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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

To support rural communities across Scotland that are looking to host their first events in three years this summer, salmon farmer Mowi Scotland is putting its own Salmon Wagon food truck on…

1st April 2022

Salmon wagon charity drive

1st April 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Salmon farming company Cermaq and Norwegian tech firm BioSort have for the first time tested a new mechanism that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to sort fish in a net…

1st April 2022

iFarm – sorting first fish

1st April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A strategic review has concluded there is an overwhelming need for Seafish to continue its championing of the UK’s seafood industry.

31st March 2022

Seafish review

31st March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Up to US$3.5 million in annual funding is being made available to entrepreneurs and others developing new technologies that increase the sustainability of fisheries around the world by the San Francisco, California-based…

31st March 2022

Schmidt new tech funding

31st March 2022

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Denmark’s Karstensens Skibsværft has agreed a new contract with Brunvoll AS for the delivery of propulsion and manoeuvring systems for nine new fishing vessels being built over the next three years for…

31st March 2022

Brunvoll propulsion deal

31st March 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The European Union is committing an additional €500 million to financial intermediaries investing in the blue economy.

30th March 2022

Blue economy fund

30th March 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The Seaweed Company is scaling up operations by bringing minority shareholder, Colruyt Group, on board for a new investment round.‍

30th March 2022

Investing in seaweed

30th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Three more organisations – Ocean Brands of Canada, Simplot Australia, and Bolton Group of Italy – have pledged their support to the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA), the supply chain group that wants to secure…

30th March 2022

NEA pelagic network widens

30th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Australia’s South East Trawl Fishery has welcomed AUD 24 million from the Federal Budget to support the structural adjustment of the fishery, with AUD 20 million used to buy back vessel permits.

30th March 2022

Australian trawl fishery aid

30th March 2022

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

New crisis measures to support the fishery and aquaculture sectors in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been introduced by the European Commission.

30th March 2022

EU activates crisis measures

30th March 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A global net supplier has been awarded a global sustainability standard

29th March 2022

Egersund nets sustainability standard

29th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian cod farming company Statt Torsk ASA is to adapt its harvest strategy, with the move accelerating its year-round deliveries of farmed cod.

29th March 2022

Cod farmer quickens plans

29th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Norwegian pelagic fish company Pelagia AS has signed an agreement with Arne Stang AS to purchase 100% of the shares in Norsk Fiskeindustri Invest AS (NFI).

28th March 2022

Pelagia purchases NFI

28th March 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) has reported strong take-up of a new support scheme to help fishing boat owners adjust their businesses in a post-Brexit market.

28th March 2022

Post-Brexit support scheme

28th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian land-based salmon farming company Salmon Evolution ASA has confirmed that on 26 March 2022 it successfully completed the first smolt release at its new facility at Indre Harøy.

28th March 2022

Salmon Evolution first smolt

28th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A majority of Scots living near salmon farms support the sector, according to the results of an independent poll.

24th March 2022

Scottish salmon farming

24th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Scotland’s fishing sector is to become more hands-on by collecting the data used to make yearly management decisions about herring, mackerel and blue whiting stocks, through a new government-supported, industry-led initiative.

24th March 2022

Scottish pelagics boost

24th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Norwegian insurance company Hydor has ended its contract with a fleet of vessels that were discovered fishing illegally across the Atlantic by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF).

23rd March 2022

Insurer ends IUU fleet cover

23rd March 2022

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Finland-headquartered technology group Wärtsilä’s has secured a contract to supply propulsion solutions to Finnur Fridi, a new state-of-the-art pelagic fishing trawler under construction at the Karstensen shipyard in Denmark. 

23rd March 2022

Wärtsilä lands trawler deal

23rd March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Authorities in Iceland have awarded new farming licences to two salmon farming companies, equating to an additional 11,000 tonnes of fish.

23rd March 2022

Icelandic salmon licences

23rd March 2022