Industry News

France Pélagique, part of the Cornelis Vrolijk Group, has placed an order with Havyard in Norway for a new 80 metre pelagic trawler to replace two of its older vessels.

Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, has joined forces with ‘All Aboard 2017’ to launch the new ‘Guide for Fishermen to Register Digital Safety Equipment with ComReg’.

Twice Smoked Scottish Salmon produced by Associated Seafoods Ltd (ASL) has been shortlisted for an illustrious Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Award in recognition of its great taste and quality.

Royal Greenland has chosen Denmark’s Carsoe to deliver a processing plant for its newest fillet trawler, the first complete fillet factory order for the company.

Poole Harbour fishermen in the UK are going for double certification under the auspices of the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) and Seafish’s Responsible Fishing Scheme (RFS).

Fishermen’s organisations across nine European countries have banded together to form the European Fisheries Alliance just days before the UK government triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty on the 29th of…

A new study led by the University of Glasgow, which examines diminishing stocks of cod, whiting and haddock, says that the biodiversity of the seabed is key to the survival of juveniles.

Salmon company Cermaq says it is taking the long-term approach to meet consumer requirements for more emphasis on health and convenience.

The European Commission has presented the Adriatic Sea multi-annual plan for small pelagic fisheries to Minsters at the AGRIFISH council.

Mainstay Marine Solutions has won a £5.8m contract to build two new Welsh fisheries patrol vessels for the Welsh Government.

Blue Star Foods (USA) and PT Blue Star Nusantara (BSN) have set up what they call the first Blue Swimming crab harvester cooperative in East Lampung province, Indonesia.

A £1 million pilot programme to boost innovation in aquaculture in the Highlands and Islands seeks to helping small to medium enterprises (SMEs) achieve greater commercialisation of new innovative products and services.

Approximately 19 large boats from several EU countries remain tied up in port out of fear of being arrested for fishing snow crab in the Barents Sea and Svalbard waters.

Successful trials of a native, whole algae specialty feed ingredient which is high in omega-3s, are helping to make the product more commercially available to salmon farmers and the wider aquaculture industry.

Research Fishing Company of Shetland has placed another order for a Skipsteknisk-designed Pelagic Trawler with the Vard Group.

The 7th Offshore Mariculture conference, held in conjunction with Inapesca, Conapesca and Sepesca, takes place on 6-10 March 2017 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.

Pelagic vessel Heimaey discharged 2000 tonnes of capelin at Thórshöfn and is now on its way to fishing grounds off Reykjanes.