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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The last 12 months have been the best year ever for Norwegian seafood exports with a record 3.1 million tonnes exported in 2021 at a value of NOK 120.8 billion (€12.1 billion).

5th January 2022

Record breaking 2021 for Norwegian seafood exports

5th January 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

A contract for a new carrier has been placed by Norwegian live fish transport and services company Rostein AS.

5th January 2022

Rostein orders new live fish carrier

5th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

To help uphold Mowi’s production capability and market position, the Norwegian-headquartered salmon farming company has started working with Blue Unit Solutions, a Danish company that produces data and visualisation technologies to improve…

4th January 2022

Salmon farmer brings in Denmark’s Blue Unit to help with water quality

4th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Dr Alexandra Leeper has joined the Iceland Ocean Cluster team as its new head of research and innovation. In the role, she will be seeking out innovative projects and opportunities both domestically…

4th January 2022

New head of research and development arrives at Iceland Ocean Cluster

4th January 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

To further enhance quality assessments of its Mowi brand smoked salmon, Mowi Consumer Products UK has implemented new Maritech Eye to provide real-time hyperspectral scanning of its fillets.

4th January 2022

Latest Maritech fish quality scanner introduced by Mowi UK

4th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

While there are strong concerns about the disruptive effects that the lack of catch share agreements for certain species in the European Economic Area (EEA) will have on fish processors in the…

3rd January 2022

AIPCE-CEP: Using salmon supply to solve pelagic impasse would damage European processing

3rd January 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Pelagic Freezer-trawler Association (PFA), which represents the interests of nine European pelagic freezer-trawler companies that fish for human consumption, has appointed Tim Heddema as its new president.

3rd January 2022

Tim Heddema takes up the helm at PFA

3rd January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Ninety percent of the shares in Danish canned fish processor Munkebo Seafood A/S have been acquired by the Bakkafrost Group.

3rd January 2022

Bakkafrost snaps up 90% of Danish processor

3rd January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Fishing communities in the United Kingdom are to benefit from better infrastructure, strengthened supply chains, new jobs and increased investment in skills, provided through a GBP 75 million investment boost, announced by…

30th December 2021

UK allocates £75m to modernise fishing, level up coastal communities

30th December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

With little known about the migration routes of wild Atlantic salmon as they leave rivers, a project using the latest technologies has received GBP 400,000 funding from the Scottish government, helping to…

30th December 2021

Tracking project seeks to reveal the secret lives of wild Atlantic salmon

30th December 2021

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Union and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement on the fishing opportunities for 2022, covering all shared and jointly-managed fisheries resources in UK and EU waters.

22nd December 2021

EU, UK agree on 2022 fishing opportunities

22nd December 2021

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Alf-Gøran Knutsen, CEO of Norwegian salmon farming company Kvarøy Fiskeoppdrett AS and Kvarøy Arctic, has joined Arctic Seafarm Holding AS as chairman of the board, the two companies have confirmed. At the…

22nd December 2021

Arctic Seafarm gets government green light, Kvarøy CEO joins the board

22nd December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Negotiating as an independent coastal state, the United Kingdom has reached an agreement with Norway on fisheries access and quotas for 2022 through which both parties will permit some access to each…

22nd December 2021

UK, Norway agree fishing deal for 2022

22nd December 2021

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

NOK 45 million (US$ 5 million) has been committed to the International Fund for Agricultural Fund (IFAD) by the Norwegian Agency of Development Cooperation (Norad) to increase the incomes and build the…

22nd December 2021

Norway commits millions to lift aquaculture communities out of poverty, lower malnutrition

22nd December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

The announcement of the Australia-United Kingdom free trade agreement (FTA) has been welcomed by national body Seafood Industry Australia (SIA) as the sector looks to further diversify its markets.

21st December 2021

Australian seafood industry hails ‘landmark’ UK free trade agreement

21st December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

Wally Stevens, who has held various leadership roles with the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) for the past 14 years and is currently chief executive officer (CEO), is retiring at the end of…

21st December 2021

Global Seafood Alliance CEO Wally Stevens retires, Brian Perkins takes up position

21st December 2021

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

The majority shareholders at Ice Fish Farm AS and Laxar Fiskeldi ehf have agreed to the former’s acquisition of Laxar and its subsidiaries and the merger of the two Icelandic salmon farming…

20th December 2021

Ice Fish Farm edges closer to owning Laxar

20th December 2021

NEWS

NEWS

New supervisors have been appointed to lead NOAA survey teams monitoring bottom-dwelling fish and crabs

20th December 2021

New supervisors to lead NOAA survey teams

20th December 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A second aquaculture support vessel to be built for Pacific Mariculture, a division of Pacific6 Enterprises, will be hybrid powered, with a 1mW stored energy capacity on board, enabling it to run…

17th December 2021

Pacific Mariculture opts for hybrid design

17th December 2021

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Among the measures announced for 2022 Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries are the continuing EU multiannual management plan for demersal stocks in the Western Mediterranean, adopted in June 2019.

17th December 2021

Tough measures for Mediterranean fisheries for 2022

17th December 2021