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A bioplastic made of organic fish waste that would otherwise end up in landfill – with the potential to replace plastic in food and drink packaging – has landed its UK designer a prestigious international award and ...
New study highlights benefits of fish oils Norwegian scientists at Nofima have now found that a mixture of a Norwegian plant oil and fish oil from the North-Atlantic can stimulate animals and humans to form ...
Vietnamese pangasius export to Middle East fall. Pangasius exports to Middle East market in the first 6 months of 2019 reached US$70.8 million, down 8.6% over the same period in 2018, according to the Vietnam ...
BIM appointed as Sustainable Development Goal champion. Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, has been appointed as a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) champion. BIM is one of just 12 organisations in Ireland to ...
Funding Boost For Lobster research – Sea Grant has announced new funding for research aimed at understanding physical and chemical changes affecting American lobster (Homarus americanus) in the Gulf of Maine as well as a ...
Independent offshore environmental authority called for by NE Canadian fishers. The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) supports is calling for an independent authority to oversee the environment in the province’s ...
Lincolnshire Chip Shop Crowned National Champions in the Food and Drink Category at the National Family Business Awards. Staff from the family-run business, the Elite Fish & Chip Company, which has outlets in Ruskington, Lincoln ...
FoS certifies health and beauty company for Omega 3 sustainability. Friend of the Sea (FoS), the marine international certification standard has certified LR Health & Beauty for sustainability with Omega 3 fatty acids. Fish is ...
Fishers aware of damage marine litter causes. Commercial fishers are acutely aware of the potential for marine litter to cause lasting damage to their catches and the wider industry, a new study suggests. They also ...
Strong growth in Norwegian salmon exports – Norwegian seafood exports amounted to NOK 8.8 billion in April. This is an increase of NOK 892 million or 11 per cent compared with April last year. Year to ...
RFC Supports Sea Rehabilitation Centre – The Russian Fishery Company is financially supporting a new complex for the Marine Mammals Rehabilitation Centre being built at Primorsky Krai in Russia. Known as the “The Seal”, specialists ...
Major boost for fish welfare in Scotland. AquaGen, the world-leading salmon breeder and supplier of eggs, has signed a deal to buy Scottish Sea Farms’ freshwater hatchery at Holywood near Dumfries as part of a ...
Scientists put skin, gut and gill health on the agenda. In September 2019, the first symposium on mucosal health in aquaculture will kick off in Oslo. Mucosal health is the health of the fish’s barrier ...
Food Service Operator Award Finalists – Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry, has revealed the UK’s top three foodservice operators serving fish and chips, as part of the 2019 National ...
New pelagic vessel orders for Karstensen, the owners, Samherji Island and Sildarvinnslan, have confirmed. Placing orders for two identical 88,00 m Purser/ Trawlers with Karstensen Shipyard. The vessels are VILHELM ÞORSTEINSSON which will be owned ...
Norway seafood exports up with 2 million tonnes of seafood exported with a total value of NOK 71 billion so far this year. This represents a volume increase of 174,000 tonnes or 8 per cent, ...
Aquaculture support role to reinforce Shetland’s aquaculture industry has been announced according to an article published in the Shetland News. Project officer Anne Stewart has been appointed by quality assurance company SSQC Ltd to work ...
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