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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

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A collaboration memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been agreed by the Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) certification programme and the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA), with the two groups looking to expand their global…

1st March 2023

Seafood certifiers team up

1st March 2023

OPINION

OPINION

Solidus Solutions’ CCO Simon Roda predicts key packaging trends for the seafood industry in 2023.

1st March 2023

Ahead of the pack

1st March 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

New Stødig under construction at the Karstensen yard in Skagen for Norwegian owners Asbjørn Selsbane is getting a full set of shrimp trawl gear from Vónin.

1st March 2023

Stødig opts for Vónin

1st March 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Hege Charlotte Bakken has joined the board of directors at salmon-based ingredients producer Biomega Group as an independent director.

1st March 2023

Biomega appointment

1st March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A European fund established to compensate Irish fishermen adversely impacted by the permanent loss of quota due to Brexit has yet to be distributed to the pelagic sector some 17 months after…

1st March 2023

Irish demand fund access

1st March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

An international research study has examined how the combined effect of climate change may affect tuna and swordfish productivity and size in the future.

28th February 2023

Climate change shrinking tuna productivity, sizes

28th February 2023

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

A new deal aimed at fixing post-Brexit problems in Northern Ireland has been reached by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen

27th February 2023

Post-Brexit deal agreed

27th February 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Cape Fish has achieved Best Seafood Practices and Best Aquaculture Practices certifications from the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA), the first-ever seafood processing plant in South Africa to earn the distinction.

27th February 2023

First South African GSA

27th February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New guidance has been published in Australia to help improve cooperation between the offshore petroleum and fishing industries.

27th February 2023

New seismic advice issued

27th February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission is urging member states to ban destructive bottom trawling in marine protected areas by 2030.

24th February 2023

Sink or swim for EU seas

24th February 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Benguela Blue Aqua Farming has secured permits to raise Atlantic salmon in net pens off the coast of Namibia with the help of US aquaculture tech company Innovasea.

24th February 2023

Namibian salmon go-ahead

24th February 2023