Salmon

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The global salmon industry will continue to be the most profitable aquaculture sector, that’s according to Rabobank, global food and agribusiness bank.

16th January 2024

Rabobank shares outlook for aquaculture in 2024

16th January 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Redundancies have been made at Bakkafrost which the company says is directly due to a decrease in harvest volumes and the new Faroese revenue tax.

14th November 2023

Faroese revenue tax blamed for Bakkafrost job losses

14th November 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway achieved its best ever month for seafood exports in October worth a value of NOK 18.4 billion, largely thanks to salmon.

6th November 2023

Norway breaks its record for seafood exports again

6th November 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Council of the European Union has reached an agreement on the fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2024, following the European Commission’s proposal  made in August this year. 

24th October 2023

Agreement reached on Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2024

24th October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission is seeking to pull Baltic Sea fisheries out of their ’dire situation’ with the announcement of its first TACS and quotas for 2024.

29th August 2023

Commission looks to pull Baltic fisheries out of ‘dire’ straits

29th August 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

More needs to be done to promote seafood as a healthy, cost-effective protein capable of meeting a growing population’s nutritional needs.

2nd March 2023

Norway and UK team up to promote seafood

2nd March 2023

OPINION

OPINION

Solidus Solutions’ CCO Simon Roda predicts key packaging trends for the seafood industry in 2023.

1st March 2023

Ahead of the pack

1st March 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway exported NOK 12.7 billion worth of seafood in January, up by 23% on the year, largely helped by the price growth in exports.

7th February 2023

Prices fuel Norways exports

7th February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A Final Determination has been issued by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Water Act to help protect Bristol Bay, regarded as the world’s most productive wild salmon ecosystem.

1st February 2023

President protects salmon

1st February 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

With the global population steadily rising, the consumption of seafood is likely to double by 2050. However, over a third of fish stocks are overfished and 60% are fished to their maximum…

2nd December 2022

Healing powers

2nd December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total value of Alaska’s commercial salmon catch increased by US$ 77 million on 2021 to $720.4 million, according to this year’s preliminary figures published by the Alaska Department of Fish and…

14th November 2022

Alaska salmon value rises

14th November 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The value of Norwegian seafood exports has never been higher in a single month than in August 2022.

6th September 2022

Norwegian export record

6th September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

NOAA Fisheries has identified a new way to deliver more timely genetic information to help resource managers and fishermen in their effort to reduce the salmon bycatch in commercial groundfish fisheries.

31st August 2022

Alaska bycatch boost

31st August 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Some NOK 11.6 billion worth of fisheries and aquaculture products were exported by Norway to overseas markets last month – the best July on record, confirms the latest figures from the Norwegian…

9th August 2022

Norwegian export growth

9th August 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood consumption in the United States slipped to 19 pounds or 8.6kg per capita in 2020, according to new data compiled by the National Fisheries Institute (NFI).

17th May 2022

Americans eat less fish

17th May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Alaska’s all-species salmon harvest for 2021 totalled nearly 235 million fish, with more than half of the harvest comprising pink salmon (161.4 million fish), finds the latest annual state-wide salmon run forecast…

2nd May 2022

Alaska salmon forecast

2nd May 2022

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

The latest round of funding designed to support wild salmon and sea trout in Scottish rivers is set to close to new applicants.

17th March 2022

Wild salmon, trout support

17th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The value of Australia’s fisheries and aquaculture production is set to rise by 10% to AUD 3.55 billion in 2021–22, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has…

10th March 2022

Australia bounces back

10th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Cell-based salmon start-up Wildtype has confirmed that it has raised US$100 million in its latest funding round, with investments coming from actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio, Bezos Expeditions, S2G Ventures Oceans and…

24th February 2022

DiCaprio, Bezos invest

24th February 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The development of efficient, cost-effective light-emitting diode (LED) technology has led to a growing list of innovative residential and industrial applications. With NOAA Fisheries’ By-catch Reduction Engineering Programme funding, researchers have found…

17th February 2022

Lights, camera, by-catch

17th February 2022