Finland

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

As global seafood demand rises and pressure mounts to make better use of marine resources, Finland’s Hailia is rethinking what many consider “waste”. The seafood tech company has developed an innovative process to transform fish filleting side-streams — including heads, fins and…

23rd January 2026

Seafood side-streams – the next superfood?

23rd January 2026

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Finnish foodtech and aquaculture company Finnforel has expanded its farmed rainbow trout offering to supermarkets in the United Arab Emirates.

9th September 2025

Finnish foodtech rolls out land-based farmed rainbow trout brand in UAE

9th September 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

HFS technology is emerging as a viable solution to help fish farmers meet fast rising market demand. Despite being a relative newcomer to sectors such as salmon production, HFS is showing huge…

5th August 2025

On-land aquaculture game changer from Finland

5th August 2025

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Finnish biotech company Volare has closed a €26 million funding round to build protein production plant, Volare 01. Located in Pori, Finland, the plant will serve as a cornerstone in scaling Volare’s proprietary insect…

27th May 2025

Volare secures €26m to build new insect-based protein factory for aquafeeds

27th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission has deducted over 3,000 salmon from Finland’s 2025 fishing quota after uncovering unauthorised commercial fishing disguised as scientific research in the Baltic Sea last year.

7th May 2025

Brussels penalises Finland salmon breach

7th May 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

In 2023, the EU’s fish processing industry generated almost US$ 32.7 billion in annual revenue, and yet typically, over half of the weight of a fish ends up as sidestreams that never…

1st April 2025

Saving sidestreams

1st April 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A new innovation that enables increasing amounts of fish by-products to be used for food production for human consumption rather than for lower-value applications has been developed by Hailia Nordic Oy.

26th January 2024

Finnish food-tech firm makes by-product breakthrough

26th January 2024

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

In October 2022, the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) announced it had developed a modular and versatile Partial air-driven Recirculation Aquaculture System (PaRAS) to improve energy efficiency and production capacity for fish…

13th July 2023

Inside Finland’s new PaRAS concept

13th July 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

With the exception of the guts, the whole of any fish can be inserted into the new food production machine developed by SuperGround. Thereafter, a patented process softens, heat-treats and grinds fish by-products such…

23rd March 2023

Total fish utilisation

23rd March 2023