Business & Finance

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Four renowned sushi chefs from Brazil have taken part in a trade mission around Scotland designed to promote UK seafood and boost exports to South America.

23rd January 2023

Sushi chefs sample Scotland

23rd January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

California-headquartered seafood company Chicken of the Sea has announced its first complete rebrand in over 20 years, including a refreshed mascot, new packaging and an updated website.

23rd January 2023

Chicken of the Sea rebrand

23rd January 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Alternative asset investment firm Cadman Capital Group has taken a strategic equity stake in Urchinomics, an aquaculture venture that turns ecologically-destructive sea urchins into high-valued seafood, which in turn helps restore dwindling kelp forests.

20th January 2023

Cadman buys into urchins

20th January 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A project assessing the best cultivation methods for growing seaweed to feed to egg laying hens is among four innovative projects being supported by the UK’s Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock (CIEL).

19th January 2023

CIEL aqua projects begin

19th January 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norway’s Seaweed Solutions AS has secured NOK 46 million in new funding from a number of private investors as well as World Wildlife Fund (WWF-US) – putting the company in a position to…

18th January 2023

Seaweed firm eyes growth

18th January 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon farmer Mowi ASA harvested 120,500 tonnes of gutted weight equivalent (GWE) fish in the fourth-quarter of 2022, up from 115,000 tonnes in Q4 2021, and 3,500 tonnes more than its guided…

17th January 2023

Mowi year-end harvest rises

17th January 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

An Icelandic seafood company and its affiliates have been ordered to pay additional taxes of ISK213 million (€1.38 million) plus interest.

13th January 2023

Tax demand for Samherji

13th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Brixham Fish Market has had a record-breaking year of sales with 2022 seeing the UK market trade £60.8 million in fish sales.

13th January 2023

Record year for Brixham

13th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Bangkok-headquartered Thai Union has confirmed that its Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) Fund has joined other strategic and financial partners investing in France-based Algama’s €13 million Series A fundraising round.

12th January 2023

Thai Union invests in algae

12th January 2023

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

As Russian leaders switch the national economy to a “besieged fortress” regime, relying more on internal resources, aquaculture has an increasingly important role to play in bolstering the country’s food security.

11th January 2023

Russia puts on a brave face

11th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway exported 2.9 million tonnes of seafood to a value of NOK 151.4 billion last year, a new record according to the the Norwegian Seafood Council.

10th January 2023

Best year yet for Norway

10th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The first fish auction of 2023 at the Toyosu Fish Market, at the Kaiten Sushi Ginza Onodera in Tokyo, saw Japanese wholesaler Yamayuki and sushi chain operator Onodera Group pay ¥36,040,000 (about…

6th January 2023

Tokyo tuna sells for ¥36m

6th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

NOAA Fisheries is proposing to expand the seafood import monitoring programme by 50% to 1,670 species.

6th January 2023

NOAA ups import scrutiny

6th January 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The Scottish pelagic partnership that has  taken delivery of new vessel Artemis started out fishing in 2020 with the former Resolute – the 64-metre pelagic trawler renamed Artemis – while its new…

5th January 2023

Artemis delivered

5th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood giant Thai Union has appointed Jon Burton as its Business Unit Director – European Marine Protein.

5th January 2023

New role for TU exec

5th January 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Bakkafrost Group’s salmon farms in the Faroe Islands harvested 19,300 tonnes of head-on gutted (HOG) weight fish in the fourth-quarter of last year, which represented a decrease of 1,400 tonnes on…

4th January 2023

Bakkafrost harvests down

4th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A global organisation championing opportunities for women in the seafood industry has shut its doors.

4th January 2023

Women in Seafood disbands

4th January 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Land-based aquaculture business The Kingfish Company has selected Vincent Erenst as its new Chief Executive Officer and is looking to make the appointment effective on 6 February 2023.

4th January 2023

Kingfish chooses new CEO

4th January 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Aker ASA has confirmed that Aker Capital AS is participating in an equity financing round in the post-smolt salmon producer Gaia Salmon Holding AS.

4th January 2023

Aker invests in post-smolt

4th January 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A Dutch company owned by Baldvin Thorsteinsson has reached an agreement on buying the assets of Alda Seafood Holding and will therefore acquire the foreign operations of Samherji Holding. 

3rd January 2023

Samherji foreign ops sale

3rd January 2023