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The UK's Sykes Seafood saw its retail sales offset the loss of foodservice revenue in the coronavirus pandemic, reporting a strong profit for the 15 months to March 28, 2020
On Tuesday fishing vessel Virtuous FR253 began its 12-month trial of SNTech's Pisces LED, which attaches to fishing nets and helps ward off unwanted fish using bright lights
Intended as an industry introduction, Aqua-Spark hopes its new Aqua Insights report series will encourage more investors to enter sustainable aquaculture
Fishery officers have seized a boat that was caught in the Hauraki Gulf with almost five times the legal limit of snapper.The three men on the boat were caught with 99 snapper between them inside a mussel farm near Kawakawa Bay...
On the site of Japan's nuclear disaster, 10 years on from the meltdown that changed the world forever, authorities are grappling with impossible choices.Tomorrow marks a decade since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Towns surrounding...
Nelson based fishing company Amaltal Fishing Co has been fined $27,600 for commercial fishing in a protected Marine Reserve.Amaltal, owned by Talley's Group, was sentenced today in the Nelson District Court, having been convicted...
Suspicions of the presence of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) have been revealed at the Grieg Seafood salmon site near the town of Hammerfest in northern Norway.
A new paper in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution that recommends certification and ecolabeling programs as part of the solution to ending the overexploitation of fish stocks globally has been welcomed by the Marine Stewardship...
Global brands from the tourism, transport, cosmetics and finance sectors are joining forces on World Oceans Day to promote greater business engagement to halt the severe decline in the health of marine ecosystems, which both scientists...
An innovative project to get Scottish mussels to spawn in a hatchery environment has received an international boost with a visit from Tasmanian partners Spring Bay Seafoods – operators of one of the world’s few...
Russia’s Federal Agency for Fishery (Rosrybolovstvo) said it raised about RUB 23 billion (€360 million) from local fish industry players at a recent auction of crab catch quotas in the Primorye subzone, in the country’s...
A set of new guidelines to minimise the occurrence and impact of discarded or lost ‘ghost’ fishing gear has been launched at this week at the SeaWeb Summit in Seattle.
A fearless fisheries minister who’s led a high-profile campaign against harmful fishing practices, a collective effort to combat large-scale illegal fishing in East Africa, two chefs who step far outside their kitchens to promote...
A new global initiative that aims to ensure that at least 75 percent of global seafood comes from more sustainable sources by 2020 has been launched in the US this week.
Fifty major fishing companies, retailers and seafood businesses have signed the Tuna 2020 Traceability Declaration, an initiative led by the World Economic Forum (WEF), which demonstrates a growing momentum within the industry to address...
In one weeks time you could be at the most comprehensive aquaculture conference in the UK in 2017. Mixing with colleagues from across the Aquaculture industry and addressing today’s most pressing competitive challenges.
A project to assess the sustainability levels of those fisheries that supply fishmeal to the South East Asian aquafeed market has been launched by the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) and IFFO, the Marine Ingredients Organisation.
One of the largest commercial aquaponics facilities in the world, which has the capacity to grow 125 metric tons of salmon and Arctic char and 200 metric tons of organic fresh greens annually, has now been opened in St Paul, Minnesota.
Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified farmed salmon has been officially endorsed as being a recommended, sustainable form of seafood by the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
For the second consecutive year, Merck Animal Health (known as MSD Animal Health outside the United States and Canada) will be recognizing individuals and organizations who work to prevent rabies in their communities through the World...
As the pink salmon commercial fishing seasons rapidly approach in Russia and Alaska, it's time to predict where the market is headed this year, writes Robert Reierson in the latest Tradex food 3-minute market insight.
Dr Lesley Rhodes, a scientist who has revolutionised the management of marine algal blooms, has been appointment as Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for services to science and marine farming.
Alaska’s aquaculture industry is gaining momentum, spurred on by growing markets and the steadfast push by Governor Walker’s visionary Mariculture Task Force.
Exiting the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is the only way forward for Scotland’s fishing fleet, according to Scottish Fishermen’s Federation chief executive Bertie Armstrong.
Plans to establish a new aquaculture hub in the Russian region of Tatarstan have been revealed, as the country aims to compensate for the lack of salmon imports from Norway.
South Africa - The South African Deep Sea Trawling Industry Association has announced that by agreement of both parties - Viking Inshore Fishing and the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Read more...
South Africa - A coalition of stakeholders is calling for all fishing rights in the West Coast Rock Lobster (WCRL) fishery to be suspended until government takes radical remedial action to put the fishery back on a sustainable path. Read...
South Africa - The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has announced the total allowable catch (TAC) and the 2016/17 recreational fishing season for west coast rock lobster (WCRL). Read more...
South Africa - The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has released the provisional lists and the General Published Reasons (GPR) for the Seaweed sector. Read more...
The provisional lists and the General Published Reasons (GPR’s) for five sectors: Hake Inshore Trawl, Horse Mackerel, Patagonian Toothfish, Large Pelagics and KZN Beach Seine, have been released. Read more...