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The Alaska seafood industry is on the hunt for young European consumers 'We always work towards being No. 1': FAIRR sustainability ranking recognizes 'significant strides' by world's largest salmon farmer Mowi Sea lice, climate change fuel another mass die off at Mowi Canada After years without representation, fight heats up for Alaska Native seats on powerful fisheries council Chinese seafood processing hub shutdown to last into mid-January, creating fears of severe 'supply crunch' Global seabass, seabream production moves to more stable footing Mowi, Grieg, Leroy top sustainable protein producer ranking, but investors view industry growth as 'powder keg' of risk Salmon farming industry wrestles with its single biggest sustainability hurdle 'Van lads', tourists and social distancers: This UK firm turned pandemic into profit UPDATED: Here are the winners and losers in the salmon farming Q3 earnings race

Chinese seafood processing hub shutdown to last into mid-January, creating fears of severe 'supply crunch'

The Alaska seafood industry is on the hunt for young European consumers

Salmon farming industry wrestles with its single biggest sustainability hurdle

Mowi, Grieg, Leroy top sustainable protein producer ranking, but investors view industry growth as 'powder keg' of risk

'We always work towards being No. 1': FAIRR sustainability ranking recognizes 'significant strides' by world's largest salmon farmer Mowi

After years without representation, fight heats up for Alaska Native seats on powerful fisheries council

Sea lice, climate change fuel another mass die off at Mowi Canada

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Here are the winners and losers in the salmon farming Q3 earnings race

Maruha Nichiro joins the wave of price hikes as it announces frozen retail increase

Alaska pollock quota could see big reduction next year, further bad news for an already short supply

Ikea, Mowi, investment giants headline IntraFish Sustainable Seafood Summit

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Opinion

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Seafood's new race to the bottom: Carbon emissions

Here is why no British seafood brand will ever make it big in America

Are plant-based seafood labels really misleading? Judge for yourself.

Guest Commentary

How does the Bristol Bay wild sockeye salmon run keep breaking records?

Guest Commentary

It's time to put 'Blue Food' at the center of the climate negotiating table

Buckle up! The container clog may continue until consumer spending changes

Guest Commentary

Plant-based seafood needs accurate labeling. Let's call it mushed vegetables pressed into a shape.

Guest Commentary

The seafood industry cannot surrender to climate change

Letter

These are the critical reasons alternative seafood labeling has to improve, says former Stavis CEO

Guest Commentary

Who farmed this fish?

Politicians have failed Northeast Atlantic pelagic stocks. Will €244 billion change their minds?

Alaska pollock's crazy train to nowhere

Guest Commentary

The industry is missing the boat on tropical marine aquaculture

Guest Commentary

'Eating our Way to Extinction' had full access to Scottish salmon farms but chose not to come

Big agriculture is having a major FOMO moment about seafood

'You have been getting away with it': Shipping costs aren't rising, they're normalizing

Asking candidates about vaccination status 'a potential minefield for UK seafood employers'

Opinion

Here's why the future is looking bright for seafood

No, land-based salmon farming doesn't get a free sustainability pass

Has COVID cured you of seafood trade shows?

Global seabass, seabream production moves to more stable footing

'Van lads', tourists and social distancers: This UK firm turned pandemic into profit

'Grieg has been wise enough to see the writing on the wall': In landmark agreement, First Nation takes the lead on salmon farming lease

Russian fishing group acquires Barents Sea crab firm

Analyst predicts tilapia production growth as industry 'matures'

Mowi tallies up total losses from sea lice treatment mishap

Ecuador's shrimp industry watches with interest as Latin America's first insect meal plant launches

Alaska's shrinking wild salmon taking alarming toll on industry revenues

Finance

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'The ultimate goal is evolving': Aqua-Spark, Rabobank join latest financing round for aquaculture analytics group

Private equity firm invests in real-time fish monitoring group, its first ocean fund investment

This $6 billion magnate just made his first investment in salmon farming, and he did it in a land-based project

Icelandic giant Samherji rides out ‘roller coaster’ year but COVID takes a toll on earnings

Orca Bay, Odyssey merger created 'phenomenal' synergies ahead of Alaska Native group's exit

Sealaska sells off interest in Orca Bay, acquires stake in 2 Icelandic seafood firms

Stolt Sea Farm boosts revenue and profit as turbot and sole prices increase

Spain's Angulas Aguinaga acquires Italian seafood supplier

Salmon farming industry wrestles with its single biggest sustainability hurdle

Private equity group hits halfway mark on $140 million oceans fund, closes in on first aquaculture investment

New Kverva-backed venture capital fund targeting ocean investments shuts down after a year

Altor, Goldman Sachs-backed feed company looks for aquaculture growth strategy

Thai Union enters $7 million joint venture for new packaging company

Competition for aquaculture deals heats up as new suitors come calling

Russian fishing giant acquires Barents Sea group, expanding crab footprint

Chile's Camanchaca recovers as farmed salmon, wild catch operations deliver

Estonian seafood group PRFoods shutters ‘deeply unprofitable’ Finnish plant

Maruha Nichiro joins the wave of price hikes as it announces frozen retail increase

Benchmark raises $28 million, eyes Oslo listing

Interview

'We are very enthusiastic about finding other legs': Sanford CEO Peter Reidie on how he is future-proofing New Zealand's biggest seafood company

After long delay, land-based salmon farmer to begin construction next year

In world-first, Nissui harvests land-based farmed mackerel

First ever case of pathogenic ISA suspected in farmed salmon in Iceland

'We no longer need imported salmon': Russia gloats as farmed salmonid production passes milestone

Buckle up! The container clog may continue until consumer spending changes

Interview

'We are very enthusiastic about finding other legs': Sanford CEO on how he is future-proofing NZs biggest seafood company

Whitefish

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Major shipping line tells seafood firms to avoid China COVID-19 epicenter

Russia pollock quota to dip 3.5% in upcoming season

More big names awarded US government pollock bids, capping off near-record year

High Liner keeps grip on retail gains, gets earnings boost from foodservice recovery

American Seafoods: US government wants to 'effectively put almost everyone along the supply chain out of business'

Young's Seafood's American dream fizzles with loss of Walmart contract

Russian giant Norebo snaps up fishing assets from FEST Group

Does Russia still need the Chinese seafood processing sector?

US Customs says offers to give American Seafoods relief to move pollock have been rejected

King & Prince's new fish sandwich contract threatened by Alaska pollock Bayside chaos

Global seabass, seabream production moves to more stable footing

Editor's Picks: Shipping woes worsen, salmon farming milestone, Brexit battle bubbles over, offshore aquaculture ideas

Norwegian cod farmer Statt Torsk bumps up production plans for 2023

Alaska pollock quota could see big reduction next year, further bad news for an already tight supply

Salmon and whitefish giant Leroy Seafood inks deal to supply farmed cod from pilot project

Russian fishing giant acquires Barents Sea group, expanding crab footprint

Peter Pan CEO blasts Bayside Program for giving rivals 'unfair competitive advantage'

'It's brewing up a perfect storm': Fear grows as Norway's cod season approaches without Marine Stewardship Council certification

Russian Fishery Company begins to reap returns on value-added pollock investments as volumes surge

US surimi giants enter talks, but 'too early to speculate' on outcome

Global salmon production expected to rise 5% in 2022 as Chile stages major bounceback

Surging freight rates will have 'profound impact' on global trade for years, says UN agency

Russian billionaire snaps up pollock, salmon harvesting group

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Subscriber-only feature: A new way to track your news

Salmon and whitefish giant Leroy inks deal to supply farmed cod from pilot project

CEO of salmon egg producer AquaGen stepping down

People

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Executive named to spearhead Rokke and Witzoe's new offshore aquaculture venture

Nissui-owned King & Prince hires former SC Johnson R&D expert to lead innovation

Walmart supplier The Fishin' Co. goes on hiring, and firing, spree

This one-woman company saw a gap in the market for a different kind of branded seafood

Sainsbury's seafood veteran exits to join Aquaculture Stewardship Council

Dawnfresh executive joins Milarex to drive UK growth

Sunnyvale Seafood CEO departs

Chile salmon farmer Ventisqueros names new commercial chief

Bumble Bee hires former Danone executive to lead sales push

Blue Harvest Fisheries CEO: As global supply chains collapsed, domestic aquaculture took on new urgency

'Van lads', tourists and social distancers: This UK firm turned pandemic into profit

AquaGen CEO to stand down

BioMar appoints former Hendrix Genetics executive as marketing director for salmon

Norwegian salmon farmer Nordlaks appoints new CFO

Ocean Beauty hires Slade Gorton executive to head up West Coast sales

Chile salmon farmer Multiexport, fresh off rebranding, replaces long-time commercial manager

Commercial director of UK shellfish supplier Big Prawn exits

Skretting looks to new future with hire of global manager for closed aquaculture systems

Scottish Salmon Farms MD leaves aquaculture center board as Grieg UK acquisition decision looms

Atlantic Canada aquaculture industry leader departs

Chile's Camanchaca recovers as farmed salmon, wild catch operations deliver

Cod suppliers cross fingers for better Christmas sales in Brazil

Editor's Picks

Shipping woes worsen, salmon farming milestone, Brexit battle bubbles over, offshore aquaculture ideas

Shipping & Logistics

Major shipping line tells seafood firms to avoid China COVID-19 epicenter

'An extremely difficult situation': Nissui hikes surimi, frozen seafood prices as soaring costs tighten their grip

Norwegian cod farmer Statt Torsk bumps up production plans for 2023

Land-based salmon

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Largest-ever retail promotion of land-based farmed salmon falls short of expectations

This is how the Cargill-Salmon Evolution deal came together, and what's next for the partnership

Shares of land-based salmon farming group Atlantic Sapphire hit all-time low, but recover by day's end

Nutreco, Akva investing in US land-based salmon project AquaCon

Samherji expands farming facilities in 'precursor' to massive land-based salmon project

Can more 'focus on accountability' put Atlantic Sapphire back on track after string of disasters?

Analyst slashes target price for Atlantic Sapphire in half

'It wasn't selling': Atlantic Sapphire's land-based salmon dropped from key retailer

Land-based steelhead farming project hopes to give a Canadian lumber mill a new lease on life

'Norwegian land-based salmon operators have poisoned the well': Executive says rival's mistakes forced strategic shift

‘A bloodbath for RAS companies’: Nordic Aquafarms takes swipe at land-based salmon farmers who've gone 'big, too fast'

Another top executive leaves Atlantic Sapphire as group struggles with fire fallout

SalMar, Broodstock Capital's billionaire backers invest in land-based salmon farming project

Feuding politicians, social media trolls, even death threats: Developers of Europe's largest land-based salmon farming project are undeterred

Atlantic Sapphire explores raising steelhead trout, says species could be ideal for land-based Miami Bluehouse

$1 billion gone in just 8 months. Has the land-based salmon farming bubble finally burst?

Samherji executive on $370 million land-based plans: 'We know what we’re doing'

Nutreco: Slow growth, not mass-mortality, is biggest hurdle in land-based aquaculture's race to succeed

Atlantic Sapphire loses 17% of Danish harvest in another mass mortality event

Milarex owner makes investment in land-based fish farming firm

Kingfish Company finalizes purchase of land for US farming facility

Eastern European group shutters ‘deeply unprofitable’ seafood plant

Healthier salmon, cost reductions pay off for Cermaq Norway

Here's why this venture capital fund is backing Southwind's new plant-based seafood partner

Billionaire backer of GM salmon farmer AquaBounty dramatically sells down shareholding

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French fishermen temporarily blockade Channel tunnel in Brexit fight

In Case You Missed It

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Walmart supplier The Fishin' Co. goes on hiring and firing spree

Mowi holds back on Newfoundland expansion after steep losses in Canadian operations

'An ongoing nightmare': Seafood industry's shipping headaches grow as US ports overrun with traffic

Insurers becoming more willing to cover the risk of shipping seafood, but at a cost

These key strategies steered New England Seafood through the pandemic

Blue Harvest Fisheries CEO: As global supply chains collapsed, domestic aquaculture took on new urgency

Mowi's latest Canada farmed salmon loss was due to sea lice treatment

Shrimp sector battered by shipping delays as costs escalate

'Be fully in or don't do it all': New England Seafood CEO says Young's failure in US shows pitfalls of overseas expansion

Direct Seafoods: 'Enormous pent-up demand' fueling UK foodservice recovery

Toxic algae bloom causes big losses at Mowi Ireland salmon farming sites

'It's been a phenomenal year': Rabobank sees the farmed salmon ride continuing into 2022

Back in business: Alaska fish shipments via controversial Bayside route resume

'Capital is not the limit': Ferd and Broodstock seek more aquaculture investments

Espersen CEO: Logistics ‘mess’ could last up to 18 months, pressuring supply and prices

'The industry will recover, but it will take months': Vietnam pangasius industry struggles as pandemic grips the country

UK supplier New England Seafood banks on boom in chilled fish as it amps up retail listings

Alaska community development group acquires controlling stake in pollock supplier Glacier Fish

Value of frozen Alaska pollock predicted to slide this year, as COVID, harvest shortfalls hamper production

Swedish land-based salmon farmer is the latest to deploy 'circular economy' strategy

Fish health and genetics firm Benchmark raises $28 million, eyes Oslo listing

Blumar swings to Q3 profit on higher salmon prices

Here is why no British seafood brand will ever make it big in America

Alaska seafood companies look south as Mexican frozen market booms

Norwegian farmed salmon prices appear to soften in divided market

Salmon farmer Russian Aquaculture expects huge earnings boost on doubling of harvests

Careers

Managing Director, Grieg Seafood Sales North America Burnaby, BC

Managing Director, Grieg Seafood Sales North America Burnaby, BC

Grieg Seafood ASA

Ecuador on track to smash shrimp supply forecasts as farmers take advantage of red-hot markets

Chilean salmon farmer Blumar offloads joint venture to logistics giant

Interview

SalMar Aker Ocean accelerates offshore salmon farm plans: 'We stand on the shoulders of 50 years of oil and gas operations'

French processors want UK value-added seafood products used as bargaining chip to settle Brexit fight

Sykes Seafood reaches deal to acquire UK wholesaler, creating $500 million 'pan-European' giant

Norwegian salmon producer battling COVID-19 outbreak at processing facility

Markets

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'I thought there would be more ongoing activity': Economists surprised by sharp decline in online retail sales

Fresh seafood is breakout star at US retail in first half as frozen, canned loses ground

Britain's seafood sales blow past pre-pandemic levels, and shoppers head back to chilled section

Foodservice in Focus

'There has never been such a shift in how people get their food'

Foodservice in Focus

The 'frenemies' disrupting the restaurant business are poised to have a big impact on seafood

'Their story needs to be told': Executive behind Grieg's Skuna Bay sees gold in California trout farmer

Foodservice in Focus

What can seafood expect when the foodservice sector finally recovers?

Russia subsidizing rail transport as cold stores fill up with unsold pollock

Foodservice in Focus

Sysco-backed research shows how the pandemic brought 'profound shock' to the sector

Foodservice in Focus

How 'ghost kitchens' will change the game for seafood

'Van lads', tourists and social distancers: This UK firm turned pandemic into profit

Salmon and whitefish giant Leroy Seafood inks deal to supply farmed cod from pilot project

Maruha Nichiro joins the wave of price hikes as it announces frozen retail increase

Alaska's shrinking wild salmon taking alarming toll on industry revenues

Editor's Picks: Shipping woes worsen, salmon farming milestone, Brexit battle bubbles over, offshore aquaculture ideas

Cod suppliers cross fingers for better Christmas sales in Brazil

Alaska seafood companies look south as Mexican frozen market booms

French fire 'warning shots' ahead of port blockade in Brexit fight

Here's why this venture capital fund is backing Southwind's new plant-based seafood partner

Major shipping line tells seafood firms to avoid China COVID-19 epicenter

Mowi takes slice of Tesco private label salmon contract

How hot is the US fresh salmon market? Here are the numbers

AquaChile reaches deal to sell Rainforest tilapia operations

More big names awarded US government pollock bids, capping off near-record year

Cooke detects ISA virus in Newfoundland salmon farming facility

Interview

Seattle Fish CEO: Ambitious new owners open up new avenues for growth

Executive named to spearhead Rokke and Witzoe's new offshore aquaculture venture

Skretting supports EU efforts to ban illegal soy, but warns against unintended consequences

Editor's Picks

Bracing for a flood of salmon, shipping cost relief, a win for Mowi

After struggling with commodity sales, Visscher pivots to premium with Scottish trout partnership

Former Icicle Seafoods private equity owner invests in genetics group Hendrix

Acme Smoked Fish launches climate change innovation fund to honor late co-founder

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