Business & Finance

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Winners of the 2023 Icelandic Fisheries Bursary Awards have been announced at a ceremony held at the Brúin in the Iceland Ocean Cluster, Reykjavik.

14th April 2023

Icelandic Fisheries Bursary Award winners named

14th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Plans to mobilise US$100 million to safeguard the ocean and sustainable seafood supplies over the next decade have been laid out by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

13th April 2023

MSC ups sustainability drive by $100m

13th April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

One year ago, Russian troops crossed the Ukrainian border, triggering the bloodiest conflict the European continent has seen since the Second World War. Since then, Ukrainian fish farmers have sustained tremendous losses,…

12th April 2023

Ukrainian aquaculture – one year on

12th April 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Kingfish Maine has harvested its first Dutch yellowtail from Maine, with a limited release of the first fish to be commercially-produced in the United States. 

10th April 2023

First yellowtail harvest for Kingfish Maine

10th April 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Homegrown Shrimp USA (HGS), part of Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF), has officially opened its first shrimp farming facility in the United States.

10th April 2023

Homegrown Shrimp opens Florida RAS operation

10th April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The volume of salmon harvested in the Faroe Islands by the Bakkafrost Group in the first-quarter of this year decreased by 6,500 tonnes year-on-year to the equivalent of 11,000 tonnes head-on gutted…

6th April 2023

Bakkafrost’s Scottish salmon harvest doubles

6th April 2023

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The global market for the species is expected to surpass $7 billion by the end of 2033.

5th April 2023

Rainbow trout – a fish with healthy potential

5th April 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The UK’s Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) has appointed a new chief scientist.

3rd April 2023

Cefas appoints new chief scientist

3rd April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish landings by UK vessels decreased 7% in February this year compared to the corresponding month of 2022 to 34,175 tonnes, according to the latest data from the…

3rd April 2023

UK’s February fish landings increase in value

3rd April 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Mekhanik Maslak sailed from the yard in February for the long delivery trip, taking the southern sea route via the Suez Canal and calling at Busan in Korea before its scheduled first…

29th March 2023

Latest in RFC series heads for Far East

29th March 2023

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Unibio International PLC has confirmed that privately-owned petrochemical company Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SIIG) has signed an agreement to invest approximately US$70 million in the Danish protein tech company. 

28th March 2023

SIIG invests $70m in alternative protein

28th March 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A bill proposing a resource rent tax on Norwegian aquaculture has been presented by government to parliament (Stortinget) for approval. The government’s new proposal remains similar to its initial proposition made in…

28th March 2023

Norway changes salmon farming tax proposal

28th March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Seafood businesses and marine organisations in Scotland’s coastal communities are set to benefit from a new year of funding through Marine Fund Scotland.

27th March 2023

Funding boost for Scottish marine sector

27th March 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The trade body for Scottish salmon has raised concerns with the three First Ministerial candidates about a proposed ban on marine activity in coastal waters around Scotland.

27th March 2023

Salmon farms urge caution on HPMAs

27th March 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The total volume of fish produced by Iceland’s aquaculture industry decreased by 1,796 tonnes in 2022, amounting to a total 51,350 tonnes. However, the country exported more fish than in 2021 and…

24th March 2023

Icelandic aquaculture export earnings climb

24th March 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Bluefront Equity-owned ozone and oxygen specialist Redox AS has entered into a cooperation with Swedish company Anolytech to develop new solutions for the optimisation of water quality and hygiene for the aquaculture…

24th March 2023

New Norwegian-Swedish biosecurity cooperation

24th March 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Industrial technology group Nekkar ASA has bought fellow Norwegian company Techano Group to strengthen its presence within the aquaculture and renewables sectors.

23rd March 2023

Nekkar strengthens its aquaculture offering

23rd March 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Land-based aquaculture company Atlantic Sapphire has raised NOK595 million (€52.71 million) through a private placement of 119,000,000 new shares at a price of NOK5 (€0.44) per share.

23rd March 2023

Atlantic Sapphire share sell-off raises €50m

23rd March 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Royal Greenland has been given DKK5.5 million (€740,000) to support seaweed farming in Greenland.

22nd March 2023

Government funding for Greenland seaweed farm

22nd March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Following the record high value achieved in 2021, Maine’s commercially harvested marine resources earned just over US$574 million last year, according to preliminary data from the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR).While…

22nd March 2023

Maine fisheries’ value falls back into line

22nd March 2023