Skaginn 3X scoops award. The Federation of Municipalities in West-Iceland awarded fish processing machinery company Skaginn 3X with the SSV Innovation Awards 2020 last month. The presentation took place at […]
Rules on access of EU fishing vessels to UK waters. The United Kingdom and the European Union have agreed to a Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), applicable on a provisional […]
Defra state Brexit deal will result in significant uplift in quota for Scotland – The Scottish government and the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) have raised concerns over the UK-EU agreement […]
Nova Austral gains ASC for two farm sites. Nova Austral earned Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for two of its salmon farm sites located in the Magallanes Region in Chile […]
Australia’s seafood industry supports Ocean Panel’s Sustainability Agenda. Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak body representing the Australian seafood industry, has welcomed Australia’s commitment to sustainable oceans under its representation […]
Environmental effects of purchasing, consuming mislabelled fish. Seafood is the world’s most highly traded food commodity, and reports of seafood mislabelling have increased over the past decade. However, proof of […]
First ever female Fish Mate for Aker BioMarine. Born and raised in a traditional fishing family in Lofoten, Norway, Hege Louise Eltoft sets her sights now towards the Southern Ocean, […]
Russian fish catch rises marginally According to the sectoral monitoring system, the total volume of catch of aquatic biological resources by all Russian users as of December 28 amounted to […]
Genome sequencing for more sustainable herring fishery – An international team of Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Irish scientists has used whole genome sequencing to characterise 53 herring populations from the […]
Remote areas are not safe havens for fish biodiversity. Remote localities are generally considered as potential reservoirs for biodiversity, but this is just part of the story. With regard to […]
Chefs’ Warehouse acquires Maryland seafood producer. The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc., a premier distributor of specialty food products in North America, has announced that it has acquired substantially all of the […]
Vietnam aquaculture production rises by 4.17%. Vietnam’s Directorate of Fisheries (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) says that the aquaculture production of the whole country in 2021 is estimated at […]
Betrayed By Boris Having had the opportunity to read the Brexit agreement hailed as a great success by the UK Government the CFPO has given its thoughts below from a […]
SSA on Brexit Deal Jimmy Buchan, chief executive of the Scottish Seafood Association, said the fact that a deal had been done would ensure stability and certainty for businesses. “It […]
Provisional fishing quota to be announced following UK-EU agreement The UK government has today (31 December) announced that provisional catch limits for fishermen in the UK will be set shortly […]
Strong case for restoring Hong Kong’s lost oyster reefs. New research produced jointly by The Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS), Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), […]
Brexit deal means drop in key fishing stocks for Scotland. The Brexit fisheries deal negotiated by the UK Government will mean a fall in the quantity of key fishing stocks […]
Metal cutting has begun for the fifth RFC super trawler at the Admiralty Shipyards. Metal cutting has begun for the fifth in a series of super trawlers for the Russian […]
Vibrio outbreaks in shellfish. New Zealand Seafood Safety researchers have been working to identify knowledge gaps needed to understand what factors trigger vibrio outbreaks. In the past two years there […]