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VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Belgian family fishing company Rederij Long Ships has contracted Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam to build a new 38-metre long beam trawler to a new Maaskant BT3808 design, modified to deliver an additional…

20th December 2019

Damen Maaskant to build new Belgian beamer

20th December 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Síldarvinnslan’s freezer trawler Blængur has docked at Neskaupstaður to start landing its last trip of the year.

20th December 2019

Tough trip ends record year

20th December 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

In a world first for rope grown oysters, Maruto Suisan has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for its fishery in the Seto Inland Sea.

18th December 2019

World’s first MSC rope grown oysters

18th December 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The European Commission has notified the Republic of Panama about the risk of being identified as a non-co-operating country in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Panama had already…

17th December 2019

EU Commission notifies Panama over IUU

17th December 2019

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The Lovie family, who fish out of Kinlochbervie with their two demersal trawlers Endeavour IV and Venture II, have been seeing excellent results with their new trawl doors since switching to the…

17th December 2019

Osprey doors’ success in Scotland

17th December 2019

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Through mutually beneficial agreements between Russia and Norway, the Russian whitefish fleet has enjoyed access to the fishing grounds in the western Barents Sea and inside the Norwegian zone.

17th December 2019

Serving Russia’s Norwegian-based fleet

17th December 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new collaboration has expanded the Danish Fish quality mark to fish from the aquaculture sector, in addition to wild-caught fish.

13th December 2019

Danish Fish brand extends to farmed fish

13th December 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The WSI ‘women in the seafood industry’ video competition is open for the fourth time and is accepting entries from now until July 2nd.

13th December 2019

WSI video competition open to 2020 entries

13th December 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scottish Sea Farms’ new £55m Barcaldine Hatchery has achieved a critical milestone with the first smolts having gone safely out to sea pens.

12th December 2019

Major milestone for SSF’s new hatchery

12th December 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Icelandic ship design company Skipasýn ehf. has developed a design for a 66 metre filleter freezer trawler. A contract has been signed for the first vessel, Baldvin Njálsson, to be commissioned for…

10th December 2019

Skipasýn presents filleter freezer design

10th December 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Alltech and research institute Nofima and collaborating on research and development into sustainable salmon production for Norway fisheries.

9th December 2019

Sustainable salmon production in Norway

9th December 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The British Ports Association (BPA) has launched its fisheries manifesto aimed at boosting UK fishing ports and coastal communities.

6th December 2019

BPA manifesto to boost UK fishing

6th December 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A New Zealand ship has recently returned from a six-week winter research voyage to the Ross Sea where scientists have made the first observations of developing Antarctic toothfish embryos.

6th December 2019

Braving Antarctic winter to study toothfish

6th December 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An independent assessment of the Leigh Port Partnership cockle fishery in Essex, UK has found it meets the Marine Stewardship Council’s standard for sustainable fishing.

5th December 2019

Sustainable cockles from Thames Estuary

5th December 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A Landia pasteuriser that processes waste salmon for an AD/biogas plant on Stornoway has helped the Outer Hebrides Local Energy Hub (OHLEH) win the Scottish Environment Business VIBES award.

5th December 2019

OHLEH wins environmental award

5th December 2019

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

With a background in specialised slurry ice machines for the fishing industry, Icelandic company Thor Ice sidestepped into the meat business, coming up with some highly innovative systems to meet an extremely…

3rd December 2019

Energy efficient slurry ice from Thor Ice

3rd December 2019

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Russian fish farming company Russian Aquaculture is back on its feet after a series of devastating salmon louse outbreaks nearly wrecked its salmon business in 2015.

3rd December 2019

Russian Aquaculture, back on track

3rd December 2019

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

“It’s an all-round, low-maintenance trawl that catches well,” said Kleifaberg’s Víðir Jónsson, describing the T90 Hemmer trawl used on board for fishery they take part in.

3rd December 2019

Kleifaberg’s Hemmer a hit for every fishery

3rd December 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

?Scottish Sea Farms is to restructure its farming operations to help accelerate progress towards the company’s goal of setting the benchmark for sustainability in its sector.

3rd December 2019

Scottish Sea Farms steps up sustainability

3rd December 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The Tersan Shipyard has delivered a pair new longliners to Norwegian fishing company Ervik Havfiske.

3rd December 2019

Tersan delivers Ervik Havfiske longliners

3rd December 2019