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SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

With feed emissions representing up to 80% of aquaculture’s greenhouse gas emissions, global aquafeed company Skretting says it’s critical that feed companies and the wider aquaculture value chain prioritise the reduction of…

18th August 2022

Skretting elevates reporting

18th August 2022

NEWS

NEWS

One of the UK’s largest fish and seafood company has announced its biggest brand refresh in more than two decades.

18th August 2022

Young’s revamps brand

18th August 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Tilapia producer Regal Springs has become a member of the Blue Food Partnership’s multi-stakeholder Sustainable Aquaculture Working Group, which aims to harness the potential of sustainable aquaculture to help meet the nutritional…

18th August 2022

Regal Springs goes blue

18th August 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

BioMar Group and Síldarvinnslan are teaming up to build a net-zero aquafeed production facility in Iceland.

17th August 2022

New net-zero feed plant

17th August 2022

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

While the sector has the potential to nourish the world’s growing population, the FAO insists its growth must be sustainable

17th August 2022

Aquaculture at a crossroads

17th August 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A huge capelin catch helped Iceland’s fleet to land 40% more fish in the 12 months through July 2022, with over 1.5 million tonnes of fish and shellfish recorded in the preliminary…

17th August 2022

Capelin lifts Iceland

17th August 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The trade body for Scottish salmon has issued a warning over labour shortages and trade war with the EU.

16th August 2022

Salmon trade warning

16th August 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Cooke Inc, parent company of Cooke Aquaculture Inc of New Brunswick, Canada, has entered into a deal through which it will buy Australia-headquartered salmon and shrimp company Tassal Group Limited.

16th August 2022

Cooke agrees Tassal deal

16th August 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Australian salmon farming and seafood company Tassal has signed a sustainability-linked loan (SLL) for AUD 497 million of facilities, linking some of the interest charges on its loans to sustainability key performance…

15th August 2022

Tassal $497m green loan

15th August 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The Scottish salmon sector is facing continued challenges following Brexit and the pandemic, according to new HMRC figures.

15th August 2022

Challenges for Scots salmon

15th August 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Greenpeace UK has announced imminent plans to build an underwater boulder barrier in a third UK Marine Protected Area (MPA) to block destructive industrial fishing, with the action supported by celebrities Stephen…

15th August 2022

Celebs back fishing barrier

15th August 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Twenty-eight skippers and their crew from fishing ports across southwest and southern England have started their first voyage of the 2022 season to catch, tag and release Atlantic bluefin tuna.

15th August 2022

Skippers join bluefin project

15th August 2022

OPINION

OPINION

Aquaculture Stewardship Council Director of Innovation, Alison Hutchins writes for WF

12th August 2022

Promoting aquaculture best-practice through innovation and technology

12th August 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Scientists in Japan have developed a cheap and efficient squid aquaculture system to help ensure the high-protein, nutritious food remains on the nation’s table.

11th August 2022

Squid aquaculture breakthrough

11th August 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

An amendment to US laws banning imports of EU caviar to the United States has sparked worries with the Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP).

11th August 2022

Caviar trade concerns

11th August 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Fish sector faces a perfect storm of export restrictions, a lack of equipment and the logistics chaos – all caused by sanctions from the west

10th August 2022

Russia in turmoil

10th August 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

By turning off a special gene with the CRISPR method, researchers at the Institute of Marine Research in Norway created the world’s first salmon without reproductive cells with the overriding purpose to…

10th August 2022

GM salmon evaluated

10th August 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Sweden and Finland have been given €115 million and €71 million respectively in EU funding to help promote sustainable fisheries and aquaculture and stimulate innovation and growth.

10th August 2022

Swedish, Finnish support

10th August 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US seafood manufacturers and suppliers are being petitioned to stop biodiversity loss in their supply chains.

9th August 2022

America urged to clean up

9th August 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Contestants competing in the F3 Challenge – Carnivore Edition have sold a combined 3,185 tonnes of fish-free feed in the sales contest designed to spark innovation in the aquafeed industry to find viable, cost-competitive…

9th August 2022

F3 aquafeed contest latest

9th August 2022