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FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new membership network has been launched to recognise and connect women working across the UK fisheries sector.

4th February 2022

Women in fisheries

4th February 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Reykjavík, Iceland-headquartered processing machinery and technology firm Marel has reached an agreement to acquire the remaining 50% stake in Curio, giving it full ownership of the whitefish processing equipment provider.

3rd February 2022

Marel expands network

3rd February 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Land-based aquaculture company AquaBounty Technologies Inc has begun site preparations for the construction of its planned 10,000-tonne recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) salmon farm in Pioneer, Ohio.

3rd February 2022

AquaBounty readies Ohio

3rd February 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Fisheries will be required to put in place extra protections for sharks, endangered species and to reduce the incidence of lost fishing gear under proposed new changes to the Marine Stewardship Council’s…

3rd February 2022

Fishery Standards changes

3rd February 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

The Marine Ingredients Organisation (IFFO) has made a number of strategic changes to its management board.

2nd February 2022

Board changes at IFFO

2nd February 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Kvidul has joined forces with Israel-based AquaMaof Aquaculture Technologies to create a land-based RAS facility in Norway.

2nd February 2022

New RAS farm for Norway

2nd February 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Japanese seafood company Maruha Nichiro Corporation (MNC) has confirmed that its consolidated subsidiaries, Maruha Capital Investment Inc (MCII) and Westward Seafoods Inc (WSI) are to acquire assets for Alaska pollock operations from…

2nd February 2022

MNC invests in pollock

2nd February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Cooke Aquaculture subsidiary Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd has received approval from the Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board (ARB) for boundary adjustments for Farm AQ1039 located off Rattling Beach in the Annapolis Basin.

1st February 2022

NS farm authorisation

1st February 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Work is underway at the land-based salmon farm owned and operated in Öxarfjörður by Icelandic seafood company Samherji that is expected to ramp-up its production by around 3,000 tonnes annually.

1st February 2022

Samherji expanding farm

1st February 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The seafood sector looks set to benefit as the UK starts trade talks with Greenland.

1st February 2022

UK-Greenland talk trade

1st February 2022