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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

NEWS

NEWS

Loch Duart has become the first salmon farmer in Scotland to introduce a low carbon emissions hybrid feed storage barge at its site in Oldany.

7th February 2022

Sustainable power at sea

7th February 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Aquaculture giants have joined forces to reduce the fish oil content in salmon feed as part of plans to eliminate the use of marine-derived feed ingredients by 2025.

7th February 2022

Fish oil alternative

7th February 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Putting an end to a 10-year dispute, the trade of live, raw and processed molluscan shellfish – including oysters, mussels, scallops and clams – can resume between the EU and the United…

7th February 2022

EU-US shellfish return

7th February 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The investments made in next generation onboard processing and handling solutions have enabled shrimp and factory trawler Olympic Prawn to elevate the sustainability of its operations whilst also delivering higher quality products,…

7th February 2022

Win for Olympic Prawn

7th February 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Kochi-headquartered Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) is to mark its 75th year with a year-long celebration campaign.

7th February 2022

India’s CMFRI turns 75

7th February 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A government-led investigation into the deaths of crabs and lobsters in the northeast of England between October and December 2021 has determined that the likely cause of the mortality event was a…

4th February 2022

Crab, lobster death findings

4th February 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The total fishmeal production of the countries analysed in the Marine Ingredients Organisation’s (IFFO) reports is estimated at 2.443 million tonnes in 2021, against the 2.359 million tonnes reported in 2020.

4th February 2022

Marine ingredients production

4th February 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

The farming application – to be part of its existing operational facilities – is for a total 2,200 tonnes of post-smolt and applied salmon production. BioFish also recently confirmed the receipt of…

4th February 2022

BioFish submits salmon request

4th February 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new membership network has been launched to recognise and connect women working across the UK fisheries sector.

4th February 2022

Women in fisheries

4th February 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Reykjavík, Iceland-headquartered processing machinery and technology firm Marel has reached an agreement to acquire the remaining 50% stake in Curio, giving it full ownership of the whitefish processing equipment provider.

3rd February 2022

Marel expands network

3rd February 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Land-based aquaculture company AquaBounty Technologies Inc has begun site preparations for the construction of its planned 10,000-tonne recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) salmon farm in Pioneer, Ohio.

3rd February 2022

AquaBounty readies Ohio

3rd February 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Fisheries will be required to put in place extra protections for sharks, endangered species and to reduce the incidence of lost fishing gear under proposed new changes to the Marine Stewardship Council’s…

3rd February 2022

Fishery Standards changes

3rd February 2022