Sustainability

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Northern Irish tuna project NI-CHART has tagged its first Atlantic bluefin tuna. Estimated at almost 2 metres long, the fish was caught and tagged between Ballycastle and Rathlin Island.

8th December 2022

First NI bluefin tagged

8th December 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) has secured its first member company from the United States, with retailer Fishwife coming the latest addition to the supply chain coalition that landed organisations from…

7th December 2022

Fishwife joins NAPA

7th December 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The United Kingdom’s aquaculture sector is being urged to endorse and further develop a new conceptual framework that could underpin a more sustainable future.

7th December 2022

Improving UK fish farming

7th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU social partners – the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and EU fishermen’s representative body Europêche – have called on the European Commission to base its decisions impacting the fisheries sector only after properly…

6th December 2022

‘Consider fishers’, EC urged

6th December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Alaska seafood processing company Northline Seafoods has confirmed the successful funding and launch of a new project to build a mobile commercial salmon processing platform.

5th December 2022

Northline processing first

5th December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Notpla – a UK start-up company that has developed an alternative to plastic packaging from seaweed – has been named as one of the winners of the Earthshot environmental awards, held in…

5th December 2022

Earthshot winning seaweed

5th December 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

An increasing number of Scottish salmon farmers are seeking certification to prove their social and environmental credentials, according to certification and labelling scheme Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), which has seen a 144%…

5th December 2022

More Scots seeking ASC

5th December 2022

SHIP DESIGN

SHIP DESIGN

A prototype sailing catamaran has launched aiming to revive wind propulsion for artisanal fishing and reduce the environmental footprint of coastal fisheries.

2nd December 2022

Fishing by sail power

2nd December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Western Australia’s rock lobster fishery is celebrating 22 years of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification following the announcement of its fifth successful assessment, on 29 November 2022. 

2nd December 2022

Rock lobster on a roll

2nd December 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Oceana and the global mobile satellite communications are working together to tighten the net on illegal fishing.

29th November 2022

Illegal fishing crackdown

29th November 2022