Land-based Farming

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

First Water, a company specialising in sustainable land-based salmon farming in Þorlákshöfn, Iceland, has completed a share capital increase amounting to €39 million. The capital raise was led by existing shareholders, including…

8th April 2025

Iceland’s First Water secures €39m in share increase

8th April 2025

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

UK indoor shrimp farm Three-Sixty Aquaculture has announced the appointment of Neil Reynolds as Chair of the Board. In his role, Reynolds will oversee water quality management as the company continues its…

26th March 2025

Three-Sixty Aquaculture appoints chair

26th 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

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

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian Greentech has been subcontracted by Eyvi to provide its UV- and filter-based water treatment technology for Arctic Seafarm’s land-based salmon farm in north Norway.

28th February 2025

Norwegian Greentech wins Arctic Seafarm deal

28th February 2025

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Florida-based Atlantic Sapphire – the largest recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) producer of salmon in the world – has become the first and only land-based salmon farm in the US to achieve Aquaculture…

27th February 2025

Atlantic Sapphire secures ASC

27th February 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon Evolution has reported revenues of NOK 149.5 million (€12.86 million) in the fourth quarter of 2024, translating into a group EBITDA of NOK 9.2 million (€790,000) and a Farming EBITDA of…

12th February 2025

Salmon Evolution ends 2024 on a high

12th February 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The first-ever smoked salmon from a land-based facility is coming soon to Norwegian shops.

10th February 2025

Land-based smoked salmon hits shelves

10th February 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

JBT Marel has chosen Ace Aquatec as its preferred supplier of electric stunning solutions in order to strengthen its reputation in sustainable aquaculture and fish welfare.

4th February 2025

A strategic partnership in fish processing and welfare

4th February 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

FAI has unveiled a free online training course, Tilapia Behaviour and Welfare Indicators: from foraging to humane slaughter, designed to enhance tilapia welfare and sustainable fish farming globally.

28th January 2025

FAI launches free online course on tilapia welfare

28th January 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Gigante Salmon has released its quarterly report for Q4 2024, highlighting strong progress at its northern Norway farming site on Lille Indre Rosøy.

23rd January 2025

Gigante Salmon on track for harvest

23rd January 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Laxey has signed a significant deal with Marel for the delivery of advanced processing equipment and software to support its new land-based salmon slaughterhouse.

20th January 2025

Marel inks Laxey processing deal

20th January 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

PTG Frionordica has secured a record-breaking contract with Artec Aqua to supply six advanced heat pumps and seawater exchangers with a combined heating capacity of over 100,000 kW.

8th January 2025

PTG Frionordica wins second Indre Harøy deal

8th January 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new study reveals that Scottish seafood like salmon, herring and mackerel, rich in Omega-3 and Vitamin B12, is predominantly exported, despite its health and climate benefits. 

7th January 2025

Warning over lost health benefits to seafood exports

7th January 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Scotland-based aquaculture technology company Ace Aquatec has secured a major deal in Japan, deploying its bespoke humane trout stunning system with leading producer FRD Japan.

19th December 2024

Ace Aquatec trout stunner enters Japanese market

19th December 2024

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norway’s PTG Frionordica AS has signed a contract with Eyvi AS for the supply of heat pumps and seawater heat exchangers to Arctic Seafarm AS´s new land-based aquaculture facility in Nesna municipality,…

17th December 2024

PTG Frionordica secures Arctic Seafarm contract

17th December 2024

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

The Board of Directors at US-headquartered, land-based aquaculture venture AquaBounty Technologies Inc has announced the company will wind down its hatchery operations in Bay Fortune, including a reduction of its workforce and…

17th December 2024

AquaBounty to cease fish farming operations

17th December 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Progress remains strong at Andfjord Salmon’s build-out at Kvalnes, Andøya in Norway with work on schedule and waterways close to completion.

28th November 2024

Andfjord Salmon’s Kvalnes build on track

28th November 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

After several years of marginal decline and stagnant growth, the global salmon farming industry is poised for significant expansion over the coming decade, with production projected to increase by 27% by 2030,…

5th November 2024

Kontali: Salmon production to surge over next decade

5th November 2024

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Land-based aquaculture company Stolt Sea Farm (SSF) has broken ground on the construction of RAS II, its new recirculation facility in Tocha, Portugal, for the production of sole.

15th October 2024

Stolt Sea Farm starts construction of new Portuguese facility

15th October 2024