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FISHERIES

FISHERIES

This year’s meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) closed with a mix of incremental gains and familiar frustrations for conservationists, particularly on shark protections.

26th November 2025

ICCAT shark finning ban stalemate

26th November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Five new research projects backed by the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) have begun work on sharpening the scientific basis of EU fisheries management.

26th November 2025

EU funds five new fisheries studies

26th November 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA) is calling on governments attending the 20th Conference of the Parties to CITES (COP20) to reject three species-listing proposals covering eels, sea cucumbers and certain…

26th November 2025

Fishing industry urges CITES parties to reject ‘unfounded’ species listings at COP20

26th November 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

With the conclusion of the 2025 annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), in Seville, Spain, the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has welcomed what it…

26th November 2025

ISSF: ICCAT 2025 delivers ‘mixed results’

26th November 2025

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Spillfree Analytics AS, which support fish farmers with analysing and improving feeding processes, is set to merge with software company Piscada Aqua, which provides process control and analysis software for the aquaculture…

26th November 2025

Bluefront-backed feed technology companies to merge

26th November 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) Sushi Council in the United States has confirmed Tristan International has joined as its newest member. Tristan is a leading North American supplier of ultra-low-temperature (ULT) frozen tuna. 

26th November 2025

Tristan International joins NFI Sushi Council

26th November 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Disco Scallops has been crowned the winner of the Food Innovation Award 2025 at the BBC Food & Farming Awards, with the accolade recognising its bold, low‑impact approach to scallop fishing and its…

25th November 2025

Disco Scallops take top prize at BBC Food & Farming Awards

25th November 2025

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Researchers working in Norway’s Barents Sea say a simple modification to snow crab pots could sharply reduce the number of undersized animals accidentally caught in the Arctic fishery.

25th November 2025

Research: Escape hatch could spare undersized Arctic snow crabs

25th November 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The Scottish Ocean Cluster has received more than £15,000 from Marine Fund Scotland to drive the next stage of its mission to unlock far greater value from Scotland’s seafood side streams —…

25th November 2025

Scottish Ocean Cluster secures new funding, names project manager to accelerate growth

25th November 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Scottish salmon has secured protected legal status across the European Union, with the official protected geographical indication (PGI) giving European consumers confidence they are eating salmon from Scotland – recognised as a…

25th November 2025

Scottish salmon secures EU protected status

25th November 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has approved a series of updates to its conservation measures aimed at strengthening oversight of tuna supply chains, tightening rules on at-sea transhipment, and reinforcing best…

25th November 2025

ISSF tightens tuna sustainability rules with new measures on transhipment, bycatch and FAD management

25th November 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) to commercialise two patents covering Morpholino-based sterility induction in finfish — a…

25th November 2025

CAT, UMBC strike exclusive deal to advance sterility technology for finfish

25th November 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture technology company Innovasea has promoted Jorge Bravo to Managing Director of its Chilean operations. Bravo, who joined Innovasea in 2020 and most recently served as its Technical Manager for Chile, steps…

25th November 2025

Innovasea appoints MD for Chile

25th November 2025

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has confirmed three new feed mills have achieved ASC Feed Certification, with BioMar receiving France’s first ASC Feed Certification for its Nersac mill, while SICA and Provenderie…

25th November 2025

ASC feed certification accelerates in France, New Caledonia

25th November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new international handbook urges stronger import control to stop illegal fishing and close gaps that enable it in the global seafood market.

24th November 2025

Global push to block illegal seafood

24th November 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The Government of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and WorldFish have signed a Host Country Agreement that will establish WorldFish’s regional innovation hub for West Africa. The agreement marks a major step forward…

24th November 2025

WorldFish, Côte d’Ivoire to establish regional innovation hub

24th November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Scottish Government has unveiled a suite of draft Fisheries Management Plans aimed at safeguarding the long-term sustainability of demersal fish stocks.

21st November 2025

Scotland proposes sustainable fishery plans

21st November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A total 194.8 million salmon were harvested in Alaska’s 2025 season, an 88% increase from the 2024 total harvest of 103.5 million salmon, with the commercial fishery for all species valued at…

20th November 2025

Good year for Alaskas salmon harvesters

20th November 2025

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

A prototype machine that could reshape working conditions and animal-welfare standards in the UK nephrops fishery has won the inaugural Catch Welfare Innovation Award, with Norway-based Optimar recognised as the key technological…

20th November 2025

Optimar nephrops machine wins award

20th November 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

European Union markets imported 332,097 tonnes of shrimp from third-country producers in the first nine months of 2025, with the total representing a 18% increase on the corresponding period of last year,…

20th November 2025

EU shrimp imports on track for bumper year

20th November 2025