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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon Evolution has awarded Artec Aqua the contract to design phase 2 of its new land-based grow-out salmon farming facility at Indre Harøy, Norway.

19th June 2023

Artec Aqua wins salmon farm design contract

19th June 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

BioMar is expanding its marine hatchery trial facilities at the company’s Aquaculture Technology Centre (ATC) Hirtshals in Denmark.

19th June 2023

BioMar expands hatchery trials facility

19th June 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet decreased by 11% or more than 42,000 tonnes in May 2023 to a total 101,847 tonnes, according to preliminary figures for…

19th June 2023

Declining cod catch hits Iceland’s May landings

19th June 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Fishing communities across Scotland have joined forces to challenge the proposed ban on commercial activities in areas of coastal waters.

16th June 2023

Salmon farmers in anti-HPMA petition

16th June 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

In response to fishery stakeholders, the Peruvian government has issued a historic decree to enable fisher registration by cooperatives in the mahi-mahi and jumbo flying squid fisheries, two of the most globally…

16th June 2023

Peru gives crucial support to artisanal fishers

16th June 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

For the third consecutive year, the UK government has decided to not allow sandeel fishing for the benefit of the wider marine ecosystem – such as seabirds and marine mammals – that…

16th June 2023

No sandeels for UK fishers in 2023

16th June 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Overfishing in the European Union has decreased according to the latest figures from the European Commission.

15th June 2023

EU fish stocks improving, overfishing down

15th June 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

McDonald’s Filet-o-Fish sandwiches, Double Fish burgers and Kids Fish Fillet burgers served in more than 5,000 restaurants in China will now include the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) blue eco-label.

15th June 2023

McDonald’s China adds seafood eco-label to menu

15th June 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Cod farming company Norcod AS has entered into an agreement to purchase 100% of the shares in mid-Norwegian harvester Kråkøy Slakteri AS and TN Kråkøy Eiendom AS. 

15th June 2023

Norcod acquires fish harvesting business

15th June 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

US-headquartered multinational information technology services and consulting company Cognizant has begun a collaborative project with Tidal, a project inside X, Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory, to make Tidal’s ocean information platform widely available to the aquaculture…

15th June 2023

Tech partners target aqua decarbonisation

15th June 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has seen its membership double since rebranding in 2021 to reflect its increased focus on sustainability.

14th June 2023

Sustainability drives SAIC membership growth

14th June 2023

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

“Some say Covid was the biggest marketing campaign for salmon,” Bakkafrost CEO Regin Jacobsen told a conference session at Seafood Expo Global (SEG) 2023 in Barcelona focusing on seafood business strategies in…

14th June 2023

Capitalising on seafood’s competitive advantage

14th June 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Washington-headquartered National Fisheries Institute’s Crab Council has confirmed Direct Source Seafood has joined the sustainability group.

14th June 2023

Direct Source joins NFI Crab Council

14th June 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

La Paz, Mexico, headquartered mariculture company Earth Ocean Farms (EOF) has carried out its eighth release of Totoaba Macdonaldi, with 35,000 juveniles released in the Sea of Cortez.

14th June 2023

Sea of Cortez totoaba release

14th June 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Spanish fishing company Pesquería Vasco-Montañesa SA (Pevasa Group) has renewed its Friend of the Sea Sustainable Fishing Certification that it initially obtained in 2009.

14th June 2023

Pevasa renews sustainable fishing certification

14th June 2023

REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

Ecuadorian tuna fishing operator NIRSA has completed a project to convert the tailshaft seals and bearings aboard the 1973-built tuna vessel BP EL Marquez to a seawater-lubricated package from Thordon Bearings.

13th June 2023

Thordon wins Ecuador tuna conversion project

13th June 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Veramaris has teamed up with the World Ocean Council in producing a film highlighting the feed company’s work to create an alternative source of Omega-3.

12th June 2023

Veramaris brings algal oil to the screen

12th June 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Members of the European Parliament and farming and fisheries trade bodies have united to reject proposals to restore degraded ecosystems.

12th June 2023

United call for EU nature law rethink

12th June 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Having analysed recommendations from the Peruvian Sea Institute (Imarpe), Peru’s Ministry of Production (Produce) has announced it will not allow the first anchovy season in the north-central zone (LMTCP North-Centre) to take…

12th June 2023

Peru halts first anchovy season

12th June 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A bipartisan bill to establish national standards for sustainable offshore aquaculture has been reintroduced in the US Senate.

9th June 2023

US aquaculture bill reintroduced

9th June 2023