NOAA designates new national marine sanctuary in Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan. Protected area will safeguard shipwrecks that played critical role in nation’s early history. NOAA announced the designation of a 962-square-mile […]
New cooperation agreement for Royal Greenland and Espersen. As a natural development of the cooperation established in 2017, Royal Greenland and Espersen have signed a new cooperation agreement enabling a […]
Orkney Islands Council’s first hydrogen powered ferry – concept design contract awarded. Orkney has abundant renewable energy resources. Reliable wind energy is harvested through wind turbines. At the European Marine Energy […]
AquaMaof announces two new RAS contracts, in Russia and Kazakhstan Commissioned by Moscow-based investment company, Russian Friends Capital (RFC), the two new facilities are each planned to produce an initial […]
MMO makes changes to Fisheries and Seafood Scheme. The Marine Management Organisation is making some important changes to the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS). A statement said: “The Marine Management […]
Recycling of pelagic nets supports charity’s local and international activities. Seventy tons of old nets from Shetland’s pelagic fleet have been donated to a charity that takes them apart for […]
UK helps Sri Lanka in marine pollution expertise. Following the X-Press Pearl container vessel fire that started in May and raged for 12 days, the UK Government is providing marine […]
Seafood veteran joins Kontali board. Atle Eide has joined the board of Kontali, bringing new perspectives, new insight and new strategic thinking to the company. His experience will be an […]
European Marine Board launches policy briefing. The European Marine Board (EMB), a leading European think tank in marine science policy, has launched its policy briefing: Sustaining in situ Ocean Observations […]
National charity competition on lookout for the UK’s best sea view. National maritime charity, the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society, is once again on the lookout for photographers to submit their favourite […]
World first as giant freshwater crayfish released. At an undisclosed location in Tasmania’s north east, almost 60 juvenile captive-reared giant freshwater crayfish have been released into the wild. The crayfish […]
Doctoral degree on farmed salmon using large-scale production data. PhD Fellow René Alvestad at Nofima successfully defended his doctorate at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) earlier this week. […]
David Linkie. The team at Fish Focus was saddened to learn that renowned fishing journalist and editor David Linkie has sadly passed away. David was a tremendously hard working and […]
ISSF disappointed at outcome of tuna talks. At their recently concluded annual meeting, Indian Ocean tuna fisheries managers made minimal overall progress for the long-term protection of the region’s tuna stocks, says the […]
Artec Aqua signs agreement with K Smart Farming in South Korea. Endúr ASA’s wholly-owned subsidiary Artec Aqua AS has today signed an agreement with K Smart Farming Co., Ltd. (“KSF”) […]
NaturalShrimp continues stocking programme. NaturalShrimp, Inc., the aquaculture Company that has developed and patented the first commercially-operational RAS (Recirculating Aquaculture System), continues to stock shrimp in both the Texas and […]
PhD student wins award to further his aquaculture research. Massimo Orioles has been honoured with an aquaculture research bursary to complete his PhD study into red mark syndrome (RMS) in […]
Andfjord Salmon reveals increase in production plan. Andfjord Salmon AS has announced an opportunity to initiate a volume expansion plan at its Kvalnes facility. The plan involves increasing production volume […]
Ex Director of MOWI Scotland joins Garware. Alan Sutherland will bring 4 decades of aquaculture experience to Garware Technical fibres of India when he joins the leading netting and ropes […]