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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

High-efficiency motors combined with variable speed drives hold the key to higher productivity, lower costs and sustainability for aquaculture plants. Torben Poulsen, Business Development Manager, Drives and Pumps, at ABB Motion, explains…

19th May 2021

Aquaculture’s motor-driven potential

19th May 2021

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Ibercisa Deck Machinery is supplying the deck hardware for JSC Okeanrybflot’s new trawler under construction at Tersan.

19th May 2021

JSC Okeanrybflot chooses Ibercisa deck setup

19th May 2021

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Annex Business Media, host of the RAS Connector Series virtual events, has announced that Denmark has been selected as country partner. Through a strategic partnership with Danish Export Association, European land-based aquaculture…

18th May 2021

RAS Connector Series teams up with Denmark

18th May 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

As part of a drive to extend the scope of its activities, in line with Icelandic government guidelines, Matís is investing in a pelagic processing unit within Síldarvinnslan’s fishmeal plant in Neskaupstaður…

18th May 2021

Researching options for higher value products

18th May 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Only a couple of weeks after delivery by Karstensens Skibsværft, new Icelandic pelagic vessel Vilhelm Thorsteinsson was back alongside in Skagen, this time to land the catch from its first trip, 3400…

18th May 2021

Samherji’s pelagic flagship

18th May 2021

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Responding to a call by John Risley for a moratorium on expansion of salmon aquaculture in Canada, the Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association’s executive director Susan Farquharson has accused the Clearwater Seafoods…

17th May 2021

Canadian industry figures clash over salmon

17th May 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Canada’s Fisheries minister has confirmed her support for an interim protocol allowing harvesters to freeze their Pacific prawn catch, helping ensure it is readily available for inspection and subsequent sale.

17th May 2021

Canadian government supports ‘tubbing’

17th May 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Dr Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, global lead for nutrition and public health at WorldFish, has been named the 2021 World Food Prize Laureate for her groundbreaking research, critical insights and landmark innovations in…

17th May 2021

First Asian woman awarded World Food Prize

17th May 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

NOAA and its partners are using science to try to identify why the population of striped bass in Chesapeake Bay on the east coast of the US is declining.

14th May 2021

Using science to combat striped bass decline

14th May 2021

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scottish Sea Farms has achieved what is thought to be a first in farmed fish health – no antibiotics were used in any of its farming operations in 2020.

13th May 2021

Zero antibiotics – a first for farmed fish

13th May 2021

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Skretting is one step closer to realising its sustainability ambitions with the trialling of a new ingredient made by Finnish biotech start-up, eniferBio.

13th May 2021

New protein ingredient trialled by Skretting

13th May 2021

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The owners of Faroese pelagic vessel Finnur Friði, Gøta-based fishing and processing company Varðin, were early adopters when it came to synthetic trawl warps.

12th May 2021

Pelagic catcher’s long-life synthetic warps

12th May 2021

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood exports last month from Iceland were up 54% compared to April 2020, reflecting the seriousness a year ago of the situation due to the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, but…

12th May 2021

Record April for Iceland’s seafood exports

12th May 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Peterhead Port Authority managed to maintain a highly respectable turnover of £12.5 million last year despite the severe impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on operations.

12th May 2021

Peterhead reports better than expected 2020

12th May 2021

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Icelandic Pelagic processor Loðnuvinnslan (LVF) has contracted Skaginn 3X for a new pelagic processing system for their operation at Fáskrúðsfjörður in eastern Iceland.

12th May 2021

New pelagic system’s 70% capacity boost

12th May 2021

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Brunvoll has signed a contract with the Cemre yard in Turkey to deliver the propulsion and manoeuvring system for Liegruppen Fiskeri’s new pelagic trawler Liafjord.

12th May 2021

Brunvoll propulsion expertise for Liafjord

12th May 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new smartphone app has been launched enabling the fishing industry to report bycatch including that of important or threatened species such as dolphins and porpoises, seals, seabirds, sharks, skates and rays.

12th May 2021

Smartphone app helps reduce bycatch

12th May 2021

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Alltech Coppens plans to reduce the environmental impact of its fish feed.

11th May 2021

Alltech Coppens tackles feed footprint

11th May 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Following Baaders acquisition of a majority stake in Skaginn 3X, the companys service division has been significantly strengthened.

10th May 2021

Skaginn 3X strengthens service offering

10th May 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

NOAA scientists have been trialling active acoustics to see whether the method can be used to monitor snapper in the bottomfish fishing grounds off Hawaii.

10th May 2021

Using sound waves to monitor snapper

10th May 2021