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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

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The value of Australia’s fisheries and aquaculture production is set to rise by 10% to AUD 3.55 billion in 2021–22, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has…

10th March 2022

Australia bounces back

10th March 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

To raise the level of transparency with regards to the marine ingredients that it uses in its aquafeeds throughout the world, Skretting and sister-company Nutreco have developed a new responsible sourcing policy.

10th March 2022

Skretting feed transparency

10th March 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Avramar has teamed up with the Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP), becoming the newest member of the National Seafood Council Task Force and supporting the Eat Seafood America! Initiative.

10th March 2022

Avramar joins SNP

10th March 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

A new steering and advisory group is being formed to focus on non-quota finfish species around the UK to help ensure their continued sustainable management.

9th March 2022

Non-quota UK finfish

9th March 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Caterpillar Marine and Pacific6 Enterprises are teaming up to pilot a parallel battery hybrid propulsion system for a first-of-its kind aquaculture farming vessel.

9th March 2022

Hybrid propulsion for aquaculture vessel

9th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

To help restore ocean health, companies selling wild-caught seafood need to demonstrate a lot more accountability in their product procurement and ensure that they are sourcing from fishing operations that are behaving…

9th March 2022

John Kerry: Industry must step up

9th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Singapore-based food tech start-up Umami Meats has secured pre-seed funding of US$2.4 million that the company will use to advance its cultivated seafood programme.

9th March 2022

Cell-based seafood backing

9th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Danish land-based salmon farmer Atlantic Sapphire has appointed Jon-Birger Løvik as its Chief Operating Officer (COO).

9th March 2022

Atlantic Sapphire new COO

9th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scotland’s salmon farming sector is helping save lives by installing defibrillators in local communities where companies operate.

9th March 2022

Defibrillator rollout

9th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US cell-cultured seafood company Finless Foods has closed its Series B funding, achieving a total $34 million – led by Hanwha Solutions, bringing the total raised by the business to nearly $48…

8th March 2022

Plant-based bluefin funding

8th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers (GAPP) Board of Directors has approved a new strategic plan and associated budget to undertake the association’s first-ever national marketing programme.

8th March 2022

Alaska pollock campaign

8th March 2022