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Seawork, Southampton

Princess Royal to open Seawork trade show

HRH The Princess Royal will officially open the Seawork trade show and conference on Tuesday 11 June 2024, marking the 25th edition of Europe’s leading commercial marine exhibition.  The Princess...
US Capitol building at sunset, Washington DC, USA.

US seafood industry calls for aquaculture funding

US lobby group Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS) is officially requesting that funding for offshore aquaculture be approved by Congress. SATS has submitted a letter to the Chair of the...
Andy Martin, Farm Manager, Canada West

Mowi raises millions in green bonds issue

Salmon giant Mowi has successfully raised around £255m (€298m/NOK 3.5bn) in green bonds. Mowi said green bond finance will be used for sustainable and environmentally friendly projects as defined by...
Sea cucumber

Spike in demand

Sea cucumbers may not look too appetising to the Western consumer, but their potential in the export market is huge, Robert Outram finds In a series of man-made lagoons in...
Andreas Kvame, CEO Grieg Seafood ASA (left) and Robert Focke, CEO Fish BAADER at SPG 2024, Barcelona

BAADER wins contract for Grieg’s new seafood centre

Seafood processing specialist BAADER has won a major contract to fit Grieg’s new seafood centre with a state-of-the-art filleting system. The deal was announced today at the trade show Seafood...
Border Force Customs

Taking back control

Physical checks on plant and animal products imported from the EU into the UK will start from 30 April. Will the UK’s seafood exporters feel that they have a level...
Fish Farmer April 2024 cover

The April 2024 issue of Fish Farmer magazine is out now online

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Launching a new alliance at Seafood Expo Global 2024, the European Fish Processors and Traders Association (AIPCE-CEP, combining two organisations), the European Association of Fisheries Producer Organizations (EAPO), EU fishing trade group Europeche, and the Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP)

EU seafood groups join forces at Barcelona

Five major trade organisations representing European aquaculture, fishing and seafood processing have come together in a new strategic alliance. Their aim is to get Europeans to eat – and produce...
Atlantic cod are now among the species considered endangered

Flesh eating cod bug found off Norway

A new parasite which turns fish flesh into a slimy jelly has been found in cod off the Norwegian coast. So far it does not appear to have affected the...
Feed at Loch Duart

Loch Duart says new feed has improved fish health and cut carbon emissions

Independent salmon farmer Loch Duart says its switch a year ago to BioMar’s Blue Impact feed has reduced its carbon footprint, improved health for the stock and reduced natural impurities...
Ivan Vindheim, Mowi CEO, at Seafood Expo Global 2024, Barcelona

Breaking news: Mowi loses first round in tax case

Mowi has lost the first round of a court battle against Norway’s “salmon tax”. A court in Hordaland, Norway has rejected the company’s lawsuit against the tax, also known as...
Winners at the Seafood Excellence Global Awards 2024

Seafood Excellence winners honoured

Oysters and seaweed products took the top accolades at the Seafood Excellence Global Awards, held last night in Barcelona. The award for Best Retail Product was presented to Parcs Saint...
Chasing-X-at-Oceanology-International-2024

AlphaGeo promotes Chasing’s versatile ROVs

Marine services business AlphaGeo UK will be at Aquaculture UK this May, promoting the versatile range of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) from China’s Chasing Innovation Tech Company, including the Chasing...
Round fish farm pens in blue sea, mountains on horizon

Now Norwegians changing minds on fish farming

Norwegians are becoming increasingly negative about salmon farming, according to new polling. The survey was carried out by Norwegian broadcaster NRK public radio and follows a series of reports about...
Part of the Ropes to Reefs project

Research set to assess benefits of offshore shellfish farming

A new study aims to use tagged lobsters to help assess the positive impact of offshore shellfish aquaculture on marine ecology. Scientists, mussel farmers and fishers on the Devon and...
Norwegian Minister for Fisheries and Ocean Policy Cecilie Myrseth

Building up an appetite

How to persuade UK consumers to eat more seafood was a key issue at the Norway-UK Seafood Summit, reports Dr Martin Jaffa At the end of February, Norway came to...
Cooke Chile celebrates the first harvest of its organic salmon

Feed from Scotland helped Cooke produce Chile’s first organic farmed salmon

Cooke Aquaculture’s feed mill in Scotland is playing a key role in helping to produce the company’s first organic salmon in Chile. The organic salmon now being harvested by Cooke...
cod fish swimming in blue sea

Norway slams the brakes on cod farming growth

Norwegian regulators have called a temporary halt to further cod farming applications, particularly those at new locations. The sector has been growing so fast that the Norwegian Food Safety Authority...
wild salmon leaping upstream

Better news on escaped fish numbers

Fewer escaped salmon are getting into Norwegian rivers, according to the latest annual survey. OURO, the aquaculture industry's association for dealing with escaped farmed fish says that fewer of these...