Seafood

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

America’s National Fisheries Institute (NFI) Sushi Council has confirmed Caleta Bay as its newest member. Based in Puerto Montt, Chile, Caleta Bay is a vertically integrated salmonoid farming company known for its…

10th June 2025

Caleta Bay joins NFI Sushi Council

10th June 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

After 10 consecutive months of growth, Norway saw a decline in its seafood exports last month, with overseas sales totalling NOK 13.6 billion.This represented a decrease of NOK 267 million or 2% on May 2024.

9th June 2025

May brings first fall in Norwegian seafood exports for 10 months

9th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Marking World Ocean Day – 8 June 2025, ocean conservation charity Blue Marine Foundation,  has launched “The Bottom Line”, a darkly satirical film starring two of the charity’s ambassadors, actors Theo James and British broadcaster Stephen…

8th June 2025

FILM: Stephen Fry, Theo James join call for bottom trawl ban

8th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A global network of Ocean Centres designed to put safety at the heart of blue economy transition in emerging ocean economies will be launched at the United Nations Ocean Conference 2025 in Nice, France.

6th June 2025

New Ocean Centres to drive more sustainable ocean economies

6th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing – every year on 5 June – is not merely a note on the calendar, it is a global call…

5th June 2025

GFCM: Major advances made in the fight against IUU fishing

5th June 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A pilot community project to create a new locally-sourced fish finger for school lunches has been launched in the UK port city of Plymouth.

5th June 2025

By-catch fish finger opportunity identified for school kids

5th June 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scottish shellfish farmers produced 11,690 tonnes of common mussels for the market last year, a 13% rise on 2023’s volume and representing the highest level of production recorded, confirmed the newly-published Scottish…

5th June 2025

Record mussel production in Scotland, but oyster harvests tumble

5th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Scottish herring fishing season has begun with vessel Lunar Bow having made its first landings of premium quality fish into Peterhead.

4th June 2025

Scottish summer herring season gets underway

4th June 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A new joint investigation by DeSmog and The Guardian has alleged that several leading UK supermarkets, including Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Aldi and Asda, are selling seabass and seabream sourced from Turkish fish…

3rd June 2025

UK supermarkets selling farmed fish linked to overfishing and social harm in Senegal, claims new investigation

3rd June 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) Sushi Council has confirmed the addition of Hissho Sushi to its growing roster of members. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Hissho Sushi is one of the US’s…

3rd June 2025

NFI Sushi Council welcomes new member

3rd June 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA) has launched its Seafood Nutrition Toolkit, providing resources for its members to communicate the nutritional benefits of seafood around the globe.

3rd June 2025

Resource to amplify seafood’s nutritional benefits launched by ICFA

3rd June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Australia’s southern bluefin tuna (SBT) longline and minorline fisheries have been independently certified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)’s environmental standard for fishing, coinciding with the start of the SBT fishing season…

3rd June 2025

Australia’s southern bluefin tuna fisheries secure MSC

3rd June 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Vietnam-based seafood producer KTCFOOD has become the latest company to join the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF).

2nd June 2025

KTCFOOD joins global sustainability effort

2nd June 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The European Union’s so-called “blue economy” generated an estimated €263 billion in gross value added in 2023, representing 1.7% of the total EU gross value added, finds the European Commission’s newly-published 2025…

28th May 2025

Europeans spending more on seafood, bloc’s reliance on imports increases

28th May 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafish will have seven seafood industry priority areas in the year ahead, the UK non-departmental public body (NDPB) has confirmed. As part of its 2025/26 annual plan, the focus will be on: Workforce, safety, careers and…

27th May 2025

Seafish to help UK seafood progress innovation, trade and resilience

27th May 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Thorsteinn Már Baldvinsson, CEO of Samherji hf, has written a letter to all Samherji employees, informing them of his decision to vacate the role as of June 2025, after serving in the…

26th May 2025

Samherji’s CEO steps down

26th May 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Ireland’s seafood economy grew to €1.24 billion in GDP terms in 2024, up 4% from 2023, driven by a 9% rise in exports, an 11% increase in landings to Irish ports and…

23rd May 2025

Irish seafood grows despite challenges

23rd May 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A four-day summit has been held in Indonesia by the Seafood Task Force (STF) to discuss how to protect migrant fishers working on distant-water tuna vessels.

21st May 2025

Seafood Task Force holds summit on protecting migrant tuna fishers

21st May 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The new trade package between the United Kingdom and European Union has been welcomed by trade body Salmon Scotland, with the expectation that the deal will reduce the costly delays and red…

20th May 2025

Salmon sector welcomes new UK-EU trade package

20th May 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

While more pigments are being used in salmon feeds than before, the colour of the fillet has become paler. In a recently concluded project, researchers found that stress reduces the colour intensity…

20th May 2025

Study: Stressed salmon become paler

20th May 2025