Viettel unveils new technology solutions to help boost the seafood industry’s safety and legal compliance. At the 2019 Mobile World Congress, Vietnam’s largest mobile network operator Viettel Group unveiled three […]
Employment statistics for UK fishing fleet published. The ‘2018 Employment in the UK Fishing Fleet’ report has been published by Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood […]
Blue innovation investment driving Irish maritime sector. Robotics, Internet of Things and Data Analytics are set to play a key role in Ireland’s blue economy. The Marine Institute who is […]
European fishing body, Europêche, urges politicians to recognise importance of fishing. In light of the upcoming European Parliament elections in May 2019, the fishing industry represented by Europêche is reminding political […]
Dawnfresh unveil plans for major jobs boost for West of Scotland. The UK’s largest producer of farmed trout has unveiled plans to invest a total of £16 million and create […]
Training for Thai Union fishers. Thai Union Group PCL and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) co-hosted a health and safety training workshop for more than 70 fishers recently in […]
GSSI welcomes CGC Group to its global partnership. The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative is pleased to announce that CGC Group has joined the GSSI Global Partnership as a Funding Partner. […]
New investment for Irish fishing harbours. The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D., has announced details of a €35.7m Capital Investment Package for the ongoing […]
Europêche welcomes new Mediterranean plan. Europêche, which represents European fishermen, has welcomed The European Parliament Committee on Fisheries position on the European Commission proposal establishing a new multiannual management plan […]
Team announced to lead Kemin AquaScience. Kemin Industries, a Des Moines, Iowa-based global nutritional ingredient company that uses science to touch more than 3.8 billion people every day with its products […]
Umitron secures funding for Peru aquaculture project. Singapore based Umitron has secured US$2 million project funding from the Inter-American Development Bank to deliver IoT and AI feeding technology to drive […]
EU fishing industry disappointed at EU tariff derogations. Europêche – which represents the EU’s catching sector – has expressed disappointed at tariff derogations set for imported fishery products. In a […]
A new study suggests a climate change threat to shellfish, with the nutritional qualities of shellfish significantly reduced by future ocean acidification and warming. Research has previously shown that climate […]
The latest volume of Quay Issues, the award-winning annual magazine for the UK fishing industry. has been released by Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry. […]
£4.8 million support for coastal communities for fishery and aquaculture projects. A share of the latest round of European Maritime and Fisheries Funding awards has been awarded to 29 projects […]
New Seafish website offers easy to use industry-wide resource. Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry, previously managed a number of separate sites for different initiatives, […]
Kampi ehf. buys new Tub Handling System from Skaginn 3X. The factory, located in Ísafjörður, Iceland recently signed a contract with Skaginn 3X for a Tub Handling System. The benefits […]
EC state aid for small scale fisheries. At the annual conference of the outermost regions in Gran Canaria, EC President Jean-Claude Juncker announced that the nine territories in such regions […]
MAIB report on fishing vessel North Star fatality. On 5 February 2018, at approximately 1815, Mark Elder, a crewman on the 16.46m creel fishing vessel North Star, was dragged overboard […]
Concern over imported farmed shrimp challenged in study by Scientists at the University of Stirling, with new research indicating that it is as safe as any other seafood product. Experts […]