Analysis

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Norway’s salmon industry achieved record breaking profits in 2023, overcoming challenges such as reduced production output and rising costs, with earnings per kilogram of head-on gutted (HOG) salmon increasing 15-20% to close…

4th December 2024

All-time-high earnings for Norways salmon industry

4th December 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The latest Salmon Welfare Scorecard, published by Compassion in World Farming, has found that 62% of the farmed salmon producers that it assessed have improved their reporting and policies on welfare compared…

4th December 2024

Salmon Welfare Scorecard – Small improvement in industry transparency

4th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Of the total commercial tuna catch worldwide, 88% comes from stocks at “healthy” levels of abundance, according to the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation’s (ISSF) latest Status of the Stocks report. This, the global coalition says, is…

4th December 2024

ISSF: Global tuna stocks’ health improves

4th December 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Canadian government’s proposed ban on current marine net-pen salmon farming in British Columbia (BC) will have severe consequences for the country’s economy, indigenous communities and food security, according to a new…

3rd December 2024

Canada’s BC salmon farm ban could cost $9 billion

3rd December 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Moroccan fishing vessels are persistently using illegal driftnets in the Alboran Sea, a critical Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot home to some of the world’s most vulnerable marine species, according to a new Environmental…

13th November 2024

Investigation: Systemic illegal driftnet fishing occurring in Moroccan waters

13th November 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The US population consumed 19.7 pounds (approximately 8.9kg) of seafood per capita in 2022, down 0.8 pounds from 2021, according to the latest Annual Top 10 List of the Most Consumed Species from…

12th November 2024

Americans eating less seafood (but diversifying more)

12th November 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

After several years of marginal decline and stagnant growth, the global salmon farming industry is poised for significant expansion over the coming decade, with production projected to increase by 27% by 2030,…

5th November 2024

Kontali: Salmon production to surge over next decade

5th November 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

While shrimp exports from Ecuador reached almost 350,000 tonnes in the second-quarter this year – for the first time in the trade’s history, and representing an 11% increase year-on-year, the third-quarter failed…

5th November 2024

Ecuadorian shrimp fails to repeat record volume

5th November 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The UK’s seafood landscape has changed dramatically and became a lot more challenging in the four years that followed 2019, but 2024 has brought some green shoots of recovery, according to Seafish…

29th October 2024

UK seafood loses £1bn in four years

29th October 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Despite industry claims to the contrary, the global aquaculture sector has an increasing dependence on wild fish for use in feeds. Added to this, the growing consumer appetite for farmed salmon could…

17th October 2024

Study: More wild fish being used in aquafeeds than previously estimated

17th October 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

A new economic snapshot focused on the Alaska seafood industry has been released by NOAA Fisheries, with the estimate from economists that it suffered a US$ 1.8 billion loss in 2022-2023, and…

16th October 2024

Alaska’s seafood industry suffers $1.8bn losses

16th October 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Whitefish fisheries – including pollock, cod, haddock and hake – remain at the forefront of the sustainable seafood market, with almost three quarters of the global whitefish catch engaged with the Marine…

8th October 2024

MSC: Whitefish is the vanguard of the sustainable seafood market

8th October 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

With US lawmakers considering legislation that would develop open ocean aquaculture, a new report from the international non-profit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) offers insights into species that may be optimal for farming…

30th September 2024

Candidates identified for US open ocean aquaculture

30th September 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new review has explored how best to maximise the availability of essential fatty acids known to be beneficial to human health.

11th September 2024

Maximising omega-3 fatty acid availability

11th September 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainable seafood eco-labelling scheme Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is failing to identify forced labour violations in the fisheries it certifies despite claims to the contrary, claims new research published in Ocean Sustainability.

10th September 2024

Report: Tuna vessels using forced labour hiding behind eco-label

10th September 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

China is poised to drive 40% of the global growth in seafood consumption to 2030, and this tremendous growth, fuelled by the country’s economic prosperity, large population, and high seafood demand, could…

30th August 2024

Rabobank: China could soon become a $29bn seafood import market

30th August 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Scottish salmon export sales increased by 41% in the first-half of 2024, driven by substantial growth in the Asian and American markets.

19th August 2024

Asian and US sales boost Scottish salmon exports

19th August 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Evolving consumption trends in the Chinese market present both opportunities and risks for animal protein producers, including the seafood industry, but companies need to strategise for long-term consumer market changes, and get…

13th August 2024

Value over volume – new consumption trends in China offer opportunities

13th August 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Innovative ways for Caribbean nations to fund and boost their economies are the subject of new research conducted by the UK’s University of Portsmouth.

12th August 2024

Solutions suggested to boost Caribbean fisheries and aquaculture

12th August 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A report on the implementation of technical measures introduced in 2019 to protect fisheries resources and marine ecosystems has been published by the European Commission.

9th August 2024

EC: Technical measures boosting fisheries sustainability

9th August 2024