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NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The steel hull of the 31-metre, 8.7-metre beam Eilean Croine was fabricated in Poland and brought to Killybegs for outfitting by Mooney Boats. This new vessel is designed as a pelagic trawler…

28th October 2024

Pelagic pair team complete

28th October 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fishing industry body Seafood New Zealand has hailed fishers working in Aotearoa’s jack mackerel 7 fishery (JMA7) for achieving a whole year of no accidental captures of protected species such as seabirds,…

28th October 2024

New Zealand celebrates by-catch milestone

28th October 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Carsoe has opened its new service centre at Tromsø Port, marking a significant advancement in service operations for Norway’s northern fishing community.

28th October 2024

Carsoe opens Tromsø service centre

28th October 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon producer Mowi ASA has announced Ole-Eirik Lerøy has decided to step down as Chairman of the Board following a 15-year tenure with the company. Ørjan Svanevik has been proposed as successor…

28th October 2024

Ole-Eirik Lerøy to step down as Mowi Chairman

28th October 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A formal request has been sent by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) and Défense des Milieux Aquatiques (DMA) to the French government to prohibit bottom trawling in marine protected areas (MPAs).

28th October 2024

French pressed to ban bottom trawling

28th October 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The UK’s National Fish & Chip Awards has announced the 10 finalists that will compete for 2025’s Restaurant of the Year prize.

28th October 2024

10 restaurants eye fish and chips prize

28th October 2024

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Artificial intelligence – or AI – is perfectly aligned with the seafood industry’s ambition to help sustainably feed a global population hurtling towards 10 billion people by 2050, and only those ventures…

25th October 2024

‘AI will transform seafood’

25th October 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has unveiled its Aquaculture Feed Solutions Toolkit, designed to help companies address climate change, habitat and biodiversity challenges linked to aquaculture feed.

25th October 2024

SFP launches aquaculture feed toolkit

25th October 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A recent investigation by Shark Guardian has revealed that Fong Chun Formosa (FCF), one of the world’s largest canned tuna suppliers, is failing to address serious environmental and human rights violations within…

24th October 2024

Report exposes FCF’s ‘empty promises’

24th October 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A new Oceana poll shows overwhelming support among consumers in Belgium, France, Spain and Cyprus for expanded information on processed seafood, with 84% of respondents calling for greater transparency.

23rd October 2024

EU customers demand seafood transparency

23rd October 2024