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INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Kjetil Fyrand has moved from Pharmaq and now leads the Fish Health Department at the Norwegian food research institute, Nofima.

20th June 2025

New head appointed for Nofima’s fish health team

20th June 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has played a leading role at the 2025 United Nations Oceans Conference (UNOC) in Nice, spotlighting responsible aquaculture as a critical solution for sustainable development, food security…

20th June 2025

ASC: Data-driven aquaculture key to ocean future

20th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The MarInnLeg Foundation has released a revealing new report, ‘Diagnosis of Blue Interest Groups’, examining the financial and political influence of organisations shaping EU fisheries policy.

19th June 2025

NGO funding in fisheries scrutinised

19th June 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Skretting has released its 2024 Impact Report, highlighting major strides in innovation and sustainability, while unveiling a new value proposition – ACT – aimed at driving further progress across the aquaculture industry.

19th June 2025

Skretting drives global sustainability efforts

19th June 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched its most comprehensive and participatory global assessment of marine fish stocks to-date. Including contributions from more than 650 experts from…

19th June 2025

Moving in the right direction – FAO releases latest, biggest assessment of global fish stocks

19th June 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Aquaculture technology company Ace Aquatec and seafood processor Aquascot have entered into a new strategic collaboration to validate the collection of real-time morphometric fish data and integrate it into processing operations.

19th June 2025

Ace Aquatec-Aquascot collaboration to embed AI into fish processing

19th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group (SPSG) has compiled a new Mackerel Briefing Document for sector stakeholders outlining the factors that are standing in the way a comprehensive agreement on international quota shares, as well…

19th June 2025

SPSG issues new mackerel industry briefing document

19th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

With leading marine scientists sounding the alarm as global oceans edge closer to a critical tipping point due to the compounding pressures of climate change, overfishing and habitat degradation, the Marine Stewardship…

19th June 2025

UNOC 2025 echoes down under: New FAO data, Aussie innovation and the future of fishing

19th June 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Over the years, information technology (IT) solutions have become crucial for aquaculture, offering benefits across all aspects of production, management and sustainability. Because the sector is also significantly diversified, with a range…

19th June 2025

Knowledge-based feeding and planning solutions for aquaculture

19th June 2025

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

A variety of technologies, including Hampiðjan’s DynIce Data cable and the Star Oddi Fish Scanner, were brought together earlier this year to provide a new look at assessing stock, tested for the…

19th June 2025

FishScanner tested during capelin survey

19th June 2025

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The whelk fishery is second only to scallops for the Normandy fleet – and a number of gaps remain in the knowledge relating to this important fishery pursued by around 130 fishing…

19th June 2025

Studying Normandy’s whelk fishery

19th June 2025

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

The development work behind the flexible grid has been conducted by Egersund Trål and the Institute of Marine Research in a project partly funded by the Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry Research Funding…

19th June 2025

Trialling steel grid to replace flexible excluder

19th June 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

New research has revealed that an early immune response is the key to natural sea lice resistance in some Pacific salmon species, offering fresh hope for combatting one of aquaculture’s most persistent…

18th June 2025

Pacific salmon outsmart sea lice

18th June 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

New Zealand’s aquaculture industry has surged ahead, recording a 13% increase in export revenue over the past year and projected to reach NZ$650 million by the end of June.

18th June 2025

NZ aquaculture growth signals bright future

18th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

European fishing industry body Europêche has welcomed the adoption of the new UNOC3 Political Declaration as a significant step forward in strengthening multilateral ocean governance, advancing science-based management, enhancing marine spatial planning,…

18th June 2025

EU fishers hail UNOC3 declaration as a boost to ocean, fisheries governance

18th June 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Shrimp farm Agrimingold SA has become the first producer in Ecuador to participate in an Aquaculture Improvement Project (AIP) under the Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s (ASC) Improver Programme.

18th June 2025

Agrimingold becomes first shrimp farm in Ecuador to join ASC Improver Programme

18th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A sharp drop in pelagic catches saw the total volume of fish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet fall by 22% or more than 19,000 tonnes year-on-year to 68,190 tonnes in May 2025,…

18th June 2025

Icelandic fisheries production down 22% in May

18th June 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS), a leading aquaculture and marine environmental research institute under the Ministry…

17th June 2025

ASC, South Korea’s National Institute of Fisheries Science sign MOU

17th June 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

UK government’s recent announcement of a new 12-year GBP 360 million Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund to drive growth and boost the sector for the future has been welcomed by the All…

17th June 2025

Fishing and shellfish production recognised as critical for UK coastal communities

17th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Following on from the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France, Thai Union Group PCL has issued a call to accelerate collective action to conserve and sustainably use the world’s oceans. The…

17th June 2025

Thai Union calls for collective ocean action

17th June 2025