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Land-based salmon farmer AquaBounty officially broke ground yesterday at its new site in Pioneer, Ohio. The recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) facility will have a capacity of 10,000 tonnes when completed. […] Continue Reading
The US lobby group Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS) is stepping up pressure on Congress to expand the country’s aquaculture sector. The organisation has sent a letter to both the […] Continue Reading
The Norwegian Seafood Council says sales of salmon to the United States rose by almost 50% during January. Seafood sales of all types totalled 10,000 tonnes during the month, a […] Continue Reading
A coalition representing the aquaculture industry has written an open letter to US President Joe Biden, arguing that more farming in the seas could help mitigate climate change, as well […] Continue Reading
Scottish salmon farmer Loch Duart has added a US operation to its existing French and UK sales offices. The US campaign will be led by Jim Scoon as US Vice-President, […] Continue Reading
A United States court has rejected a proposal to open up the Gulf of Mexico to fish farming. The US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans this week […] Continue Reading
THE United States is now the fourth largest fishing country in the world, yet remains a major importer especially of farmed products, a detailed new report on the US seafood […] Continue Reading
THE United States fishing watchdog body claims to have identified six nations — Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Nigeria, Nicaragua, and Portugal — as engaging in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activity. […] Continue Reading
FISHERMEN and seafood processors in Alaska are calling on the US Government to ban Russian fish imports as a tit-for-tat against Moscow’s move against food shipments from the West. Two weeks ago […] Continue Reading