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Farmer collecting seaweed plantations at seaweed farm in Nusa Penida, Indonesia

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 support vessel

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...
Blood sample tube positive with Listeria bacteria

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...
Arctic Charr farm Canada

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...
Aerial view of net-cage fishfarm

UHI Shetland launches new research centre

Today sees the launch in Shetland of a new research centre that aims to help the seafood industry become more sustainable. The Centre for Sustainable Seafood will be based at...
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...
Fish Farmer April 2024 cover

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

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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...
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...
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...
Marel Logo

China’s new line in automatic processing

MAREL has announced the successful installation of China\'s first automatic processing line for salmon, with the operation carried out at the Hi-Chain Foods’ salmon processing facility near Shanghai. The plant is equipped to...
malcolm pye

Genetics best performer for Benchmark

BENCHMARK reported a revenue rise from £109 million to £140 million in preliminary results for its last financial year, ending September 2017. Losses in the aquaculture health, nutrition and genetics business...
bill showalter

Young's eyes China amid sale speculation

YOUNG\'S Seafood is looking to China and Europe as its next move on the international stage, its CEO has confirmed. As products from the Grimsby and Scottish based business began to make their debut...
new nancy glen

Search for fishermen scaled back

THE search for two missing fishermen feared lost when their boat sank in Loch Fyne on Thursday evening has been scaled back, mainly due to bad weather. Reports suggest the missing...
Norwegian-flag

Feed main driver in salmon costs

PRODUCTION costs for Norway\'s aquaculture industry rose by 50 per cent in the four years between 2012 and 2016, reports Nofima, Norway\'s Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research. And...
ystmark

Aquaculture debate goes nationwide

NORWAY\'S ongoing debate about how plans for huge future growth in aquaculture should be managed has taken on a nationwide focus. During the last few days and into this week, more...