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NEWS

NEWS

Fishing communities in the United Kingdom are to benefit from better infrastructure, strengthened supply chains, new jobs and increased investment in skills, provided through a GBP 75 million investment boost, announced by…

30th December 2021

UK allocates £75m to modernise fishing, level up coastal communities

30th December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

With little known about the migration routes of wild Atlantic salmon as they leave rivers, a project using the latest technologies has received GBP 400,000 funding from the Scottish government, helping to…

30th December 2021

Tracking project seeks to reveal the secret lives of wild Atlantic salmon

30th December 2021

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Union and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement on the fishing opportunities for 2022, covering all shared and jointly-managed fisheries resources in UK and EU waters.

22nd December 2021

EU, UK agree on 2022 fishing opportunities

22nd December 2021

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Alf-Gøran Knutsen, CEO of Norwegian salmon farming company Kvarøy Fiskeoppdrett AS and Kvarøy Arctic, has joined Arctic Seafarm Holding AS as chairman of the board, the two companies have confirmed. At the…

22nd December 2021

Arctic Seafarm gets government green light, Kvarøy CEO joins the board

22nd December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Negotiating as an independent coastal state, the United Kingdom has reached an agreement with Norway on fisheries access and quotas for 2022 through which both parties will permit some access to each…

22nd December 2021

UK, Norway agree fishing deal for 2022

22nd December 2021

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

NOK 45 million (US$ 5 million) has been committed to the International Fund for Agricultural Fund (IFAD) by the Norwegian Agency of Development Cooperation (Norad) to increase the incomes and build the…

22nd December 2021

Norway commits millions to lift aquaculture communities out of poverty, lower malnutrition

22nd December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

The announcement of the Australia-United Kingdom free trade agreement (FTA) has been welcomed by national body Seafood Industry Australia (SIA) as the sector looks to further diversify its markets.

21st December 2021

Australian seafood industry hails ‘landmark’ UK free trade agreement

21st December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Wally Stevens, who has held various leadership roles with the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) for the past 14 years and is currently chief executive officer (CEO), is retiring at the end of…

21st December 2021

Global Seafood Alliance CEO Wally Stevens retires, Brian Perkins takes up position

21st December 2021

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

The majority shareholders at Ice Fish Farm AS and Laxar Fiskeldi ehf have agreed to the former’s acquisition of Laxar and its subsidiaries and the merger of the two Icelandic salmon farming…

20th December 2021

Ice Fish Farm edges closer to owning Laxar

20th December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

New supervisors have been appointed to lead NOAA survey teams monitoring bottom-dwelling fish and crabs

20th December 2021

New supervisors to lead NOAA survey teams

20th December 2021