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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...
Denmark mainly farms rainbow trout in its sea pens (picture: AquaPri)

Minister defends Danish fish farming ban

DENMARK’S environment minister, Lea Wermelin, has insisted that her decision this week to stop all future open pen fish farming at sea was not an attack on the aquaculture sector....
The Scottish Salmon Company's Tartan Salmon was introduced to the Japanese market last week

Japan gets taste of Tartan Salmon

THE Scottish Salmon Company is targeting new export markets in Japan, introducing its Tartan Salmon brand at the Japan Seafood Expo 2019 in Tokyo last week. Japan is the second...
Mowi's Mick Watts (left) with Ian Blackford at the Kyleakin pier

‘Don’t underestimate importance of salmon farming’

SCOTLAND should never underestimate the importance of the salmon farming industry to rural areas, said MP Ian Blackford, the leader of the SNP in Westminster, as he opened new pier...
The algae outbreak in northern Norway in the spring hit salmon farmers hard

Power plants ‘may have caused algae outbreak’

THE algae bloom outbreak which cost several Norwegian salmon farming companies dearly this year was partly caused by hydro-electric power plants in the area, a leading marine scientist has claimed....
The Scottish Sea Farms site at Eday in the Orkney Islands

Salmon farmer’s homes boost for remote island

LEADING salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms has been granted approval to build six new eco-friendly homes on the remote island of Eday in Orkney. The £750,000 development will create four...
Chief executive of Norway Royal Salmon, Charles Høstlund

Algae outbreak dents NRS profits

BIOLOGICAL issues such as the algae bloom outbreak last May have hit the second quarter profit and earnings of Norway Royal Salmon, figures show today. The company has reported an...