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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

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built for Ice Trawl Greenland Nataarnaq has an overall length of 82.3 metres and a beam of 18 metres. It has been built to operate on shrimp, with options for fishing for…

21st February 2022

New Greenland shrimper

21st February 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Bangkok-headquartered seafood giant Thai Union has been piloting satellite imaging on shrimp farming operations to evaluate the contribution it could make to increasing the traceability and sustainability of these supply chains.

21st February 2022

Traceability tech pilot

21st February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian land-based aquaculture company Andfjord Salmon AS has welcomed new strategic investment from both Nutreco and Holmøy Group as part of a NOK 38 million (US$4.3 million) private placement. At the same…

18th February 2022

Andfjord Salmon buy in

18th February 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Home cooks remain enthusiastic for salmon following a surge in demand for premium seafood to enjoy at home caused by pandemic restrictions closing restaurants and other hospitality.

18th February 2022

Salmon demand

18th February 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Genetic scientists from North America’s Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) are partnering with open ocean aquaculture producer Earth Ocean Farms (EOF) in Baja Mexico to unpack the genetic unknowns of Pacific red…

18th February 2022

Improved snapper genetics

18th February 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Norway Royal Salmon (NRS) subsidiary, Arctic Fish has been experiencing severe biological issues in two of its sites in Dyrafjordur, Iceland.

17th February 2022

Fish deaths

17th February 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Ålesund, Norway-headquartered Bluewild is expanding its fleet with a new factory trawler that has been designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions AS. 

17th February 2022

Bluewild contracts trawler

17th February 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The development of efficient, cost-effective light-emitting diode (LED) technology has led to a growing list of innovative residential and industrial applications. With NOAA Fisheries’ By-catch Reduction Engineering Programme funding, researchers have found…

17th February 2022

Lights, camera, by-catch

17th February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scotland-headquartered Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has appointed Chris Hyde, chief technology officer of Aberdeen-based marine technology specialist OTAQ, to its board of directors.

17th February 2022

SAIC recruits tech exec

17th February 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Roxanne Nanninga has taken up the role of Chief Sustainability Officer at XpertSea, a Canadian tech company focused on new seafood farming and trading solutions.

17th February 2022

XpertSea appoints CSO

17th February 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

It is believed that many of the crew aboard Villa de Pitanxo have lost their lives after the Spanish trawler sank in rough seas about 250 miles off Newfoundland, on Canada’s east…

16th February 2022

Trawler sinks, lives lost

16th February 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Wales has become the first nation in the UK to require all of its licensed commercial fishing boats to be fitted with a vessel monitoring system (VMS).

16th February 2022

Welsh VMS changes

16th February 2022