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INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Scotland-based aquaculture technology company Ace Aquatec has secured a major deal in Japan, deploying its bespoke humane trout stunning system with leading producer FRD Japan.

19th December 2024

Ace Aquatec trout stunner enters Japanese market

19th December 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Sales of US aquaculture products in the country in 2023 totalled US$1.9 billion, an increase of 26% from 2018, according to the 2023 Census of Aquaculture released by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics…

18th December 2024

American aquaculture value rises

18th December 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

For the first time since 1983, the United States has released an updated National Aquaculture Development Plan, with the aim to strengthen the country’s commitment to food security, climate resilience and the…

18th December 2024

US finalises first new aquaculture plan in 40 years

18th December 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Wilton, California-based white sturgeon farm Tsar Nicoulai Caviar has bought Sterling Caviar, the oldest caviar farm in America, with the strategic merger positioning Tsar Nicoulai’s combined farms as the largest purveyors of…

18th December 2024

Tsar Nicoulai Caviar acquires Sterling Caviar

18th December 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) has confirmed that this year, Italy was chosen as one of the markets for a new case investment project for salmon, with the main objectives being to…

17th December 2024

Italy targeted with salmon investment

17th December 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Global aquaculture shipping services company Aquaship AS/Intership AS through its majority owner American Industrial Partners (AIP) has acquired FSV Group AS. Together, the companies form one of the world’s largest maritime service…

17th December 2024

Aquaship/Intership and FSV join forces

17th December 2024

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norway’s PTG Frionordica AS has signed a contract with Eyvi AS for the supply of heat pumps and seawater heat exchangers to Arctic Seafarm AS´s new land-based aquaculture facility in Nesna municipality,…

17th December 2024

PTG Frionordica secures Arctic Seafarm contract

17th December 2024

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

The Board of Directors at US-headquartered, land-based aquaculture venture AquaBounty Technologies Inc has announced the company will wind down its hatchery operations in Bay Fortune, including a reduction of its workforce and…

17th December 2024

AquaBounty to cease fish farming operations

17th December 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Farmed seafood certification body Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) had confirmed its continued support for the Women in Ocean Food programme, in partnership with Conservation International (CI) Ventures and Hatch Blue. The initiative,…

17th December 2024

ASC upholds support for Women In Ocean Food

17th December 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The value of seafood imported into the United Kingdom in 2023 was nearly four and a half times greater than the value of fish landed into the country, according to the latest…

17th December 2024

Seafish: Demand slowing for UK seafood

17th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A lift in the pelagic catch led the total volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet in November 2024 to rise by 7% or more than 6,300 tonnes year-on-year…

16th December 2024

Icelandic fisheries landings up 7% in November

16th December 2024

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

When Nofima researches sustainable feeds for farmed salmon, the process involves everything from when a new ingredient is delivered to the feed technology centre, to when the salmon has eaten the feed…

16th December 2024

Nofima: ‘Positive results’ from microalgae tests for salmon feeds

16th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Union and Greenland have officially signed the renewed protocol implementing the sustainable fisheries partnership agreement (SFPA). Covering the next six years (2025-2030), this agreement will allow EU vessels to fish…

16th December 2024

EU, Greenland renew sustainable fisheries partnership

16th December 2024

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The European Union has adopted new legislation to make the flatfish fisheries in the Baltic Sea more selective by reducing incidental catches of cod, a heavily depleted stock, with the use of more…

16th December 2024

Selective gears helping rebuild Baltic cod stocks

16th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Seafood Ireland Alliance, comprising five fishing industry organisations, has delivered its verdict on the outcome of the Annual Fisheries Council held in Brussels over two days of tense negotiations. A spokesperson…

12th December 2024

2025 EU fishing quotas offer mixed prospects for Ireland

12th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The permanent phase of the European Commission’s Multiannual Plan (MAP) for the western Mediterranean will officially begin on 1 January 2025, following an agreement by fisheries ministers to continue reducing fishing effort…

12th December 2024

Brussels agrees western Med plan for 2025

12th December 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

The first Scottish Sea Farms site to switch to 160-metre pens has reported record tonnage at an average harvest weight of 6.8kg, along with improved fish welfare and reduced seal predation.

12th December 2024

Larger, fewer pens pay off for Scottish Sea Farms

12th December 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood supply chain collective Follow the Fish has called on the European Commission to require more consumer information on all seafood. To address this lack of transparency, the group met with the head of…

12th December 2024

EU pressed to provide consumer info on all seafood

12th December 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

The FAI Tilapia Welfare App and Tilapia Welfare e-learning courses on FAI Academy have been made available in Arabic to support the continuing growth and success of the aquaculture sector in Egypt…

12th December 2024

FAI launches tilapia welfare app and online courses in Arabic

12th December 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Sea Farms, a leading shrimp farm in Thailand, has become the first to install a new humane stunning system in partnership with the Shrimp Welfare Project.

11th December 2024

First humane shrimp stunner for Thailand

11th December 2024