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FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fishers in the European Union are urging coastal states to resume all-party talks on mackerel quotas to safeguard stocks and businesses.

14th September 2023

Solve Atlantic mackerel stalemate, urge EU fishers

14th September 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

In August 2022, researchers at the Physics and Biology Unit of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) announced they had developed the first squid aquaculture system with potential for commercialisation.…

14th September 2023

Japan’s squid farming breakthrough

14th September 2023

SHIP DESIGN

SHIP DESIGN

Spain’s Freire Shipyard has contracted Longitude Engineering for the basic design of a newbuild research vessel that it is building for IFREMER, the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea.

12th September 2023

Designer appointed for new French research vessel

12th September 2023

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12th September 2023

UNDERCURRENT NEWS

12th September 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

France’s Morgère SAS has developed a versatile new trawl door called “Champion”, which the company describes as one of the most powerful demersal doors on the market, offering the benefits of a…

12th September 2023

New Champion for demersal fishers

12th September 2023

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MEDIA SUPPORTERS ICEFISH

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12th September 2023

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12th September 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A new UK project is underway that aims to allow communities in the Atlántida Seascape, Honduras, to improve small-scale fishing and also strengthen the protection of critical marine habitats and species.

12th September 2023

Boost for Hondruas small-scale fishers

12th September 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

New Zealand fishing company Sealord is investing NZD 10 million over the next 10 years in a carbon offset programme that will see underutilised Te Arawa whenua around the wider Rotorua region…

12th September 2023

Te Arawa and Sealord partner on forest project

12th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Mackerel species in the Atlantic are adapting their spawning habits in response to warming seas, according to a new study analysing data from 1992 onwards.

11th September 2023

Mackerel spawning habits changing as seas warm

11th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet in the first-half of this year totalled 772,954 tonnes, which represents a 10% decrease on the corresponding period of 2022. In…

11th September 2023

Icelandic fleet’s catch volume and value fall in first-half of 2023

11th September 2023

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The Welsh fishing and aquaculture industries are being given £600,000 in government funding to help improve working conditions.

8th September 2023

H&S funding for Welsh fishers

8th September 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Ecuador’s Grupo Almar, one of the top five shrimp producers in the world, and health, nutrition and beauty company DSM-Firmenich have entered a joint multi-year commitment to measure and improve Grupo Almar’s…

8th September 2023

Shrimp producer Grupo Almar starts carbon footprint reduction project

8th September 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Aquaculture nets and ropes supplier Garware Technical Fibres has confirmed the acquisition of a 26% stake in solar energy company TP Bhaskar Renewables (TPBRL) as part of its roadmap to becoming carbon neutral.

8th September 2023

Net supplier buys into solar energy firm

8th September 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Biotech company, ViAqua Therapeutics, has completed a US$8.25 million funding round to help market its orally-administered vaccine for shrimp.

7th September 2023

Oral shrimp vaccine gets market launch funding

7th September 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Following successful pilots in different countries, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has presented the development of a framework for credible Aquaculture Improvements Projects (AIPs) under the ASC Improver Programme at the Global…

7th September 2023

New support launched for ‘improver’ shrimp farmers

7th September 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

More than 20 shrimp producers have held talks aimed at creating a Global Shrimp Council, with the general mandate to promote and grow shrimp consumption around the world by providing meaningful information…

7th September 2023

Industry looks to create Global Shrimp Council

7th September 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) in Scotland has announced the arrival of Ed Ley-Wilson in the newly-created role of Director of Innovation and Business Development, as the innovation centre begins a…

6th September 2023

SAIC appoints aquaculture expert to new director role

6th September 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The value of Norwegian seafood exports has once again soared thanks to the continuing weak krone.

6th September 2023

Value of Norwegian seafood rises again

6th September 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Establishing Scotland as an international leader in the use of technology for responsible fisheries management and improving the policy and regulatory framework for the expansion of sustainable aquaculture are among the key…

6th September 2023

Scotland sets out new fisheries, aquaculture objectives

6th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2023 Report to Congress identifies seven entities for illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

5th September 2023

NOAA: IUU fishing still pillaging the oceans

5th September 2023