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FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

TorNet, the Spanish arm of Icelandic fishing gear group Hampiðjan, is moving after being in the same building since 2010. The company isn’t moving far, but is going to a more suitable…

10th March 2024

TorNet in new Las Palmas net loft

10th March 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Dra. Barbieri has been built at the ASENAV shipyard, with its construction financed by the Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture. It’s now being outfitted ready to begin operations.

10th March 2024

New research vessel for Chile’s coastal waters

10th March 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Women work just under a third of all fishing-related jobs in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea but persisting biases mean their true contributions to the economies of coastal fishing communities continue…

8th March 2024

Women in fisheries – challenges and opportunities in the Mediterranean, Black Sea

8th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

In support of women as they venture into the world of aquaculture and the blue economy, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), Conservation International (CI) Ventures and Hatch Blue recently helped gather an…

8th March 2024

Latina female power recognised on International Women’s Day

8th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Women in Scottish Aquaculture (WiSA) is celebrating the important role of female talent in the valuable seafood production sector and its supply chain, with the winners of its annual awards announced on…

8th March 2024

WiSA celebrates female contribution to aquaculture on International Women’s Day

8th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms is celebrating two of its team being recognised by the Women in Scottish Aquaculture (WiSA) Awards, announced on International Women’s Day.

8th March 2024

Scottish Sea Farms with double win at WiSA Awards

8th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

SalMar has launched an ambitious research and development initiative to help safeguard the future of farmed salmon.

8th March 2024

SalMar launches salmon industry initiative

8th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Aquaculture R&D company FAI and Ethical Seafood Research (ESR) have joined forces on tilapia welfare in Egypt.

7th March 2024

FAI and ESR team up on tilapia welfare

7th March 2024

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

To promote shrimp larvae production management and to boost recognition for those hatcheries that are improving the quality of their product, together with their environmental and social impacts, the Sustainable Shrimp Partnership…

6th March 2024

Ecuador launches Scale Up to take the lead in shrimp larvae production

6th March 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Fish health market leader STIM has been acquired by Summa Equity.

6th March 2024

STIM acquired by equity firm

6th March 2024

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

To support the growth of the global aquaculture sector, an Edinburgh, Scotland, -based start-up has devised a new modular farm system, fuelled by food and drink by-products, to produce a fishmeal alternative.

6th March 2024

UK start-up looks to solve aquafeed ingredients challenge

6th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Focusing on how a Seafood Risk Tool can be applied to support aquatic food supply chains in Ghana, scientists and policymakers from the West African country, the UK, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Nigeria recently…

6th March 2024

Ghana charts safe, sustainable aquaculture production

6th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK and Faroe Islands have reached an agreement on fishing opportunities for 2024 with the UK securing over 2,200 tonnes of fishing quota.

5th March 2024

UK and Faroe Islands reach 2024 fishing agreement

5th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Welsh government has pledged £1 million to help boost the marine, fisheries and aquaculture industries.

4th March 2024

£1m boost for Welsh seafood

4th March 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norcod is to benefit from a US$5 million cash injection from North American frozen seafood company, High Liner Foods.

4th March 2024

Norcod gets US$5m cash injection

4th March 2024

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Investment in new vessels and the latest state-of-the-art fish handling technology has ensured that the Shetland pelagic fleet is at the forefront of catching premium mackerel, herring and blue whiting where carbon…

4th March 2024

Shetland pelagic fleet investments net green benefits

4th March 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by the Icelandic fishing fleet in 2023 fell by 3% or almost 40,000 tonnes compared to the previous year to 1,374,823 tonnes, but the…

4th March 2024

Icelandic catch increases in value

4th March 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A project to design a lightweight, robust and cost-effective pen to help fish farming move from inshore areas to deeper waters has been led by the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia).

4th March 2024

New lightweight fish pens offer deeper sea opportunities

4th March 2024

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

To help report destructive and illegal fishing practices, non-profit marine conservation organisation Sea Shepherd Global has four of its nine current vessels subscribed to its maritime communications service Fleet Xpress. This includes Allankay, a…

4th March 2024

Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress helping combat illegal fishing

4th March 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The Royal Thai Government must drop new legislation that’s looking to deregulate the country’s fishing industry and instead reform its fisheries, according to the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), with a new report…

4th March 2024

EJF: Pair trawling turning future valuable catches into today’s ‘trash fish’

4th March 2024