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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

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Having seen energy prices skyrocket in 2022 and with the prospect of inflated winter heating and electricity bills, fish farmers across Europe were extremely nervous as last year drew to a close.…

24th April 2023

Energy crunch squeezing European aquaculture

24th April 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

With a strong emphasis on red- and white-fish production across Scandinavia, especially in its native Norway, as well as in Iceland, the United Kingdom and other close markets, marine and aquaculture technology provider…

24th April 2023

Nomapro focuses on end-users

24th April 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A new project is under way to provide solar-powered ice-making machines to remote fishing communities in east Indonesia to help safeguard the quality of yellowfin tuna.

21st April 2023

Indonesian fishers to benefit from eco ice-makers

21st 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

Representative body Salmon Scotland added a new member of the supply chain to its board, with the unanimous election of Stewart Graham, Managing Director of Scottish-owned Gael Force, at its AGM in…

21st April 2023

Salmon Scotland adds new board member

21st April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

With all new Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) fisheries certifications shifting to version 3.0 of its fisheries standard from 1 May 2023, the non-profit organisation has confirmed there will be important changes for tuna fisheries relating to…

21st April 2023

Changes ahead for certified tuna fisheries

21st April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Not-for-profit organisation Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has received the highest score amongst seafood farming certification schemes in the latest Human Rights At Sea Report.

20th April 2023

ASC leads HRAS seafood farming ratings

20th April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

After the success of 2022, when Mowi’s fundraising ‘Salmon Wagon’ raised thousands of pounds for charities and local causes across Scotland, the salmon-hued food truck is hitting the road again.

20th April 2023

Salmon Wagon takes to the road again

20th April 2023

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Skretting Norway has become the first feed mill in the country to attain Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification, the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) has confirmed.

20th April 2023

Skretting first with Norwegian certification

20th April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Bergen, Norway-headquartered salmon farming group Grieg Seafood ASA harvested approximately 15,350 tonnes of fish in the first-quarter of this year, which was 1,550 tonnes less than in the corresponding period of 2022,…

19th April 2023

Lower Q1 salmon harvest for Grieg Seafood

19th April 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Belgian food processing equipment manufacturer Cretel has confirmed F360M, its new tabletop fish skinners, will become available in the third-quarter of 2023.

19th April 2023

Cretel to roll out new-gen tabletop skinners

19th April 2023

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Technical fibre manufacturer Garware has hired three executives to help strengthen its international teams in Norway, Chile and southern Europe.

19th April 2023

Garware appoints new executives

19th April 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The value of the Irish seafood sector increased to €1.3 billion last year despite the triple whammy of rising energy costs, reduced quotas and difficult post-Brexit trading with the UK.

19th April 2023

Seafood sector gets more valuable for Ireland

19th April 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The public consultation process on Scottish government plans to designate at least 10% of the country’s seas as Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) has now closed, Net Zero and Just Transition Secretary…

19th April 2023

Government ‘listening’ as HPMA consultation closes

19th April 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood linked to human rights abuses, illegal fishing and the destruction of marine ecosystems could be ending up in the Korean market, according to a new investigation from the Environmental Justice Foundation…

19th April 2023

Report: Korea exposed to high-risk seafood

19th 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

Atlantic salmon producer Mowi ASA harvested 102,500 tonnes of gutted weight equivalent (GWE) fish in the first-quarter of this year, some 5,500 tonnes more than in the corresponding period of 2022, and…

18th April 2023

Higher first-quarter harvest for Mowi, earnings rise

18th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Reykjavik, Iceland-based fisheries company Brim hf has completed the acquisition of a 50%-share in Polar Seafood Denmark A/S.

18th April 2023

Brim completes Polar Seafood purchase

18th April 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Riga, Latvia-headquartered canned fish producer Karavela has launched a new brand identity for its Larsen range of products, sold in the German market. 

18th April 2023

Karavela rebrands Larsen canned fish range

18th April 2023