Latest News – Page 171
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NewsJapanese coho salmon farm in ASC first
The owner and operator of a coho salmon farm in Onagawa in northeast Japan, Marukin Co., has become the first in Japan to acquire Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification.
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NewsSeafood sector convenes to discuss safety
Seafood Scotland and Seafish as part of the Scottish Seafood Training Network, have brought the industry together for a webinar with Helen Muir, chair of the Scottish Seafood Training Network, to establish what is needed to make the sector safer for workers and consumers.
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NewsSSPO CEO steps down
The Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) chief executive, Julie Hesketh-Laird, has announced her decision to leave the organisation in the autumn.
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NewsThai Union donates THB1M to COVID fund
Thai Union Group and its subsidiaries, Thai Union Manufacturing, Thai Union Feedmill, Asian-Pacific Can and Okeanos Food have donated THB1 million to the ‘Samut Sakhon Fights for COVID-19 Fund’.
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NewsReport highlights key status of seabass
For many small vessels in the EU, seabass represents more than 10% of landing value, peaking at 50% in the Netherlands and 40% in France, according to a new report released today by the European Commission and the European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture.
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NewsIcelandic fleet gearing up for mackerel
The 1500 tonnes of blue whiting landed earlier this week by pelagic vessel Margrét is expected to be the last for a while as the Icelandic pelagic fleet fits out for the coming mackerel season. Fishing for blue whiting is expected to resume towards the end of the year.
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NewsLords amend UK government’s Fisheries Bill
In what is seen as a defeat for the UK government, the House of Lords has voted for an amendment to the Fisheries Bill aimed at ensuring environmental sustainability.
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NewsCanada re-opens Opportunities Fund
The Canadian Fish and Seafood Opportunities Fund (CFSOF) has been re-opened by Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard Bernadette Jordan, to support the industry in accessing new consumer markets.
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NewsSafety and security on FFA’s agenda
Initiatives to improve job prospects and safety at sea for fishing observers has been a key focus of the 114th Forum Fisheries Committee (FFC114) meeting which brings together the 17 members of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA).
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NewsCovid-19: Seafood is safe
The World Health Organisation, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and food safety agencies are seeking to reassure consumers that seafood is safe and is in no way related to the global Covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsImported whiteleg shrimp quarantine success
India''s Aquatic Quarantine Facility (AQF) has successfully quarantined 3,600 whiteleg shrimp broodstock imported from Hawaii by six shrimp hatchery operators in India.
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NewsBrixham’s brand-new beamer
The first new beam trawler to join the UK fleet for almost twenty years has docked in Brixham after being handed over by its Dutch builders. Georgina of Ladram has been built at Luyt Group in Den Oever for Waterdance, England’s largest fishing company.
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NewsCommercial bream and bass in Saudi Arabia
Aqua Bridge Farm’s Company hatchery in Al-Lith, Makkah Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has achieved an important milestone by becoming the first hatchery to produce the juveniles of European sea bream and European sea bass in the Kingdom at commercial scale.
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NewsSustainability more important than price
For the first time, sustainable sourcing has become a more important factor than price for Europeans shopping for fish and seafood, according to a study conducted by Deloitte and released by the Spanish tuna fleet acting under the Europêche banner.
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NewsCflow appoints new MD
Cflow has appointed Stig Bjørkedal as its new managing director to focus on further industrialisation of the company.
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NewsBioMar achieves FIFO ratio of 1:1
High use of trimmings and the use of novel ingredients has enabled BioMar Group to achieve a five-year average of 1:1 or below Forage Fish Dependency Ratio for its raw material usage.
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NewsSecond Sperre ROV for Nordlaks
Nordlaks has purchased a SUB-Fighter 15K remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from Sperre for securing mooring systems in addition to being available for operations on the Havfarm project.
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NewsNew aquaculture insurance team
Insurance broker Gallagher has launched a new aquaculture team, which has joined the business from Willis Towers Watson.
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NewsSNG gears up for tuna season
Increasing the volume of mesh in the side wing panels of its trawls has paid off for Swan Net Gundry’s customers, and the response to these trawl designs for herring, mackerel and horse mackerel fisheries has been highly positive.
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News2020 fishmeal and oil production prediction
IFFO’s market research director Enrico Bachis predicts that global marine ingredients supply should be just short of 5 million tonnes of fishmeal and around 1 million tonnes of fish oil.
