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New funding to tackle UK aquaculture issues
A £4.6 million fund, aimed at bringing academia and industry together to tackle key challenges facing UK aquaculture, is being made available. Researchers and their industrial partners working in sustainable...
Cooke marks a decade in the UK
The Cooke Seafood group is this month celebrating ten years of aquaculture in the UK. The company said it is very proud that the business is now a decade old...
Seafood continues to shine for Hilton Food Group
Seafood is continuing to provide a significant contribution to the performance of the Hilton Food Group. The group’s principal UK seafood operations, which include farmed and wild caught fish, are...
AQUA 2024 plenary speakers confirmed
The speakers for the two plenary sessions at AQUA 2024, jointly hosted by the European Aquaculture Society and the World Aquaculture Society in Copenhagen this August, have been confirmed. They...
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Cutting the carbon
Seafood giant Thai Union aims to get more sustainable shrimp onto the world’s supermarket shelves Thai Union Group, the world’s seafood leader, has launched an innovative programme to significantly reduce...
Cermaq acquires new Norwegian business
The salmon giant Cermaq is expanding its Norwegian business with the purchase of the family owned company Ballangen Sjøfarm. Based in the north of the country, Ballangen Sjøfarm employs around...
Dysentery suspected at salmon facility
The Norwegian Veterinary Institute has disclosed that dysentery may have been found in one of the country’s fish farms. If the suspicions are confirmed, it would be regarded as a...
Keynote speaker announced for Aquaculture Africa
Leading academic Professor Constantinos Mylonas has been announced as the opening keynote speaker at Aquaculture Africa 2024 (AFRAQ24) this November. The event, which takes place in Hammamet, Tunisia on 19-22...
Two super trawlers join Iceland fleet
SAMHERJI, Iceland\'s largest fishing and fish processing company, has formally commissioned two new super freezer trawlers. They have been built to operate with the group’s German subsidiary, known as Deutsche Fischfang Union (DFFU)....
New SAIC chair will be ‘great asset’
THE Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has announced that David Gregory will be its new chairman. He takes up his post on March 1, and replaces Jack Perry. Gregory brings more than...
UK wants easy movement of fish
THE British government is striving to achieve the frictionless movement of seafood and other commodities, Nigel Edwards, technical and social responsibility director of Seachill, told the Norwegian Seafood Council summit in...
Young's 2017 sales and profits jump
YOUNG\'S Seafood has delivered impressive full year results, with turnover up by almost six per cent, thanks to a strong performance and the capture of some important new contracts. And...
