Insight

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Improving the sustainability, efficiency, productivity and growth of players in the blue food space, particularly in the aquaculture sector, through the application of digital technologies such as AI and data analytics is…

11th October 2023

Transforming blue food through connectivity and integration

11th October 2023

OPINION

OPINION

Dr Craig Rose PhD – aka Doctor Seaweed – explains why we should say yes to more seaweed, with this long-forgotten, natural marine resource able to benefit many aspects of consumers’ lives.

9th October 2023

Seaweed – Rediscovering a sustainable and forgotten food

9th October 2023

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Comprising anything between 900 and 3,000 vessels catching 3-4 million tonnes of fish, China’s distant water fleets (DWFs) represent serious competition and a challenge for the EU’s own distant-water fishing activities and…

2nd October 2023

Report: EU fishers being undermined by ‘unfair’ Chinese competition

2nd October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Preparations are now well underway to again welcome thousands of visitors – spanning the entire fisheries, aquaculture and seafood processing landscape – to the 14th edition of the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition. Being…

21st September 2023

IceFish 2024: Championing blue food – from sea to plate

21st September 2023

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

While the ongoing conflict with Russia raged on, Ukrainian fisheries companies faced all manner of challenges throughout 2022. Among these was the seaport blockade which, according to the state agency for land…

4th September 2023

Ukrainian fisheries and aquaculture in tatters

4th September 2023

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Much in the same way that the restorative agriculture movement is looking to increasingly nurture and restore terrestrial food production systems that deliver positive environmental impacts, in the water, restorative and regenerative…

21st August 2023

Optimising restorative aquaculture

21st August 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Although Egypt’s aquaculture industry has witnessed spectacular growth over the past decade, its future has become uncertain for a variety of reasons. While immediate challenges are primarily economic, it is also braced…

16th August 2023

Troubles mount for Egyptian aquaculture

16th August 2023

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

The Benelux states of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg have never been amongst Europe’s elite band of fish-producing nations, despite the first two having North Sea coastlines. Consequently, a significant proportion of their…

2nd August 2023

Benelux fishers in troubled waters

2nd August 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Sweeping sanctions from the West have blocked the way for many critical technologies to enter Russia, thereby making the construction of new onshore fish processing plants a tall order. On the other…

28th June 2023

Russia remains defiant

28th June 2023

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Japan is the world’s third largest seafood importer after the US and the EU, and home to the world’s largest seafood market, Toyosu, in Tokyo. For centuries, seafood has been intricately linked…

23rd June 2023

Japan’s latest step against illegal seafood

23rd June 2023