Seabass

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Gloria Maris Côte d’Opale has become the first French seabass and seabream farm to achieve certification under the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) Seabream and Seabass standard.

26th August 2026

French seabass farm earns ASC certification

26th August 2026

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Compassion in World Farming has published its first-ever Sea Bass and Sea Bream Welfare Scorecard, putting a spotlight on welfare policies and transparency across a sector where public commitments have historically been limited.

11th February 2026

Compassion launches first welfare scorecard for farmed seabass and seabream

11th February 2026

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has hailed 2025 a milestone year, with major advances achieved in responsible aquaculture, an expansion of its global partnerships and the strengthening of its certification programmes across…

10th December 2025

ASC celebrates landmark year of growth, innovation and global collaboration

10th December 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP) has issued warning of a growing trend in international seafood markets regarding the mislabelling of fish species. Of particular concern is the use of the…

4th November 2025

FEAP calls for accurate seafood labelling

4th November 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Turkey’s seafood exports have reached record levels thanks to rapid growth in the country’s fish farming activities. According to Sinan Kızıltan, Chairman of the Turkish Fisheries Exporters’ Association, the country’s recent success…

6th August 2025

Aquaculture success sees Turkish seafood trade soar

6th August 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A new joint investigation by DeSmog and The Guardian has alleged that several leading UK supermarkets, including Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Aldi and Asda, are selling seabass and seabream sourced from Turkish fish…

3rd June 2025

UK supermarkets selling farmed fish linked to overfishing and social harm in Senegal, claims new investigation

3rd June 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture tech company Innovasea has delivered a new biomass algorithm for European seabass. The solution comes just three months after the release of its seabream algorithm.

15th May 2025

Innovasea delivers seabass algorithm to optimise biomass management

15th May 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Scottish based aquaculture genetics company Xelect is marking ten years of business success having established over 30 breeding programmes across 20 species around the world.

22nd April 2025

Marking ten years in aquaculture genetics

22nd April 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Aquaculture production in the European Union stood at almost 1.1 million tonnes in 2023, valued at €4.8 billion, according to new figures published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU.

8th April 2025

Eurostat: EU aquaculture production static at 1.1m tonnes

8th April 2025

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Recognising that while aquaculture production is on the rise worldwide, in the EU it hasn’t grown since 2018, the European Commission has initiated a new Union-wide campaign to raise awareness and change…

2nd April 2025

Pro-aquaculture campaign launched across Europe

2nd April 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A recent study by Norwegian and Spanish researchers has found that seaweed could play a key role in reducing intestinal inflammation in farmed fish.

31st March 2025

Seaweed could play key role in fish health

31st March 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Meagre (Argyrosomus regius) is a little-known farmed fish with great potential – offering a ready-made, fast-growing alternative to the much better-known and more popular seabass and seabream, according EUFish_SustainableGrowth, a project focused…

25th February 2025

Project looks to put more meagre on European plates

25th February 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Innovasea has launched a commercially available seabream algorithm for biomass estimation, reportedly the first of its kind in the world.

7th February 2025

Innovasea launches new marine biomass algorithm

7th February 2025

OPINION

OPINION

Recent research demonstrates a clear imperative for the Mediterranean aquaculture industry, particularly Greek producers and those exporting to Greece, Spain, Italy and France, to adopt more humane fish harvesting practices for seabream…

3rd October 2024

Electrical stunning – it’s what consumers want

3rd October 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

A more positive production outlook is expected across the shrimp and fin-fish aquaculture sectors next year, according to the findings of the latest seafood industry survey conducted by Rabobank and the Global Seafood…

28th November 2023

Less turbulence, more optimism for aquaculture in 2024

28th November 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

GreenFox Marine AS has had its Norwegian patent application for automatic sex sorting of farmed fish approved, with the expectation that the solution can help improve conditions for fish at hatcheries and…

7th November 2023

Patent given to farmed fish automatic sex sorter

7th November 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Although Egypt’s aquaculture industry has witnessed spectacular growth over the past decade, its future has become uncertain for a variety of reasons. While immediate challenges are primarily economic, it is also braced…

16th August 2023

Troubles mount for Egyptian aquaculture

16th August 2023

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

The 6 February 2023 earthquake that shook Turkey and neighbouring Syria and took tens of thousands of lives massively disrupted the Turkish seafood industry, with the immediate suspension of all fishing and…

17th May 2023

Turkey stays resilient

17th May 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Iran’s government has set out ambitious plans to double the country’s production in the next four years, with hopes it will ramp-up domestic seafood consumption and generate more export earnings. But despite…

10th March 2023

Iranian aquaculture on a pathway to growth

10th March 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Holzminden, Germany-headquartered Symrise Aqua Feed has widened its sales team in Asia-Pacific by recruiting two experts, Dr Puttitorn Saengrungruang in Thailand, and Denny Sapto in Indonesia, to help the development of the…

10th February 2023

Symrise adds to APAC team

10th February 2023