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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norway Royal Salmon (NRS), Måsøval and SalMar have become the latest seafood producers to cancel their plans for growth after the Norwegian government announced a tax hike on aquaculture from 22% to…

7th October 2022

‘Salmon tax’ hits more firms

7th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Norway is to restrict access to its ports for Russian fishing vessels in order to prevent them from circumventing the sanctions placed on Moscow due to the conflict in Ukraine, the country’s…

7th October 2022

Norway curbs Russia access

7th October 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Following its announcement on 3 October that it would freeze investments in Norway if the country introduces a proposed 40% resource rent tax on aquaculture, salmon producer Cermaq has ended its NOK…

6th October 2022

Cermaq terminates permits

6th October 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Organisers of the biennial International Sea Lice Conference have announced that Scotland is to host the next meeting in 2024, after a successful bid was led by the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre…

6th October 2022

Scots win sea lice summit

6th October 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship (SeaBOS), a joint initiative between the world’s largest commercial seafood companies and science to strengthen sustainable practices within the seafood industry, has appointed Thai Union Group PCL…

6th October 2022

SeaBOS appoints new chair

6th October 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Three animal feed manufacturers have won a total of US$300,000 in a contest to develop and market aquaculture feeds that do not use ingredients from wild-caught fish.

6th October 2022

Feed challenge winners

6th October 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Secondary producer of nutraceutical, seafood products and marine ingredients New Zealand Coastal Seafoods Limited (NZCS) has announced the intended acquisition of Nine Ocean Group.

5th October 2022

Strategic purchase for NZCS

5th October 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Leading salmon farming companies across Norway are cancelling contracts aimed at increasing capacity after the government announced a tax rate hike on aquaculture from 22% to 62%.

5th October 2022

Norway’s growth threatened

5th October 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Oceana is selling its cold storage business to focus on its global fish protein sector.

5th October 2022

Oceana sells cold storage

5th October 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Big Idea Ventures, an early-stage investor in the alternative protein sector, has announced its latest accelerator cohort, which includes a number of new seafood-focused enterprises.

5th October 2022

‘Seafood’ start-ups funded

5th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Large cuts should be made to Northeast Atlantic herring and mackerel quotas for 2023, but next year’s blue whiting catch can increase, according to the latest advice from the International Council for…

5th October 2022

ICES issues pelagic advice

5th October 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Cermaq has announced it will freeze investments in Norway as a consequence of the country’s proposed resource rent tax.

4th October 2022

​Cermaq freezes investments

4th October 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norwegian land-based salmon farming company Salmon Evolution ASA has confirmed the strong biological performance that it saw in the second-quarter of this year has continued for the remainder of Q3 and that it should…

4th October 2022

Salmon Evolution harvest

4th October 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norwegian aquaculture services and equipment provider AKVA Group has secured a contract with Icelandic Land Farmed Salmon (ILFS) for the delivery of a new smolt facility to be built in Vestmannaeyjar, the most southern…

4th October 2022

Smolt contract win for AKVA

4th October 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Faroese government has presented a proposal that seeks to adjust its revenue tax on the salmon farming industry from next year. 

4th October 2022

Faroes to revise salmon tax

4th October 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard has confirmed the launch of Arctic factory freezer trawler NB1107, which has been built for Denmark-based Ocean Prawns A/S.

4th October 2022

Atlantic Enterprise launched

4th October 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) has announced its reorganisation into a permanent new entity with full legal independence and a participatory, industry-based structure.

3rd October 2022

Permanent status for GDST

3rd October 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Marine Stewardship Council has been accused of ‘greenwashing’ after more than half of seafood industry stakeholders said that it was no longer an effective indicator of sustainable fishing.

3rd October 2022

MSC accused of ‘greenwashing’

3rd October 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Compensation is yet to reach fish farmers across Europe seven months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

3rd October 2022

Aid yet to reach fish farmers

3rd October 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Cyprus has been given €38.3 million in EU funding to help promote the sustainable growth of the country’s aquaculture and fishing sectors.

30th September 2022

EU funding for Cyprus

30th September 2022