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NEWS

NEWS

Nueva Pescanova’s Namibia subsidiary, Novanam, has become the first in the country, and one of the first worldwide, to be awarded the FISH Standard for Crew certification in recognition of its fair…

21st July 2022

Ethical award for Novanam

21st July 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Finland-headquartered technology group Wärtsilä has completed its exit from the Russian market following its announcement of scaling down activities in April this year. 

21st July 2022

Wärtsilä leaves Russia

21st July 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Additional duties on Russian seafood are included in the latest batch of sanctions implemented by UK government this week.

20th July 2022

Russian whitefish tariff

20th July 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The UK government’s immigration policy is hampering food processing companies’ ability to fill their vacancies, says a Scottish MP.

20th July 2022

Immigration rules hamper recruitment

20th July 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

With million tonnes of fisheries and aquaculture raw materials going to waste, IceFish 2022’s Fish Waste for Profit Conference heard there’s significant scope to optimise the use and value of seafood

19th July 2022

Total fish utilisation

19th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Six tuna stocks fished by the Association of Large Freezer Tuna Vessels (AGAC) have been certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

18th July 2022

Spanish tuna certified

18th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Reduced catches across all of Iceland’s main fisheries categories led the country’s fishing fleet to land 29% less seafood last month, with the capture of 35,237 tonnes of fish and shellfish, according…

18th July 2022

29% fall in Icelandic fish

18th July 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norway-headquartered aquaculture services and equipment provider AKVA Group ASA hereby has confirmed that its wholly-owned subsidiary AKVA Group Land Based A/S has been awarded a post-smolt RAS contract with Cooke Aquaculture (Kelly Cove Salmon…

18th July 2022

AKVA wins smolt contract

18th July 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Vista, California-based Aquasend has engineered an outdoor buoy for aqua-farming that senses water quality from dissolved oxygen levels and temperature (DOT) and records real-time data which streams to a smart phone or computer.

15th July 2022

Water quality management

15th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Association of National Organizations of Fishing Enterprises in the EU (Europêche) insists that Europe’s control rule on margin of tolerance is incompatible with fishing operations in the tropical tuna purse seine fishery.

15th July 2022

EU tuna fleet threatened

15th July 2022