COVID

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Scottish Pelagic Processors Association (SPPA) – the representative organisation for Scotland’s mackerel, herring and blue whiting processing industry – is calling for urgent government action to support it from the serious…

31st August 2022

UK processing concerns

31st August 2022

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

While the sector has the potential to nourish the world’s growing population, the FAO insists its growth must be sustainable

17th August 2022

Aquaculture at a crossroads

17th August 2022

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

The world is producing and consuming slightly less seafood, but the FAO maintains there will be upturns through to 2030

4th August 2022

Seafood growth will return

4th August 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard Inc has launched NB1102 – soon to be named Gadus; an arctic freezer trawler built for P/F JFK Trol from the Faroe Islands.

7th July 2022

Factory trawler launched

7th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A landmark agreement that limits harmful fisheries subsidies has been agreed by the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

20th June 2022

Fishery subsidy crackdown

20th June 2022

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

More than 500 medical kits are being distributed to Thailand’s fishing fleet by Bangkok-based seafood giant Thai Union through a new initiative to enhance the health and safety of workers onboard fishing vessels.

24th May 2022

Medical kits for Thai fishers

24th May 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood consumption in the United States slipped to 19 pounds or 8.6kg per capita in 2020, according to new data compiled by the National Fisheries Institute (NFI).

17th May 2022

Americans eat less fish

17th May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

US fishermen and fish catches were hit hard in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic, two new fishery status updates released by NOAA Fisheries have confirmed.

16th May 2022

US counts cost of COVID

16th May 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The total cumulative production of fishmeal in the first two months of this year decreased 11% compared to the corresponding period of 2021, while the overall production of fish oil was 12%…

19th April 2022

Fishmeal production falls

19th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Administrative Board of the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) has elected Fabrizio Donatella, Director of Fisheries Policy Atlantic, North Sea, Baltic and Outermost Regions at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime…

8th April 2022

New fisheries control chief

8th April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Despite the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and new COVID-19 outbreaks affecting the Chinese market, Norway exported NOK 34 billion worth of seafood in the first quarter of this year – its highest…

7th April 2022

Record quarter for Norway

7th April 2022

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

New crisis measures to support the fishery and aquaculture sectors in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been introduced by the European Commission.

30th March 2022

EU activates crisis measures

30th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, has been warned by European fishing leaders that the sharp rise in energy and logistics prices, caused by the invasion of Ukraine, necessitates the…

15th March 2022

Conflict – EU fishers at risk

15th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Overseas sales of Scottish farmed salmon climbed to £37.2 million in January 2022, with 4,828 tonnes of fish sold, according to new figures published by HMRC UK. The corresponding value and volume…

14th March 2022

Scottish salmon soars

14th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US seafood trade body National Fisheries Institute (NFI) has welcomed the appointment of Dr Robert Califf as the new Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and has urged him to…

16th February 2022

NFI: FDA chief must act

16th February 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced an investment of approximately $50 million in grants to support seafood processors, processing facilities and processing vessels through the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety…

15th February 2022

$50m processing lifeline

15th February 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Pangasius products valued at more than US$1.6 billion were sold to overseas markets by Vietnamese exporters in 2021, an increase of 8.4% on the previous year, with the Vietnam Association of Seafood…

31st January 2022

Pangasius earnings rise

31st January 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Alaska’s catching and processing sectors were heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, finds a new report detailing the regional, state-wide, and national economic effects of Alaska’s seafood industry from the Alaska Seafood Marketing…

13th January 2022

Report: Pandemic hit Alaska’s ‘resilient’ seafood industry hard in 2020

13th January 2022