urchinomics opened a commercial ranching site in Nagato, Japan, with seafood processor Maruyama Suisan. In attendance were guests including…

25th January 2023

Scaling up

25th January 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

UK retail giant Tesco has announced it is to start using discarded plastic collected from coastal areas in its packaging for fresh fish products.

25th January 2023

Tesco fish packaging project

25th January 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Ørsted has established a long-term action plan to tackle marine litter with the help of the UK fishing industry

24th January 2023

UK action on marine litter

24th January 2023

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard has confirmed the launch of a new freezer stern factory trawler that it has built for Nordbank Hochseefischerei GMBH in Germany, a subsidiary of Parlevliet & Van der Plas. 

24th January 2023

Factory trawler launched

24th January 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian cod farming company Statt Torsk ASA has reduced this year’s harvest and sales plans to ensure its product maintains a premium – achieved through fixed, year-round deliveries to its European customers.

24th January 2023

Statt Torsk tweaks ’23 plans

24th January 2023