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SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Another 20 legal professionals are now in a better position to assist their respective countries in developing and executing national plans and processes for the effective detection, investigation and the prosecution of…

12th May 2025

Twenty legal professionals complete FAO’s IUU fishing course

12th May 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Not only are young consumers less likely to choose seafood over other food groups, it’s also been ascertained that as a demographic they are moving out of the category faster than any…

9th May 2025

Bridging seafood’s confidence gaps and winning back young consumers

9th May 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Thai Union Group, the world’s leading seafood producer, has secured a landmark US$ 150 million Blue Loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) – a first-of-its-kind financing in Thailand’s seafood industry.

9th May 2025

Thai Union secures Blue Loan

9th May 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), Labeyrie Fine Foods and Ecuadorian shrimp producer Omarsa are joining forces to restore 10 hectares of mangroves in Ecuador.

8th May 2025

Partnership launches Ecuador mangrove restoration

8th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission has deducted over 3,000 salmon from Finland’s 2025 fishing quota after uncovering unauthorised commercial fishing disguised as scientific research in the Baltic Sea last year.

7th May 2025

Brussels penalises Finland salmon breach

7th May 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Stolt Sea Farm (SSF) has made aquaculture history by becoming the world’s only turbot producer to achieve full Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification across all its farms.

7th May 2025

Turbot producer in historic full ASC certification

7th May 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Vičiūnai Group of Lithuania and Kalaneuvos Oy of Finland won the top prizes in the 2025 Seafood Excellence Global Awards at Seafood Expo Global (SEG), taking place in Barcelona on 6-8 May. 

6th May 2025

Vičiūnai, Kalaneuvos Oy win big at Seafood Excellence Global Awards

6th May 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Shoppers in Australia are being urged to “check their cans” and look closer at what’s behind the label of their favourite canned tuna after a first-of-its-kind academic study from the University of…

6th May 2025

Australians urged to ‘check their cans’ for sustainable tuna claims

6th May 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA) is set to launch a Seafood Nutrition Toolkit in early June 2025 that will provide resources for its members to communicate the nutritional benefits of…

6th May 2025

ICFA to unveil seafood nutrition toolkit

6th May 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norwegian seafood exports hit new highs in April, driven by booming demand from the USA despite lower salmon prices and trade uncertainty.

6th May 2025

US helps drive Norwegian seafood exports

6th May 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Taking place at Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Vía Venue, Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global, the world’s largest seafood trade event has opened its 31st edition, featuring reinforcing 51,217 net square metres of exhibition space. 

6th May 2025

31st Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global opens its doors

6th May 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Seawork, Europe’s largest on-water commercial marine and workboat exhibition and conference, held annually in Southampton, UK, will this year launch the Aquaculture Trail – a dedicated showcase highlighting the innovations, products and…

2nd May 2025

New Aquaculture Trail featuring at Seawork 2025

2nd May 2025

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Håvard Walde has been appointed Managing Director for Skretting’s salmon businesses in Australia, Chile, North America and Norway. 

2nd May 2025

Skretting appoints new head of salmon

2nd May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Almost nine out of 10 Scots believe the UK should definitively control which vessels fish in its waters, while more than 80% think the European Union fleet should not be granted continued…

2nd May 2025

Public support for UK control of fishing ahead of crunch EU talks

2nd May 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Ace Aquatec has successfully closed a £10 million investment round to accelerate the development of AI-powered fish farming solutions and create 15 new jobs across its offices in Scotland and Chile.

2nd May 2025

Ace Aquatec secures £10m funding

2nd May 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

High-risk areas for endangered, threatened and protected (ETP) by-catch in UK seafood supply chains are the focus of a new report from WWF, with the environmental charity also evaluating the effectiveness, costs…

1st May 2025

Report: Innovation and technology key to reducing marine by-catch, protecting endangered species

1st May 2025

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Big data analysis of Norway’s commercial salmon production has established the full benefits of higher levels of dietary omega-3 EPA and DHA on survival, feed performance and quality.

1st May 2025

Benefits of higher EPA, DHA in salmon feeds quantified

1st May 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The 10th Our Ocean Conference (28-30 April 2025) in Busan, South Korea, came to a close with the confirmation that 277 new commitments to sustainable ocean action have been mobilised, equivalent to US$…

1st May 2025

Our Ocean mobilises $9.1 billion of sustainability commitments

1st May 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

South Korea has opened its first land-based Atlantic salmon farm, marking a significant milestone in domestic aquaculture.

1st May 2025

Korea opens land-based salmon farm

1st May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new report has highlighted the urgent need for harmonised and digitalised catch documentation schemes as essential tools in the fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

30th April 2025

Digital documentation key to combatting IUU fishing

30th April 2025