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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scottish Sea Farms’ new £55m Barcaldine Hatchery has achieved a critical milestone with the first smolts having gone safely out to sea pens.

12th December 2019

Major milestone for SSF’s new hatchery

12th December 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Icelandic ship design company Skipasýn ehf. has developed a design for a 66 metre filleter freezer trawler. A contract has been signed for the first vessel, Baldvin Njálsson, to be commissioned for…

10th December 2019

Skipasýn presents filleter freezer design

10th December 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Alltech and research institute Nofima and collaborating on research and development into sustainable salmon production for Norway fisheries.

9th December 2019

Sustainable salmon production in Norway

9th December 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The British Ports Association (BPA) has launched its fisheries manifesto aimed at boosting UK fishing ports and coastal communities.

6th December 2019

BPA manifesto to boost UK fishing

6th December 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A New Zealand ship has recently returned from a six-week winter research voyage to the Ross Sea where scientists have made the first observations of developing Antarctic toothfish embryos.

6th December 2019

Braving Antarctic winter to study toothfish

6th December 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An independent assessment of the Leigh Port Partnership cockle fishery in Essex, UK has found it meets the Marine Stewardship Council’s standard for sustainable fishing.

5th December 2019

Sustainable cockles from Thames Estuary

5th December 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A Landia pasteuriser that processes waste salmon for an AD/biogas plant on Stornoway has helped the Outer Hebrides Local Energy Hub (OHLEH) win the Scottish Environment Business VIBES award.

5th December 2019

OHLEH wins environmental award

5th December 2019

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

With a background in specialised slurry ice machines for the fishing industry, Icelandic company Thor Ice sidestepped into the meat business, coming up with some highly innovative systems to meet an extremely…

3rd December 2019

Energy efficient slurry ice from Thor Ice

3rd December 2019

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Russian fish farming company Russian Aquaculture is back on its feet after a series of devastating salmon louse outbreaks nearly wrecked its salmon business in 2015.

3rd December 2019

Russian Aquaculture, back on track

3rd December 2019

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

“It’s an all-round, low-maintenance trawl that catches well,” said Kleifaberg’s Víðir Jónsson, describing the T90 Hemmer trawl used on board for fishery they take part in.

3rd December 2019

Kleifaberg’s Hemmer a hit for every fishery

3rd December 2019