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FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

With effect from November 2023, Derek Kohn will take over the role of Managing Director for BioMar Chile, with the aim of further advancing the company’s commitment to sustainable and innovative aquaculture.

28th September 2023

New MD announced for BioMar Chile

28th September 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Global Seafood Alliance is running its second yearly campaign to encourage consumers to choose sustainable seafood.

27th September 2023

New sustainable seafood campaign launches

27th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A lack of data and effective regulation is hindering the sustainable management of octopus and mahi-mahi, according to the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership.

27th September 2023

Octopus and mahi-mahi ‘badly managed’ says SFP

27th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

While the volume of fish and shellfish caught by the Scottish fishing fleet last year fell 2% compared with 2021 to around 429,000 tonnes, the value of these landings increased 4% to…

27th September 2023

Scottish catch value bounces back (but not to pre-Covid levels)

27th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

UK supermarket chain Waitrose has launched a series of videos to improve welfare standards across the UK fishing sector, in particular for migrant workers joining the industry. The move follows reports of…

27th September 2023

Waitrose looks to help migrant fishers after confirming UK industry failings

27th September 2023

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Icelandic fishing company Síldarvinnslan hf (SVN) has completed the 50% purchase of seafood sales firm Ice Fresh Seafood, concluding negotiations that were first announced at the end of March this year.

26th September 2023

Iceland’s SVN buys half of Ice Fresh from Samherji

26th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The focus of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) was sustainable management of key fish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic.

26th September 2023

Sustainable measures set for North-West Atlantic fisheries

26th September 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The European Commission has identified the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago as a non-cooperating country in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and given it a so-called “red card” whereby all of its wild-caught…

26th September 2023

Trinidad and Tobago red-carded for illegal fish failings

26th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The World Trade Organization has broadly agreed to curb subsidies which contribute to overfishing.

25th September 2023

WTO agrees ‘pivotal’ subsidies curb

25th September 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Iceland Seafood International has appointed a new chief executive.

25th September 2023

ISI names new CEO

25th September 2023

OPINION

OPINION

Accountability.Fish Global Director Ryan Orgera discusses the inconsistent rhetoric and behaviour of the Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.

25th September 2023

Op-Ed: Time for action not words – making Pacific tuna sustainable

25th September 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The energy crisis, inflation and the conflict in Ukraine have impacted revenues at Royal Greenland.

22nd September 2023

Volatility hits Royal Greenland revenues

22nd September 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Norway/Uruguay-based Pesquera Azul believes its successful trial of a new catch protection cage in whale-infested waters in the southern Indian Ocean could be a potential game-changer for the longline fishing industry as…

22nd September 2023

Longline company lauds new whale depredation solution

22nd September 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

JD Airlines, the air cargo division of JD Logistics, has established its first international all-cargo route connecting Shenzhen, China and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 

22nd September 2023

New China-Vietnam seafood airfreight connection

22nd September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fisheries governance watchdog Accountability.Fish has criticised the Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, saying its practice of holding key meetings in secrecy makes a mockery of the commission’s sustainability rhetoric.

21st September 2023

‘No sustainability without accountability’

21st September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Preparations are now well underway to again welcome thousands of visitors – spanning the entire fisheries, aquaculture and seafood processing landscape – to the 14th edition of the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition. Being…

21st September 2023

IceFish 2024: Championing blue food – from sea to plate

21st September 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership is launching two new projects to help address sustainability issues in land-based aquaculture.

20th September 2023

SFP sets its sights on land-based aquaculture

20th September 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

ABB has struck a deal with SalMar to operate digital services at the remote-controlled Arctic Offshore Farming site in northern Norway.

20th September 2023

ABB to run digital services at remote Arctic farm

20th September 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

With over 10 billion views on TikTok alone, combining Pringles and caviar has inspired the Kellogg’s-owned crisp brand to join forces with The Caviar Co to provide North American consumers with their new limited-edition Crisps and Caviar…

20th September 2023

Pringles and The Caviar Co jump on TikTok trend

20th September 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norwegian land-based salmon farming company Proximar Seafood AS has through its subsidiary, Proximar Ltd, taken ownership of the entire fish farming facility in Oyama, Japan. 

20th September 2023

Proximar takes full control of Japanese facility

20th September 2023