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SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Inmarsat Maritime, part of the Viasat global communications company, has won the 2023 International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) Award for Innovation and Technology in Maritime Search and Rescue. 

19th October 2023

Inmarsat lands search and rescue award

19th October 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Bergen, Norway-headquartered Mowi achieved a company-wide salmon harvest of 135,000 tonnes in the third-quarter of this year, representing a volume increase of 1,000 tonnes compared with the corresponding period of 2022.

18th October 2023

Mowi’s Q3 harvest edges up, earnings drop

18th October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

All EU fishing vessels will be monitored and their catches reported electronically to ensure full traceability, under a revamped EU fisheries control system.

18th October 2023

EC passes electronic monitoring law

18th October 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The UK government has awarded £3.9 million to build new sea fishing infrastructure, improve training and promote a career in the seafood industry.

18th October 2023

Second tranche of funding for UK seafood industry

18th October 2023

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Norwegian-headquartered marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime and Turkish electrical solution provider BMA Technology have formed a strategic collaboration alliance to support the supply of low voltage electrical products and engineering services to…

18th October 2023

Kongsberg, BMA team up on Turkish newbuild solutions

18th October 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation (FPA2) and Una Terra Venture Capital Fund (UT), a €200 million impact fund, have entered a transformative partnership dedicated to catalysing sustainable progress in climate…

18th October 2023

Prince Albert foundation, investment fund form transformative partnership

18th October 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture digital platform Aquafacts has introduced a new feature called “Historical track” that assists salmon companies in verifying invoices from vessel operators.

18th October 2023

Aquafacts delivers tool to support salmon farm invoicing

18th October 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Lovund, Norway-based salmon farmer Nova Sea AS has implemented Maritech Purchase & Sales, a cloud solution tailored to support processes throughout the global seafood value chain. 

17th October 2023

Salmon farmer Nova Sea partners with Maritech

17th October 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Denny’s, the American diner with over 1,400 restaurants, is once again partnering with the Seafood Nutrition Partnership to promote seafood during National Seafood Month.

17th October 2023

Denny’s American diner backs National Seafood month

17th October 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard Inc has confirmed the delivery of NB1102 Gadus, the Arctic freezer trawler it has built for P/F JFK from the Faroe Islands.

17th October 2023

Tersan Shipyard delivers Gadus

17th October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

In Norway’s Council of State on 16 October 2023, the country’s king made several ministerial changes in the government. Among these, Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy, Bjørnar Selnes Skjæran, was honourably discharged…

17th October 2023

Norway appoints new fisheries minister in government shake up

17th October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A total 1,414,598 tonnes of fisheries products were caught by Iceland’s fishing fleet in 2022, representing an increase of 23% on the previous year, new industry figures from Statistics Iceland confirm. These…

17th October 2023

Iceland increases fisheries and export earnings

17th October 2023

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A new trawler being built for Scotland’s Sunbeam Fishing Ltd is to have a broad range of Brunvoll products incorporated into its design.

17th October 2023

Brunvoll lands contract for Sunbeam’s new trawler

17th October 2023

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Fishing companies could soon receive upfront investment in return for a temporary reduction in fishing pressure through a new financial product developed by Planet Tracker.

16th October 2023

Finance to be offered in return for less fishing effort

16th October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The volume of fish and shellfish landed by the Iceland’s fishing fleet decreased by 1% or 1,706 tonnes year-on-year in September 2023 to a total 119,346 tonnes, according to preliminary figures for…

16th October 2023

Less Icelandic cod caught in September

16th October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

NOAA has pledged funding worth US$20.1 million for research into and monitoring of harmful algal bloom (HAB) throughout US coastal and Great Lakes waters.

16th October 2023

NOAA pledges algal bloom research funding

16th October 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

An iconic singing and dancing fish is serenading passengers at the UK’s busiest railway station as wild fish advocate, LEAP, launches its largest campaign to date.

16th October 2023

Big Mouth strikes again

16th October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

In an open letter to ministers, the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) warns its patience is running out with governments’ inaction to halt overfishing in the Northeast Atlantic

13th October 2023

‘Enough is enough’: NAPA’s plea to end overfishing

13th October 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Hendrix Genetics has opened a new shrimp breeding multiplication centre (BMC) in the Andhra Pradesh region of India.

12th October 2023

Hendrix opens shrimp breeding centre in India

12th October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

MarinTrust has launched a new web page for all fishery improvement projects (FIP) in its improver programme.

11th October 2023

MarinTrust launches online FIP resource

11th October 2023