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SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A special naming ceremony has taken place on the quays of Macduff harbour to celebrate the building of two large new fishing trawlers by the Macduff Shipyards Ltd, Endeavour V and Venture…

21st September 2022

Macduff trawlers named

21st September 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Bluefront Equity has increased its share of aquaculture technology firm, Redox, to 82%.

21st September 2022

Bluefront ups Redox stake

21st September 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Using technology from Scantrol and Deep Vision, Norwegian company Ava Ocean will start a project later this year that will seek to sustainably harvest scallops from the Barents Sea.

21st September 2022

Tech-enabled scalloping

21st September 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

VARD shipbuilding group has contracted TMC Compressors (TMC) to supply an energy efficient marine compressed air system to a stern trawler being built for Norwegian fishing company Nergård Havfiske. 

21st September 2022

VARD’s greener newbuild

21st September 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Data from recently deployed beacons is to be used to assist the restocking of a centuries-old Hawaiian fishpond with native mullet and milkfish.

16th September 2022

Hawaii fishpond revival

16th September 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Trawl doors from Morgère have undergone a makeover and now feature a vibrant yellow livery, which the French company maintains will ensure enhanced visibility for fishing operations at night, thereby making them safer.

16th September 2022

Morgère’s new look

16th September 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Bømlo shipping company Napier AS and fish processing systems provider Optimar AS have agreed on a contract for the supply and installation of Optimar’s Optitube bleeding systems onboard two new boats that…

16th September 2022

Optimar lands Napier deal

16th September 2022

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Persistently high production costs will undermine sales in the second-half of 2022, determines new analysis from the RaboResearch unit of Rabobank.

16th September 2022

Seafood demand weakens

16th September 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Cooke Aquaculture Scotland is seeking to reassure the local community in Orkney that a proposed new salmon farm off Papa Westray will comply with all regulations and best practice.

16th September 2022

Cooke quashes salmon farm concerns

16th September 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Skretting and eniferBio have joined forces to test and market a new protein for Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout feed.

15th September 2022

Salmon feed development agreement

15th September 2022