Business & Finance

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

With diesel-electric propulsion and an array of electric winches, designed to minimise fuel consumption and emissions, San Koura Rangi is expected to contribute to Sanford’s target of reducing the carbon footprint from…

5th July 2024

Sanford scampi trawler heads to Holland for outfitting

5th July 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Fish processing equipment manufacturer Skaginn 3X has filed for bankruptcy, with 128 people to lose their jobs.

5th July 2024

Iceland’s Skaginn 3X files for bankruptcy

5th July 2024

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Winning the highly-coveted Innovation Award at the recent Seawork Expo 2024, Europe’s largest on-water commercial vessel expo, is affirmation of all the hard work that Sea-Flux has put into launching in the…

4th July 2024

Award-winning Sea-Flux champions safer seagoing

4th July 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Some three-quarters of seafood consumers say a wide assortment of products drives their choice of retailer, and this desire for choice, alongside consumer interest in healthy proteins and on-the-go eating is sparking…

4th July 2024

NSC: ‘Snackification’ and innovation transforming the seafood market

4th July 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Lisa Hubert from asset management firm Mirova has joined the board of directors at Biomega Group.

3rd July 2024

Lisa Hubert joins Biomega Group’s board

3rd July 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

After three years of increases, the value of Norwegian seafood exports fell in June by nearly a fifth.

3rd July 2024

Norway seafood export value plummets

3rd July 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

One of the biggest challenges facing the aquaculture industry is information scarcity, insists ReelData AI Founder and CEO Mathew Zimola. Speaking at the recent Blue Food Innovation Summit in London in a session…

3rd July 2024

AI in aquaculture – ‘scary but necessary’

3rd July 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The search has begun to find the next set of champion fish and chip shops, with the National Fish and Chip Awards, the UK’s top prize-giving event for outstanding businesses in the industry, launching…

2nd July 2024

UK National Fish and Chip Awards 2025 opens for entries

2nd July 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

WF readers are invited to sign up to join the free-to-attend Fish Waste for Profit Webinar 2024 and find out about some of the innovative ways seafood processing businesses are utilising fish…

2nd July 2024

Webinar: Fish Waste For Profit – Wednesday 3 July 2024, 1500 BST/1400 UTC

2nd July 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new fund has been launched to help Peruvian fishers develop and implement sustainable fishing practices.

28th June 2024

Fund launches to finance Peruvian fishers

28th June 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Net pens, recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), flow-through – which blue food farming system is best? According to Ohad Maiman, Managing Partner of land-based focused fund Aquafounders Capital, this is a complicated question…

27th June 2024

Farming seafood on land making a lot more sense

27th June 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Borncut A/S, a Danish company specialising in the portioning industry for fish, poultry and meat processing, has sold the majority of its shares to IB Food-Machines, based in the Netherlands. This decision…

25th June 2024

New majority owner for Borncut

25th June 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Alleged collusion and unlawful price-fixing between six of the world’s leading salmon producers have been detailed in a new collective action proceeding filed in the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, which is demanding…

25th June 2024

Legal action launched against salmon farmers, millions sought for UK consumers

25th June 2024

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Dutch insect-based ingredients producer Protix has appointed Piotr Postepski as its Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Taking up the role in August 2024, Postepski will be responsible for further driving the company’s international expansion plans. 

25th June 2024

Protix names new CCO

25th June 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Following the Government of Canada’s announcement of five-year term aquaculture licences and a ban on open net-pen salmon farming in British Columbia (BC) coastal waters from 30 June 2029, producer Cermaq has…

20th June 2024

Cermaq: Uncertainty continues for Canadian aquaculture

20th June 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon farming giant Mowi has voiced its frustration over the Government of Canada’s decision to ban open net-pen salmon aquaculture in British Columbia (BC) coastal waters by 30 June 2029.

20th June 2024

Mowi disappointed with BC salmon ban

20th June 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Diane Lebouthillier, Canada’s Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, has announced the Government of Canada will ban open net-pen salmon aquaculture in British Columbia (BC) coastal waters by 30…

20th June 2024

Canada extends transition from open net-pen salmon farming in British Columbia

20th June 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fishing industry body Europêche has formally requested European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to address the imminent vacancy being left by EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius and…

20th June 2024

European President urged to ensure political neutrality during interim fisheries period

20th June 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian farmer, Salmon Evolution, has raised NOK 365 million (€32.13 million) to fund the second phase of an expansion of its land-based facility at Indre Harøy.

19th June 2024

Salmon Evolution sells shares to fund expansion

19th June 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Farmed blue food production is facing some serious challenges, including but not limited to its response to climate change, the increase in oceanic threats, and farms moving further offshore. There’s also a…

19th June 2024

AI – a paradigm shift’ for aquaculture

19th June 2024