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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Despite challenging economic conditions, fish farming grew 4.90% in 2019 in Brazil, with 758,000 tonnes of fish produced in the country, reports Eduardo Campos Lima.

28th May 2020

Fish farming grows in Brazil

28th May 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Three trawlers have arrived in Ghana from China and have been registered to the Ghanaian flag, despite the country’s moratorium on adding more fishing vessels to the fleet. The Ghanaian government’s own…

27th May 2020

Despite ban, trawlers to join Ghanaian fleet

27th May 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has hired a new director of business engagement to help encourage innovation and support growth across the sector.

27th May 2020

SAIC appoints new business director

27th May 2020

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

A new study has found that resistance to Tilapia Lake Virus (TiLV) appears to be due to differences in genes between families of the same fish.

27th May 2020

Genetics key to TiLV resistance

27th May 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of the UK’s fishing industry in ensuring food security for the nation, says the chief executive of the Scottish Pelagic Fisherman’s Association.

27th May 2020

COVID-19 highlights importance of fishing

27th May 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The largest dedicated longliner in the North Atlantic region, the new Geir has been delivered by Vaagland Båtbyggeri and christened in its home port of Ålesund.

27th May 2020

New longliner for Norwegian company

27th May 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

With the Tersan shipyard ready to hand over new factory trawler Calvert to its Canadian owners, every precaution was taken to comply with Covid-19 restrictions.

26th May 2020

Trawler handover under lockdown conditions

26th May 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Bryan Rosenberg has been appointed president and CEO of Thai Union North America (TUNA), responsible for its two North America operating companies, Chicken of the Sea International (COSI) and Chicken of the…

26th May 2020

New leadership for Thai Union North America

26th May 2020

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

On almost any given day, at four-thirty in the morning, while most people are still sleeping, Europe’s biggest fishing port in Vigo is in full swing.

26th May 2020

Maintaining Vigo’s fisheries value chain

26th May 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Leading fish producers and processors have called on the Russian government to provide support this year, to help them to avoid massive losses due to COVID-19 and any possible suspension of catching…

26th May 2020

Russian fish producers call for support

26th May 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Net Free Seas project, run by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) and funded by the Norwegian Retailers’ Environment Fun, is aiming to rid Thailand’s waters of discarded fishing nets.

22nd May 2020

EJF launches ghost gear project in Thailand

22nd May 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Diversified Communications UK, the new owners of Aquaculture UK, has confirmed that this year’s event has been postponed as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

21st May 2020

Aquaculture UK postponed until May 2021

21st May 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced up to $469.4 million in new measures to support fish harvesters, left economically disadvantaged by the pandemic but unable to access existing federal measures. This…

20th May 2020

New support for Canada’s fish harvesters

20th May 2020

NEWS

NEWS

US$300m in fisheries assistance funding will be provided to US states, tribes, and territories with coastal and marine fishery participants who have been negatively affected by COVID–19.

19th May 2020

US$300m funding for US fishery businesses

19th May 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The Pella Shipyard in St Petersburg has delivered the first crabber to be built under the Russian government’s investment quotas initiative.

19th May 2020

First investment quotas programme crabber

19th May 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) has called on its members to share good practice already in place or being developed to help keep workers safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

18th May 2020

Share best working practice, urges NFFO

18th May 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Shellfish growers and trout producers in Scotland will receive a share of £800,000 to help mitigate the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

18th May 2020

COVID-19: Funding for Scottish aquaculture

18th May 2020

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

One of the largest salmon producers has opted to install an ice-free Sub-Chilling system from Skaginn 3X.

18th May 2020

Skaginn 3X lands Mowi contract

18th May 2020

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A two year project into the management of fisheries in marine protected areas (MPA) in the UK has shown that involving the fishing sector and stakeholders is crucial in promoting sustainability and…

15th May 2020

Concerted management of MPA fisheries

15th May 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Following suspension of face-to-face training as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Seafish is extending its support for online training for those working in the UK’s seafood industry.

15th May 2020

COVID-19: Seafish to fund online training

15th May 2020