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The UN has recently released data showing that global per capita fish consumption has hit a record high, passing the 20kg per year mark for the first time. The need has therefore…

10th January 2018

OMC Asia 2018 call for papers released: Huge potential for offshore operations in Southeast Asia

10th January 2018

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

PG Flow Solutions will supply a seawater circulation pump and engine room pumps for a new wellboat.

9th January 2018

PG Flow Solutions wellboat pump systems order

9th January 2018

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Carsoe has broken into the Chinese market with the order of a complete processing plant for a one of the world’s largest newbuild krill trawlers.

8th January 2018

Carsoe breaks into the Chinese market

8th January 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A global investment company has acquired Optimar a leading provider of automated fish handling systems from its Norwegian financial investors Credo Partners.

8th January 2018

Optimar acquired by investment firm

8th January 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Skaginn 3X will design a new automated Vardin Pelagic plant, which allows for initial capacity of 1300t per day.

8th January 2018

Skaginn 3X to deliver new Vardin Pelagic plant

8th January 2018

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Open Blue farm in Panama has become the first cobia producer in the world certified to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) standard. To attain certification, the farm was assessed by an…

5th January 2018

First cobia farm becomes ASC certified

5th January 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Pingtan Marine Enterprise has announced that its fish products have gone online on JD.com and will be available to consumers. The Company has first launched three of its fish products including pomfret,…

5th January 2018

Pingtan’s fish products on JD.com

5th January 2018

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Norwegian fishing company Eros A/S has signed a contract with Inmarsat Maritime to install Fleet Xpress on three fishing vessels operating in the North Sea, Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea.

4th January 2018

Eros chooses Fleet Xpress

4th January 2018

OMA

OMA

The 7th Offshore Mariculture Conference took place from 6-10 March this year. We caught up with some of our speakers and sponsors from this year’s conference to see what changes are in…

4th January 2018

Attendees catch new business after OMC 2017

4th January 2018

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Anne Ruston has welcomed the ABARES Australian fisheries and aquaculture statistics 2016 report setting out that the value of the Australian fisheries and aquaculture sector increased by…

4th January 2018

Australia’s seafood sector continues to grow

4th January 2018

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Marine Harvest has reached an agreement to acquire Northern Harvest, a salmon farming company in eastern Canada.

4th January 2018

Marine Harvest acquires Northern Harvest

4th January 2018

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Following the massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima Prefecture released vast quantities of radioactive materials into the atmosphere and ocean, raising concerns over…

4th January 2018

Fukushima radiation: Study shows migratory fish not affected

4th January 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Japanese fishing company Ishihara Marine Products Co. Ltd. has entered its pole-and-line skipjack and albacore tuna fisheries for assessment against the MSC Fisheries Standard. The Ishihara company caught 1780 tonnes of skipjack…

3rd January 2018

Japan’s pole-and-line fishery gets MSC assessment

3rd January 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Seafood investor Broodstock Capital has raised NoK200 million for another dedicated investment fund for the seafood and aquaculture industries.

3rd January 2018

Broodstock Capital expands with new investment fund

3rd January 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Marin Teknikk has achieved what it calls a break-through in the Russian market by securing design and engineering packages for four new long-line vessels.

3rd January 2018

Marin Teknikk secures contracts for Russian Fishery companies

3rd January 2018

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new silage solution has been designed to produce high quality fish protein concentrate (FPC) that maximises market value.

3rd January 2018

Silage solution targets high value FPC

3rd January 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Europêche has appointed its five-year policy advisor Daniel Voces de Onaíndi as managing director.

2nd January 2018

Europêche appoints managing director

2nd January 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thai Union Group has launched a Vessel Code of Conduct and vessel improvement programme to help improve ethical labour in the fishing sector.

2nd January 2018

Thai Union looks to its workers’ rights

2nd January 2018

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Icelandic fishing company Bergur-Huginn is celebrating its 45th anniversary, as well as a record year for its two trawlers Bergey and Vestmannaey.

22nd December 2017

Record year for Bergur-Huginn

22nd December 2017

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

World Fishing & Aquaculture would like to wish all of our supporters and readers season’s greetings and send our very best wishes for a happy and successful 2018.

20th December 2017

Season’s Greetings

20th December 2017