News

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The latest round of the UK Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF) has launched today, providing £3 million of additional funding to help tackle challenges across the UK seafood sector.

22nd September 2022

New UK seafood funding

22nd September 2022

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Technology group Wärtsilä will supply the propulsion machinery for four new fishing vessels being built at Karstensens Shipyard in Denmark.

22nd September 2022

Order quartet for Wärtsilä

22nd September 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

It has taken a few years, and the pandemic that temporarily brought travel to a halt didn’t help in the development process, but the extended test phase for Thyborøn Trawldoor’s fully controllable…

22nd September 2022

Full-control Bluestreams

22nd September 2022

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Saudi Arabia started developing fish farming in the 1980s, but for decades the industry was hindered by a mix of infrastructural and environmental challenges. However, there are high hopes that big money…

22nd September 2022

Miracle in the desert

22nd September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Two fishing vessels have been fined by the Spanish government for turning of their automatic identification systems without legitimate reason.

21st September 2022

AIS breach fines

21st September 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A special naming ceremony has taken place on the quays of Macduff harbour to celebrate the building of two large new fishing trawlers by the Macduff Shipyards Ltd, Endeavour V and Venture…

21st September 2022

Macduff trawlers named

21st September 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Bluefront Equity has increased its share of aquaculture technology firm, Redox, to 82%.

21st September 2022

Bluefront ups Redox stake

21st September 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Using technology from Scantrol and Deep Vision, Norwegian company Ava Ocean will start a project later this year that will seek to sustainably harvest scallops from the Barents Sea.

21st September 2022

Tech-enabled scalloping

21st September 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

VARD shipbuilding group has contracted TMC Compressors (TMC) to supply an energy efficient marine compressed air system to a stern trawler being built for Norwegian fishing company Nergård Havfiske. 

21st September 2022

VARD’s greener newbuild

21st September 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Data from recently deployed beacons is to be used to assist the restocking of a centuries-old Hawaiian fishpond with native mullet and milkfish.

16th September 2022

Hawaii fishpond revival

16th September 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Trawl doors from Morgère have undergone a makeover and now feature a vibrant yellow livery, which the French company maintains will ensure enhanced visibility for fishing operations at night, thereby making them safer.

16th September 2022

Morgère’s new look

16th September 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Bømlo shipping company Napier AS and fish processing systems provider Optimar AS have agreed on a contract for the supply and installation of Optimar’s Optitube bleeding systems onboard two new boats that…

16th September 2022

Optimar lands Napier deal

16th September 2022

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Persistently high production costs will undermine sales in the second-half of 2022, determines new analysis from the RaboResearch unit of Rabobank.

16th September 2022

Seafood demand weakens

16th September 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Cooke Aquaculture Scotland is seeking to reassure the local community in Orkney that a proposed new salmon farm off Papa Westray will comply with all regulations and best practice.

16th September 2022

Cooke quashes salmon farm concerns

16th September 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Skretting and eniferBio have joined forces to test and market a new protein for Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout feed.

15th September 2022

Salmon feed development agreement

15th September 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The latest in a series of trawlers operated by Faroese fishing company Framherji to carry the Akraberg name has been delivered by Norwegian shipbuilder Vard.

15th September 2022

Akraberg to the Faroes

15th September 2022

OPINION

OPINION

Fishing industry stalwart and author John Goodlad writes for WF

15th September 2022

The Salt Roads

15th September 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Two studies have highlighted the significant role of light in extracting valuable ingredients from microalgae.

15th September 2022

Green light for microalgae

15th September 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

BAADER has appointed a new chief executive for SKAGINN 3X and BAADER Ísland in a move the company says will further strengthen its strategic position in Iceland.

14th September 2022

New SKAGINN 3X CEO

14th September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

An Irish fishermen’s association has called for immediate political action to alleviate the soaring cost of fuel which it says is causing hardship and anxiety for the industry.

14th September 2022

KFO calls for fuel cost support

14th September 2022