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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

GlobeXplore of France and Pescanova España of Spain scooped the two top prizes in the 2022 Seafood Excellence Global awards at the Seafood Expo Global trade event.

26th April 2022

Seafood Excellence winners

26th April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global, the leading world seafood trade event, is back and taking place in Barcelona, Spain, for the first time in its history this week.

26th April 2022

Barca expo underway

26th April 2022

NEWS

NEWS

There are calls for the European Commission to act on Russian trawlers fishing in a shared zone between the UK and the Faroes

26th April 2022

Russian action wanted

26th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

NovaNam (Pty) Ltd, a Namibian-based subsidiary of the Nueva Pescanova Group, the At-Sea Processors Association (APA), representing US-flagged Alaskan pollock catcher-processors, and the Fishing Industry Association – Papua New Guinea (FIA-PNG) have…

26th April 2022

First FISH crew audits

26th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms has voluntarily committed to paying above the UK’s real living wage to help support its employees and their families that are being hit by the rising cost…

26th April 2022

Salmon firm’s wage pledge

26th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norway Royal Salmon ASA’s (NRS) appointment of interim CEO Klaus Hatlebrekke has expired and he has returned to his previous position of COO of Business Development with immediate effect.

26th April 2022

NRS CEO change

26th April 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The Azores pole-and-line fishery has become the world’s first ‘plastic neutral’ fishery.

25th April 2022

‘Plastic neutral’ fishery

25th April 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has published a revised Shrimp Standard together with new requirements governing recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) farms.

25th April 2022

ASC shrimp, RAS updates

25th April 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

As production gathers pace worldwide, one UK firm has launched a new buoy to help farms better monitor and cultivate their crops.

25th April 2022

Seaweed farming up close

25th April 2022

SHIP DESIGN

SHIP DESIGN

NSK Ship Design has designed a battery-hybrid wellboat with a 2,800 cubic metre capacity for Ervik Havfiske and Husøy Fiskeriselskap, which are investing in the sector.

25th April 2022

Confidence in wellboats

25th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Ice Fish Farm AS’s board has approved the share purchase of Laxar Fiskeldi ehf, moving forward the agreement between majority shareholders agreement made in December last year for Ice to acquire Laxar…

25th April 2022

Laxar sale moves forward

25th April 2022

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Finland-headquartered technology group Wärtsilä has written-off approximately €200 million related to assets and business operations in Russia, in the wake of the ongoing war in Ukraine. 

22nd April 2022

Wärtsilä writes off millions

22nd April 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Land-based salmon producer AquaBounty has broken ground on the construction of its first 10,000-tonne Atlantic salmon farm in Pioneer, Ohio. 

22nd April 2022

Ohio salmon farm underway

22nd April 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Satellite tagging stingrays, translocating sea urchins and developing deepsea cameras are among 22 projects and fisheries to have been awarded new funding by sustainable seafood certification and ecolabelling programme, the Marine Stewardship…

21st April 2022

$1m sustainability boost

21st April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Coinciding with US National Seafood Month in October, the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) has launched its first consumer marketing campaign. 

21st April 2022

GSA consumer campaign

21st April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Land-based salmon farming company Proximar Seafood AS has reached an agreement with Marubeni Corporation whereby Marubeni will be the exclusive distributor in Japan for all the Atlantic salmon produced by the closed recirculating aquaculture…

21st April 2022

Proximar inks Japan deal

21st April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) has confirmed that South Africa-headquartered Woolworths has joined as a Funding Partner and is the first African retailer to become a member of the public-private partnership.

21st April 2022

Woolworths joins GSSI

21st April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

With new technologies and artificial intelligence attracting increasing attention from the aquaculture space, leading Japanese sushi chain Kura Sushi has elected to support the country’s fish farming progress through its new subsidiary…

20th April 2022

Serving up AI-raised fish

20th April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Despite heavily interrupted trade with Russia – brought by the ongoing Ukraine conflict – and increased costs, Vietnam exported around US$920 million worth of seafood to overseas markets in March, thereby achieving a…

20th April 2022

Vietnam export surge

20th April 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

An innovative water purification system is to be trialled alongside a medicine used to treat sea lice on salmon for the first time in Scotland in what’s hoped will be a major…

20th April 2022

Scottish aquaculture first

20th April 2022