News

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thai Union Group has welcomed the latest rating for its Thai farmed shrimp from Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch, which shows the country’s positive progress to reach a Yellow Good Alternative rating.

27th July 2020

Thai Union welcomes new shrimp rating

27th July 2020

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Members of the Panay Aqua Farmers Cooperative (PAFC) have visited the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC/AQD) accompanied by Remia Aparri of the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and…

24th July 2020

Covid-19: Farmers seek help with feed costs

24th July 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafood Scotland has launched a campaign to help Scottish seafood businesses reach a greater consumer audience through the use of free marketing directories.

23rd July 2020

Digital campaign helps net new business

23rd July 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

One Russia’s largest crab fishing companies, Russian Crab, reports that for the first half of 2020, its fleet landed 6398 tonnes of crab – roughly half of this year’s 12,970 tonne quotas…

22nd July 2020

Russian Crab’s landings on track for 2020

22nd July 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

UK and Ireland distributor for Moteurs Baudouin, the Southampton-based Proteum, has won the contract to supply power systems to the largest steel fishing boat to be built by C. Toms & Sons.

22nd July 2020

Baudouin engines for Scottish twin-rigger

22nd July 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Ecuadorian shrimp industry has confirmed a serious contraction in its production and exports as a result of the market crisis and reduced demand on a scale not seen for more than…

22nd July 2020

Ecuador’s shrimp market shrinks

22nd July 2020

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The challenges of the past four months have noticeably shifted the Scottish seafood market, according to trade organisation Seafood Scotland.

22nd July 2020

Seafood sector pivot here for the long haul

22nd July 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new project is exploring the possibility of using industry catch and effort data to inform Gulf of Alaska rockfish assessments and aid better management, maximise economic benefit and minimise the risk…

21st July 2020

Project aims to improve rockfish assessment

21st July 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

An agreement has been struck for AKVA Group to purchase the Alfaring mooring system along with two associated patents from Carl Stahl.

21st July 2020

AKVA group acquires Alfaring mooring system

21st July 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Estimated to be worth more than $7 billion in 2020, the market for wild-caught pollock is expected to grow at a CAGR of 1.7% between now and 2030, according to a report…

21st July 2020

Pollock gaining traction

21st July 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A two month survey of the eastern Bering Sea using three saildrones has begun in an attempt to understand more about pollock abundance.

20th July 2020

Pollock survey begins in eastern Bering Sea

20th July 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Tersan Shipyard has signed a contract for a Skipsteknik-designed Arctic freezer trawler with Danish company, Ocean Prawns.

20th July 2020

Tersan signs Arctic freezer trawler deal

20th July 2020

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Wicki-Alex H-410 and skipper Thomas Jensen work from Hundested in Denmark, fishing strings of traps to catch whelks (Buccinum undatum) that are packed for markets in France, China and South-East Asia.

19th July 2020

Taking the backache out of whelking

19th July 2020

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Russia is set to ramp up aquafeed production nearly tenfold to 525,000 tonnes by 2030 to make fish farmers less dependent on imports.

19th July 2020

Aiming for aquafeed self-sufficiency

19th July 2020

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Through its new executive order, the White House is seeking to propel the nation’s seafood sector into the big league.

18th July 2020

Can Trump make a bigger fish out of America?

18th July 2020

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Holland Fisheries Event (HFE), the biennial Dutch Fisheries and Maritime Exhibition, will go ahead this year despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

17th July 2020

Dutch fisheries exhibition gets the go-ahead

17th July 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Xelect has completed a genetic analysis project supported by Msingi East Africa aimed at enabling genetic selective breeding in tilapia operations in Kenya and Uganda.

17th July 2020

Unlocking the genetic potential of tilapia

17th July 2020

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood from Scotland, in partnership with Scotland Development International, is bringing a taste of Scottish seafood to the US with a virtual reception on 23 July.

16th July 2020

Scottish seafood to be showcased stateside

16th July 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The nature of the coast of Galicia in north-western Spain with its multitude of fishing and fish farming activities means that new approaches are called for to guard against illegal fishing.

15th July 2020

Thermal cameras to fight illegal fishing

15th July 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Royal New Zealand Air Force is currently conducting three days of aerial surveillance over Solomon Islands’ exclusive economic zone, in order to monitor the activities of tuna fleets.

15th July 2020

NZ Airforce helps detect IUU fishing

15th July 2020