Aquaculture

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Mairi Gougeon, Scotland’s Rural Affairs Secretary has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to reform the country’s aquaculture sector.

3rd May 2022

Scottish aquaculture reform

3rd May 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Board of Avramar Seafood Group has confirmed that the seabass and seabream company’s current Chair, Thor Talseth, has been appointed as group CEO, effective 1 May 2022. He will be replaced…

29th April 2022

Avramar names new chief

29th April 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

As production gathers pace worldwide, one UK firm has launched a new buoy to help farms better monitor and cultivate their crops.

25th April 2022

Seaweed farming up close

25th April 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Land-based salmon producer AquaBounty has broken ground on the construction of its first 10,000-tonne Atlantic salmon farm in Pioneer, Ohio. 

22nd April 2022

Ohio salmon farm underway

22nd April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) has confirmed that South Africa-headquartered Woolworths has joined as a Funding Partner and is the first African retailer to become a member of the public-private partnership.

21st April 2022

Woolworths joins GSSI

21st April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

With new technologies and artificial intelligence attracting increasing attention from the aquaculture space, leading Japanese sushi chain Kura Sushi has elected to support the country’s fish farming progress through its new subsidiary…

20th April 2022

Serving up AI-raised fish

20th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Forty-four commitments to protect the ocean valued at close to €1 billion have been announced by the EU for the period 2020-2022 at the seventh Our Ocean Conference (OOC) in Palau.

20th April 2022

€1bn ocean protection

20th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The joint US-Canada Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) has added three leading scientists to its breeding team, with Dr Peter Kube, Carlos Pulgarin and Jeffrey Prochaska appointed to contribute to the expansion of…

18th April 2022

CAT adds to breeding team

18th April 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Four new landing utility vessels (LUVs) are under construction for Damen Shipyards with the group convinced that these particular boats are ideal for servicing Europe’s sea-based aquaculture sector and that buyers will…

12th April 2022

New aquaculture quartet

12th April 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

2021 brought a rapid growth in Iceland’s farmed fish production and sector earnings, confirms new data compiled by Statistics Iceland.

5th April 2022

Iceland aquaculture growth

5th April 2022