Seafood

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Recognising that with proper handling, the offcuts from processing pelagic fish can be used for more valuable purposes, EU-funded project WaSeaBi has developed new sorting technology that make it possible to separate…

4th July 2022

New pelagic sorting tech

4th July 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Japanese seafood firms Mitsubishi Corporation and Maruha Nichiro Corporation have agreed to establish a new joint-venture company, Atland Corporation, that will specialise in the land-based production of salmon.

4th July 2022

New Japan salmon venture

4th July 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Norwegian seafood producer, King Oscar, has become the largest-selling brand in the canned specialty seafood category

4th July 2022

King Oscar hits the top spot

4th July 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Salmon farmers are calling for £10 million a year in licence fees to be reinvested in affordable housing to tackle the growing property crisis in rural Scotland.

1st July 2022

Scotland’s rural housing crisis

1st July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The new National Security Memorandum (NSM) issued by US President Joe Biden to address illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and related harmful fishing practices is a step in the right direction…

30th June 2022

Biden IUU plan ‘not enough’

30th June 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Seafood retailers can improve their bottom line by becoming more sustainable, says a finance think tank.

30th June 2022

Sustainable equals profitable

30th June 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Australian aquaculture firm Tassal Group Ltd has confirmed that it has rejected of a conditional proposal from Cooke Inc to acquire 100% of Tassal’s ordinary shares for a cash consideration of AUD…

29th June 2022

Tassal rebuffs Cooke

29th June 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Agriculture, aquaculture and fishing – three sectors producing food and materials that are fundamental to humanity’s survival – are being supported to take accountability for their impacts, following the publication of a…

28th June 2022

New sustainability standard

28th June 2022

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

New Zealand seafood giant Sealord has selected cloud ERP provider Infor as a strategic partner to implement an operational cloud-based platform that provides day-one functionality gains and the means to adapt and…

27th June 2022

Sealord cloud decision

27th June 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Sustainable seafood is increasingly important to consumers as they seek to recreate the restaurant experience at home with new and innovative produce.

27th June 2022

Seafood sector rises to challenges

27th June 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Cornelis Vrolijk and Krijn Verwijs have formed a new joint-venture partnership through which the two family-owned businesses expect to achieve their respective market growth targets.

22nd June 2022

New Dutch joint-venture

22nd June 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Nordic private equity firm Bluefront Equity has invested in Svolvær, North Norway-headquartered Proff Kulde AS, a supplier of refrigerant and heating solutions for the seafood industry.

20th June 2022

Bluefront buys into tech firm

20th June 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Mowi has received a Special Recognition Award at Compassion in World Farming’s (CIWF) Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards.

15th June 2022

Welfare award for Mowi

15th June 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) has written an open letter to coastal state ministers, calling on governments to support sustainable pelagic fisheries.

10th June 2022

NAPA sustainable fisheries plea

10th June 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

A new tool aimed at helping increase the native oyster (Ostrea edulis) population around the English coast has been launched, the Environment Agency announced on World Oceans Day, 8 June 2022.

10th June 2022

New oyster restoration tool

10th June 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Salmon Evolution is expanding its farming operations into North America and aiming to raise its production capacity target to 100,000 tonnes HOG [head on gutted] by 2032.

9th June 2022

Salmon Evolution US ambitions

9th June 2022

NEWS

NEWS

As of 1 May 2022, Aller Aqua Group has taken over 100% of Danforel.

9th June 2022

Aller Aqua acquires Danforel

9th June 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The first ever British one-by-one caught tuna might be reaching the shelves next year if plans to reopen a cannery on St Helena go ahead. 

8th June 2022

Sustainable British tuna

8th June 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Norwegian Seafood Council is trying to change the UK’s perception about seafood and sustainable diets

7th June 2022

Promoting sustainable seafood

7th June 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway is once again experiencing strong seafood exports, both in volume and value, exporting produce worth €1.2 billion in May, an increase of 49% compared with the same period in 2021.

6th June 2022

Norwegian export surge

6th June 2022