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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Championing diversity and the role of women in delivering one of Scotland’s most valuable exports, Women in Scottish Aquaculture (WiSA) has announced a series of awards for inspirational figures from across the…

8th March 2023

WiSA marks International Women’s Day

8th March 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Boston, US-based Aquanor Marketing Inc has been rebranded Aquanor Ice Fresh in a move that further solidifies its partnership with Icelandic seafood company Samherji Ltd. 

8th March 2023

Aquanor Marketing becomes Aquanor Ice Fresh

8th March 2023

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

A number of commercial seafood enterprises in Japan are looking to grow their businesses this year. This is despite the market experiencing declines in both fish production and consumption, and consumers facing…

8th March 2023

A perfect storm

8th March 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The UK government has pledged up to £45 million to support the fishing and aquaculture industries in Africa and Asia.

8th March 2023

UK pledges support for Africa and Asia

8th March 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway is leading the way on promoting seafood as a sustainable, healthy way of meeting the world’s nutritional needs.

8th March 2023

Promoting seafood: ‘think global, act local’

8th March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Although UN members have agreed to protect high seas’ marine life through the new international treaty, fisheries governance pressure group Accountability.Fish is calling for immediate action to make existing international fisheries governance…

8th March 2023

Fisheries governance ‘still needs reform’

8th March 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The new landmark agreement reached by UN members to protect the high seas in areas beyond national jurisdiction has been lauded by EU fishing sector representative body Europêche.

7th March 2023

European fishers welcome high seas treaty

7th March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New members are flocking to sign up to The Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Action Alliance indicating a growing global aim to tackle the problem.

7th March 2023

More supporters sign up to tackle IUU fishing

7th March 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

After two decades of talks, United Nations’ member countries have agreed a treaty to protect the high seas that will ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas…

6th March 2023

UN gives ‘historic’ protection to high seas

6th March 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Alltech teams up with circular-economy company Finnforel to take over Raisio’s fish feed production facility

6th March 2023

Alltech and Finnforel take over feed production site

6th March 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway exported seafood worth NOK12.8 billion (€1.15 billion) in February, an increase of 14% over the same period in 2022.

6th March 2023

Norway export value up despite drop in volumes

6th March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet increased by 23% or almost 261,000 tonnes in 2022, with a total 1,414,598 tonnes. Meanwhile, the year’s catch value climbed…

6th March 2023

Iceland’s 2022 catch value increases 20%

6th March 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The design of new trawler Venture IV for skipper and owner Mark Lovie led Macduff Shipyards and partner company Macduff Ship Design to some fresh thinking, with their new ideas backed by…

6th March 2023

New bow designs for better performance

6th March 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The European Union is pledging €816.5 million to help protect the oceans from the effects of climate change, pollution and unsustainable fishing practices.

3rd March 2023

EU pledges €816m in ocean protection

3rd March 2023

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Denmark-headquartered aquafeed company BioMar is expanding its market offering with a new product category, a bioremediation solution, to ensure optimal environmental conditions for shrimp from hatchery to grow-out.

3rd March 2023

BioMar extends into bioremediation

3rd March 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

More needs to be done to promote seafood as a healthy, cost-effective protein capable of meeting a growing population’s nutritional needs.

2nd March 2023

Norway and UK team up to promote seafood

2nd March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has released its strategic plan for 2023-2027 outlining its approach to achieving sustainability in tuna fishing over the next five years.

1st March 2023

ISSF outlines five-year vision

1st March 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Work has begun on a major new £30m processing facility and cold-store upgrade for Denholm Seafoods in Peterhead, on Scotland’s east coast.

1st March 2023

Major upgrade planned for Peterhead processing site

1st March 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

With Northeast Atlantic coastal states’ self-imposed deadline to reach an agreement on mackerel quota allocations approaching at the end of March, UK food retailer Waitrose & Partners has joined supply chain businesses…

1st March 2023

Waitrose joins calls for pelagic sustainability

1st March 2023

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

A property formerly destined to be a large aluminum smelter that was never completed has been given a new lease of life by being transformed into a new Eco-Business Park for Iceland…

1st March 2023

Iceland launches new eco-business park

1st March 2023