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Welcome Boost For Fisheries Museum – After having to close their doors in March, The Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther has received vital funding support, allowing a much more secure ...
UK Seafood Innovation Fund Update – How to apply for research and development funding from the UK Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF) scheme. The UK government’s Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF) is a £10 ...
Additional Scottish inshore fishing quota. Inshore fishers who usually target shellfish will now be able to diversify into new markets and access fishing opportunities worth up to £2 million. The ...
NC Commercial Fishing Resource Fund launches PR campaign. The NC Commercial Fishing Resource Fund (NCCFRF) of the USA has launched a state wide public relations campaign called Always NC Fresh. ...
Alaskan seafood companies merge. Two of Alaska’s oldest and largest seafood companies, Ocean Beauty Seafoods LLC and Icicle Seafoods, Inc., announced that they are merging their wild salmon and Gulf of Alaska groundfish ...
Sea Shepherd files lawsuit against US agencies over dolphin threat. Sea Shepherd Legal and its co-counsel, Earthrise Law Centre, filed a lawsuit on May 21st against US agencies that have failed ...
Celebrating 50 years of modern aquaculture – This spring marks the 50th anniversary of the first ever successfully farmed salmon in Norway. Five decades later we look back on a ...
The Science Behind Ireland’s Seafood – From sea to plate, the production of Irish fish and shellfish is supported by a range of scientific programmes to ensure Irish seafood is ...
GAA study evaluates animal welfare in salmon. The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has published the results of a study designed to identify and strengthen best practices for animal welfare in ...
Mowi Trials New Sea Lice Avoidance System – Mowi is the first aquaculture company in Scotland to trial innovative new sea lice avoidance systems developed by AKVA group Mowi Scotland’s ...
Nueva Pescanova underlines its commitment to sustainability. Nueva Pescanova Group, in its commitment to the planet and sustainable development, has adhered to the Principles for a Sustainable Ocean of the ...
Barnier upholds EU commitment for good Brexit fishing deal. Last week, the Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed attended a meeting with EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier ...
UK first quarter food exports drop. UK first quarter exports of food and drink (including seafood) fell by over £700m (-12.7%) to £5.1bn compared to the same period in 2019. ...
First UK company to achieve ASC certification. Mowi Scotland has become the first aquaculture company in the world to achieve Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for freshwater lochs. Loch Lochy ...
Plans to grow aquaculture in England underway. Seafood2040 programme appoints Poseidon to develop national aquaculture strategy for England A strategy to grow the aquaculture sector in England over the next ...
Iran exceeds seafood production targets. Over the past calendar year (it ended in the Iranian republic on March 20), Iran’s fishermen and fish farmers produced a total of 1.28 million ...
Salmon Evolution starts work on land farm. Salmon Evolution has started work on the first of three phases for what will be one of Europe’s largest fish farms on land ...
Fishing less win for lobstermen and endangered whales. A new study by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) found that New England’s historic lobster fishery may turn a higher profit by ...
Further £1 million invested into England’s fishing industry. A £1 million grants scheme supporting innovative ways to sell fish and shellfish has awarded the first grants to projects across England. ...
GSSI welcomes Iberostar Group to Global Partnership. The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative is pleased to announce Iberostar Group has joined GSSI as their first tourism Funding Partner. Iberostar Group is ...
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