Events
Innovation on land and sea
Lessons from farming across different species will be a key theme at the Livestock & Aquaculture Innovation Summit, being held this year in London on 6, 7 & 8 September. The Summit, organised by Kisaco, begins with a day dedicated to aquaculture on Tuesday 6 September, including contributions from Jaime Santana, Fish Health Manager, Mowi…
Read MoreSeaweed conference offers a tasty treat
Kelp will be on the menu at Seagriculture USA 2022, the first international seaweed conference to be held in North America. Taking place on 7 & 9 September 2022 in Portland, Maine, the event will feature a live cookery demonstration courtesy of Atlantic Sea Farms, the first commercially viable seaweed farm in the United States.…
Read MoreBook now for AE2022 Rimini
The deadline for early bird registration at Aquaculture Europe, taking place this September in Rimini, Italy, has been extended to 1 August. Aquaculture Europe 2022 (AE2022), organised by the European Aquaculture Society (EAS), takes place over 27-30 September. This year key themes for the conference will be climate change, biodiversity loss, environmental pollution and waste…
Read MoreNew Brunswick set to host GOAL conference
The city of Saint John, New Brunswick on Canada’s Atlantic coast will play host to the GOAL Responsible Seafood Conference in 2023, it was announced yesterday. GOAL, the largest international seafood business conference of its kind, will bring 500 seafood industry leaders from around the world to Saint John. It will be only the second…
Read MoreMinister promises action on reforming aquaculture regime
Rural Affairs Minister Mairi Gougeon has promised to personally oversee the drafting of a new regulatory regime for aquaculture in Scotland. Speaking at the opening of the Aquaculture UK trade show in Aviemore, in the Scottish Highlands, she announced that a Ministerial Aquaculture Strategy Forum will deliver the recommendations made by Professor Russell Griggs OBE…
Read MoreSeafood Global Excellence award winners revealed
GlobeXplore of France and Pescanova España of Spain won the top prizes in the 2022 Seafood Excellence Global awards at Seafood Expo Global, the world’s largest seafood trade event. Among the other awards, a joint venture between two family-owned shellfish businesses, Krijn Verwijs Yerseke BV of the Netherlands and England’s Offshore Shellfish scooped two special…
Read MoreSeafish to host Barcelona pavilion
The UK’s producers will be represented at the world’s biggest trade show for the seafood sector, taking place in Barcelona later this month. Seafish, the public body supporting the industry, and UK Government are working together on trade events and a marketing toolkit to support UK seafood exporters. Seafood Expo Global (combined with Seafood Processing…
Read MoreMinister to open Aquaculture UK
Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, Mairi Gougeon, is to open Aquaculture UK, the biggest event in the UK aquaculture sector’s calendar. The Minister will cut the ribbon on the first day of the exhibition, which runs from May 3-5 in Aviemore, Scotland, and will then launch what promises to be a lively…
Read MoreTwo SSC products make global excellence shortlist
Two branded products from the Scottish Salmon Company have been shortlisted for the Seafood Excellence Global Awards competition. The two shortlisted entries from the Scottish Salmon Company (SSC), part of the Bakkafrost group, are  Tartan Salmon Label Rouge Fresh Scottish Salmon Fillet and Native Hebridean Smoked Scottish Salmon – which last month won the Best…
Read MoreAquaculture UK gets ready to return to Aviemore
Innovation and sustainability will be the key themes at Aquaculture UK, the trade show and conference which will be returning to Aviemore this May after a four-year gap. Aquaculture UK takes place over 3-5 May 2022 at the Macdonald Resort in Aviemore, Scotland. The show’s organisers, Diversified Communications, said the exhibition space is fully booked…
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