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NEWS

NEWS

A new global initiative will mobilise major retailers to reduce the bycatch of sharks, marine mammals and seabirds

12th April 2022

Accelerating bycatch action

12th April 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Four new landing utility vessels (LUVs) are under construction for Damen Shipyards with the group convinced that these particular boats are ideal for servicing Europe’s sea-based aquaculture sector and that buyers will…

12th April 2022

New aquaculture quartet

12th April 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The much-needed development of Russia’s fish processing industry has been derailed by the war in Ukraine.

11th April 2022

Russian processing crisis

11th April 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Loran is one of the famous names in the Norwegian longline fleet, and its owners have never shied away from going in new directions. Now they are making plans to replace the…

11th April 2022

Hydrogen for new longliner

11th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Following its entrance into the shrimp feed market, the board of BioMar has approved the acquisition of Australian acoustic feeding technology company AQ1 Systems, with the aim to create new synergies between…

11th April 2022

BioMar acquires AQ1

11th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Catherine McManus has been appointed by salmon farming company Mowi to the role of Operations Director, Farming (Ireland).

11th April 2022

Mowi Ireland appointment

11th April 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The Irish seafood economy grew by more than 15% in 2021 despite the challenges of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic.

11th April 2022

Irish seafood grows 15%

11th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Administrative Board of the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) has elected Fabrizio Donatella, Director of Fisheries Policy Atlantic, North Sea, Baltic and Outermost Regions at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime…

8th April 2022

New fisheries control chief

8th April 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Scotland’s farmed salmon sector has joined calls from the food and drink industry for more flexibility in the UK’s immigration system to help address labour shortages.

8th April 2022

Immigration action urged

8th April 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Sainsbury’s has become the first UK supermarket to have 100% of its fresh Scottish salmon range independently certified by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC).

7th April 2022

Sainsbury’s salmon first

7th April 2022