Aquaculture

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Barramundi Group Australia (BGA) has announced plans to expand its barramundi operation off the West Kimberley Coast.

23rd May 2022

Barramundis growth plans

23rd May 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Bangkok-based seafood giant Thai Union (TU) has made a CAD 10 million investment in Mara Renewables Corporation as part of the Nova Scotia, Canada-based company’s CAD 39.5 million growth funding round, joining…

19th May 2022

New backing for Mara

19th May 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Struggling to bolster food security, countries in this vast region have set their sights on aquaculture growth. But while ambitious plans are being laid out, fish farmers still find themselves undermined by…

19th May 2022

Central Asias aqua hopes

19th May 2022

NEWS

NEWS

A new online resource has launched to support the training and education of those working in the UK’s aquaculture sector.

18th May 2022

Aquaculture training tool

18th May 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A new initiative has been launched to encourage Scottish pupils to eat nutritious salmon when choosing their school meals.

16th May 2022

Salmon in schools scheme

16th May 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Samherji fiskeldi ehf (Samherji Fish Farming), the aquaculture arm of Samherji has completed a share capital increase of US$26 million.

13th May 2022

New farm for Samherji

13th May 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A trade war with the European Union could have a devastating impact on Britain’s export market and should be “avoided at all costs”, representative body Salmon Scotland has warned.

12th May 2022

Trade war concerns

12th May 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Land-based salmon producer Atlantic Sapphire has received a DKK 180 million insurance settlement for the fire that gutted the company’s Denmark plant in September 2021.

11th May 2022

Atlantic Sapphire payout

11th May 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

To strengthen its position within closed aquaculture systems, ozone and oxygen specialist Redox AS has acquired fellow Norwegian company Norluft AS.

11th May 2022

Redox acquires Norluft

11th May 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Scotland’s economic recovery has largely been driven by strong growth in exports of drinks and seafood products, which together accounted for £5.2 billion of total Scottish exports, according to a report by…

9th May 2022

Scottish export recovery

9th May 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Thai Union Ingredients has begun operations at its new state-of-the-art facility designed to explore more efficient and specialised methods for refining Omega-3 oils.

4th May 2022

Fish oil laboratory opens

4th May 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Board of Avramar Seafood Group has confirmed that the seabass and seabream company’s current Chair, Thor Talseth, has been appointed as group CEO, effective 1 May 2022. He will be replaced…

29th April 2022

Avramar names new chief

29th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

To improve the aquaculture sector in Europe, raise its profile and ensure that it is better recognised at a political level, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and the Federation of European Aquaculture…

28th April 2022

European aquaculture boost

28th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms has voluntarily committed to paying above the UK’s real living wage to help support its employees and their families that are being hit by the rising cost…

26th April 2022

Salmon firm’s wage pledge

26th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norway Royal Salmon ASA’s (NRS) appointment of interim CEO Klaus Hatlebrekke has expired and he has returned to his previous position of COO of Business Development with immediate effect.

26th April 2022

NRS CEO change

26th April 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has published a revised Shrimp Standard together with new requirements governing recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) farms.

25th April 2022

ASC shrimp, RAS updates

25th April 2022

SHIP DESIGN

SHIP DESIGN

NSK Ship Design has designed a battery-hybrid wellboat with a 2,800 cubic metre capacity for Ervik Havfiske and Husøy Fiskeriselskap, which are investing in the sector.

25th April 2022

Confidence in wellboats

25th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Ice Fish Farm AS’s board has approved the share purchase of Laxar Fiskeldi ehf, moving forward the agreement between majority shareholders agreement made in December last year for Ice to acquire Laxar…

25th April 2022

Laxar sale moves forward

25th April 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

With new technologies and artificial intelligence attracting increasing attention from the aquaculture space, leading Japanese sushi chain Kura Sushi has elected to support the country’s fish farming progress through its new subsidiary…

20th April 2022

Serving up AI-raised fish

20th April 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Despite heavily interrupted trade with Russia – brought by the ongoing Ukraine conflict – and increased costs, Vietnam exported around US$920 million worth of seafood to overseas markets in March, thereby achieving a…

20th April 2022

Vietnam export surge

20th April 2022