News

NEWS

NEWS

Austria has been given €6.7 million in EU funding to help promote sustainable inland fisheries, aquaculture, processing and conserve aquatic resources.

27th July 2022

EU funding for Austria

27th July 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The UK government is being urged to use its UK Seafood Fund to prioritise the ‘wild catching’ sector, which operates mainly offshore but also in some inland waters.

25th July 2022

UK seafood fund priorities

25th July 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Despite all the terrors of ongoing conflict, most Ukrainian fish producers have maintained their operations – not least because the population needs them to, learns World Fishing & Aquaculture

25th July 2022

Farming in the shadow of war

25th July 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

US aquaculture venture Kingfish Maine has received overwhelming community support for its land-based production in Jonesport, with town residents voting down a proposed moratorium on the facilities

22nd July 2022

Kingfish Maine progresses

22nd July 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The humble sea cucumber may be key to feeding the world’s growing population whilst protecting the planet, according to new research.

22nd July 2022

Sea cucumber research

22nd July 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

US-based non-profit organisation Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has confirmed the appointment of Aisla Jones as a Partnership Programme Director.

22nd July 2022

Exec incomings at SFP

22nd July 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Icelandic processing equipment firm Marel has announced plans to reduce its global workforce by 5% in order to improve its operational performance, which it says has fallen “below expectations”.

22nd July 2022

Marel to cut workforce

22nd July 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A fleet of vessels that have been fishing illegally across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans have been struck off Oman’s registry.

21st July 2022

Oman revokes fleet

21st July 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Nueva Pescanova’s Namibia subsidiary, Novanam, has become the first in the country, and one of the first worldwide, to be awarded the FISH Standard for Crew certification in recognition of its fair…

21st July 2022

Ethical award for Novanam

21st July 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Finland-headquartered technology group Wärtsilä has completed its exit from the Russian market following its announcement of scaling down activities in April this year. 

21st July 2022

Wärtsilä leaves Russia

21st July 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Additional duties on Russian seafood are included in the latest batch of sanctions implemented by UK government this week.

20th July 2022

Russian whitefish tariff

20th July 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The UK government’s immigration policy is hampering food processing companies’ ability to fill their vacancies, says a Scottish MP.

20th July 2022

Immigration rules hamper recruitment

20th July 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

With million tonnes of fisheries and aquaculture raw materials going to waste, IceFish 2022’s Fish Waste for Profit Conference heard there’s significant scope to optimise the use and value of seafood

19th July 2022

Total fish utilisation

19th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Six tuna stocks fished by the Association of Large Freezer Tuna Vessels (AGAC) have been certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

18th July 2022

Spanish tuna certified

18th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Reduced catches across all of Iceland’s main fisheries categories led the country’s fishing fleet to land 29% less seafood last month, with the capture of 35,237 tonnes of fish and shellfish, according…

18th July 2022

29% fall in Icelandic fish

18th July 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norway-headquartered aquaculture services and equipment provider AKVA Group ASA hereby has confirmed that its wholly-owned subsidiary AKVA Group Land Based A/S has been awarded a post-smolt RAS contract with Cooke Aquaculture (Kelly Cove Salmon…

18th July 2022

AKVA wins smolt contract

18th July 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Vista, California-based Aquasend has engineered an outdoor buoy for aqua-farming that senses water quality from dissolved oxygen levels and temperature (DOT) and records real-time data which streams to a smart phone or computer.

15th July 2022

Water quality management

15th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Association of National Organizations of Fishing Enterprises in the EU (Europêche) insists that Europe’s control rule on margin of tolerance is incompatible with fishing operations in the tropical tuna purse seine fishery.

15th July 2022

EU tuna fleet threatened

15th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Current laws around visas and short-term contracts are leaving Filipino migrant fishermen in north-east Scotland vulnerable to abuse and coercive control.

15th July 2022

Migrant workers at risk from abuse

15th July 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A partnership between aquaculture technology venture Pulcea and the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture has received the highest possible accolade from Innovate UK for collaboration between business and academia, after being…

14th July 2022

‘Outstanding’ partnership

14th July 2022