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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Canadian subsidiary of the Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) has become an independent company as part of a move to optimise technical specialisation.

30th May 2024

CAT spinoff will foster specialisation

30th May 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Iceland’s aquaculture production in 2023 totalled 50,000 tonnes in 2023, representing a 3.5% decrease from the previous year, according to data published by Statistics Iceland.

30th May 2024

Icelandic farmed fish production falls

30th May 2024

OPINION

OPINION

Simulators are playing a crucial role in training fishing crews to fish more safely, accurately and sustainably, explains Martin Reiten, VP Ship’s Bridge Simulation at Kongsberg Digital.

30th May 2024

Opinion: Enhancing fishing safety and sustainability through simulator training

30th May 2024

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Aquafeed giant Skretting has introduced its latest innovation, AmiNova, a new feed formulation concept that it says brings greater levels of precision to fish nutrition.

30th May 2024

Skretting launches new feed formulation concept

30th May 2024

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Garware Technical Fibres has unveiled reportedly the first rope made solely from recycled fibres.

29th May 2024

Garware unveils first fully recycled rope

29th May 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A duo of environmental NGOs is taking legal action against the French government over its alleged flouting of EU law.

29th May 2024

NGOs slam France for flouting EU fishing ban

29th May 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Women farmers in Moothakunnam and Kottappuram, India, have reaped a large harvest of green mussels under the guidance of the ICAR- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI).

29th May 2024

Women farmers reap a bumper harvest of green mussels

29th May 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission’s “yellow card” warning to Senegalese authorities that the West African country risks being listed as a non-cooperating third country in the fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, has been welcomed…

29th May 2024

EJF: Senegal’s yellow card strengthens IUU fight

29th May 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Built for the Australia state’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) by Geraldton-based shipbuilder Dongara Marine, the new 18.6-metre fisheries research vessel (RV) was named Djildjit Kaartadjiny in consultation with Noongar (indigenous)…

29th May 2024

Australian shipbuilder completes multi-purpose researcher

29th May 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Loch Duart is to continue working with the West Sutherland Fisheries Trust (WSFT) as an independent monitor and auditor of its fish health data for another three years.

28th May 2024

A partnership in Scottish wild fisheries conservation

28th May 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Italian-based Newlat Food SpA has declared its intention to acquire the entire Princes Group from the Mitsubishi Corporation, encompassing all current operations and brands in an agreement valued at GBP 700 million.

28th May 2024

Mitsubishi to sell Princes to European food group

28th May 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission has issued a so-called “yellow card” to Senegal, with the West African country informed that it needs to step up its actions in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. 

28th May 2024

Senegal issued with IUU fishing yellow card

28th May 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New conditions and safeguards for the use of certain exemptions to the margin of tolerance rules to ensure accurate fish quotas and healthy fisheries have been adopted by the European Commission.

28th May 2024

Stricter controls for EU fishing vessels

28th May 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

An extra GBP 2 million of funding has been made available to support the sustainability, productivity and resilience of England’s thriving seafood sector through the reopening of the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme…

28th May 2024

In demand UK seafood scheme reopens

28th May 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Tests taken at Bakkafrost farming site A-19 Vágur have found the presence of the viral disease infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) in two pens. The full site has 1 million fish in total, with an average weight…

28th May 2024

Bakkafrost confirms ISA virus at Faroes farming site

28th May 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Amid growing feed industry fears for the future of the blue whiting resource, the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) has sent an open letter to the Norwegian government, calls on the…

28th May 2024

NAPA calls for Norwegian action on blue whiting

28th May 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Greenpeace is urging the UK government to protect the Sargasso Sea and propose its designation as the first ocean sanctuary under the Global Ocean Treaty.

24th May 2024

Declare Sargasso Sea a ‘marine national park’, UK govt urged

24th May 2024

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

A collaborative project with creel fishers has successfully trialled a simple and relatively low-cost solution to the problem of whale entanglement that could be rolled out internationally saving many whales and sharks.

24th May 2024

New gear trials successfully prevent whale entanglements

24th May 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The US’s Department of Commerce and NOAA have pledged US$20 million to help regional fishery management councils tackle the impacts of climate change.

23rd May 2024

$20m in climate change support for US fisheries

23rd May 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

VeriFish Horizon Europe, a new project seeking to deliver an indicator framework to facilitate understanding of the complexity that lays behind the definition of sustainable seafood, and thereby enhance communication about the…

23rd May 2024

VeriFish – communicating responsible seafood consumption

23rd May 2024