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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) has praised the US administration’s move to ease tariffs on a selection of food products after President Donald Trump signed an executive order exempting items such as…

17th November 2025

NFI urges US seafood tariff relief

17th November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The annual meeting of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) in Málaga has delivered progress on vessel transparency but leaves major enforcement gaps, according to the Med Sea Alliance and…

14th November 2025

Mediterranean fisheries transparency gains stalled

14th November 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

SGS, a global leader in testing, inspection and certification, is calling for increased vigilance among seafood producers to prevent antibiotic and drug residue contamination.

13th November 2025

SGS warns of rising antibiotic resistance

13th November 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Waitrose has become the first UK retailer to introduce Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC)-certified fresh fish counters, a move now rolled out across more than 260 of its stores.

13th November 2025

Waitrose launches ASC-certified counters

13th November 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Scottish Government has outlined £14 million worth of investments to support jobs and reduce emissions in marine sectors. A total of 60 projects focusing on innovation and sustainable development will receive grants…

13th November 2025

Scotland unveils latest wave of industry, coastal investments

13th November 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

European fishing industry body Europêche has welcomed the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2025/1444, setting strict brine-freezing conditions for tuna purse seiners, saying it “rightly recognises and values” the high sanitary and technological…

13th November 2025

New EU freezing-in-brine regulation scores industry praise

13th November 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Water solution provider Norwegian Greentech has entered into an agreement with Nordic Halibut AS, one of the world’s leading producers of farmed halibut, to deliver a complete water treatment system for the…

13th November 2025

Norwegian Greentech to supply water treatment system to Nordic Halibut

13th November 2025

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Located in the heart of Idaho’s so called “Magic Valley” – a hub for agriculture and aquaculture – Rangen Aquaculture Nutrition’s Buhl feed mill has become the first in the United States…

13th November 2025

Rangen becomes America’s first ASC certified feed company

13th November 2025

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Things are busy at Faroese shipbuilder MEST. As well as a 44-metre freezer trawler for Varðin and its venture to develop a drydock at its Skála location, it has confirmed an order…

13th November 2025

Catamaran order placed with Faroese yard

13th November 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

New harvest vessel Tauriko is designed to significantly bring down the cost per kilo of delivering slaughtered salmon on a large scale. It will have capacity to load and bleed 200 tonnes…

13th November 2025

Napier orders new generation harvester

13th November 2025