Aquaculture

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Vičiūna and Partners (VIP) has begun construction on a €100 million salmon processing facility in Plungė, Lithuania.

31st March 2025

Vičiūna begins €100m salmon facility

31st March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A recent study by Norwegian and Spanish researchers has found that seaweed could play a key role in reducing intestinal inflammation in farmed fish.

31st March 2025

Seaweed could play key role in fish health

31st March 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The 100% Great Lakes Fish initiative has been honoured with a Seafood Industry Climate Award (SICA) for its groundbreaking efforts in reducing the seafood industry’s carbon footprint and increasing diversity.

28th March 2025

100% Great Lakes Fish wins sustainability award

28th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A researcher at Nofima has uncovered important insights into how light and diet can be used to control the maturation of farmed salmon.

27th March 2025

Light and diet govern salmon maturation

27th March 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Ahead of European Council and Parliament discussions on the future of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), EU policymakers have been issued with the call from leading industry bodies to maintain and strengthen…

26th March 2025

Brussels urged to deliver a reinforced, specific fund for fisheries and aquaculture

26th March 2025

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

The UK’s shellfish farming industry is a small but very important industry, and it has fantastically huge potential that could put it on par with France and Spain – Europe’s leaders in…

21st March 2025

Red tape has UK shellfish aquaculture in a bind

21st March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Skretting Japan’s Imari Plant has become the country’s first ASC-certified feed mill, marking a pivotal moment for Japan’s seafood farming sector.

20th March 2025

Skretting Japan in ASC first

20th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Brimmond, an engineering firm based in north-east Scotland, has successfully completed further trials of its new NetJet aquaculture net cleaning pump.

20th March 2025

Brimmond’s NetJet completes trials

20th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Unibio’s microbial single-cell protein, Uniprotein, has received official approval from the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) for use in aquaculture feed for fish and crustaceans.

19th March 2025

Saudi approval for Unibio protein

19th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture is set to receive a significant boost to its marine aquaculture research capabilities with a £3.84 million investment in its Marine Environment Research Laboratory (MERL)…

19th March 2025

Stirling University secures £3.84m aquaculture grant

19th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

BioMar has confirmed it will acquire the remaining shares of Norwegian aquaculture research centure, LetSea, from KapNor.

17th March 2025

BioMar acquires full ownership of LetSea

17th March 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

India’s shrimp exports closed out 2024 with a December trade volume of 67,933 tonnes, an increase of 13% on the last month of 2023. This contributed to a fourth-quarter export total of…

13th March 2025

India’s shrimp exports top 733,000 tonnes

13th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

To mark its seventh anniversary as a benchmark for responsible shrimp farming, the Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP) has released a film showing how its Ecuadorian industry members are striving to generate and…

13th March 2025

WATCH: SSP looks back on seven years of progressing shrimp farming sustainability

13th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Friend of the Sea has confirmed that Troticoltura Cherubini, a company from Italy’s Marche region in Visso (MC) in the Monti Sibillini National Park, has obtained Friend of the Sea certification. The sustainable seafood…

11th March 2025

Troticoltura Cherubini lands sustainability certification

11th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

RSPCA Australia’s Approved Certification Committee has confirmed it has decided to halt Australian salmon farming company Huon Aquaculture’s RSPCA Approved certification while it investigates claims of animal cruelty.

11th March 2025

RSPCA suspends certification of Huon Aquaculture

11th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Researchers at the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture, in collaboration with the universities of Lancaster, Aberdeen and Cambridge, have developed a groundbreaking method to enhance nutrient retention in farmed fish feed.

10th March 2025

New ratio boosts fish feed sustainability

10th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

New Zealand has launched a new five-year roadmap to help grow the country’s aquaculture industry to NZD 3 billion in annual revenue by 2035.

10th March 2025

New Zealand unveils aquaculture roadmap

10th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance is urging the sector to strengthen domestic production in the face of recent tariffs introduced by the Trump administration.

7th March 2025

Tariffs threaten Canadian seafood sector

7th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Kelly Cove Salmon (KCS), the Atlantic Canadian salmon farming division of Cooke Aquaculture, has acquired the former operations of Aqua Bounty Canada on Prince Edward Island (PEI).

6th March 2025

Kelly Cove Salmon acquires defunct Aqua Bounty

6th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian salmon farming group SalMar ASA has entered into an agreement with Aker Capital AS to purchase Aker’s 15% ownership stake in offshore aquaculture company SalMar Aker Ocean AS (SAO). The settlement…

6th March 2025

SalMar buys remainder of offshore farming firm

6th March 2025