Processing & Refrigeration

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norwegian aquaculture solutions company Cflow has signed an agreement to deliver a complete system for gentle and efficient fish handling to new land-based salmon farming facility Pure Salmon Japan. The vertically integrated…

21st August 2025

Cflow secures contract for Japanese land-based salmon farming project

21st August 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Canadian processing company McGraw Seafood’s existing factory on the New Brunswick shoreline is to receive a significant upgrade with a new and automated redfish factory line – from receiving to automatic plate…

12th August 2025

Carsoe to supply McGraw Seafood with automated redfish factory

12th August 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Ireland’s fisheries minister, Timmy Dooley, has visited Howth Fishery Harbour Centre as part of a series of engagements with the country’s seafood sector.

16th July 2025

Dooley backs resilient Irish seafood sector

16th July 2025

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Alongside delivering deserved downtime to fishers and the communities they come from, these annual, open-to-all country-wide festivities recognise an industry that has supported countless generations, and which continues to be a global…

8th July 2025

Fishermen’s Day – a celebration of Iceland’s past, present and future

8th July 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Scottish salmon exporters are gearing up for a major push into India following a new trade deal set up to eliminate hefty tariffs.

7th July 2025

Scottish salmon’s major push into India

7th July 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

With Canada’s 2025/26 Northern cod quota more than doubling from 18,000 to 38,000 tonnes, industry is preparing for a significant rise in processing demands, with Denmark-headquartered processing solutions provider Carsoe Seafood ApS, recognising that this presents…

3rd July 2025

Canada’s cod quota rise drives up demand for onboard processing solutions

3rd July 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Thanseer K R of Abad Foods Malipuram, Kerala, has won the first-ever National Skill Olympiad on seafood value addition, held during the Seafood Expo Bharat in Chennai.

2nd July 2025

India’s seafood skills Olympiad winner named

2nd July 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Harimanada Co Ltd, located in the Harima Sea in the southwest of Hyogo Prefecture, has become the first Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP)- certified oyster producer in Japan with the certification of its…

2nd July 2025

Certification first for Japanese oysters

2nd July 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

India’s seafood processors will battle for national recognition in the finale of the country’s first-ever National Skill Olympiad, an initiative aimed at elevating industry standards in seafood value addition and building a…

30th June 2025

India hosts seafood skills Olympiad

30th June 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s largest ports group, has extended its property portfolio with the acquisition of the long leasehold interest of Grimsby Seafood Village, saying the purchase of the seafood…

20th June 2025

ABP buys Grimsby Seafood Village

20th June 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Aquaculture technology company Ace Aquatec and seafood processor Aquascot have entered into a new strategic collaboration to validate the collection of real-time morphometric fish data and integrate it into processing operations.

19th June 2025

Ace Aquatec-Aquascot collaboration to embed AI into fish processing

19th June 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Seaweed biotech company BioMara, in partnership with UK ingredient supplier Macphie and Abertay University, has completed a landmark project under the Innovate UK’s multi-million-pound Better Food for All programme. The collaborative project is billed…

16th June 2025

Better Food for All project success for BioMara and Macphie

16th June 2025

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The Scottish Ocean Cluster – a new collaborative effort between Seafood Scotland, Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), Opportunity North East, Aberdeenshire Council and Zero Waste Scotland – has already enjoyed significant success…

10th June 2025

Seafood Scotland CEO Donna Fordyce: Cluster will bring more value without adding environmental or social pressures

10th June 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Barramundi producer Australis Aquaculture has commenced construction on a new state-of-the-art processing facility in Vietnam. Strategically located in the Van Phong Economic Zone in Khanh Hoa Province, close to the company’s shore…

5th June 2025

Australis starts construction of new Vietnamese processing plant

5th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Beam trawler Enterprise, owned by the Ocean Fish Group, has recorded bringing ashore a record-breaking catch, dominated by nearly 20 tonnes of octopus. The catch grossed just over GBP 158,000, marking a…

28th May 2025

Newlyn catcher lands record catch

28th May 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Canadian packaging solutions company Freshr Sustainable Technologies has completed an oversubscribed seed funding round, thanks to investments by Invest Nova Scotia, Diamond Edge Ventures, Nàdarra Ventures, BDC’s Climate Tech Fund and Blue…

15th May 2025

Freshr closes oversubscribed seed round

15th May 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Vertically integrated seafood company Hofseth is upgrading its processing facility in Ålesund, making it in line to be one of the largest in Norway. With cutting-edge equipment from Optimar, the company is…

15th May 2025

Hofseth upgrade improves food safety, boosts capacity by 70%

15th May 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Amid strong concerns about human rights violations within the seafood sector, a new study launched at Seafood Expo Global (SEG) 2025 in Barcelona highlights the challenges of establishing enforceable labour standards for…

12th May 2025

Tuna supply chains look to tackle migrant worker failings in processing space

12th May 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Vičiūnai Group of Lithuania and Kalaneuvos Oy of Finland won the top prizes in the 2025 Seafood Excellence Global Awards at Seafood Expo Global (SEG), taking place in Barcelona on 6-8 May. 

6th May 2025

Vičiūnai, Kalaneuvos Oy win big at Seafood Excellence Global Awards

6th May 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The European Commission’s new public consultation on the import of fishery products under the EU Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) Regulationpresents a unique opportunity to transform the duty-free regime and align it with…

24th April 2025

Europêche: Sustainability-based tariffs could level the playing field

24th April 2025