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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Grupo Profand has acquired a majority stake in the Greek corporation Kefalonia Fisheries.

11th March 2022

Profand acquires Kefalonia Fisheries

11th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The value of Australia’s fisheries and aquaculture production is set to rise by 10% to AUD 3.55 billion in 2021–22, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has…

10th March 2022

Australia bounces back

10th March 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

To raise the level of transparency with regards to the marine ingredients that it uses in its aquafeeds throughout the world, Skretting and sister-company Nutreco have developed a new responsible sourcing policy.

10th March 2022

Skretting feed transparency

10th March 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Avramar has teamed up with the Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP), becoming the newest member of the National Seafood Council Task Force and supporting the Eat Seafood America! Initiative.

10th March 2022

Avramar joins SNP

10th March 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

A new steering and advisory group is being formed to focus on non-quota finfish species around the UK to help ensure their continued sustainable management.

9th March 2022

Non-quota UK finfish

9th March 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Caterpillar Marine and Pacific6 Enterprises are teaming up to pilot a parallel battery hybrid propulsion system for a first-of-its kind aquaculture farming vessel.

9th March 2022

Hybrid propulsion for aquaculture vessel

9th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

To help restore ocean health, companies selling wild-caught seafood need to demonstrate a lot more accountability in their product procurement and ensure that they are sourcing from fishing operations that are behaving…

9th March 2022

John Kerry: Industry must step up

9th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Singapore-based food tech start-up Umami Meats has secured pre-seed funding of US$2.4 million that the company will use to advance its cultivated seafood programme.

9th March 2022

Cell-based seafood backing

9th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Danish land-based salmon farmer Atlantic Sapphire has appointed Jon-Birger Løvik as its Chief Operating Officer (COO).

9th March 2022

Atlantic Sapphire new COO

9th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scotland’s salmon farming sector is helping save lives by installing defibrillators in local communities where companies operate.

9th March 2022

Defibrillator rollout

9th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US cell-cultured seafood company Finless Foods has closed its Series B funding, achieving a total $34 million – led by Hanwha Solutions, bringing the total raised by the business to nearly $48…

8th March 2022

Plant-based bluefin funding

8th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers (GAPP) Board of Directors has approved a new strategic plan and associated budget to undertake the association’s first-ever national marketing programme.

8th March 2022

Alaska pollock campaign

8th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Bergen, Norway-based Proximar Seafood AS, which plans to build a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility producing Atlantic salmon in Oyama town at the foot of Mt Fuji in Japan, has signed a…

8th March 2022

Proximar installation deal

8th March 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

SHV and Nutreco, the respective owner and sister company of global aquaculture feed company Skretting, have advised that no new investments, no new projects and no new exports to Russia will be…

7th March 2022

Aquafeed conflict response

7th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Aquafeed giant BioMar Group has ceased all commercial trade activities within Russia in response to the Ukraine invasion.

7th March 2022

BioMar: No Russia trade

7th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Rural Affairs Secretary, Mairi Gougeon, has instructed Scottish Government officials to withdraw from any fisheries negotiations involving the Russian Federation until further notice.

7th March 2022

Postpone fisheries talks

7th March 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

An advocacy group committed to sustainable deep fishing in the North Atlantic has urged coastal states to agree on the management of mackerel, herring and blue whiting, ending a 13 year dispute…

7th March 2022

North Atlantic quotas

7th March 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Norway exported seafood worth €114.8 million in February, an increase of nearly a third compared with the same period last year.

4th March 2022

Norwegian seafood exports

4th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Transitioning to aquatic food-based diets offers a huge opportunity for putting food systems on a low emissions pathway, non-profit research organisation Worldfish has stressed following the publication of a new Intergovernmental Panel…

4th March 2022

Fish versus climate crisis

4th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Best practice guidance for animal welfare across the UK shellfish supply chain is under development. The work is being driven by the Shellfish Association of Great Britain (SAGB) and the industry-led Crab and…

3rd March 2022

Shellfish best-practice

3rd March 2022