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Thai Union Group has been listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for the seventh year running, as its sustainability strategy SeaChange continues to stimulate change across the global seafood industry.

Three new groups have been formed to provide a forum for industry, regulators and researchers to improve the management of shellfish fisheries around the UK.

?The government of Canada has announced seven projects receiving support from the Fisheries and Aquaculture Clean Technology Adoption Program to support clean economic growth in Quebec. The government is contributing nearly $2…

Asle Kjetil Bratteli has been appointed chief digital officer of AKVA Group with effect from January 2021.

The International Pole and Line Foundation has announced a new chair of its board as part of leadership succession plan.

Seafood from Scotland has hosted a virtual oysters and cocktails pairing for industry partners and media in the UK and North America.

Iceland and the UK have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on co-operation on fisheries matters.

In Italy the Chioggia and Po Delta Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG) has successfully convinced a high school to launch an official training programme in commercial fishing and fish production. The FLAG…

Europêche, Cogeca and ETF have called on EU policymakers to recognise the key social dimension of fishing to improve the health and safety of fishers and attract young people to the sector.

Russia expects? to increase fish exports in years to come, according to statements by leading industry figures, reports Eugene Gerden.

The European Association of Fish Producers Organisations has concluded its Annual General Meeting, with a virtual gathering this year during which the organisation’s officers mandates were extended.

The Maldives government has defended Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna fishing practises and said calls for a boycott are “unfair and unwarranted”.

Unprecedented warming and loss of sea ice in the Bering Sea has led to dramatic shifts in snow crab population structure, suggests a survey.

The European Commission has published its proposal setting out catch limits for fish stocks in the Atlantic and the North Sea, with ratification from the European Council due in mid-December.

For the sixth year in a row, Aker BioMarine has been awarded an A rating by the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership.

The UK has signed a fisheries framework agreement with the Faroe Islands, the second coastal state agreement negotiated since the UK left the EU.

Police in Iceland’s Westfjords district are interviewing crew and investigating as a criminal case a fishing company’s failure to respond to an outbreak of Covid-19 on board one of its vessels.

Kongsberg Digital’s K-Sim Fishery simulator training solution has won the SAFETY4SEA 2020 Training Award.

More than 800,000 tonnes of imported fish will annually benefit from tariff exemptions even if the originating country has been shown to be involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing if…

Samherji has agreed to acquire a 50% stake in Boston-based Aquanor Marketing, Inc., a premier importer, distributor and marketer of the finest quality fresh seafood.