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INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

The boards of directors of AKVA Group ASA and its wholly-owned subsidiaries AKVA Group Software AS and Polarcirkel AS have today entered into merger plans for the mergers of the two companies…

26th September 2024

AKVA merges subsidiaries

26th September 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Underwater Contracting (UCO) and Mowi have announced a major expansion of their partnership, focusing on using cutting-edge remotely operated vehicle (ROV) technology in salmon farming.

26th September 2024

UCO and Mowi expand ROV partnership

26th September 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Gael Force Group has launched a new 400T SeaFeed steel barge from its partner yard in the Netherlands.

25th September 2024

Gael Force 400T steel barge sets sail

25th September 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Members of the Scottish parliament’s Rural Affairs and Islands Committee have visited Scottish Sea Farms as part of the ongoing inquiry into Scotland’s salmon farming sector.

25th September 2024

MSPs see salmon farming in action

25th September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Accountability.Fish has renewed its call for increased transparency and openness in the decision-making processes of regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs).

25th September 2024

WCPFC slammed for excluding NGO observers from meetings

25th September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish exported by Iceland in 2023 fell by 8% or 57,000 tonnes, with the value slipping 2% – to 685,000 tonnes and ISK 352.8 billion, according…

25th September 2024

Icelandic fish exports down in volume, value

25th September 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A pilot aquaculture project to be carried out off Getaria that aims to recover bluefin tuna fishing in the Bay of Biscay, Spain, is now underway.

24th September 2024

New project seeks to optimise Bay of Biscay bluefin resource

24th September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Union and Guinea-Bissau have signed a new protocol for their fisheries partnership, enabling EU vessels to access Guinea-Bissau’s waters for five years.

24th September 2024

EU and Guinea-Bissau renew sustainable fisheries partnership

24th September 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A programme of investment, consolidation and restructuring has produced “game-changing” results in Shetland since Scottish Sea Farms acquired Grieg Seafood almost three years ago, according to the salmon producing company.

24th September 2024

Scottish Sea Farms: Shetland reaping the rewards of integration

24th September 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A draft plan has been published by the Government of Canada outlining the transition of the salmon farming industry in British Columbia (BC) away from open net pens to closed containment and…

24th September 2024

Canadian government lays out salmon farming transition plan

24th September 2024

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Project ReCon, the circular economy initiative driven by the Spanish technology company Satlink to give a second life to echosounder buoys used in tropical tuna fishing, has arrived in Mozambique through new…

24th September 2024

Satlink’s Project Recon lands in Mozambique

24th September 2024

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