COVID

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