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SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The largest new vessel to join the Falklands fleet fishing for squid in the South Atlantic has been delivered by the Nodosa Shipyard in Galicia to the Petrel Fishing Company, a joint-venture…

9th January 2025

Nodosa delivers new Falklands factory trawler

9th January 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Environmental NGOs are filing a legal challenge against the Dutch government over the ongoing practice of bottom trawling in the Dogger Bank, a vital marine protected area (MPA) in the North Sea.

9th January 2025

Netherlands sued over Dogger Bank trawling

9th January 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Kafr El Sheikh University has strengthened its partnership with aquaculture welfare organisation FAI by incorporating its free tilapia welfare e-learning courses and mobile-based Tilapia Welfare App into its academic curriculum. 

8th January 2025

Egyptian university adds FAI fish welfare tools, training to curriculum

8th January 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Mowi Scotland has been granted a Royal Warrant of Appointment for the supply of fresh salmon to King Charles.

8th January 2025

Mowi Scotland granted royal warrant

8th January 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

PTG Frionordica has secured a record-breaking contract with Artec Aqua to supply six advanced heat pumps and seawater exchangers with a combined heating capacity of over 100,000 kW.

8th January 2025

PTG Frionordica wins second Indre Harøy deal

8th January 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A 276 kg bluefin tuna sold for JPY 207 million (US$1.3 million) at this year’s first tuna auction on Tokyo’s Toyosu Fish Market, the second highest price paid for the prized fish on record.

8th January 2025

Tokyo tuna sells for $1.3 million

8th January 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new study reveals that Scottish seafood like salmon, herring and mackerel, rich in Omega-3 and Vitamin B12, is predominantly exported, despite its health and climate benefits. 

7th January 2025

Warning over lost health benefits to seafood exports

7th January 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Norway exported a total 2.8 million tonnes of seafood in 2024, worth a record NOK 175.4 billion, with the volume corresponding to 38 million meals every single day. This was achieved despite the year…

7th January 2025

Best year ever for Norwegian seafood exports

7th January 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Nationally-recognised trade body Scottish Seafood Association (SSA) has voiced support for the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) and its recent statement regarding the urgent need to safeguard the future of fishing and processing…

6th January 2025

Concerns escalate over Scottish industry’s future

6th January 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Salmon has firmly established itself as the UK’s most popular fish, with sales increasing by 9.1% over the past year.

6th January 2025

Salmon remains UK’s favourite fish

6th January 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Vietnam is intensifying its efforts to address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, aiming to have the European Commission’s (EC) ‘yellow card’ lifted in the coming months.

6th January 2025

Vietnam pushes to overturn EC yellow card

6th January 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

With its new vessel, Gjögur has followed the trend away from processing at sea – new Hákon is a pelagic trawler/purse seiner with purely RSW capacity. The newbuild is one of a…

6th January 2025

New pelagic catcher joins Icelandic fleet

6th January 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Employees at UK food and drinks brand Princes Food, which has plants in Long Sutton in Lincolnshire, Bradford, Wisbech, Glasgow and Cardiff, will strike over pay in January. Union Unite said its…

6th January 2025

Princes Food striking over reneged pay increase

6th January 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The European Commission has followed up on the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Stop finning – Stop the trade”, which asked it for action to end international trade of loose shark fins. From January…

19th December 2024

Brussels steps up shark trade monitoring

19th December 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Scottish smoked salmon producer John Ross has been granted the Royal Warrant of Appointment as Fish Merchant and Curer to The King.

19th December 2024

John Ross granted royal warrant

19th December 2024

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