Business & Finance

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The UK government is being urged to use its UK Seafood Fund to prioritise the ‘wild catching’ sector, which operates mainly offshore but also in some inland waters.

25th July 2022

UK seafood fund priorities

25th July 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Icelandic processing equipment firm Marel has announced plans to reduce its global workforce by 5% in order to improve its operational performance, which it says has fallen “below expectations”.

22nd July 2022

Marel to cut workforce

22nd July 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Finland-headquartered technology group Wärtsilä has completed its exit from the Russian market following its announcement of scaling down activities in April this year. 

21st July 2022

Wärtsilä leaves Russia

21st July 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Additional duties on Russian seafood are included in the latest batch of sanctions implemented by UK government this week.

20th July 2022

Russian whitefish tariff

20th July 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The UK government’s immigration policy is hampering food processing companies’ ability to fill their vacancies, says a Scottish MP.

20th July 2022

Immigration rules hamper recruitment

20th July 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norway-headquartered aquaculture services and equipment provider AKVA Group ASA hereby has confirmed that its wholly-owned subsidiary AKVA Group Land Based A/S has been awarded a post-smolt RAS contract with Cooke Aquaculture (Kelly Cove Salmon…

18th July 2022

AKVA wins smolt contract

18th July 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

International deep-tech food company MeaTech 3D Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Singapore-based Umami Meats for the joint development of 3D-printed cultured structured seafood.

13th July 2022

3D printed seafood deal

13th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Síldarvinnslan hf has entered a deal to acquire the entire shareholding in fellow Icelandic fisheries company Vísir hf for ISK 20 billion.

11th July 2022

Síldarvinnslan to buy Vísir

11th July 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

MEPs have voted to compensate EU fisheries and aquaculture businesses affected by the war in Ukraine.

8th July 2022

EU funding for war-affected fishers

8th July 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norwegian seafood exports have had a record breaking start to 2022, already exceeding volumes exported during the whole of 2015 in six months alone.

7th July 2022

Record rises for Norwegian exports

7th July 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The European Commission has adopted the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) Programme for France to implement the common fisheries policy and other priorities outlined in the European Green Deal, Farm…

6th July 2022

EU fund for French fishing

6th July 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The deal enabling SalMar ASA to buy and merge with fellow salmon farming company Norway Royal Salmon ASA (NRS) was approved at an extraordinary general meeting of the former on 30 June…

5th July 2022

Salmon merger finalised

5th July 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Netherlands-based animal nutrition giant Nutreco has acquired full ownership of Eruvaka after purchasing a 25% stake in 2018.

4th July 2022

Nutreco acquires Eruvaka

4th July 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Salmon farmers are calling for £10 million a year in licence fees to be reinvested in affordable housing to tackle the growing property crisis in rural Scotland.

1st July 2022

Scotland’s rural housing crisis

1st July 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Seafood retailers can improve their bottom line by becoming more sustainable, says a finance think tank.

30th June 2022

Sustainable equals profitable

30th June 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Australian aquaculture firm Tassal Group Ltd has confirmed that it has rejected of a conditional proposal from Cooke Inc to acquire 100% of Tassal’s ordinary shares for a cash consideration of AUD…

29th June 2022

Tassal rebuffs Cooke

29th June 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The Commission has adopted the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) Programme for the Czech Republic.

28th June 2022

EU support for Czechia fisheries

28th June 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Investment holding company Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (GBL), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Owen Capital Sàrl, has sold 18,113,207 shares in salmon farming giant Mowi ASA.

22nd June 2022

18m Mowi shares sold

22nd June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee has approved financial support for the EU’s fisheries and the aquaculture sectors in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

22nd June 2022

War support approved

22nd June 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Cornelis Vrolijk and Krijn Verwijs have formed a new joint-venture partnership through which the two family-owned businesses expect to achieve their respective market growth targets.

22nd June 2022

New Dutch joint-venture

22nd June 2022