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FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Future of Fish has launched a new campaign in partnership with fishers from La Islilla, Peru, to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) to fishers and seafood workers.

11th June 2020

PPE for fisheries in Peru

11th June 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Pronomar, supplier of drying systems, has noticed an increasing interest coming from fisheries and fish processors since the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

11th June 2020

Pronomar helps COVID-19 hygiene measures

11th June 2020

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Icelandic high-tech company Valka has designed two new graders for batching and automatic packing IQF frozen products and, offering numerous new features compared to traditional graders.

11th June 2020

Valka launches new IQF graders

11th June 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Albacora Group, operators of the largest tuna fishing fleet in the European Union, recently commissioned a new purse seiner to be built at Vigo-based shipyard Astilleros Armón, which will feature Schottel controllable…

10th June 2020

Albacora seiner features Schottel SCP

10th June 2020

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Ecuador’s new Fishing and Aquaculture Law, passed in April, is designed to toughen the existing system of sanctions and to improve surveillance, control and monitoring.

10th June 2020

Ecuador supports sustainable fisheries

10th June 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Dutch Seafood company, Crusta Oceans, has been certified as compliant with an international food safety standard.

10th June 2020

International safety certification for Crusta

10th June 2020

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Marine Stewardship Councils (MSC) CEO has called for an acceleration of the uptake of sustainable fisheries management globally in response to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of…

9th June 2020

Sustainable fisheries management vital

9th June 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK government-sponsored Benyon Review that advocates banning fishing in a new set of areas known as highly protected marine areas (HPMA) is a hammer blow for fishing communities already ravaged by…

8th June 2020

Fishing review a ‘hammer blow’, says NFFO

8th June 2020

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The next steps for a collaborative project aimed at improving how inshore fisheries are managed in the UK have been published.

5th June 2020

Inshore fisheries management action plan

5th June 2020

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Bayer Animal Health has signed supply and distribution agreements with water treatment technology suppliers, Cytozyme Laboratories and Chengdu Kehongda Technology, as well as farm management technology provider, XpertSea Solutions.

5th June 2020

Warm-water aquaculture technology

5th June 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon production is fast approaching the practical physical limits permitted by current coastal farming methods, putting investors at risk, says non-profit financial think tank Planet Tracker.

4th June 2020

Salmon investors at risk, says think tank

4th June 2020

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Skaginn 3X has signed major pre-engineering contracts with Russian and South Korean companies that are planning to modernise and automate their fish processing for more efficiency, quality and yield.

4th June 2020

Allies in automation in Russia and Asia

4th June 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

??The coronavirus lockdown hasn’t stopped Scottish Sea Farms putting into operation a new service vessel which will play a crucial role in protecting fish health; particularly gill health which is currently one…

4th June 2020

Fish health focus for SSF’s new Fair Isle

4th June 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

NOAA Fisheries and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission have hosted a workshop to help realise the goal of developing a US$100 million mariculture industry in Alaska within the next 20 years.

3rd June 2020

Mariculture in Alaska workshop

3rd June 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A demonstration farm of Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA), which works under the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), has produced 15 tonnes of seabass from just one hectare, an initiative…

3rd June 2020

Seabass as alternative to shrimp in India

3rd June 2020

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Award-winning Irish seafood producer Carr & Sons Seafood, based at Killala in Co Mayo has acquired HJ Nolan Seafood, Dublin, effective from March 2020.

2nd June 2020

Carr and Sons Seafood acquires Nolan Brand

2nd June 2020

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

American Seafoods trawler American Dynasty is under lockdown at the Port of Seattle after a large number of its crew tested positive for COVID-19.

2nd June 2020

American Seafoods trawler in lockdown

2nd June 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fishery managers at a Panama small pelagics fishery are working on a series of improvement milestones to enable their processing plant to achieve full MarinTrust certification.

1st June 2020

MarinTrust helps Panama fishery improve

1st June 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fisheries New Zealand is beginning a consultation on proposed changes to catch limits for a range of fisheries for the new fishing year beginning in October.

1st June 2020

Consultation on New Zealand catch limits

1st June 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

As part of Faroese salmon producer Bakkafrost’s strategy to produce larger quantities of sustainable farmed salmon, it has ordered a new wellboat to be built at the Sefine shipyard in Turkey, with…

1st June 2020

Bakkafrost orders hybrid wellboat

1st June 2020