Aquaculture

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has launched the final round of its stakeholder consultation to help finalise the content of its new Farm Standard, with stakeholders encouraged to take part before the…

11th April 2024

Feedback sought to finalise new fish farming standard

11th April 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

FAI and tilapia genetics company Spring Genetics have launched a new partnership to promote and enhance tilapia welfare standards in the aquaculture sector. 

4th April 2024

New partnership looks to improve tilapia welfare

4th April 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Scottish salmon has secured protected legal status, giving the country’s farm-raised fish greater post-Brexit protection against the risk of food fraud through imports of inferior products.

4th April 2024

Scottish farmed salmon secures protected status

4th April 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

There’s been a marked increase in the investments made in the blue economy in recent years, according to the new EU BlueInvest Investor Report 2024, with its findings showing that an investment…

4th April 2024

European aquaculture boosted as blue economy investments increase

4th April 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The volume of salmon harvested in the Faroe Islands by the Bakkafrost Group in the first-quarter of this year increased by 3,300 tonnes year-on-year to the equivalent of 14,300 tonnes head-on gutted…

3rd April 2024

Bakkafrost’s year-start salmon harvest increases

3rd April 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Blue Aqua International, Bahwan Services and Trading LLC and Muscat Investment House are partnering up to develop major aquaculture projects in Oman and Singapore.

3rd April 2024

Strategic aquaculture partnership in Oman and Singapore

3rd April 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Volunteers from Scottish salmon farms cleared away more than 23 tonnes of litter from highlands and islands beaches last year as part of efforts to keep the areas they live and work…

2nd April 2024

Salmon farmers clear tonnes of litter from Scottish beaches

2nd April 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

US industry body, the Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) has formally requested the Bureau of International Labor Affairs of the US Department of Labor (ILAB) add Indian shrimp to the 2024 List of Goods…

28th March 2024

SSA calls for Indian shrimp to be added to forced/child labour lists

28th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Britain’s departure from the European Union in January 2020 has cost Scotland up to GBP 100 million-a-year in “lost” farmed salmon exports, due to additional red tape and costs, according to trade…

28th March 2024

Salmon Scotland: Brexit annually costing up to £100m in lost exports

28th March 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The United Kingdom’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is inviting applications for the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) after confirming the date for the next review panel.

27th March 2024

Fisheries and Seafood Scheme announces next panel date

27th March 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Forced and child labour, and other exploitative practices, together with environmental harm, are pervasive in India’s multi-billion-dollar shrimp farming industry, according to a damning report from US non-profit organisation Corporate Accountability Lab…

26th March 2024

Report: US supermarkets, restaurants selling Indian shrimp produced by forced labour

26th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Western Australia Government has committed AUD 5 million to support the growth of sustainable finfish production in northern Western Australia. Seafood producer Tassal is being supported by the state government’s Investment…

26th March 2024

Boost for Western Australia barramundi production

26th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scientists, mussel farmers and fishers on the UK’s Devon and Dorset coast are this month beginning the tagging work that will help them assess the impact of offshore aquaculture on the general…

25th March 2024

Lobster tagging to assess habitat restoration effects of offshore aquaculture

25th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scottish Sea Farms has taken delivery of the first batch of ‘green’ eggs at its new £2 million incubation unit at Barcaldine Hatchery.

19th March 2024

Scottish Sea Farms ‘green’ eggs incubation first

19th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Family-owned salmon producer Hiddenfjord has become the first company in the Faroe Islands to attain Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) four-star certification, the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) has confirmed.

19th March 2024

Hiddenfjord in Faroese certification first

19th March 2024

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Icelandic fishing, processing and aquaculture company Hraðfrystihúsið-Gunnvör has placed an order for a new factory freezer trawler to be built at Astilleros Ria de Vigo, the former Barreras shipyard which has been…

18th March 2024

Factory trawler order goes to Spanish yard

18th March 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) have unveiled this year’s winners in Australia’s Sustainable Seafood Awards.

15th March 2024

MSC, ASC unveil Australian champions

15th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new award has been launched to recognise the achievements of young people working in salmon and seafood farming.

14th March 2024

Championing youth in aquaculture

14th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The European Union and United Nations Development Programme have provided equipment to support sustainable fish farming practices in Uzbekistan.

14th March 2024

Promoting sustainable aquaculture in Uzbekistan

14th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

European Investment Fund is providing €20 million to help drive innovation and sustainability in the aquaculture industry.

13th March 2024

EU pledges €20m for sustainable aquaculture

13th March 2024