Posts Tagged ‘North America’
Cooke Seafood appoints Jack Crouch to key subsidiary
The Cooke seafood and aquaculture group has appointed senior seafood professional Jack Crouch as national sales manager of its subsidiary business, the Wanchese Fish Company. He brings more than a decade of experience in seafood processing, distribution, and supply chain. The Wanchese Fish Company, headquartered in Virginia, USA, is part of the Cooke family of…
Read MoreCanadian seafood giant invests in cod farmer
High Liner Foods, one of North America’s leading seafood companies, has bought a stake in the Norwegian cod farmer, Norcod. The move is an interesting one, because the big Canadian company has not previously been directly involved with aquaculture. High Liner is mainly a marketer and a processor of value-added frozen seafood, with several retail…
Read MoreAtlantic Sapphire raises a further £27m for Florida site
Florida-based land salmon company Atlantic Sapphire raised around NOK 369m (£27.5m) in a new share issue in Oslo, where the company is listed, last night. The issue at NOK 1.20 per share was fully subscribed with its largest shareholder Nordlaks Holdings of Norway buying shares worth NOK 52m (£3.8m). The extra money will be used…
Read MoreProcessing software business Maritech acquired by US firm
Seafood processing and logistics software business Maritech has been snapped up by US high-tech group CAI Software. Maritech is a leading cloud-based ERP (enterprise resource planning) provider for the seafood and logistics industries across the European and North American markets. Founded in Norway, Maritech has an expansive, blue-chip customer bases in the seafood industry, offering…
Read MoreGrieg Q4 rocked by spiro, jellyfish and winter sores
Grieg Seafood is the latest Norwegian salmon farmer to report biological and jellyfish issues during the final quarter of 2023. The company, which was big in Scotland until three years ago, but now concentrates on Norway and Canada, recorded an operational (EBIT) loss of NOK 67 million (around £5m) against an operational profit of NOK…
Read MoreNova Scotia premier opposes Cooke expansion plan
A potential dispute is looming between the aquaculture giant Cooke Seafood and the leader of the Nova Scotia regional government in Canada. Nova Scotia prime minister Tim Houston has come out against Cooke’s proposal to expand its salmon farm in Liverpool Bay through its Canadian aquaculture operation, trading as Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd. There has…
Read MoreAquaBounty set to sell Indiana RAS farm
North American land-based salmon farmer AquaBounty Technologies is putting its Indiana site on the market in an effort to raise funds and strengthen its balance sheet. In a stock market announcement yesterday, CEO Sylvia Wulf said: “We have been focused on securing funding for our near and long-term needs, so we can continue to pursue…
Read MoreSan Antonio conference set to break records
Aquaculture America 2024 will take place over February 18-21, 2024, at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio, Texas USA. The event is organised by the World Aquaculture Society. At this point it looks like Aquaculture America 2024 will be the largest Aquaculture America ever. The exhibit Hall is almost full, the program includes…
Read MoreKetchikan, Alaska set to host Seagriculture USA
Entrepreneurs, academics and other experts in the growing field of seaweed cultivation will be gathering in Ketchikan, Alaska for Seagriculture USA 2024, taking place over 11-12 September. Top speakers will share their insights on topics including seaweed for feed, food, offshore cultivation, biorefinery of seaweed, and much more. Alaska’s suitability for seaweed cultivation lies in…
Read MoreMowi Scotland’s Q4 harvest unchanged at 10,500 tonnes
Mowi Scotland harvested 10,500 tonnes of salmon in the final quarter of 2023. The figure was unchanged from the equivalent quarter the year before but the operation produced a loss, a trading update from the company today shows. Globally, Mowi – the world’s largest salmon farmer – produced 129,000 tonnes during the period and a…
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