Business & Finance

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

A deal has been struck between Danish electronics company Vest-El and Dutch fishing technology specialist VCU to supply the solution in Denmark.

24th July 2025

Danish dealer appointed for VCU CatchManagement System

24th July 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Certified Seafood International (CSI) has elected two prominent seafood industry leaders, Sally Roach and Klaus Nielsen, to its board of directors.

23rd July 2025

Certified Seafood International adds expert weight to board

23rd July 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

There has been a clear recovery in Vietnam’s squid and octopus sector this year after a prolonged period of fluctuation from 2022 to 2024, reported the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and…

22nd July 2025

Vietnam’s squid, octopus exports expected to exceed $700m

22nd July 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The European Union imported 40,547 tonnes of raw frozen and value-added warmwater shrimp in May 2025, registering a 27% increase year-on-year and the highest May volume ever recorded, confirms new industry analysis…

22nd July 2025

EU market importing more warmwater shrimp

22nd July 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Following the sale of its operations in Finnmark (Norway) and Canada, Grieg Seafood ASA has said that going forward, the salmon farming company will develop based on its Rogaland region in Western…

22nd July 2025

Grieg Seafood to focus production, resources on Western Norway

22nd July 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

UK Parliament’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has launched two calls for evidence, in response to announcements made on 19 May, when leaders from the UK and EU met in…

22nd July 2025

UK-EU negotiators call for input on breaking down seafood trade barriers

22nd July 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Thorpesca SAS, a newly-established Argentinian subsidiary of Iceland Seafood Ibérica, has signed an offer letter from Food Arts SA for the acquisition of two freezer fishing vessels, Entrena Uno and Entrena Dos,…

21st July 2025

Iceland Seafood International subsidiary to acquire two freezer trawlers

21st July 2025

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

The issue of new shares in Samherji Fish Farming through equity private placement for financing its Salmon Garden, a new land-based aquaculture facility in Reykjanes, Iceland, has been increased from €125 million…

17th July 2025

Samherji Salmon Garden placement upsized

17th July 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

“We are very pleased to announce that Cermaq has entered into an agreement with Grieg Seafood ASA to acquire their operations in Finnmark in Norway and British Columbia and Newfoundland in Canada.…

17th July 2025

Cermaq acquires Grieg’s operations in Finnmark, British Columbia and Newfoundland

17th July 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Faroe Islands-based Bakkafrost Group has advised that preliminary results of the unaudited consolidated accounts for the second-quarter 2025 indicate a lower-than-expected operational EBIT of around DKK 65 million.

16th July 2025

Bakkafrost issues Q2 profit warning

16th July 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A team of fleet researchers from UK public body Seafish will visit harbours across the UK through to 19 September as part of the annual Fishing Fleet Survey. They will conduct interviews with…

15th July 2025

Survey of UK fishing fleet launched

15th July 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

UK fishers, seafood farmers, fish buyers and suppliers, as well as retailers and restaurateurs keen to champion their sustainability credentials, have six weeks to enter the 2025 Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and…

15th July 2025

Nominations open for 2025 MSC, ASC awards

15th July 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Garware Technical Fibres Limited (GTFL) is to acquire Norwegian synthetic rope specialist, Offshore & Trawl Supply (OTS) as part of a long-term strategy to strengthen global operations and expand its presence in…

10th July 2025

Garware acquires Norwegian rope leader

10th July 2025

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norway’s MMC First Process has secured a contract with Samherji Fiskeldi for the delivery of a complete fish logistics system to new land-based aquaculture facility Eldisgarður (Salmon Garden), currently under construction in…

10th July 2025

MMC First Process lands Samherji salmon farm contract

10th July 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Marcus Coleman is to leave his role as Chief Executive Officer of UK non-departmental public body (NDPB) Seafish in December this year after a decade in the post.

9th July 2025

Marcus Coleman stepping down as Seafish CEO

9th July 2025

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Alongside delivering deserved downtime to fishers and the communities they come from, these annual, open-to-all country-wide festivities recognise an industry that has supported countless generations, and which continues to be a global…

8th July 2025

Fishermen’s Day – a celebration of Iceland’s past, present and future

8th July 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Sean Sloan has been appointed the new Managing Director of the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) in Australia.

8th July 2025

International fisheries, aquaculture leader to take FRDC helm

8th July 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

UK indoor shrimp farmer Three-Sixty Aquaculture has started new technology trials with NanobOx and GIS Gas Infusion Systems Inc with the aim to improve its facility’s efficiency and sustainability. According to the…

7th July 2025

Three-Sixty Aquaculture trials tech to augment RAS efficiency, sustainability

7th July 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The first-half of 2025 was the best ever opening six months for Norwegian seafood in terms of exports, with a total 1.3 million tonnes of products sold overseas for a record of…

3rd July 2025

Record six months for Norway’s seafood exporters

3rd July 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Within a package of 37 new fishing industry initiatives, the Danish government has established trawl-free areas in 19% of its marine waters, with the decision introducing a bottom trawl ban in the…

3rd July 2025

Denmark introduces bottom trawl ban

3rd July 2025