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SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A new fund has been launched to help save Scotland’s iconic wild salmon through habitat protection, protection from predators, and restocking programmes.

13th December 2022

Scots wild salmon support

13th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Bergen, Norway-headquartered pelagic fish company Pelagia AS has signed agreements with Vigner Olaisen AS and Fjellmyhr AS to purchase the remaining shares in Aquarius AS.

13th December 2022

Pelagia buys Aquarius

13th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Trilateral fisheries negotiations between the United Kingdom, Norway and EU have concluded with the UK fleet securing catch limits worth £202 million next year. This value represents a £33 million increase from 2022.

12th December 2022

UK nets more quotas

12th December 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

An innovative floating structure which takes advantage of the ocean’s natural conditions could unlock an additional £4.2 billion in turnover for Scotland’s aquaculture sector.

12th December 2022

Offshore farming promise

12th December 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Norwegian aquaculture supplier companies Redox AS and Proff Kulde AS have entered into a strategic cooperation agreement to provide hygienic and energy efficient storage solutions for stun and bleed vessels. 

12th December 2022

Stun, bleed collaboration

12th December 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Planet Tracker has launched a new interactive database aimed at promoting greater transparency across the US’s seafood supply chain.

9th December 2022

Seafood database launches

9th December 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood giant Thai Union Group PCL has confirmed its Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) Fund has joined other strategic and financial partners in investing in UK-based Jellagen’s £8.7 million Series A fundraising round.

9th December 2022

Jellyfish collagen funding

9th December 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Following the decision taken by the US state of Washington to end commercial finfish net pen aquaculture, a large group of industry leaders have written to the Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary…

9th December 2022

Washington aqua review

9th December 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Researchers from 16 countries have come together to develop new ways of safeguarding animal health within the European aquaculture industry.

8th December 2022

Fish health project launches

8th December 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Northern Irish tuna project NI-CHART has tagged its first Atlantic bluefin tuna. Estimated at almost 2 metres long, the fish was caught and tagged between Ballycastle and Rathlin Island.

8th December 2022

First NI bluefin tagged

8th December 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Singapore-based impact investor Silverstrand Capital has made an additional €15 million investment in Netherlands-based aquaculture investment fund Aqua-Spark, bringing its total investment to €25 million.

8th December 2022

Silverstrand investment

8th December 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

The Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus), a fish species that can live in waters of a wide range of salinity, is a prime candidate for aquaculture commercial fish production in the United States,…

8th December 2022

Pompano’s US potential

8th December 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway exported NOK14.4 billion (€1.37 billion) worth of seafood in November, an increase of 19% compared to the same month last year.

7th December 2022

Norway export values soar

7th December 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) has secured its first member company from the United States, with retailer Fishwife coming the latest addition to the supply chain coalition that landed organisations from…

7th December 2022

Fishwife joins NAPA

7th December 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Nordic private equity firm Bluefront Equity has become the 51% majority owner of tech company Seacloud AS, which delivers cloud-based software and sensor technology for analysis and utilisation of management data for the fish…

7th December 2022

Bluefront in Seacloud

7th December 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The United Kingdom’s aquaculture sector is being urged to endorse and further develop a new conceptual framework that could underpin a more sustainable future.

7th December 2022

Improving UK fish farming

7th December 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Secondary producer of nutraceuticals, seafood products and premium marine ingredients New Zealand Coastal Seafoods Limited (NZCS) has reported a significant acceleration of its sales growth in the second-quarter of the financial year…

7th December 2022

NZCS sees sales soar

7th December 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Portugal and Slovenia will receive millions in funding from the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund 2021-2027.

6th December 2022

Portugal, Slovenia funding

6th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A £3 million funding scheme to support the fisheries, marine and aquaculture sectors in Wales is now open for expressions of interest, the country’s Minister for Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths has announced.

6th December 2022

Wales offers up support

6th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU social partners – the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and EU fishermen’s representative body Europêche – have called on the European Commission to base its decisions impacting the fisheries sector only after properly…

6th December 2022

‘Consider fishers’, EC urged

6th December 2022