As the Department for International Trade launches its Food and Drink Export Council, Seafood Scotland chief executive Donna Fordyce is participating as a founding member to represent Scottish fish and…
The largest whitefish auction in Europe has come to a halt with a boycott by processors. A row has been brewing for a while over attempts by the Peterhead Port…
The Cornish Fish Producers’ Organisation (CFPO) has announced a new grant support scheme in partnership with the Merchant Navy Welfare Board (MNWB) that will enable a cohort of fishermen to take their careers to…
The Tersan shipyard has floated off the hull of the new Skipteknisk-designed Jan Maria BX-792, under construction for P&P’s Bremerhaven subsidiary Nordbank Hochseefischerei GMBH. The 88.10 metre, 18.30 metre breadth…
Westman Islands producer Vinnslustöðin has taken delivery of 6600 tonnes of blue whiting in just the first four days of fishmeal production for this season. Landings were from the company’s…
Two research vessels and three commercial pelagic vessels have sailed to start gathering data on the state of the capelin stock around Iceland ahead of this year’s fishing season. Research…
Scientists from French and Spanish institutes have met European tuna operators to discuss at a European level challenges facing stakeholders. Representatives of Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) in…
The first-ever quantitative evaluation of the contribution of no-take Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to the conservation of tropical tunas in the western and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) has been published…
An expert panel convened to investigate an unusually large-scale crustacean mortality that was observed along a 70km stretch of the coast of north-eastern England in 2021 has recorded no definite…
Italian conglomerate Aquafil, owners of recycling company Nofir, have patented a method of recycling the netting used aquaculture cages, making it possible to recover copper impregnation for re-use. ‘The fact…