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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafish has launched its annual survey of the seafood processing industry.

17th April 2023

Seafish launches 2023 processing survey

17th April 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Canadian seafood group Cooke Inc has completed the acquisition of Slade Gorton, one of the United States’ largest distributors, importers and manufacturers of fresh and frozen seafood.

17th April 2023

Cooke completes Slade Gorton purchase

17th April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Aquaculture body Salmon Scotland has asked Scottish government not to put politics before employment when considering a proposed ban on all marine activity in Scottish waters.

17th April 2023

Scottish government urged to prioritise seafood jobs

17th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet increased by 75% or almost 110,000 tonnes in March 2023, with a total 254,976 tonnes, according to preliminary figures for…

17th April 2023

Bumper capelin catch for Iceland

17th April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian aquaculture technology supplier Fjord Maritime has won a contract to convert an oil platform supply vessel (PSV) to a containerised battery powered live fish carrier (LFC).

17th April 2023

Fjord Maritime lands live carrier contract

17th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Winners of the 2023 Icelandic Fisheries Bursary Awards have been announced at a ceremony held at the Brúin in the Iceland Ocean Cluster, Reykjavik.

14th April 2023

Icelandic Fisheries Bursary Award winners named

14th April 2023

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Boston, Massachusetts-headquartered aquaculture tech company Innovasea has introduced FlowFeeder, a waterborne feeding solution that gently delivers feed to fish below the surface, thereby minimising the pellet damage and loss that can be…

14th April 2023

Innovasea launches greener feeding solution

14th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Plans to mobilise US$100 million to safeguard the ocean and sustainable seafood supplies over the next decade have been laid out by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

13th April 2023

MSC ups sustainability drive by $100m

13th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Four proposals to improve the conservation of tuna and the management of fisheries for the next Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) session, taking place from 8 to 12 May 2023, have been…

13th April 2023

EU issues Indian Ocean tuna proposals

13th April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

One year ago, Russian troops crossed the Ukrainian border, triggering the bloodiest conflict the European continent has seen since the Second World War. Since then, Ukrainian fish farmers have sustained tremendous losses,…

12th April 2023

Ukrainian aquaculture – one year on

12th April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon Evolution has secured a finance package that will be used to complete construction on its first production facility at Indre Harøe.

12th April 2023

Salmon Evolution secures facility build funding

12th April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

New Brunswick’s first land-based atlantic salmon aquaculture facility has been given a green light to proceed by local government.

11th April 2023

Green light for Canadian land-based facility

11th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The EU fishing industry is highly disappointed that the Northeast Atlantic coastal states, despite intensified efforts over February and March, again failed to successfully conclude their negotiations on a sharing agreement for…

10th April 2023

NEA mackerel failure saddens EU fishers

10th April 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Kingfish Maine has harvested its first Dutch yellowtail from Maine, with a limited release of the first fish to be commercially-produced in the United States. 

10th April 2023

First yellowtail harvest for Kingfish Maine

10th April 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Homegrown Shrimp USA (HGS), part of Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF), has officially opened its first shrimp farming facility in the United States.

10th April 2023

Homegrown Shrimp opens Florida RAS operation

10th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A form of illegal bottom trawling is causing severe environmental and economic damage to the Gulf of Gabès in Tunisia, according to a new report from the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) and…

7th April 2023

Report: Kiss trawling destroying livelihoods

7th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The downgrading of Northeast Atlantic mackerel from a green to an amber rating in the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) latest Good Fish Guide has been condemned as “overly harsh” by the Scottish…

6th April 2023

Scots fishers criticise advice to avoid mackerel

6th April 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway exported seafood worth NOK41.4 billion (€3.64 billion) in the first quarter of 2023, an increase of 22% compared with the same period last year.

6th April 2023

Norway export values remain high as volumes fall

6th April 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Scottish Sea Farms has taken delivery of its biggest landing craft to date, designed to support the company’s move to farms of fewer but larger pens.

6th April 2023

Salmon farmer brings in biggest landing craft

6th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The latest update of the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) Good Fish Guide has seen Northeast Atlantic mackerel moved on to the amber list, having been on the green list since before 2011.

6th April 2023

Northeast Atlantic mackerel downgraded

6th April 2023