Land-based Farming

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

As projections continue for the expansion of global seafood demand and concerns rise over the effects of offshore farming, recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) and the potential of seafood production on land are…

13th July 2023

BioFishency ELX: New approaches for RAS farms

13th July 2023

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

While working in Norway between 1998 and 2014, Dr Woo-Jai Lee, CEO and founder of genomics and precision-breeding aquaculture firm BluGen, gained a deeper insight into the South Korean fish farming industry.…

13th July 2023

Multi-storey RAS for high-value production

13th July 2023

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

At the time of writing, Atlantic salmon farmer Andfjord Salmon AS had just confirmed that it is to progress with plans that will increase the total production volume at it Kvalnes site…

13th July 2023

Andfjord Salmon looks to capitalise on its natural advantage

13th July 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Japanese telecommunications company, NTT, has launched a new venture to promote more efficient and sustainable food production.

12th July 2023

Sustainable Japanese aquaculture venture

12th July 2023

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Grimsby and the wider Humber region is synonymous with fish. It is home to most of the UK’s largest processing companies and manufactures around 80% of the country’s seafood. It’s also estimated…

6th July 2023

Great Grimsby looks to lead UK’s RAS revolution

6th July 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

First Water hf, formerly known as Landeldi hf, which is farming salmon on land in Þorlákshöfn, Iceland, has completed a new financing round worth ISK12.3 billion.

4th July 2023

Icelandic salmon farm raises new capital

4th July 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

A strategic partnership has been established between land-based aquaculture company Andfjord Salmon and fish handling technology provider Cflow to develop the former’s facility at Andøya, Norway.

20th June 2023

New partners to advance land-based salmon farm

20th June 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon Evolution has awarded Artec Aqua the contract to design phase 2 of its new land-based grow-out salmon farming facility at Indre Harøy, Norway.

19th June 2023

Artec Aqua wins salmon farm design contract

19th June 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

US land-based salmon farming company AquaBounty Technologies Inc has paused construction of its new farm in Pioneer, Ohio due to a substantial increase in its estimated cost of completion. 

5th June 2023

Rising costs halt US land-based farm build

5th June 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Transitioning to land-based systems could help protect Canada’s wild salmon population, says watchdog SeaChoice as it releases a damning report on retailers’ commitment to sustainability.

31st May 2023

SeaChoice urges open-net pen action

31st May 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Dutch Yellowtail kingfish producer, The Kingfish Company, has reported a strong improvement in earnings during Q1 2023 thanks to high demand and increased prices.

24th April 2023

Kingfish begins 2023 with record sales

24th April 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norwegian land-based salmon farming company Salmon Evolution ASA has confirmed the book-building process for a private placement of new shares has been successfully completed, raising gross proceeds of NOK 525 million, through…

21st April 2023

Private placement for Salmon Evolution

21st April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Proximar has signed Japan’s ‘first’ blue-sustainability loan which will fund the development of its land-based recirculating aquaculture system for Atlantic salmon.

18th April 2023

Blue sustainability loan for Japanese farmed salmon

18th April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon Evolution has secured a finance package that will be used to complete construction on its first production facility at Indre Harøe.

12th April 2023

Salmon Evolution secures facility build funding

12th April 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Kingfish Maine has harvested its first Dutch yellowtail from Maine, with a limited release of the first fish to be commercially-produced in the United States. 

10th April 2023

First yellowtail harvest for Kingfish Maine

10th April 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Homegrown Shrimp USA (HGS), part of Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF), has officially opened its first shrimp farming facility in the United States.

10th April 2023

Homegrown Shrimp opens Florida RAS operation

10th April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Land-based aquaculture company Atlantic Sapphire has raised NOK595 million (€52.71 million) through a private placement of 119,000,000 new shares at a price of NOK5 (€0.44) per share.

23rd March 2023

Atlantic Sapphire share sell-off raises €50m

23rd March 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Project Sea Dragon (PSD) Pty Ltd, regarded as one of Australia’s most ambitious aquaculture ventures, has been put into voluntary administration by its owner Seafarms Group Ltd (SFG).

14th February 2023

SFG pulls farm funding

14th February 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Holzminden, Germany-headquartered Symrise Aqua Feed has widened its sales team in Asia-Pacific by recruiting two experts, Dr Puttitorn Saengrungruang in Thailand, and Denny Sapto in Indonesia, to help the development of the…

10th February 2023

Symrise adds to APAC team

10th February 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Nordic Aqua Partners is contemplating selling shares to raise funds to expand its  Atlantic salmon production capacity.

8th February 2023

Nordic Aqua mulls fundraising

8th February 2023