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NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built for Seastar Holding, live fish carrier Seifjell has been built at the Cemre yard in Turkey to a design by Salt Ship Design.

31st July 2024

Circular tanks for innovative live fish carrier

31st July 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Oyster farming has long been touted for its benefits, such as improving water quality and not requiring any feed, freshwater or fertiliser. However, outdated technology and tools that prevent high volume production…

31st July 2024

Oyster farming innovations on the rise

31st July 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Lewes District Council allocated just over GBP 1 million to the project from a GBP 12.68 million UK government grant to improve infrastructure for the town’s commercial fishing industry.

29th July 2024

Newhaven fish processing plant nears completion

29th July 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Baader’s 189 filleting machine has for decades been a fish processing workhorse around the world, so there were high expectations of the new Baader 189PRO when the first units of this new…

29th July 2024

New generation of veteran filleter exceeds expectations

29th July 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Urchinomics has struck a pair of partnership deals aimed at restoring kelp forests and mitigating the decline in wild sea urchin populations.

26th July 2024

Urchinomics teams up to keep sea urchins on the menu

26th July 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Thai Union has officially opened its new, 8,000-tonne coldstore for its Pioneer Food Cannery (PFC) factory. Located in Tema, Ghana, near PFC’s manufacturing plant, the coldstore will ensure year-round temperature-controlled storage of…

26th July 2024

Thai Union expands footprint in Ghana

26th July 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir, has announced the Marine Environment and Fisheries Fund for Northern Ireland stakeholders is now open for applications.

26th July 2024

Northern Ireland provides millions in fisheries, aquaculture support

26th July 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Globally, consumers are eating less fish and seafood and replacing these foods (and also red meats) with more poultry, fruit and vegetable products, according to the findings of a new industry survey…

25th July 2024

Is sustainability losing value with seafood consumers?

25th July 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU fishers have renewed access to waters around Cabo Verde for five years under the latest deal struck between the two.

25th July 2024

Cabo Verde renews EU tuna quotas

25th July 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fisheries scientists in “An Evaluation of the Sustainability of Global Tuna Stocks Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria” – a new report commissioned by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) – found 11 of the…

25th July 2024

ISSF: 12 tuna stocks don’t meet MSC certification criteria

25th July 2024