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First in-person Seagriculture Asia-Pacific conference set for next year
The first in-person event of Seagriculture Asia-Pacific will be premiering in Adelaide over 18-20 March 2025. This marks a pivotal moment for the Seagriculture Conferences, expanding their borders and venturing...
Aker BioMarine earnings sharply up
Krill harvesting company Aker BioMarine has said earnings and growth for the first quarter of 2024 were signficantly up, year-on-year. The operating results before depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) came to...
Lerøy facing new listeria discovery claims
The Lerøy Seafood Company has been hit by claims of a new discovery of the listeria bacterium at one of its Norwegian sites, according to Norway’s national broadcaster NRK. NRK...
Crystal clear
The Prairies, renowned as Canada’s breadbasket, is not the first place you would expect to find a fish farm – let alone one of the largest of its kind in...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Fish Update Briefing, Friday, February 2
FISH FINGER AD PULLED OVER SAFETY CONCERNS BIRDS EYE has withdrawn a TV advert for fish fingers following safety concerns.  It showed a man and boy leaping into the sea with a voiceover...
Iceland and Faroes settle dispute
ICELAND has reached agreement with the Faroe Islands over reciprocal fishing rights. A dispute flared up a month ago when Reykjavik unexpectedly banned all Faroese vessels from fishing inside its...
Scotch boss takes on top salmon role
A FORMER chief of the Scotch Whisky Association has been appointed to represent the interests of Scottish salmon farmers. Julie Hesketh-Laird is to take over as chief executive of the...
SalMar creates aquaculture professorship
THE salmon farming giant SalMar is working with Norway\'s University of Science and Technology (NTNU) to create a new professorship in the field of aquaculture. The project is being driven...
