Business & Finance

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

After 10 consecutive months of growth, Norway saw a decline in its seafood exports last month, with overseas sales totalling NOK 13.6 billion.This represented a decrease of NOK 267 million or 2% on May 2024.

9th June 2025

May brings first fall in Norwegian seafood exports for 10 months

9th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A global network of Ocean Centres designed to put safety at the heart of blue economy transition in emerging ocean economies will be launched at the United Nations Ocean Conference 2025 in Nice, France.

6th June 2025

New Ocean Centres to drive more sustainable ocean economies

6th June 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Barramundi producer Australis Aquaculture has commenced construction on a new state-of-the-art processing facility in Vietnam. Strategically located in the Van Phong Economic Zone in Khanh Hoa Province, close to the company’s shore…

5th June 2025

Australis starts construction of new Vietnamese processing plant

5th June 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Businesses looking to establish or expand seaweed farms in marine English waters can now benefit from new comprehensive regulatory guidance. The new document, developed by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture…

5th June 2025

UK issues new regulatory guidance for seaweed aquaculture businesses

5th June 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture and fish tracking technology specialist Innovasea has made two key promotions from its Norway operations: Torstein Mellingen has been named the new Director of Sales in the EMEA region, while Sigve Naustdal…

3rd June 2025

Innovasea bolsters Norwegian operations with key promotions

3rd June 2025

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Aquaculture feed company Skretting has appointed Jorge Diaz as its new Sustainability & Communications Director.

28th May 2025

Jorge Díaz appointed Skretting’s Sustainability & Communications Director

28th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Beam trawler Enterprise, owned by the Ocean Fish Group, has recorded bringing ashore a record-breaking catch, dominated by nearly 20 tonnes of octopus. The catch grossed just over GBP 158,000, marking a…

28th May 2025

Newlyn catcher lands record catch

28th May 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The European Union’s so-called “blue economy” generated an estimated €263 billion in gross value added in 2023, representing 1.7% of the total EU gross value added, finds the European Commission’s newly-published 2025…

28th May 2025

Europeans spending more on seafood, bloc’s reliance on imports increases

28th May 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafish will have seven seafood industry priority areas in the year ahead, the UK non-departmental public body (NDPB) has confirmed. As part of its 2025/26 annual plan, the focus will be on: Workforce, safety, careers and…

27th May 2025

Seafish to help UK seafood progress innovation, trade and resilience

27th May 2025

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Finnish biotech company Volare has closed a €26 million funding round to build protein production plant, Volare 01. Located in Pori, Finland, the plant will serve as a cornerstone in scaling Volare’s proprietary insect…

27th May 2025

Volare secures €26m to build new insect-based protein factory for aquafeeds

27th May 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Thorsteinn Már Baldvinsson, CEO of Samherji hf, has written a letter to all Samherji employees, informing them of his decision to vacate the role as of June 2025, after serving in the…

26th May 2025

Samherji’s CEO steps down

26th May 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Ireland’s seafood economy grew to €1.24 billion in GDP terms in 2024, up 4% from 2023, driven by a 9% rise in exports, an 11% increase in landings to Irish ports and…

23rd May 2025

Irish seafood grows despite challenges

23rd May 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Ahead of the 2025 UN Ocean Conference, The FAIRR Initiative has released new analysis following a four-year engagement with seven global salmon producers (Bakkafrost, Grieg Seafood, Lerøy Seafood, Mowi, Multi X, SalMar and Salmones…

22nd May 2025

FAIRR: Feed stocks unable to keep pace with salmon production, raising supply chain risks

22nd May 2025

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Mads Martinsen has been appointed General Manager of Skretting Norway, following Håvard Walde’s move to become Skretting’s new Managing Director for salmon operations in Australia, Chile, North America and Norway.

22nd May 2025

Mads Martinsen named new General Manager for Skretting Norway

22nd May 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The new trade package between the United Kingdom and European Union has been welcomed by trade body Salmon Scotland, with the expectation that the deal will reduce the costly delays and red…

20th May 2025

Salmon sector welcomes new UK-EU trade package

20th May 2025

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard has confirmed the start of extensive reconstruction operations for a next-generation krill fishing vessel.

20th May 2025

Tersan begins reconstruction of next-gen krill catcher for Aker QRILL

20th May 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A major force in aquaculture services has emerged as Trident Aqua Services, which unites three industry leaders under one name.

20th May 2025

Trident looks to set new aquaculture standard

20th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU fishing vessels will continue to have access to UK waters through to 2038 as part of the package of new deals agreed at the first-ever EU-UK summit.

20th May 2025

UK-EU strike 12-year deal on fisheries access

20th May 2025

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Yanmar Holdings and Kita-Sanriku Factory have launched a pilot project to develop a land-based sea urchin aquaculture system tackling coastal ocean desertification. Supported by Japan’s SBIR programme, the project includes a JPY…

15th May 2025

Kita-Sanriku Factory, Yanmar launch pilot project for land-based sea urchin farming

15th May 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Canadian packaging solutions company Freshr Sustainable Technologies has completed an oversubscribed seed funding round, thanks to investments by Invest Nova Scotia, Diamond Edge Ventures, Nàdarra Ventures, BDC’s Climate Tech Fund and Blue…

15th May 2025

Freshr closes oversubscribed seed round

15th May 2025