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PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

High-tech company Valka and seafood producer FISK Seafood have signed an agreement for a new batching and automatic packing system for light salted frozen fillets. The system automatically weighs, batches and packs…

23rd April 2020

Breakthrough in batching and robot packing

23rd April 2020

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

BioMar and Vietnam’s leading shrimp hatchery Viet-UC have signed a memorandum of understanding with the intention of BioMar becoming part owner and operational lead in the feed factory currently owned by Viet-UC.

23rd April 2020

?BioMar enters partnership in Vietnam

23rd April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson has made a significant change to the regulations governing catch weight registration, treating catches landed without ice and chilled using iceless storage systems on board…

22nd April 2020

Regulations adapted for iceless catches

22nd April 2020

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the PNA countries and Pacifical have implemented a temporary variation to its chain of custody (CoC) to reflect the unprecedented force majeure situation the world…

22nd April 2020

PNA suspends observer coverage requirements

22nd April 2020

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