Business & Finance

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Organised by Diversified, Seafood Expo Asia has announced the finalists for the annual Seafood Excellence Asia Awards. Eight finalists from countries around the world were selected and will compete for the best…

28th August 2025

2025 Seafood Excellence Asia awards finalists named

28th August 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Loch Long Salmon has secured planning permission to create the first semi-closed containment fish farm in Scotland in Loch Long, Argyll & Bute, saying the system will be transformative for the nation’s…

27th August 2025

Scotland’s first semi-closed containment salmon farm finally gets green light

27th August 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Barcelona-based trade event Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global has announced a brand-new aquaculture innovation pavilion will feature at its next edition, taking place 21-23 April 2026 at Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Vía…

27th August 2025

New aquaculture innovation pavilion to debut at 2026 Seafood Expo Global

27th August 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Following the recent trade deal reached between the United States and the EU, both sides have confirmed they have agreed on a Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair and Balanced Trade,…

26th August 2025

Solid footing: Seafood to benefit from US-EU trade deal

26th August 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

India shipped 1,698,170 tonnes of seafood worth Rs 62,408.45 crore (US$ 7.45 billion) to overseas markets in the financial year 2024-25, with frozen shrimp continuing to be the country’s top exported item…

26th August 2025

India’s seafood export earnings near $7.5 billion

26th August 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A new wave of projects has secured funding under the latest EU Mission Ocean and Waters calls. With a total budget of €116 million, the 13 projects selected will deliver a wide…

26th August 2025

EU invests millions in 13 restoration projects

26th August 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

India exported 346,202 tonnes of shrimp in the first-half of 2025, with the volume up 4% on the corresponding period of last year, confirms new industry analysis from Shrimp Insights. It also…

26th August 2025

India’s shrimp export earnings soar

26th August 2025

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norwegian aquaculture solutions company Cflow has signed an agreement to deliver a complete system for gentle and efficient fish handling to new land-based salmon farming facility Pure Salmon Japan. The vertically integrated…

21st August 2025

Cflow secures contract for Japanese land-based salmon farming project

21st August 2025

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Animal nutrition company Nutreco has confirmed the appointment of Maarten Bijl as CEO of Skretting as of 1 September 2025. Bijl replaces Bastiaan van Tilburg who will succeed David Blakemore as Nutreco…

19th August 2025

Skretting announces change at the top

19th August 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

European Union markets imported 205,292 tonnes of raw frozen whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) and value-added shrimp from Asia, Latin America and Africa in the first-half of 2025, with the total representing a 21% increase on…

19th August 2025

EU shrimp imports reach record level

19th August 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Norway-based seafood investor Bluefront Equity has secured investments from the European Investment Fund, Novo Holdings and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation – marking the final close of its second impact fund, Bluefront Capital II.

19th August 2025

European Investment Fund, Novo Holding invest in seafood investment fund

19th August 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Norway-headquartered maritime group Trident Aqua Services has contracted a new live fish carrier and a premium service vessel, both powered by battery-hybrid technology. With these new additions, the company now has seven…

19th August 2025

Trident adding two new hybrid vessels to fast-expanding fleet

19th August 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Vietnam’s seafood export turnover reached US$971 million for the month of July, a 6.1% increase compared to the same month of 2024. For the first seven months of 2025, the total export…

18th August 2025

Vietnamese seafood exports surge ahead of US tariffs

18th August 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The chief executive of Kaldvík, Roy-Tore Rikardsen, has stepped down with immediate effect, announces the board of directors.

15th August 2025

Kaldvík CEO steps down

15th August 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Exports of Scottish salmon could break through the GBP 1 billion barrier for the first time, with new figures finding that the total sales value for the 12 months to the end…

15th August 2025

Overseas sales of Scottish salmon near £1 billion

15th August 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Inverness, Scotland-based aquaculture equipment, technology and service supplier Gael Force Group has completed the installation of its SeaQure range of aquaculture equipment for Iceland-based fish farming company Hábrún.

14th August 2025

Gael Force delivers containment system to Iceland

14th August 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Bluefront-owned Seaqloud, which delivers software and sensor technology to the seafood industry, has acquired Norwegian company Sematek with the move strengthening its offering within sensors for the fish farming and maritime industries.

13th August 2025

Aquaculture industry supplier Seaqloud snaps up sensor and service company

13th August 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Ecuador exported an unprecedented 719,153 tonnes of shrimp in the first-half of 2025 – some 17% more than it shipped to overseas markets in the corresponding period of 2025, finds new industry…

13th August 2025

Ecuador sets new shrimp export record

13th August 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Indonesia exported 105,259 tonnes of shrimp in the first-half of 2025, with the total representing a 13% increase on the corresponding period of last year, according to new industry analysis from Shrimp…

12th August 2025

First-half uplift in Indonesian shrimp exports

12th August 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Canadian processing company McGraw Seafood’s existing factory on the New Brunswick shoreline is to receive a significant upgrade with a new and automated redfish factory line – from receiving to automatic plate…

12th August 2025

Carsoe to supply McGraw Seafood with automated redfish factory

12th August 2025