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FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

SHV and Nutreco, the respective owner and sister company of global aquaculture feed company Skretting, have advised that no new investments, no new projects and no new exports to Russia will be…

7th March 2022

Aquafeed conflict response

7th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Aquafeed giant BioMar Group has ceased all commercial trade activities within Russia in response to the Ukraine invasion.

7th March 2022

BioMar: No Russia trade

7th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Rural Affairs Secretary, Mairi Gougeon, has instructed Scottish Government officials to withdraw from any fisheries negotiations involving the Russian Federation until further notice.

7th March 2022

Postpone fisheries talks

7th March 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

An advocacy group committed to sustainable deep fishing in the North Atlantic has urged coastal states to agree on the management of mackerel, herring and blue whiting, ending a 13 year dispute…

7th March 2022

North Atlantic quotas

7th March 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Norway exported seafood worth €114.8 million in February, an increase of nearly a third compared with the same period last year.

4th March 2022

Norwegian seafood exports

4th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Transitioning to aquatic food-based diets offers a huge opportunity for putting food systems on a low emissions pathway, non-profit research organisation Worldfish has stressed following the publication of a new Intergovernmental Panel…

4th March 2022

Fish versus climate crisis

4th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Best practice guidance for animal welfare across the UK shellfish supply chain is under development. The work is being driven by the Shellfish Association of Great Britain (SAGB) and the industry-led Crab and…

3rd March 2022

Shellfish best-practice

3rd March 2022

NEWS

NEWS

A global fishmeal and fish oil manufacturer has opened a new fishmeal facility in Myanmar.

3rd March 2022

Myanmar fishmeal facility

3rd March 2022

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