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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A trade association working in the tuna and shrimp sectors has expanded its activities across the Asia Pacific region.

14th February 2024

Seafood Task Force welcomes new members

14th February 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A US collaboration aims to revolutionise aquaculture technology by using solar energy for oyster production enhancing both environmental sustainability and efficiency.

13th February 2024

Bringing new oyster farming equipment to the market

13th February 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Consumer demand for seafood in the United States has risen over the last three decades, according to new analysis from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with per capita consumption of…

13th February 2024

US seafood trade deficit exceeds $20.3 billion

13th February 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US seafood trade association National Fisheries Institute (NFI) has joined the National WIC Association (NWA) as a non-profit organisation/small business partner. The pairing is part of NFI’s efforts to advocate for and…

13th February 2024

National Fisheries Institute joins WIC association

13th February 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US privately-owned wholesale distributor and processor Santa Monica Seafood is close to completing its US$ 8 million construction project for a 34,000-square foot seafood processing and distribution facility near Denver, Colorado.  

13th February 2024

Santa Monica Seafood expands into Colorado

13th February 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Conservation groups have expressed their ‘disappointment’ at the Marine Stewardship Council’s decision to delay the roll-out by two years of its latest fisheries standard.

12th February 2024

Conservation groups hit back at MSC delays

12th February 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The Marine Stewardship Council has delayed the full roll-out of its latest fisheries standard by two years.

12th February 2024

MSC delays new standards roll-out

12th February 2024

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

In aquaculture, water quality is paramount. No matter the aquatic species being produced and the farming system that it’s occupying, from hatchery through to final grow-out, water quality is among the most…

12th February 2024

Aquaculture quickly warming to the benefits of nanobubbles

12th February 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A move to combat human rights and labour abuses in a jumbo flying squid fishery in international waters has been hailed as ‘historic’.

9th February 2024

‘Historic’ labour abuses decision for squid fishery

9th February 2024

OPINION

OPINION

International Seafood Sustainability Foundation President Susan Jackson urges industry to unlock the transformative impacts of electronic monitoring.

9th February 2024

Op-Ed: Make 2024 the year that EM becomes ‘business as usual’ in global tuna fisheries

9th February 2024

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch has warned skippers of the potential dangers of derrick head quick-release mechanisms after the death of a deckhand on board a scallop dredger in October 2023.

8th February 2024

MAIB issues derrick advice after fatal injury

8th February 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The monsoon trawl ban implemented in southwest India is not detrimental to kiddi (karikadi) prawn resources, finds a new study conducted by the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI).

8th February 2024

CMFRI: Monsoon trawl ban not detrimental to prawn resources

8th February 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The 12th annual meeting of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) concluded on 2 February 2024 with a consensual agreement on a new allocation for Chilean jack mackerel.

8th February 2024

EU secures more Chilean jack mackerel

8th February 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre has been celebrating a decade of upskilling with a afternoon of networking and discussion.

7th February 2024

SAIC marks a decade of aquaculture upskilling

7th February 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Vulnerable workers are still being dangerously exploited, says a union boss on the twentieth anniversary of the Morecambe Bay cockling disaster.

7th February 2024

Workers still ‘dangerously exploited’ says union

7th February 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Maritime systems supplier Brunvoll AS has been selected to deliver all propulsion, manoeuvring, and positioning systems for a new 24-metre aquaculture service vessel.

7th February 2024

Brunvoll nets new aquaculture vessel contract

7th February 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway exported seafood worth NOK 13.3 billion in January 2024 – an increase of NOK 640 million, or 5% on January 2023.

6th February 2024

Norwegian seafood exports still in sustained growth

6th February 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

NEOM, the sustainable regional development taking shape in northwest Saudi Arabia, has confirmed the establishment of a joint-venture (JV) with Tabuk Fisheries Company. Endorsed by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture…

6th February 2024

NEOM enters joint-venture to establish Topian Aquaculture

6th February 2024

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

The first two companies to achieve certification against the requirements outlined in the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) Feed Standard have been confirmed as Mexican-based feed producer Vimifos and the Chilean branch of…

6th February 2024

First feed mills become ASC-certified

6th February 2024

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

With the help of funding from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), researchers at Aarhus University, Denmark, have discovered a way to utilise decomposing seaweed to mass produce marine enchytraeids, small worms naturally…

6th February 2024

Seaweed worms – alternative farmed fish diet shows great promise

6th February 2024