Business & Finance

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Singapore-based impact investor Silverstrand Capital has made an additional €15 million investment in Netherlands-based aquaculture investment fund Aqua-Spark, bringing its total investment to €25 million.

8th December 2022

Silverstrand investment

8th December 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway exported NOK14.4 billion (€1.37 billion) worth of seafood in November, an increase of 19% compared to the same month last year.

7th December 2022

Norway export values soar

7th December 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Nordic private equity firm Bluefront Equity has become the 51% majority owner of tech company Seacloud AS, which delivers cloud-based software and sensor technology for analysis and utilisation of management data for the fish…

7th December 2022

Bluefront in Seacloud

7th December 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Secondary producer of nutraceuticals, seafood products and premium marine ingredients New Zealand Coastal Seafoods Limited (NZCS) has reported a significant acceleration of its sales growth in the second-quarter of the financial year…

7th December 2022

NZCS sees sales soar

7th December 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Portugal and Slovenia will receive millions in funding from the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund 2021-2027.

6th December 2022

Portugal, Slovenia funding

6th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A £3 million funding scheme to support the fisheries, marine and aquaculture sectors in Wales is now open for expressions of interest, the country’s Minister for Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths has announced.

6th December 2022

Wales offers up support

6th December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Nieuwpoort, Belgium-headquartered food-processing equipment manufacturer Marelec Food Technologies has been acquired by Duravant LLC, a global engineered equipment and automation solutions provider to the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors.

6th December 2022

Duravant acquires Marelec

6th December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Alaska seafood processing company Northline Seafoods has confirmed the successful funding and launch of a new project to build a mobile commercial salmon processing platform.

5th December 2022

Northline processing first

5th December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Notpla – a UK start-up company that has developed an alternative to plastic packaging from seaweed – has been named as one of the winners of the Earthshot environmental awards, held in…

5th December 2022

Earthshot winning seaweed

5th December 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Fishing businesses and marine organisations in Scotland’s coastal communities will benefit from Marine Fund Scotland’s latest round of funding, with more than £13 million in grants awarded.

5th December 2022

£13m for Scottish ventures

5th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Greece and Romania have been given €363.7 million and €162.4 million respectively in EU funding to help promote sustainable fisheries and aquaculture and stimulate innovation and growth.

5th December 2022

Greece, Romania support

5th December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

With the global population steadily rising, the consumption of seafood is likely to double by 2050. However, over a third of fish stocks are overfished and 60% are fished to their maximum…

2nd December 2022

Healing powers

2nd December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Spain and Croatia have been given €1.12 billion and €243.6 million respectively in EU funding to help promote sustainable fisheries and aquaculture and stimulate innovation and growth.

1st December 2022

Funding for Spain, Croatia

1st December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK is set to benefit from fishing opportunities worth nearly £5 million after reaching an agreement with Norway to secure access to key fishing stocks.

30th November 2022

UK-Norway quota deal

30th November 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

The government is investing a further £30 million in projects to modernise the UK seafood processing sector.

28th November 2022

UK seafood boost

28th November 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Germany and Bulgaria have been given €211.8 million and €85 million respectively in EU funding to help promote sustainable fisheries and aquaculture and stimulate innovation and growth.

28th November 2022

Germany, Bulgaria funding

28th November 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Fishing company Royal Greenland A/S has placed an order for a new trawler. Designed by Skipsteknisk AS, the newbuild will be the fifth vessel to be built by Astilleros Murueta in Spain. 

28th November 2022

Royal Greenland newbuild

28th November 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule on food traceability designed to facilitate faster identification and rapid removal of potentially contaminated food from the market, resulting in fewer foodborne…

22nd November 2022

New US seafood regs

22nd November 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The decision to end commercial finfish net pen aquaculture in the US state of Washington has been criticised by New Brunswick, Canada, headquartered seafood company Cooke Aquaculture Pacific.

21st November 2022

DNR ban irks Cooke

21st November 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The US state of Washington’s public aquatic lands will no longer be home to commercial finfish net pen aquaculture after Commissioner Hilary Franz announced an executive order prohibiting such activities in areas…

21st November 2022

State ends fish farming

21st November 2022