Seafood

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Roxanne Nanninga has taken up the role of Chief Sustainability Officer at XpertSea, a Canadian tech company focused on new seafood farming and trading solutions.

17th February 2022

XpertSea appoints CSO

17th February 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US seafood trade body National Fisheries Institute (NFI) has welcomed the appointment of Dr Robert Califf as the new Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and has urged him to…

16th February 2022

NFI: FDA chief must act

16th February 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced an investment of approximately $50 million in grants to support seafood processors, processing facilities and processing vessels through the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety…

15th February 2022

$50m processing lifeline

15th February 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

2021 was the most valuable year in the history of Maine’s iconic lobster fishery, with total landings worth more than US$ 724.9 million, an increase of 75% on 2020, according to new…

15th February 2022

Maine lobster record

15th February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Indoor aquaculture company Noray Seafood has raised €16 million in new funding which will be used to support the Spanish company’s growth plans.

14th February 2022

Spanish shrimp funding

14th February 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A consignment of invasive fish has been seized by fish health inspectors at the Port of Dover, UK.

14th February 2022

Invasive carp seizure

14th February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new government enquiry report acknowledging the value and the need to strongly support Australia’s expanding aquaculture sector has been welcomed by industry trade body Seafood Industry Australia’s (SIA) Aquaculture Advisory Committee…

10th February 2022

Australian aqua boost

10th February 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The US Atlantic deepsea red crab quota has been set at 2,000 tonnes for the 2022 fishing year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has confirmed. This is the same quota…

10th February 2022

Red crab catch limits

10th February 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Northern Australia officially has its own brand of tropical rock oysters following the addition of the native blacklip rock oyster (Saccostrea echinata) to the Australian fish names database. 

9th February 2022

Rock oyster rebrand

9th February 2022

NEWS

NEWS

A Norwegian seafood company has opened its sixth factory across Spain and Portugal, its biggest so far in Spain.

9th February 2022

New Madrid factory

9th February 2022