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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Bangkok-headquartered Thai Union has confirmed that its Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) Fund has joined other strategic and financial partners investing in France-based Algama’s €13 million Series A fundraising round.

12th January 2023

Thai Union invests in algae

12th January 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

MarinTrust has developed a multispecies fisheries framework to cater for complex fisheries that don’t fit the conventional approach to fishery assessment. 

11th January 2023

Multispecies assessments

11th January 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Shrimp farming can be a driver for mangrove protection and restoration, and in turn, help combat climate change and protect coastal communities and wildlife, finds new research undertaken by the Sustainable Fisheries…

11th January 2023

Beneficial shrimp farming

11th January 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

European fishing industry trade body Europêche has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Innomar AS, a pioneering company that provides ocean technology for fisheries, aquaculture, ocean data and marine operations. 

11th January 2023

Europêche–Innomar MOU

11th January 2023

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

As Russian leaders switch the national economy to a “besieged fortress” regime, relying more on internal resources, aquaculture has an increasingly important role to play in bolstering the country’s food security.

11th January 2023

Russia puts on a brave face

11th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway exported 2.9 million tonnes of seafood to a value of NOK 151.4 billion last year, a new record according to the the Norwegian Seafood Council.

10th January 2023

Best year yet for Norway

10th January 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Bilbao, Spain’s Zamakona Yards has delivered the live fish carrier Inter Atlantic to Norwegian owner Intership. The vessel is the first of the two newbuilds from Zamakona for the same owner. 

10th January 2023

Inter Atlantic delivered

10th January 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A court in Washington State has granted Cooke Aquaculture Pacific an extension to decommission its fish farms in Puget Sound.

9th January 2023

Cooke wins closure case

9th January 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Cameroon has been identified by the European Commission as a non-cooperating country in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and has been issued with a so-called “red card”.

9th January 2023

EU red cards Cameroon

9th January 2023

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Supported by fast-growing demand, the seafood category in Germany has experienced steady development, but domestic production continues to stagnate.

9th January 2023

Germany tallies its losses

9th January 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Sigurður and Jóhannes Henningsson, who fish from the island of Grímsey off the north coast of Iceland, have taken delivery of a new Cleopatra netter built by Trefjar.

9th January 2023

Björn again

9th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The first fish auction of 2023 at the Toyosu Fish Market, at the Kaiten Sushi Ginza Onodera in Tokyo, saw Japanese wholesaler Yamayuki and sushi chain operator Onodera Group pay ¥36,040,000 (about…

6th January 2023

Tokyo tuna sells for ¥36m

6th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

NOAA Fisheries is proposing to expand the seafood import monitoring programme by 50% to 1,670 species.

6th January 2023

NOAA ups import scrutiny

6th January 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The Scottish pelagic partnership that has  taken delivery of new vessel Artemis started out fishing in 2020 with the former Resolute – the 64-metre pelagic trawler renamed Artemis – while its new…

5th January 2023

Artemis delivered

5th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood giant Thai Union has appointed Jon Burton as its Business Unit Director – European Marine Protein.

5th January 2023

New role for TU exec

5th January 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Bakkafrost Group’s salmon farms in the Faroe Islands harvested 19,300 tonnes of head-on gutted (HOG) weight fish in the fourth-quarter of last year, which represented a decrease of 1,400 tonnes on…

4th January 2023

Bakkafrost harvests down

4th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A global organisation championing opportunities for women in the seafood industry has shut its doors.

4th January 2023

Women in Seafood disbands

4th January 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Land-based aquaculture business The Kingfish Company has selected Vincent Erenst as its new Chief Executive Officer and is looking to make the appointment effective on 6 February 2023.

4th January 2023

Kingfish chooses new CEO

4th January 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Aquaculture and fishing technology provider Optimar AS has been ranked number one in the selection process for the Fish ID project, a collaboration between the Norwegian Directory of Fisheries and key industry…

4th January 2023

Optimar earns top ranking

4th January 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Aker ASA has confirmed that Aker Capital AS is participating in an equity financing round in the post-smolt salmon producer Gaia Salmon Holding AS.

4th January 2023

Aker invests in post-smolt

4th January 2023