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NEWS

NEWS

One of Iceland’s largest seafood companies reported fishing gains of 19,000 tonnes in 2021

18th January 2022

Fishing gains fuelled by capelin

18th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Olga Naumova has taken up the position of General Director at the Russian Fishery Company (RFC) with immediate effect.

18th January 2022

New boss at Russian Fishery Company

18th January 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

While long-term debt financing to enable the completion of the second phase of its production strategy in the Netherlands is in advanced stages, The Kingfish Company has confirmed that a bridge facility…

18th January 2022

Land-based fish farmer secures additional €10m financing

18th January 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Mowi’s harvest volumes in Q4 2021 are down nearly 10% compared with the same period in the previous year.

17th January 2022

Sales down at Mowi in Q4 2021

17th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet increased by 13% or more than 137,000 tonnes last year, reaching a total 1,158,288 tonnes.

17th January 2022

Icelandic fleet landed more fish in 2021

17th January 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Sea Harvest Group is to acquire the fishing and related businesses of Western Australia-based MG Kailis and its subsidiaries for AUS$70 million.

17th January 2022

Sea Harvest acquires MG Kailis

17th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Cermaq Chile has appointed a new managing director.

14th January 2022

Leadership changes at Cermaq Chile

14th January 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Alaska’s catching and processing sectors were heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, finds a new report detailing the regional, state-wide, and national economic effects of Alaska’s seafood industry from the Alaska Seafood Marketing…

13th January 2022

Report: Pandemic hit Alaska’s ‘resilient’ seafood industry hard in 2020

13th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

An integrated aquaculture company in Sub Saharan Africa has attracted sustainable aquaculture fund, Aqua-Spark as a new cornerstone investor.

13th January 2022

Investing in tilapia in Africa

13th January 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

NRS Farming, a subsidiary of Norway Royal Salmon, has acquired 100% of SalmoNor creating the world’s sixth largest salmon farmer.

12th January 2022

Norway Royal Salmon and SalmoNor to merge

12th January 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Danish processing equipment manufacturer Carsoe A/S has won a new contract from the Russian Fishery Company (RFC) for the fitting out of four of its vessels with fully-equipped onboard fish processing plants.…

12th January 2022

Russian Fishery Company places bumper follow-up onboard processing plant order with Carsoe

12th January 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) has appointed Gregory V. Brown as inaugural executive director.

12th January 2022

GDST appoints inaugural executive director

12th January 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

A European research project is hoping to demonstrate that there is considerable untapped potential in utilising marine co-products and non-target by-catch species as ingredients in high-value products such as creams and dietary…

11th January 2022

European project seeks high value in seafood by-products, by-catch

11th January 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Kingfish Company has doubled sales and output in 2021 and increased average sales prices.

10th January 2022

Kingfish Company doubles sales in 2021

10th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Vietnam is expected to have earned around US$3.9 billion from its shrimp exports last year, an increase of 4% on 2020, thanks largely to strong growth rates in the industry’s sales to…

10th January 2022

VASEP: 2021 – a good year for Vietnam’s shrimp trade

10th January 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A newly formed network is encouraging the fishing industry to come forward with ideas for scientific studies that support evidence-based decision-making in the UK.

7th January 2022

Network seeks ideas for improving UK fishing

7th January 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

International aquaculture breeding and distribution company GenoMar Genetics has made Thea Luz Pineda its new breeding manager for the Asia Pacific region.

7th January 2022

GenoMar appoints breeding manager for Asia Pacific

7th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The annual New Year tuna auction in Tokyo, Japan, saw the first bluefin of 2022 sold for just under JPY 16.9 million (US$ 145,996).

7th January 2022

Tokyo’s first bluefin tuna sale of 2022 fetches modest $146k

7th January 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Commercial fishermen in the United States now have access to a free app that simplifies mandatory harvest reporting for both state and federally licensed fishermen.

6th January 2022

Reporting app for Maine lobster fishers

6th January 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Prices of frozen whole skipjack tuna in Bangkok continued to increase as 2021 drew to a close due to a decreasing raw material supply, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters…

6th January 2022

Bangkok skipjack tuna prices end 2021 on a high

6th January 2022