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FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Tuna verification company, Pacifical, has expanded its traceability platform deployed at the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) MSC-certified tuna fishery.

23rd September 2024

Pacifical expands tuna traceability platform

23rd September 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Sixty-eight shrimp farmers from Grupo Granjas Marinas (GGM) in Honduras have successfully completed a shrimp welfare training course, elevating health and welfare standards in the country’s aquaculture sector.

23rd September 2024

Honduran shrimp farmer training boosts welfare

23rd September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Within nine months of launching, the International Fund for Fishing Safety, (IFFS) has committed funding totalling £220,000 to support six fishing safety projects in South Africa, Ghana, Fiji, Kenya, Thailand and Vietnam.…

23rd September 2024

International Fund for Fishing Safety – 65,000 fishers supported

23rd September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New rules to combat unsustainable fishing practices have been hailed by the Irish fishing industry as a big step forward in safeguarding shared fish stocks, which it says are threatened by overfishing…

23rd September 2024

Ireland welcomes new fisheries protection rules

23rd September 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture tech company Innovasea has confirmed its President, Mark Jollymore, has been named the new Chair of the board of directors at COVE. Jollymore has been a COVE board member since 2019…

23rd September 2024

Innovasea chief named new Chair of COVE

23rd September 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

India’s Department of Fisheries under the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has designated the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) as a Centre of Excellence for seaweed cultivation.

23rd September 2024

CMFRI designated as India’s centre of excellence for seaweed cultivation

23rd September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has developed a new toolkit to support the sustainable management of small-scale fisheries in Senegal.

20th September 2024

EJF toolkit empowers Senegal’s fishers

20th September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Rounding off events at this year’s Icelandic Fisheries, Seafood & Aqua Exhibition, Mercator Media, the organisers of the exhibition have awarded three students at the Icelandic College of Fisheries in Grindavik with ISK…

20th September 2024

Icelandic Fisheries Bursary Awards announced

20th September 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Skinney-Þinganes fishing company in Hornafjörður, Iceland, has signed a contract with Kælismiðjan Frost for the construction of a new cold storage facility.

20th September 2024

Kælismiðjan Frost to deliver new Hornafjörður facility

20th September 2024

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Slippurinn DNG and the Norwegian company Brunvoll AS have announced a new cooperative agreement between the two companies. Through the deal, confirmed at the Icelandic Fisheries, Seafood & Aqua Exhibition (IceFish), Slippurinn…

20th September 2024

Slippurinn DNG appointed Brunvoll’s agent in Iceland

20th September 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Elite Seafood has selected the Wisefish solution to optimise its trade and commerce operations, with the collaboration expected to improve the seafood distributor’s operational efficiency, financial management and customer relationship capabilities.

20th September 2024

Elite Seafood partners with Wisefish and Telos Team

20th September 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Having seen a steady decline in its commercially- and socially-important lake whitefish fishery, Great Lakes St Lawrence Governors & Premiers (GSGP) is two years into a long-term project facilitating a turnaround in…

19th September 2024

GSGP: We’re creating value beyond the fillet

19th September 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Having collaborative partners and being able to develop very clear business plans that not only solve challenges, but which are economically feasible and can generate real revenue for those companies will further…

19th September 2024

100% Fish and the power of partnerships

19th September 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Seafood value chains are increasingly changing mindsets and becoming more collaborative to deal with the issue of valuable raw material by-products going to waste, according to Thor Sigfusson, Founder and Chairman of…

19th September 2024

Fish Waste for Profit: Turning 10m tonnes of waste into 10m tonnes of value

19th September 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Oceana is urging the European Commission to expand labelling requirements for processed seafood products, calling for greater transparency for consumers.

19th September 2024

Oceana demands processed seafood transparency

19th September 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Seafood processors Einhamar, Íslenskt Sjávarfang and Samherji were among the big winners at the 9th Icelandic Fisheries Awards, held on 18 September 2024, scooping the titles of Outstanding Icelandic Achievement, Outstanding Processor and Overall Outstanding…

18th September 2024

Pioneers, excellence recognised at IceFish awards

18th September 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Innovation has been central to the success of Iceland’s fisheries and seafood sectors and is an increasingly important factor behind the value that they are creating. But this progress must be further…

18th September 2024

Iceland must keep innovating, insists fisheries minister

18th September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Having appointed Costas Kadis to the position of Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, EU President Ursula von der Leyen has outlined Kadis’s priorities moving forward, urging the former Cypriot politician and his fellow new commissioners to “hit the…

18th September 2024

New EU fisheries chief tasked with safeguarding industry and environment

18th September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Europêche has expressed strong support for the nomination of Costas Kadis as the new Commissioner-Designate for Fisheries and Oceans.

18th September 2024

Europêche welcomes new Fisheries Commissioner

18th September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Ireland’s Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has released its annual report highlighting how it protects and enables the import and export of seafood.

18th September 2024

IUU fishing threatens Irish seafood sector

18th September 2024