Invasive crabs reach Norwegian waters
An alert for some brush crabs reported near Fredrikstad in Norway instead turned out to be the first sighting of a related species, the Asian shore crab, a species that…
An alert for some brush crabs reported near Fredrikstad in Norway instead turned out to be the first sighting of a related species, the Asian shore crab, a species that…
Innovation and collaboration go hand in hand as fifty Danish suppliers to the fishing industry welcome visitors on Pavilion of Denmark at Nor-Fishing in Trondheim this week. Denmark makes a…
Fishing company Thórsberg, based in Tálknafjörður in Iceland’s Westfjords, has taken delivery of a new Cleopatra 40BB rigged for longlining. Although not the largest in Trefjar's Cleopatra range, the 40BB…
The Cemre Shipyard in Turkey has floated off the latest pelagic vessel heading for the Norwegian fleet, the highly innovative Selvåg Senior. The 79.50 metre by 16.20 metre breadth Selvåg…
International aquafeed producer BioMar and Icelandic fishing and processing group Síldarvinnslan have signed an MoU to join forces in building a high-tech aquafeed production facility in Iceland. This would put…
The director of the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research has delivered a stark message during a panel discussion this week – that climate change is occurring rapidly in the Arctic.…
A familiar ship in a new guise has docked in Akureyri, as factory trawler Snæfell is back under the Icelandic flag. Having sailed as Akraberg and under the Faroese flag…
The innovative EcoFive factory trawler to be built at Westcon for fishing company Bluewild will be outfitted with a processing deck from Skaginn 3X. The concept behind the EcoFive trawler…
The mentoring programme set up by Seafood Scotland and VisitScotland’s to inspire and cultivate the growth of seafood tourism in Scotland has been shown to be a great success, with…
NOAA Fisheries is about to pursue public-private partnerships through CALM-CS to accelerate efforts toward ending forced labour and improving working conditions across the seafood sector. NOAA Fisheries has announced a…