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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Three new bore holes are being drilled at Samherji’s land-based fish farming site at Grindavík in southern Iceland. This is to ensure water economy following last years expansion and to prepare for…

22nd April 2020

Samherji invests in charr capacity

22nd April 2020

NEWS

NEWS

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a US$6.4 million grant to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to restore and manage fish species.

22nd April 2020

US$6.4m grant to help restore Great Lakes

22nd April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish has created ‘critical worker certificates’ for fishermen and other key workers in the industry to use in the course of their work.

20th April 2020

COVID-19: Key worker status certificates

20th April 2020

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

More than 1,000 fishing and aquaculture businesses in England affected by the coronavirus pandemic will receive cash grants through a fisheries support scheme.

20th April 2020

COVID-19: £10m fund for seafood sector

20th April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

WorldFish, together with the CGAIR Research Programme on Fish Agri-food Systems and its partners, is attempting to assess the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on fish and aquatic food systems in developing…

17th April 2020

COVID-19: Assessing impact on fishing sector

17th April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Nueva Pescanova Group’s board of directors has unanimously elected José María Benavent as executive chairman and reappointed Ignacio González as managing director, a position he has served since February 2016.

17th April 2020

Nueva Pescanova appoints new chairman

17th April 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new selective breeding method is being developed by a Scottish research consortium that could enhance fish health and well-being by improving salmon resistance to sea lice.

16th April 2020

Breeding resistance to sea lice

16th April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Coastal businesses and voluntary sector organisations affected by COVID-19 will benefit from a £7.2 million Scottish Crown Estate fund which is devolved to councils.

16th April 2020

COVID-19: Scottish Crown Estate support

16th April 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

In co-operation with partners at engineering company Techano AS, Naust Marine is fabricating and delivering electrical systems to the Arctic Offshore Fish Farming project off the coast of Tromsø in Norway.

15th April 2020

Engineering for Arctic Offshore project

15th April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Is a gender viewpoint needed to examine the COVID-19 risks and impacts on fisheries and aquaculture? According to Natalia Briceño-Lagos and Marie Christine Monfort of the International Organisation for Women in the…

15th April 2020

Pandemic hits women harder, says WSI

15th April 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scottish Cabinet Secretary Fergus Ewing has paid tribute to Scotland’s fish farming workers for ensuring the supply of fresh salmon, trout and shellfish continues to reach UK supermarkets.

15th April 2020

COVID-19: Praise for fish farmers

15th April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafish is working on ways to support the UK seafood sector through the COVID-19 pandemic.

15th April 2020

COVID-19: Helping find new routes to market

15th April 2020

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Wärtsilä will supply a propulsion and power package for a new 75m long fishing trawler being built at Karstensens shipyard in Denmark for Scottish owners and operators Wiseman Fishing Co and Northbay…

14th April 2020

Wärtsilä energy package for Scottish trawler

14th April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Western Australian Fishing Industry Council’s (WAFIC) chief executive has welcomed the Fisheries Minister’s decision to approve the seafood industry’s COVID-19 recovery and stimulus package.

9th April 2020

COVID-19: WAFIC welcomes support approval

9th April 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

After having its trawl door production at Plunge in Lithuania for the last seven years, the company last year began expanding its facilities there to include aquaculture net production.

8th April 2020

New Mørenot factory delivers first cage net

8th April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Skaginn 3X has appointed Viktoría Alfreðsdóttir as Regional Sales Manager for Russia and Asia.

8th April 2020

Skaginn 3X strengthens sales network

8th April 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Japan has lifted the inspection order for Indian Black Tiger shrimps after export consignments were found to be free of any residue of the anti-bacterial drug furazolidone. 

8th April 2020

Japan lifts Black Tiger shrimp inspections

8th April 2020

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

Based at the heart of Boulogne’s Capécure seafood district, freight forwarder Geofret was set up in 2013 by Grégory Grare to specialise in transporting seafood as efficiently as possible.

8th April 2020

Focus on freight

8th April 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Simple tweaks in protocols at the mangrove crab hatchery of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) in the Philippines have led to a significant boost in crablet production, with…

7th April 2020

Crablet survival rate up in Philippines

7th April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Of the total commercial tuna catch worldwide, 84% came from stocks at healthy levels of abundance, according to the March 2020 International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) ‘Status of the Stocks’ report.

6th April 2020

Slight improvement in tuna stocks, says ISSF

6th April 2020