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INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Causing rapid death and high mortality rates, Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) has devastated oyster farming worldwide. The disease is caused by the virus Ostreid Herpesvirus type 1 (OsHV-1) and is capable…

8th August 2024

The world is their oyster: Scientists work on crucial vaccine

8th August 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood giant Thai Union Group PCL reported a second-quarter net profit of THB 1.2 billon, a 14.2% year-on-year increase led by a sustained recovery in its Ambient, PetCare, and Value-added categories. 

8th August 2024

Thai Union profits rise as business segments recover

8th August 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Western Mediterranean fish stocks are on the road to full recovery, advises a report published by the European Commission on the implementation of the Western Mediterranean multi-annual management plan for demersal fish…

8th August 2024

West Med fish stocks starting to recover

8th August 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The European Union’s aquatic animal production stood at 4.2 million tonnes in 2022, with fisheries landings contributing an estimated 3.1 million tonnes and aquaculture reaching 1.1 million tonnes, according to the latest…

7th August 2024

EU aquaculture lags behind fisheries production

7th August 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has succeeded in induced breeding and seed production of giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis), calling it a “landmark achievement” for mariculture research.

7th August 2024

India succeeds in the captive breeding of giant trevally

7th August 2024

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Richard Williamson, new chair of the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association (SPFA), said he is honoured to take on the new role and build upon the excellent work of the previous long-standing chair,…

7th August 2024

New SPFA chairman keen to address challenges facing sector

7th August 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

UK public body Seafish has launched end-of-life fishing and aquaculture gear surveys to help minimise waste and encourage greater recycling.

7th August 2024

End-of-life fishing and aquaculture gear surveys launched

7th August 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway exported NOK 13 billion worth of fisheries and aquaculture products last month, representing a 6% or NOK 727 million increase on the total reported in July 2023, with Poland, Denmark and…

7th August 2024

Weakened krone boosts Norwegian exports

7th August 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The FiiZK Group has agreed to sell its lice skirt production business to Icelandic supplier, Hampidjan Group.

7th August 2024

FiiZK to sell lice skirt business

7th August 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

UK-headquartered Nomad Foods, the company behind European frozen food brands like Birds Eye, Findus, Iglo, Ledo and Frikom, has appointed Steven Libermann as Group Executive President, effective immediately. 

7th August 2024

Nomad Foods appoints group executive president

7th August 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

UK seafood importer, processor and supplier New England Seafood International (NESI) has acquired the trade and certain assets of the Blue Sea Food Company from Kroll Advisory, who were appointed as administrators…

7th August 2024

NESI re-enters shellfish category

7th August 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) membership has been increased with the addition of three new members: Archipelagics Inc, Ainan Coop and Samaki Bluu. According to IPNLF, these alliances strengthen its…

7th August 2024

IPNLF recruits three new supply chain members

7th August 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New Zealand is committing nearly NZD 50 million to a package supporting sustainable Pacific fisheries development over the next four years, Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones…

5th August 2024

NZ support for sustainable Pacific fisheries

5th August 2024

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Esbjerg company MLD is one of the pioneers of controllable trawl doors, and while this development has been focused on the pelagic sector, the company is also working on applying this technology…

5th August 2024

Controllable doors ready to go demersal

5th August 2024

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

New Zealand-based Starboard Maritime Intelligence has successfully closed a NZ$5 million seed funding round.

5th August 2024

Intelligence specialist secures seed funding

5th August 2024

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

A new fishing gear production facility in the Danish port of Skagen is expected to be ready for use this summer as the new Cosmos Trawl net loft takes shape.

5th August 2024

New net loft takes shape on Skagen quayside

5th August 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Armón yard in Vigo has launched freezer trawler Hadassa Bay for South Atlantic Squid Ltd, a joint-venture company owned by Beauchene Fishing Co in the Falkland Islands and Spanish company Copemar.

5th August 2024

Falklands trawler launched at Vigo yard

5th August 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

NOAA Fisheries has developed a new data visualisation tool that provides abundance indices for 25 species in the Gulf of Mexico and 18 species in the southeastern US Atlantic. Species include numerous…

5th August 2024

US fish and shrimp data on demand

5th August 2024

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Despite the detrimental impact of sweeping Western measures imposed over Iran’s nuclear programme, the government has ambitious plans to near double its fish production. And while a lack of access to critical…

2nd August 2024

Iranian fish production in the shadow of sanctions

2nd August 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Wild catch of salmon and related species has risen by 7% to 5.2 million tonnes in 2023, according to seafood data analyst, Kontali.

1st August 2024

Wild salmon catch up whilst farmed sector struggles

1st August 2024