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Seafish announces board appointments
Seafish, the public body that supports the UK seafood industry, has appointed two new members to its board. Sarah Holmyard and Georgina Wright bring experience from the shellfish and salmon...
Key Grimsby seafood business saved
A Grimsby seafood business and with it more than 30 jobs have been saved following a financial rescue mission. The company, D&A Seafood Solutions Ltd, which had an annual turnover...
Arctic Fish chief to step down
Stein Ove Tveiten, is to step down as CEO of Mowi owned Arctic Fish in Iceland, it was announced today. He is thought to have told the board of his...
Leading climate change scientist to open Australian Seagriculture
Professor Tim Flannery, one of Australia’s leading writers on climate change, has been announced as the opening keynote speaker for the Australian Seagriculture Conference in March next year. The conference...
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Jellyfish attacks leave a harmful legacy, study finds
Jellyfish can still kill and cause problems for fish even after they have left an area, new research suggests. An article published recently in the scientific journal Aquaculture Environment Interactions...
Flying fish
A rare Chinook salmon species in California has been given a chance to survive drought conditions thanks to a helicopter airlift, as Julia Hollister reports. An innovative programme to save...
Salmon Evolution on track for 5,000 tonnes
Norway's young land based salmon farmer Salmon Evolution said it is on track to harvest 5,000 tonnes this year – and is expecting even bigger things for 2025. Presenting its...
Canadian fish farmers challenge call to halt expansion
Fish farmers on Canada’s Atlantic Coast have hit back at calls by a leading seafood executive for a halt to an  expansion of their industry. Writing in the Atlantic Business...
Mowi Scotland doubles first quarter harvest volumes
Salmon farming giant Mowi has announced global record high volumes for the first quarter of 2021, with Scotland’s improved biological performance leading to a doubling of production and a...
Aquanor decision postponed until later this week
The decision on whether Aquanor, one of aquaculture’s biggest trade shows, can go ahead as an in-person event has been postponed pending a decision by the Norwegian government on health...
Chicken feed
Maybe it’s time to revisit a bright idea from the 1990s? Industry critics regularly refer to comments, made by the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Economy and Connectivity (REC) Committee in 2018,...