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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) has opened a new facility dedicated to shrimp genome research.

24th July 2023

CAT opens shrimp genetics research centre

24th July 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The impact of offshore aquaculture on ocean health is to be explored in a new project funded by the UK government.

21st July 2023

UK mussel farm benefits study

21st July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US President Joe Biden’s decision not to embargo products from Mexico despite the country’s failure to halt illegal wildlife trade threatening the critically endangered vaquita porpoise has drawn fire from the environmental NGO…

21st July 2023

Environmental groups slam Biden’s vaquita response

21st July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Srimic Exports’ shrimp processing plant in Sri Lanka has been awarded Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

20th July 2023

BAP certification for Sri Lankan shrimp plant

20th July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US President Joe Biden has elected not to issue an embargo on Mexican wildlife products despite the country being found in breach of a US law requiring federal action against countries found…

20th July 2023

United States holds off issuing Mexico trade ban

20th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Spain’s Freire Shipyard has signed a contract with the French national institute for ocean science IFREMER for the construction of a new vessel for the French Oceanographic Fleet. It will be operated by…

20th July 2023

Freire to build French research vessel

20th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new funding bill recently approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee will secure more than US$206 million for salmon recovery and marine habitat restoration.

19th July 2023

Funding boost for US Pacific salmon

19th July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Thai Union Group has committed all net profits from 2022 to further develop its sustainability strategy.

19th July 2023

Thai Union pledges US$200m for sustainability

19th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK Government has set out further post-Brexit steps which it says will deliver a thriving, sustainable fishing industry for the future.

18th July 2023

UK seizes post-Brexit freedoms for fisheries management

18th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has launched a scientific database on Black Sea fisheries. 

18th July 2023

Database built for Black Sea fisheries research

18th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Seafood Ethics Action (SEA) Alliance says it will ‘robustly’ investigate allegations made by the Financial Times about the mistreatment of migrant crew in the UK.

17th July 2023

Migrant labour abuses in UK fishing investigated

17th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK government has allocated the Scottish fishing industry £20.8 million from its £100 million Seafood Fund.

17th July 2023

Scottish seafood given £21m government boost

17th July 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Faroe Islands-headquartered salmon farmer Bakkafrost Group has advised that preliminary results of the unaudited consolidated accounts for the second-quarter 2023 indicate a lower-than-expected operational earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT).

17th July 2023

Bakkafrost issues Q2 profit warning

17th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The volume of fish and shellfish landed by the Icelandic fishing fleet decreased by 1% or 428 tonnes in June 2023 to a total 34,837 tonnes, according to preliminary figures for the…

17th July 2023

Smaller whitefish catch impacts Iceland’s June landings

17th July 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Bergen, Norway-headquartered Mowi ASA posted operational earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of approximately €300 million for the second-quarter of this year, some €20 million less than in the corresponding period of…

17th July 2023

Mowi Q2 harvest increases but earnings fall

17th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Schmidt Marine Technology Partners has pledged US$3.5 million in funding to help improve the sustainability of fisheries worldwide.

14th July 2023

Sustainable fisheries funding boost

14th July 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new project is exploring how the aquaculture sector can better use recycled plastics.

13th July 2023

Increasing recycling in aquaculture explored

13th July 2023

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

“The potential for land-based aquaculture is huge,” says Kjetil Haga, founding partner of impact seafood investor Bluefront Equity, “and a lot of that is down to events taking place in the salmon…

13th July 2023

Bluefront Equity takes a niche approach

13th July 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

There’s been a lot of talk about recirculation aquaculture systems – or RAS – in recent years, with a torrent of new projects coming onstream for a growing number of species and…

13th July 2023

Expanding the horizon for RAS

13th July 2023

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

In recognition that recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) are becoming increasingly popular in Europe as they allow to shrimp producers produce high-quality, fresh products within close proximity of key markets, Danish aquaculture feed company Aller Aqua…

13th July 2023

A step up for recirc shrimp

13th July 2023