News

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

In the wake of a five-year-long bait-and-switch scheme in which a Virginia-based seafood company intentionally mislabelled crabmeat, Lloyd’s Register (LR) is calling for the seafood industry to do more to combat rogue…

14th August 2019

Seafood fraud puts consumer at risk

14th August 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Marin Teknikk has signed an agreement with Østerfjord, Torangsvaag in Austevoll and Tersan Shipyard in Turkey for the design and engineering for a new fishing vessel.

14th August 2019

Marin Teknikk secures fishing vessel contract

14th August 2019

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

While the global seafood trade is expected to continue to grow, recent analysis points to shifts in the market dynamics.

14th August 2019

Seafood’s changing tide

14th August 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Fjiian cabinet has approved a memorandum of understanding between Fiji’s Department of Fisheries and the University of Adelaide on tilapia farming.

13th August 2019

Fiji approves MOU with Adelaide University

13th August 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Russian Fishery Company (RFC) and the Agama Group have signed a co-operation agreement as part of the project to build the Russian Haddock onshore processing plant for cod and haddock in…

13th August 2019

RFC and Agama build second Murmansk factory

13th August 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UN Food and Agriculture Organizaton’s new Director-General vows to build on UN agencys strengths, making it more dynamic, transparent and inclusive.

13th August 2019

Qu Dongyu takes up post as FAO head

13th August 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The growing trend for local and sustainable produce could be the key to UK consumers adopting a penchant for herring, the chairman of the Scottish Pelagic Processors Association has suggested.

13th August 2019

Time for a UK herring resurgence?

13th August 2019

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Icelandic fish processing machinery speciality Curio continues to expand as its innovative range of fish processing machines grows.

13th August 2019

Curio: matching the machine to the fish

13th August 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thai Union has reported a 13.1% increase in gross profit in the second quarter of the year, with stronger performances from the frozen seafood and PetCare and value-added product businesses.

13th August 2019

Thai Union reports profits up 13%

13th August 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Sufficient safety training is “essential” for those working in the Irish fishing industry, Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) has stressed.

12th August 2019

BIM supports safety training in Ireland

12th August 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Each year as many as 35,000 adult female lobsters caught by Irish inshore fishermen have a V-shaped notch removed from their tails.

12th August 2019

?35,000 lobsters V-notched every year

12th August 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Cooke Aquaculture in Atlantic Canada has a number of fish farms located in protected waters around the Maritime Provinces, and need to secure transport of supplies and gear between the farms and…

12th August 2019

Power Barge series for Canadian fish farm

12th August 2019

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Iceland has long been a prime market for electronics company Scanmar, with an Icelandic subsidiary managed by Thórir Matthíasson from workshops in Garðabaer.

11th August 2019

Serving a high-tech, high-efficiency fleet

11th August 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

With government support in place and and the consolidation of a net of small and medium-sized companies, tilapia production in Colombia has been rising consistently in the past few years, reports Eduardo…

10th August 2019

Colombian tilapia reaches new markets

10th August 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new compact UV LED steriliser will be amongst technology solutions showcased by Yanmar at Aqua Nor this month.

9th August 2019

Efficiency-led Yanmar technology at Aqua Nor

9th August 2019

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

A new computer model is giving aquaculture a lifeline as it seeks to adapt to ever-changing undersea conditions.

9th August 2019

Predicting temperature, salinity and more

9th August 2019

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

The impacts of salmon farming – on land and at sea – are being highlighted thanks to a new sustainability web portal in Norway.

8th August 2019

Portal sheds light on Norwegian salmon farming

8th August 2019

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

There is nothing unusual about high levels of resentment among fishermen in developing countries, directed at the law enforcement authorities that make efforts to prevent the use of illegal and non-selective fishing…

7th August 2019

Lake Victoria conservation efforts

7th August 2019

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Mørenot Robotics AS in Bodø has been nominated for the Nor-Fishing Foundation Innovation Award for the development of an autonomous underwater robot. The robot used low-intensity brushing to prevent the build-up of…

7th August 2019

Busy robot keeps nets clean

7th August 2019

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Built at TB Shipyards in Harlingen for Maarten van Duijn, Annalijdia LT-43 is a combined twin-rigger/fly-shooter designed to operate in the North Sea and English Channel.

7th August 2019

Seiner/trawler’s electric deck package

7th August 2019