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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Diversified Communications, organiser of Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global, have announced the finalists for this year’s Seafood Excellence Global awards competition. The winners will be announced during a reception on the first…

28th March 2024

Finalists announced for the 2024 Seafood Excellence Global Awards

28th March 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

US industry body, the Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) has formally requested the Bureau of International Labor Affairs of the US Department of Labor (ILAB) add Indian shrimp to the 2024 List of Goods…

28th March 2024

SSA calls for Indian shrimp to be added to forced/child labour lists

28th March 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A producer of lab-made seafood has teamed up with a biochemical firm to take its offering of fish-free produce to a new level.

28th March 2024

Transforming the future of lab-made seafood

28th March 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

New findings from a YouGov Survey commissioned by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) reveal that 60% of Gen Z and over 55% of all Australians are not eating the recommended two…

28th March 2024

Nutrition expert shares top eight Australian sustainable and affordable seafood choices

28th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Britain’s departure from the European Union in January 2020 has cost Scotland up to GBP 100 million-a-year in “lost” farmed salmon exports, due to additional red tape and costs, according to trade…

28th March 2024

Salmon Scotland: Brexit annually costing up to £100m in lost exports

28th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Legal proceedings have begun against the UK government over its alleged failure to set appropriate quota limits post-Brexit.

27th March 2024

Ocean charity sues UK govt for overfishing

27th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to distribute the additional mackerel quota negotiated at the December Fisheries Council as a matter of urgency.

27th March 2024

Irish fishers appeal for urgent access to mackerel fishery

27th March 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The United Kingdom’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is inviting applications for the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) after confirming the date for the next review panel.

27th March 2024

Fisheries and Seafood Scheme announces next panel date

27th March 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A team of experts investigating the potential of a vaccination against sea lice has secured funding to take its research to the next stage.

27th March 2024

Novel sea lice vaccine research progresses

27th March 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Forced and child labour, and other exploitative practices, together with environmental harm, are pervasive in India’s multi-billion-dollar shrimp farming industry, according to a damning report from US non-profit organisation Corporate Accountability Lab…

26th March 2024

Report: US supermarkets, restaurants selling Indian shrimp produced by forced labour

26th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Spanish technology company Satlink has launched the first programme for the reuse of smart buoys for tropical tuna fishing in the Atlantic Ocean with NGO Project Biodiversity of Cape Verde. The collaboration…

26th March 2024

Buoys to be reused for tuna fishing in the Atlantic

26th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Western Australia Government has committed AUD 5 million to support the growth of sustainable finfish production in northern Western Australia. Seafood producer Tassal is being supported by the state government’s Investment…

26th March 2024

Boost for Western Australia barramundi production

26th March 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The public body representing the UK’s seafood industry is inviting businesses to participate in its annual processing survey.

25th March 2024

Seafish launches 2024 processing survey

25th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Government of Tristan da Cunha, the British Overseas Territory located in the middle of the South Atlantic, is inviting Expressions of Interest (EoIs) from suitably qualified fishing companies to fish the…

25th March 2024

Tristan da Cunha lobster: Expressions of interest invited to fish quota

25th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scientists, mussel farmers and fishers on the UK’s Devon and Dorset coast are this month beginning the tagging work that will help them assess the impact of offshore aquaculture on the general…

25th March 2024

Lobster tagging to assess habitat restoration effects of offshore aquaculture

25th March 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A new training and recruitment website has launched to help support Australia’s seafood sector workers.

22nd March 2024

One-stop shop for Australian seafood workers

22nd March 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norwegian football superstar Erling Braut Haaland has teamed up with Seafood from Norway in a 2.5-year collaboration starting on 1 April 2024, the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) has confirmed.

22nd March 2024

Erling Haaland teams up with Norwegian seafood

22nd March 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Directly consuming more wild-capture fisheries species that are widely used in salmon feeds, such as mackerel, anchovies and herring, could benefit people’s health while reducing aquaculture’s demand for finite marine resources, a…

22nd March 2024

Study: Fish fed to farmed salmon should also be part of the human diet

22nd March 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

With increasing production demands relating to such areas as animal welfare, efficiency, environmental footprints and product safety, there’smounting pressure placed on food processors and companies to establish operational excellence. According to leading global fish processing…

21st March 2024

B’Logic takes processing to the next level

21st March 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

There’s a strong need for efficient handling devices that can streamline seafood production lines and increase efficiency while reducing costs, Nigel Smith, CEO at TM Robotics, tells WF.

21st March 2024

SCARA robots support quick, reliable and efficient processing

21st March 2024