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FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

The latest round of funding designed to support wild salmon and sea trout in Scottish rivers is set to close to new applicants.

17th March 2022

Wild salmon, trout support

17th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Scottish government has proposed a raft of new measures to make Scotland a world leader in sustainable stocks management.

17th March 2022

Scottish fisheries proposals

17th March 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The crisis in Ukraine and resulting sanctions against Russia are likely to have a significant impact on the UK’s seafood industry with prices rising by as much as 20% to 30%, according…

16th March 2022

Seafood supply

16th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

If Turkish aquaculture integrates the latest advanced technologies and establishes new product segments, it could drive up its total output up to a level beyond 1 million tonnes per year by 2030…

16th March 2022

Turkish aquaculture boom

16th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Russian whitefish features among £900 million worth of key products that the UK government has placed significantly higher import tariffs on in addition to existing tariffs as part of its response to…

15th March 2022

UK sanctions Russian fish

15th March 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has launched a new online, interactive tool that provides a visual evaluation of methods to reduce wildlife bycatch in tuna longline fisheries.

15th March 2022

Tuna longline sustainability

15th March 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Norwegian cod farming company Purecod AS has received a permit to farm Atlantic cod in closed pens in Røneset, Storfjorden, with the County Municipality of Møre and Romsdal granting a maximum standing biomass allowance…

15th March 2022

First cod farming permit

15th March 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

US headquartered Dynamic Systems Inc has confirmed that Simba, a real-time automation software for fresh food processors and distributors, has partnered with NetYield, an ERP solution designed specifically for seafood companies.

15th March 2022

Simba, NetYield integration

15th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, has been warned by European fishing leaders that the sharp rise in energy and logistics prices, caused by the invasion of Ukraine, necessitates the…

15th March 2022

Conflict – EU fishers at risk

15th March 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

UK feed additive manufacturer Anpario has appointed Dr Lawrence Brown as its Senior Technical and Account Manager for Aquaculture.

15th March 2022

Anpario aquaculture hire

15th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian land-based salmon farming company Gigante Salmon has confirmed that it has joined a new collaborative research project alongside Fishbase Group, LetSea and TESS, which is looking at the properties and effects…

15th March 2022

Nanobubble R&D

15th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Canadian salmon farmers are urging Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray to renew British Columbia’s open net licences and thereby help drive the country’s blue economy innovation.

14th March 2022

Canada salmon licence calls

14th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Marine conservation organisation Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has entered into a new agreement with Thai Union Group, which will see the world’s third-largest seafood company require its suppliers to participate in fishery…

14th March 2022

Thai Union, SFP partnership

14th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The first coldwater prawn fishing vessel has been certified to the Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard (RFVS), the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) has confirmed.

14th March 2022

RFVS prawn boat first

14th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Overseas sales of Scottish farmed salmon climbed to £37.2 million in January 2022, with 4,828 tonnes of fish sold, according to new figures published by HMRC UK. The corresponding value and volume…

14th March 2022

Scottish salmon soars

14th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US President Joe Biden has announced that in response to the invasion of Ukraine, the United States’ trade status with Russia has been significantly downgraded and that imports of Russian seafood and…

14th March 2022

Biden bans Russian seafood

14th March 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) has announced a range of new measures to help the seafood industry move to full, global digital transparency.

14th March 2022

Seafood traceability

14th March 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Brittany, France-based trawl door manufacturer Morgère has begun promoting its range of doors for smaller, under 15-metre vessels across the Channel, saying they are well suited to parts of the UK and…

11th March 2022

Small trawl door solutions

11th March 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Boston, US-headquartered aquaculture tech company Innovasea has begun installing a complete real-time environmental monitoring system at Grieg Seafood’s new remote Red Island salmon farming site in Newfoundland on Canada’s Placentia Bay.

11th March 2022

Real-time farm monitoring

11th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Grupo Profand has acquired a majority stake in the Greek corporation Kefalonia Fisheries.

11th March 2022

Profand acquires Kefalonia Fisheries

11th March 2022