News

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The UK government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has let down the country’s seafood exporters with its decision to end the current testing programme for digital Export Health Certificates (eEHCs),…

22nd August 2023

Scotland: Defra has failed seafood exporters with eEHC decision

22nd August 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scotland’s salmon farmers are supporting a series of Highland coastal kelp forests to help safeguard wild salmon and sea trout.

21st August 2023

Salmon farmers support Scottish kelp forests

21st August 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Aimed at fostering leadership and innovation within the UK’s seafood processing cluster, the Grimsby Seafood Cluster has launched the new “Future Leaders” skills programme, saying the initiative will underscore the industry’s commitment to…

21st August 2023

Future seafood leaders programme launched

21st August 2023

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Much in the same way that the restorative agriculture movement is looking to increasingly nurture and restore terrestrial food production systems that deliver positive environmental impacts, in the water, restorative and regenerative…

21st August 2023

Optimising restorative aquaculture

21st August 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Fisheries Development Oman (FDO) has added newbuild Acila to the fleet of its subsidiary Oman Pelagic.

21st August 2023

New, greener tuna catcher for Oman

21st August 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

To support US west coast salmon and steelhead populations, NOAA Fisheries has recommended US$106.1 million in funding for 16 new and continuing programmes and projects through its Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund Grant Program. 

21st August 2023

US$106m proposed for Pacific salmon recovery

21st August 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The significant effects of climate change and increased human activity on Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) and the entire Arctic ecosystem are explained in a newly-released scientific review article.

21st August 2023

Scientists sound alarm on climate change consequences for cod

21st August 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Up to US$240 million is being made available for habitat restoration and coastal resilience in the United States through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, the NOAA Fisheries Office of…

21st August 2023

Millions made available for US coastal resilience

21st August 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Agriculture supply chain specialist, Scoular, has created a new team focused on sustainability.

17th August 2023

Scoular creates new sustainability team

17th August 2023

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Fish aggregation devices (FADs) that are biodegradable and non-entangling have been the subject of a trial funded by the EU, the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) and the US, through a Western…

16th August 2023

Jelly FADs present a sustainable solution

16th August 2023

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Over the past century, seafood consumption has grown significantly, and the vast majority of us are thinking differently about how we use natural resources like the ocean. As we reach ever closer…

16th August 2023

Raising the bar with barramundi in Sri Lanka

16th August 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Although Egypt’s aquaculture industry has witnessed spectacular growth over the past decade, its future has become uncertain for a variety of reasons. While immediate challenges are primarily economic, it is also braced…

16th August 2023

Troubles mount for Egyptian aquaculture

16th August 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Brimmond is offering a full 360 degree manufacture, rental and support package for net cleaning pumps, reportedly the first company in the UK to do so.

16th August 2023

First UK turnkey net-cleaning service

16th August 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Scottish government is considering plans to introduce electronic tracking monitoring technology for small fishing vessels.

16th August 2023

New Scottish fisheries measures announced

16th August 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Figures show that Scottish salmon export sales jumped by 9% in the first half of 2023, with major growth in the Asian and American markets.

15th August 2023

​Scottish salmon exports leap up in Asia and the US

15th August 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

China is circumventing its own squid fishing bans by deliberately avoiding areas where fishing actually takes place, according to new research from Oceana.

14th August 2023

China accused of ‘fishing ban PR stunt’

14th August 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Loch Long Salmon is running a number of events giving the local community an opportunity to comment on a proposed new semi-closed salmon farm on Loch Linnhe, in the west of Scotland.

14th August 2023

Scottish salmon farm consultations

14th August 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

NOAA Fisheries has released its first-ever National Seafood Strategy for the United States. The administration’s plan follows several rounds of stakeholder input and a public comment period earlier this year. 

11th August 2023

First US seafood strategy from NOAA

11th August 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Yumbah Aquaculture has completed its takeover of Australia’s largest mussel farmer and processor, Eyre Peninsula Seafoods.

11th August 2023

Yumbah completes mussel farm takeover

11th August 2023

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Blue foods ­– those products we consume that are derived from aquatic animals and plants which are caught or cultivated in marine and freshwater environments – are ideally placed to solve many of…

10th August 2023

Blue food thinking

10th August 2023