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FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Nationally-recognised trade body Scottish Seafood Association (SSA) has voiced support for the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) and its recent statement regarding the urgent need to safeguard the future of fishing and processing…

6th January 2025

Concerns escalate over Scottish industry’s future

6th January 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Salmon has firmly established itself as the UK’s most popular fish, with sales increasing by 9.1% over the past year.

6th January 2025

Salmon remains UK’s favourite fish

6th January 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Vietnam is intensifying its efforts to address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, aiming to have the European Commission’s (EC) ‘yellow card’ lifted in the coming months.

6th January 2025

Vietnam pushes to overturn EC yellow card

6th January 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

With its new vessel, Gjögur has followed the trend away from processing at sea – new Hákon is a pelagic trawler/purse seiner with purely RSW capacity. The newbuild is one of a…

6th January 2025

New pelagic catcher joins Icelandic fleet

6th January 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Employees at UK food and drinks brand Princes Food, which has plants in Long Sutton in Lincolnshire, Bradford, Wisbech, Glasgow and Cardiff, will strike over pay in January. Union Unite said its…

6th January 2025

Princes Food striking over reneged pay increase

6th January 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The European Commission has followed up on the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Stop finning – Stop the trade”, which asked it for action to end international trade of loose shark fins. From January…

19th December 2024

Brussels steps up shark trade monitoring

19th December 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Scottish smoked salmon producer John Ross has been granted the Royal Warrant of Appointment as Fish Merchant and Curer to The King.

19th December 2024

John Ross granted royal warrant

19th December 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Scotland-based aquaculture technology company Ace Aquatec has secured a major deal in Japan, deploying its bespoke humane trout stunning system with leading producer FRD Japan.

19th December 2024

Ace Aquatec trout stunner enters Japanese market

19th December 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Sales of US aquaculture products in the country in 2023 totalled US$1.9 billion, an increase of 26% from 2018, according to the 2023 Census of Aquaculture released by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics…

18th December 2024

American aquaculture value rises

18th December 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

For the first time since 1983, the United States has released an updated National Aquaculture Development Plan, with the aim to strengthen the country’s commitment to food security, climate resilience and the…

18th December 2024

US finalises first new aquaculture plan in 40 years

18th December 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Wilton, California-based white sturgeon farm Tsar Nicoulai Caviar has bought Sterling Caviar, the oldest caviar farm in America, with the strategic merger positioning Tsar Nicoulai’s combined farms as the largest purveyors of…

18th December 2024

Tsar Nicoulai Caviar acquires Sterling Caviar

18th December 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) has confirmed that this year, Italy was chosen as one of the markets for a new case investment project for salmon, with the main objectives being to…

17th December 2024

Italy targeted with salmon investment

17th December 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Global aquaculture shipping services company Aquaship AS/Intership AS through its majority owner American Industrial Partners (AIP) has acquired FSV Group AS. Together, the companies form one of the world’s largest maritime service…

17th December 2024

Aquaship/Intership and FSV join forces

17th December 2024

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norway’s PTG Frionordica AS has signed a contract with Eyvi AS for the supply of heat pumps and seawater heat exchangers to Arctic Seafarm AS´s new land-based aquaculture facility in Nesna municipality,…

17th December 2024

PTG Frionordica secures Arctic Seafarm contract

17th December 2024

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

The Board of Directors at US-headquartered, land-based aquaculture venture AquaBounty Technologies Inc has announced the company will wind down its hatchery operations in Bay Fortune, including a reduction of its workforce and…

17th December 2024

AquaBounty to cease fish farming operations

17th December 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Farmed seafood certification body Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) had confirmed its continued support for the Women in Ocean Food programme, in partnership with Conservation International (CI) Ventures and Hatch Blue. The initiative,…

17th December 2024

ASC upholds support for Women In Ocean Food

17th December 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The value of seafood imported into the United Kingdom in 2023 was nearly four and a half times greater than the value of fish landed into the country, according to the latest…

17th December 2024

Seafish: Demand slowing for UK seafood

17th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A lift in the pelagic catch led the total volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet in November 2024 to rise by 7% or more than 6,300 tonnes year-on-year…

16th December 2024

Icelandic fisheries landings up 7% in November

16th December 2024

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

When Nofima researches sustainable feeds for farmed salmon, the process involves everything from when a new ingredient is delivered to the feed technology centre, to when the salmon has eaten the feed…

16th December 2024

Nofima: ‘Positive results’ from microalgae tests for salmon feeds

16th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Union and Greenland have officially signed the renewed protocol implementing the sustainable fisheries partnership agreement (SFPA). Covering the next six years (2025-2030), this agreement will allow EU vessels to fish…

16th December 2024

EU, Greenland renew sustainable fisheries partnership

16th December 2024