Business & Finance

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

In what’s seen as a major win for the UK seafood industry, Vietnam has granted market access for British live seafood products, opening new opportunities for growth and trade, the Department for…

8th April 2025

UK seafood to make a splash in Vietnam

8th April 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Norway exported seafood worth a record NOK 44 billion in the first-quarter of this year, representing an increase of NOK 3.5 billion or 9% on the same period of 2024.

8th April 2025

Best first-quarter for Norwegian seafood exports

8th April 2025

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

First Water, a company specialising in sustainable land-based salmon farming in Þorlákshöfn, Iceland, has completed a share capital increase amounting to €39 million. The capital raise was led by existing shareholders, including…

8th April 2025

Iceland’s First Water secures €39m in share increase

8th April 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US-based National Fisheries Institute (NFI) Sushi Council has established a digital presence with the launch of NFIsushicouncil.com. The site is intended to serve as a central knowledge bank for all things sushi,…

8th April 2025

National Fisheries Institutes Sushi Council goes online

8th April 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

UK public body Seafish is encouraging processing businesses to participate in its annual processing survey, this year running from April to June.

8th April 2025

UK 2025 seafood processing canvass gets underway

8th April 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Members of European Parliament (MEPs) have given their consent to the updated fisheries agreement with Guinea Bissau, granting 41 EU vessels access to the country’s waters for the next five years.

3rd April 2025

Brussels endorses new fisheries protocol with Guinea-Bissau

3rd April 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Responding to the new, sweeping set of tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump on 2 April 2025, the country’s National Fisheries Institute(NFI) President & CEO Lisa Wallenda Picard has issued a statement warning that…

3rd April 2025

NFI: Trump tariffs put US seafood jobs at risk

3rd April 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A year into their strategic alliance, French water treatment specialist BIO-UV Group and Boston-based aquaculture technology provider Innovasea have reported strong gains from their partnership, including fast-tracked commercial expansion and fresh opportunities…

2nd April 2025

BIO-UV/Innovasea pairing brings North American success

2nd April 2025

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Recognising that while aquaculture production is on the rise worldwide, in the EU it hasn’t grown since 2018, the European Commission has initiated a new Union-wide campaign to raise awareness and change…

2nd April 2025

Pro-aquaculture campaign launched across Europe

2nd April 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Following a decade of consistent growth and against a forecast that was envisaging the upward trend to continue for at least the next six years, Russia’s aquaculture production declined to 380,000 tonnes…

1st April 2025

Is Russia’s salmon industry in trouble?

1st April 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Grieg Seafood ASA has confirmed that Andreas Kvame has agreed with the Norwegian salmon farming company’s board of directors that he is stepping down as CEO after 10 years in the position.…

1st April 2025

Grieg Seafood CEO steps down

1st April 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The seafood industry landscape is changing exponentially, which makes it increasingly crucial that processing equipment and solutions providers and their customers focus on introducing those innovations that will enable the blue economy…

1st April 2025

Innovation-centricity – the catalyst for a brighter future

1st April 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Based in Rosyth, Scotland, Mowi Consumer Products UK produces Mowi-brand salmon as well as supplying major UK retailers with own-label fresh, smoked, ready-to-cook and deli products. Part of Norway-headquartered Mowi ASA, the…

1st April 2025

UK fish processing site reaping benefits of digital transformation

1st April 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

In 2023, the EU’s fish processing industry generated almost US$ 32.7 billion in annual revenue, and yet typically, over half of the weight of a fish ends up as sidestreams that never…

1st April 2025

Saving sidestreams

1st April 2025

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

UK indoor shrimp farm Three-Sixty Aquaculture has announced the appointment of Neil Reynolds as Chair of the Board. In his role, Reynolds will oversee water quality management as the company continues its…

26th March 2025

Three-Sixty Aquaculture appoints chair

26th 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

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Investments of €6.6 million have been secured by Irish fishers under EU-funded schemes, which seek to help enhance sustainability, productivity and value in the Irish seafood sector.

25th March 2025

€6.6m EU funding boost for Irish fisheries

25th March 2025

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Norwegian start-up Catchwise has raised NOK 14.5 million (€1.25M) in its pre-seed funding round. The round was led by Dreamcraft Ventures, joined by Sondo, Ocean Impact and angel investors from tech companies…

25th March 2025

Catchwise backed to ‘revolutionise’ fisheries with satellite tracking, AI

25th March 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

US-headquartered TOMI Environmental Solutions Inc, a global company specialising in disinfection and decontamination solutions, has confirmed the implementation of its SteraMist technology at Algafeed, a large-scale microalgae producer for aquaculture and fish…

25th March 2025

TOMI expands into aquaculture with new partner

25th 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