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NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Russia has targeted a dramatic increase in its fish farming output over the next decade, with authorities believing this ambition will be best realised through localised aquafeed and broodstock production and by…

14th February 2022

RAS for Russia

14th February 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built to a new design developed by Skiparáðgjöf Ráðgarður, Háey is the latest in a growing number of fishing vessels designed to fit below the 30gt limit for access to the coastal…

14th February 2022

New Icelandic longliner

14th February 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The Spanish fleet has been working on evaluating the feasibility of biodegradable fish aggregation devices (FADs) for some years, and the latest stage brings this research to Atlantic waters.

14th February 2022

Planning ahead for bioFADs

14th February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC), the aquafeed giant’s global fish and shrimp R&D division, has been renamed and restructured into a multi-functional unit incorporating the global marketing, sustainability and digital teams, the…

14th February 2022

Skretting ARC renamed

14th February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian land-based salmon farmer Salmon Evolution AS is just weeks away from releasing the first smolt into the fish tanks at its Indre Harøy facility on the west coast of the country,…

11th February 2022

Salmon Evolution release

11th February 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Conservation measures to protect six areas defined under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and five Natura 2000 sites in the Danish and Swedish parts of the Kattegat have been adopted by…

11th February 2022

N-Sea fisheries protection

11th February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Fish care and vaccination company Aqualife has appointed Scott Foster as its new Territory Manager for the Nordic area, covering Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Russia and Iceland. 

11th February 2022

Nordic manager for Aqualife

11th February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new government enquiry report acknowledging the value and the need to strongly support Australia’s expanding aquaculture sector has been welcomed by industry trade body Seafood Industry Australia’s (SIA) Aquaculture Advisory Committee…

10th February 2022

Australian aqua boost

10th February 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Globally, a lot of excitement is being generated by recirculating aquaculture systems – or RAS – as a means of fish and food production, with countless new facilities now in production or…

10th February 2022

Shifting aquaculture’s currency to green

10th February 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Designed to deliver considerable hauling power with less fuel consumption and also offering reduced drag in the water, the new 38-metre beam trawler Z-26 Avanti has been received by her owners, the…

10th February 2022

New beam trawler arrives

10th February 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

The first fish harvested from an innovative smart farm have made their way to markets around Europe and Asia.

10th February 2022

Smart fish farms

10th February 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The US Atlantic deepsea red crab quota has been set at 2,000 tonnes for the 2022 fishing year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has confirmed. This is the same quota…

10th February 2022

Red crab catch limits

10th February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Northern Australia officially has its own brand of tropical rock oysters following the addition of the native blacklip rock oyster (Saccostrea echinata) to the Australian fish names database. 

9th February 2022

Rock oyster rebrand

9th February 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new bilateral fisheries agreement between the United Kingdom and the Faroe Islands will give the UK fishing fleet access to 1,000 tonnes of cod and haddock and 1,250 tonnes of Atlantic…

9th February 2022

UK-Faroes quota deal

9th February 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

This latest newbuild designed to fish Scottish waters replaces the Fruitful Vine the same yard delivered in 2010, and it also closely follows the design and propulsion patterns of recent new trawlers…

9th February 2022

New Fruitful Vine delivered

9th February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The UK’s new All-Party Parliamentary Group for Shellfish Aquaculture has hosted its inaugural meeting.

9th February 2022

Shellfish aquaculture APPG

9th February 2022

NEWS

NEWS

A Norwegian seafood company has opened its sixth factory across Spain and Portugal, its biggest so far in Spain.

9th February 2022

New Madrid factory

9th February 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Norwegian seafood exports have risen by 26% over the same time last year

8th February 2022

Norwegian exports rise

8th February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian land-based salmon farmer Salmon Evolution AS has entered into a Heads of Terms with Artec Aqua for the planning of the phase 2 build-out at its Indre Harøy facility on the…

8th February 2022

Salmon Evolution phase 2

8th February 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Enquiries have been launched into how Dutch-owned supertrawler FV Margiris deposited more than 100,000 dead fish off the French coast this month.

7th February 2022

Supertrawler mass fish spill

7th February 2022