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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

UK-headquartered international food and drink group Princes has fulfilled its 100% responsibly sourced tuna commitment, whereby all of the tuna that it purchased for its brands in the UK, the Netherlands and…

3rd March 2022

Princes meets 100% goal

3rd March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Spanish tuna fleet has become the world’s first fishery to run an onboard telemedicine project for its crews. This initiative, which forms part of the social sustainability policy the fleet pursues…

2nd March 2022

Onboard telemedicine first

2nd March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14, which focuses on life below water, has to-date attracted the lowest level of investment of all the SDG targets, but there are a number of…

2nd March 2022

UN: 2022 – a defining year

2nd March 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Scottish smoked salmon producer Associated Seafoods Ltd (ASL) has acquired the assets and goodwill of the Arbroath seafood processing business, R. R. Spink & Sons (Arbroath) Ltd, which was previously part of…

2nd March 2022

ASL acquires Arbroath

2nd March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Shellfish companies are particularly at risk from the certification processes that followed the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union, but all seafood supply chains are being affected to some degree by…

1st March 2022

Red tape crisis

1st March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Israeli firm AquaMaof Aquaculture Technologies has entered an agreement with a yellowtail (Seriola lalandi) producer in Chile for the construction of a new recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) facility.

28th February 2022

Chile yellowtail RAS venture

28th February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new national organisation that has been formed to promote the small and medium enterprises that stock and equip Canada’s growing aquaculture sector is calling on federal government to support the industry…

28th February 2022

Canadian aquaculture lift

28th February 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

After six years as chief executive of the Norwegian Seafood Council, Renate Larsen has decided to step down.

28th February 2022

NSCs CEO steps down

28th February 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Trade body Seafood Industry Australia (SIA) has received an AUD 1.275 million grant to develop and expand new, emerging and high-growth potential markets, building on the country’s Seafood Industry Export Market Strategic Plan. 

28th February 2022

Aussie seafood export boost

28th February 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Two hybrid aquaculture services vessels have been ordered by Inverlussa Marine Services that will see the Scottish company’s fleet reach 20 vessels later this year.

25th February 2022

Inverlussa orders hybrids

25th February 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Cell-based salmon start-up Wildtype has confirmed that it has raised US$100 million in its latest funding round, with investments coming from actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio, Bezos Expeditions, S2G Ventures Oceans and…

24th February 2022

DiCaprio, Bezos invest

24th February 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Atlantic cod and squid occur much further north than previously expected, with scientists participating in the international MOSAiC expedition with German research vessel Polarstern finding single individuals in deep water in the…

23rd February 2022

Arctic fish discovery

23rd February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Projects funded by the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) could deliver an additional turnover of £50 million per annum for the companies involved by 2026 and create 600 full-time jobs in the…

23rd February 2022

Aquaculture turnover boost

23rd February 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The UK government has pledged £1.4 million for sustainable fishing and fisheries science.

23rd February 2022

Sustainable fisheries funding

23rd February 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A sudden loss of power in the main engine in rough seas caused Spanish trawler Villa de Pitanxo to sink around 300 miles off Canada’s east coast on Tuesday 15 February 2022,…

22nd February 2022

Trawler tragedy update

22nd February 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Canada’s Niqitaq Fisheries has placed an order with Tersan Shipyard in Turkey for the construction of a new 80-metre-long stern trawler.

22nd February 2022

Niqitaq orders new trawler

22nd February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Aquaculture feed company BioMar has significantly scaled-up the inclusion of microalgae in the raw material portfolio of its production facility in Brande, Denmark, to the point that it no longer regards it…

22nd February 2022

Championing microalgae

22nd February 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Thanks to a bumper capelin catch, Iceland’s fishing fleet landed 220,032 tonnes of wild-capture fish and shellfish last month, up from 73,643 tonnes in January 2021.

21st February 2022

Icelandic catch trebles

21st February 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

American Seafoods Group has appointed Einar Gustafsson as new chief executive, succeeding Mikel Durham who has decided to step down from the role.

21st February 2022

New American Seafoods CEO

21st February 2022

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Iran’s new government has rolled out ambitious plans to boost domestic farmed fish production from last year’s level of 560,000 tonnes to 1.6 million tonnes by the end of the decade through…

21st February 2022

Iran’s aqua growth plans

21st February 2022