Business & Finance

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

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Australians will soon be able to select their preferred seafood products in restaurants and cafes, with country-of-origin labelling (CoOL) to be added to menus. Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic has…

20th March 2025

Australia advances labelling change for seafood

20th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

BioMar has confirmed it will acquire the remaining shares of Norwegian aquaculture research centure, LetSea, from KapNor.

17th March 2025

BioMar acquires full ownership of LetSea

17th March 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

India’s shrimp exports closed out 2024 with a December trade volume of 67,933 tonnes, an increase of 13% on the last month of 2023. This contributed to a fourth-quarter export total of…

13th March 2025

India’s shrimp exports top 733,000 tonnes

13th March 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Donna Fordyce, CEO of Seafood Scotland, has called on industry partners to back the creation of a Scottish Ocean Cluster, with the estimation that it could help unlock three times more value…

13th March 2025

Seafood Scotland: Cluster could treble industry’s value

13th March 2025

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Swedish land-based fish farming company Gårdsfisk has successfully closed a SEK 50 million Series A funding round, with the investment co-led by Hatch Blue’s Blue Revolution Fund and Industrifonden.

13th March 2025

Gårdsfisk raises scale-up funding

13th March 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Finnish company SuperGround, which is transforming undervalued fish side streams and chicken bones into high-quality, sustainable food products, has successfully closed a EUR 2.5 million investment round. The funding round was led…

11th March 2025

SuperGround secures seed investment to scale innovation

11th March 2025

OPINION

OPINION

The global demand for sustainable seafood has never been higher. Within the UK alone, 60% of consumers are willing to pay a premium for eco-friendly products, according to a 2022 Mintel report.…

10th March 2025

Op-Ed: The economic case for a net-zero Scottish seafood sector

10th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance is urging the sector to strengthen domestic production in the face of recent tariffs introduced by the Trump administration.

7th March 2025

Tariffs threaten Canadian seafood sector

7th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Kelly Cove Salmon (KCS), the Atlantic Canadian salmon farming division of Cooke Aquaculture, has acquired the former operations of Aqua Bounty Canada on Prince Edward Island (PEI).

6th March 2025

Kelly Cove Salmon acquires defunct Aqua Bounty

6th March 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway has enjoyed its best ever February, with seafood exports valued at NOK 14.1 billion (€1.2 billion), an increase of 6% over the same month last year.

6th March 2025

Norwegian seafood enjoys best ever February

6th March 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A consortium of civil society organisations has called on the Hong Kong government to urgently address critical gaps in the city’s seafood import regulations, with the coalition warning that the current framework…

6th March 2025

Hong Kong urged to tackle imported seafood failings

6th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian salmon farming group SalMar ASA has entered into an agreement with Aker Capital AS to purchase Aker’s 15% ownership stake in offshore aquaculture company SalMar Aker Ocean AS (SAO). The settlement…

6th March 2025

SalMar buys remainder of offshore farming firm

6th March 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

New Zealand’s government is aiming for growth by boosting exports and creating jobs in the aquaculture sector, which is expected to generate an additional NZ$500m in exports by 2035.

5th March 2025

New Zealand invests in salmon farming

5th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Skye-based salmon farmer Organic Sea Harvest has announced it is having to suspend production and make staff redundant because of Scotland’s slow planning and regulatory system.

5th March 2025

Organic Sea Harvest suspends production

5th March 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Norwegian fish processing systems provider Optimar AS and Icelandic shipyard Slippurinn Akureyeri have announced they are strengthening their collaboration through a strategic partnership. The new alliance, aimed at enhancing their position in…

4th March 2025

Optimar, Slippurinn Akureyri team up

4th March 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Norwegian fishing company Bluewild’s new trawler Ecofive has been handed over by the Westcon yard and this innovative new vessel has steamed to Ålesund for the last stages of outfitting before it…

4th March 2025

Ambitious thinking behind new factory trawler

4th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Northwest Aquaculture Alliance (NWAA) has filed a lawsuit against Washington State’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for what it calls an “unlawful ban” on commercial net pens in state waters. 

4th March 2025

Washington State sued for fish farming ban

4th March 2025