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Is tuna sustainable? It's complicated. 'They can just forget it': Buyers push back on farmed salmon prices 'Close associate' of primary insider looks for $19 million slice of The Kingfish Company pie Salmon processor Isfjord Norway divests 6.5% shareholding in Norcod After falling short of ambitious aquaculture certification goals, the 'UN of farmed salmon' is back on track Norwegian salmon farmer inks deal with maritime industrial giant to build offshore fish farms Former Mowi Scotland boss joins rope manufacturer Garware Video: Cooke subsidiary Omega Protein sinks vessel to create artificial reef Seafood sales showing stunning rise over pre-pandemic levels at US retail Fire breaks out at salmon hatchery under construction in Norway; extent of damage unclear

After falling short of ambitious aquaculture certification goals, the 'UN of farmed salmon' is back on track

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Aquaculture Innovators: Meet the visionaries who are reshaping fish farming

Seafood sales showing stunning rise over pre-pandemic levels at US retail

'They can just forget it': Buyers push back on farmed salmon prices

Exclusive: Inflation Outlook

Aquaculture feed price rises are 'inevitable' as raw material costs soar

Salmon farmer inks deal with maritime industrial giant to build offshore fish farms

Is tuna sustainable? It's complicated.

Exclusive: Inflation Outlook

'Shipping companies are killing us': The explosion in logistics costs won't end anytime soon for seafood

Letter

Face it: Fishmeal is fading away as an aquaculture feed ingredient

'Close associate' of primary insider looks for $19 million slice of The Kingfish Company pie

Another day, another land-based salmon farming company plans an IPO

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Opinion

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

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?

LETTER

Land-based salmon farming explosion came from years of hard work, not NGOs' blessing

Salmon farming companies are racking up the 'green' wins. Why aren't investors rewarding them?

The Hotel California of eco-labels?

Letter

No large aquaculture operation has a free pass in the US

LETTER

'Do some research on your own': Clearwater founder spouts opinions, not facts on salmon farming

Opinion

Is tuna sustainable? It's complicated.

Face it: Fishmeal is fading away as an aquaculture feed ingredient

Is 'Shrimpspiracy' next? It just might be

Mowi and Leroy just upended land-based salmon farming

The one COVID-19 opportunity seafood has yet to corner

Would the world be better without voluntary certification standards?

Why are these people representing the aquaculture industry?

People want advice on land-based salmon farming projects. Here's what I tell them.

A flood of new funds are investing in aquaculture, fisheries and seafood. Will they succeed?

Sustainable fisheries are the secret ingredient in seafood's future

Jeff Bezos is investing his billions in the wrong kind of seafood

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Fishmeal market turning bullish, thanks in part to pigs

Private equity firm takes over aquatech company, brings ex-Mowi CEO on board

Salmon demand surges on US market as foodservice rebounds, retail strengthens

Foodservice in Focus

What can seafood expect when restaurants finally recover?

Will salmon giant Mowi ever expand into shrimp farming? It already has.

Bill Gates-backed alternative feeds supplier enters administration as financial woes pile up

Fresh seafood is hotter than ever at US supermarkets, but frozen, shelf-stable sales have cooled

High Liner sees $25 million shaved off sales, but contract wins offset declines

Attempted murder accusations prompt Samherji CEO to file charges against whistleblower

High Liner Foods CEO upbeat about restaurant recovery, plays down fish price inflation fears

US seafood per capita consumption sets record, but that's not the full story

Alaska pollock's first season ends with fillet block production down 34% from last year

M&S farmed salmon supplier gets RSPCA eco-label back following investigation

Salmon processor Gottfried Friedrichs to shutter German factory, shift production to Poland

Thai Union takes full ownership of German processor

Analysis

Ranking: Salmon farming companies' earnings per kilo plummet in first quarter

Salmon farmer nabs Whole Foods supplier of the year award

Sockeye salmon prices soar at retail, foodservice as buyers scramble for first Copper River catch

Mowi continues worldwide salmon brand push with Italian market launch

Royal Greenland's fresh fish ambitions will push the group outside its comfort zone

Former Mowi Scotland boss joins rope manufacturer Garware

IFFO exec: Why are people still talking about replacing fishmeal and fish oil in aquaculture?

US scallop, salmon sectors score big win as EU scraps 25% tariffs in Boeing-Airbus saga

Alaska pollock supply chain under stress as it strains to fill 'enormous pipeline'

ICES slashes Barents Sea cod, haddock advice

Salmon farming acquisition 'not the end of the road' for Dongwon as Korean giant eyes other species

People

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The shrimp bosses of tomorrow: Cargill gives rise to 100 female farmers through educational initiative

Former Mowi Scotland boss joins rope manufacturer Garware

Founder, staff abruptly quit Fair Trade shrimp producer to establish new operation

American Seafoods lands former top NOAA fisheries official

Former Hendrix aquaculture boss joins trout farmer as managing director

Sanford CFO resigns

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CEO Pay: Pandemic be damned, seafood's top executives take home healthy salaries

Ex-SalMar CEO, Norwegian billionaire buy into land-based salmon farming project

Peter Pan keeps poaching execs from rival seafood firms. What's the secret?

Young's on hiring spree as seafood demand soars in UK

Circumstances of Leroy employee's death draws criticism from Norwegian labor inspectors

SalMar chairman Atle Eide stepping down

Aquaculture Innovators: Meet the visionaries that are reshaping fish farming

Head of Hendrix Genetics aquaculture division to step down

Nordic Aquafarms' land-based yellowtail subsidiary brings on new CEO

Thai Union innovation exec moves to CP Foods

Ex-Mowi CEO Aarskog to resign from board of salmon farming giant

Stavis Seafoods adds operations exec to drive its overall growth strategy

Alternative feed ingredient firm brings ex-Cargill exec onboard as CEO

Don Lightner, shrimp industry veteran that helped solve EMS crisis, dies

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

Can World Cup star Alexis Sanchez help Chile sell more farmed salmon?

Nomad: 'There has never been a better, more encouraging opportunity' for new frozen seafood consumers to stick around

Aquaculture Stewardship Council launches new feed standard

Russian Aquaculture off to a strong start in 2021 against a backdrop of acquisitions

Cooke Aquaculture wins approval for Nova Scotia salmon hatchery

Land-based salmon

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PE fund buys RAS equipment supplier, creating vertically integrated land-based salmon farmer

Atlantic Sapphire raises $121 million to finance expansion

Large land-based projects 'not going to happen' in Scotland

Ex-SalMar CEO, Norwegian billionaire buy into land-based project

Amerra-backed biosciences group inks deal with land-based producer

LETTER

Land-based salmon explosion came from years of hard work, not NGOs' blessing

Update

'Pollutes': Land-based salmon farmer's offices defaced by vandals

Land-based salmon farming 'not the end of the road' for Dongwon as Korean giant eyes other species

Ex-Marine Harvest CEO: Salmon farming in traditional netpens likely gone within this decade

Grieg-backed land-based group inks deal with Japanese giant Marubeni

With ambitious US project delayed, investor uses Kuterra to learn its land-based lessons

Offshore or land-based? Why this exec thinks open ocean farming holds far less risk of 'dramatic failures'

Grieg-backed land-based salmon farmer drops plan for bond loan

Here's why traditional salmon farmers are not 'going for broke' on land-based technology

Pro-vegan activists that targeted Cooke's salmon operations now take aim at Atlantic Sapphire

Japan seafood giant Nichimo looks to land-based to shore up its future

Russian agriculture conglomerate breaks ground on land-based trout farm

Retailer expands sales of Atlantic Sapphire's salmon to 1,200 locations after positive reactions

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

The biggest land-based salmon skeptics? Companies actually producing salmon on land

Fully vaccinated OBI Seafoods worker tests COVID positive in Bristol Bay

One of the world's oldest salmon farmers is the newest to IPO

Namibian officials linked to Samherji 'Fishrot' scandal barred from entering US

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Alaska salmon season: Copper River fishery finally gets an opening

Mitsubishi canned seafood subsidiary Princes closes two plants following COVID-19 outbreak

Red Lobster lawsuit claims restaurant's sustainability claims are 'deceptive'

US shellfish wholesaler acquires two Maine lobster companies

EU deals potential setback to Benchmark’s rollout of new sea lice treatment

North Atlantic Seafood Forum

Alaska pollock supply challenges will dominate 2021; 'everything will be short and late,' says American Seafoods exec

North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group launches ‘policy FIP’ in attempt to relieve deadlock on pelagics management

'Strict controls' on overfishing leave Chinese market with holes to fill

Farmed salmon prices edge higher as bargain hunters enter the market

Whitefish

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Alaska pollock's first season ends with fillet block production down 34% from last year

High Liner sees $25 million shaved off sales, but contract wins offset declines

Espersen sees UK facility as key to growing market share

With Disneyland and KFC wins, Russian giant finds Chinese have a growing appetite for pollock

Royal Greenland's fresh fish ambitions will push the group outside its comfort zone

Russian pollock ‘A’ season ends with lower catch, huge spike in fillet output

Marine Stewardship Council: Norway's eco-label loss shows there is a ‘line in the sand’

‘On pace for another stellar year’: Birds Eye parent smashes another record as frozen food boom continues

A decade after collapse, cod farming is back. Can the industry get it right this time?

Seafood sales showing stunning rise over pre-pandemic levels at US retail

Russia’s longliners chase Marine Stewardship Council certification for more Pacific cod harvest

Namibian officials linked to Samherji 'Fishrot' scandal barred from entering US

ICES slashes Barents Sea cod, haddock advice for 2022

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

Exclusive: Inflation Outlook

Aquaculture feed price rises are 'inevitable' as raw material costs soar

UK seafood executive buys out Three Oceans subsidiary following Nissui takeover

Alaska pollock supply chain under stress as it strains to fill 'enormous pipeline'

Alaska pollock giant American Seafoods lands former top NOAA fisheries official

Exclusive: Inflation Outlook

'Shipping companies are killing us': The explosion in logistics costs won't end anytime soon for seafood

Workers at German frozen seafood giant Frosta strike, calling for a larger slice of spiking profits

Private equity group buys RAS supplier, creating vertically integrated land-based salmon group

UK seafood executive buys out Three Oceans subsidiary following Nissui takeover

Scottish salmon farmer Loch Duart secures additional bank financing, acquires feed barge

Sanford CFO resigns

Mowi-backed multi-trophic aquaculture project makes first seaweed harvest

China Fishery Group creditors greenlighted for takeover

Finance

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This investor is betting the impact of aquaculture tech is only just beginning

Norway Royal Salmon earnings sink 20% on ‘unsatisfactory’ costs, lower prices

‘Toughest year in recent history’: Market turmoil, plummeting prices hammer Royal Greenland

Flexible value chain stabilizes earnings for salmon farmer Bakkafrost, returning 'satisfactory' Q1

$100 million Walton-backed fund makes first seafood-related investments

Foley Fish snapped up by $1 billion foodservice distributor The Chef's Warehouse

Japan seafood giant Nichimo looks to land-based salmon to shore up its future

Spanish group Profand acquires Isidro 1952 assets

‘On pace for another stellar year’: Birds Eye parent smashes another record as frozen food boom continues

BioMar earnings hit by uncertainty in Chile salmon, Ecuador shrimp segments

Salmones Austral pushes back $47 million share issue, citing low farmed salmon prices and COVID

Russian investment fund plans $40 million land-based salmon farm in Kazakhstan

'Close associate' of primary insider looks for $19 million slice of The Kingfish Company pie

Salmon processor Isfjord Norway divests 6.5% shareholding in Norcod

Russian Aquaculture off to a strong start in 2021 against a backdrop of acquisitions

Ever heard of nanobubbles? This producer just secured $9 million in funding for aquaculture expansion

US shellfish wholesaler acquires two Maine lobster companies

UK seafood executive buys out Three Oceans subsidiary following Nissui takeover

Land-based salmon farming 'not the end of the road' for Dongwon as Korean giant eyes other species

Scottish salmon farmer Loch Duart secures additional bank financing, acquires feed barge

UPDATE

Peruvian anchovy harvesters closing in on 75% of quota

UPDATED

SalMar rakes in $330 million to spend on 'attractive investment opportunities'

Scotland's newest salmon farmer harvests first organic fish, inks Cargill partnership

Analysts: Here's what needs to happen for online seafood sales to continue rising

Lighthouse Finance land-based salmon farm signs with Amerra-backed biosciences group

ISA discovered at Norway Royal Salmon farm

Tuna

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Opinion

Is tuna sustainable? It's complicated.

Seafood sales showing stunning rise over pre-pandemic levels at US retail

Mitsubishi canned seafood subsidiary Princes closes two plants following COVID-19 outbreak

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

Exclusive: Inflation Outlook

'Shipping companies are killing us': The explosion in logistics costs won't end anytime soon for seafood

Founder, staff abruptly quit Fair Trade shrimp producer to establish new operation

US government to seize seafood imports from Chinese company over forced labor issues

US seafood per capita consumption sets record, but that's not the full story

Fire rips through processing facility at Spanish giant

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CEO Pay: Pandemic be damned, seafood's top executives take home healthy salaries

As canned tuna sales start to normalize, Thai Union still wins on fresh, frozen recovery

CEOs for Trident, American Seafoods, Bumble Bee among those backing $25 million in federal funds to market seafood

Thai Union sees 'meteoric' sales potential with first-ever King Oscar tuna launch into US

Two former Bumble Bee executives escape jail time in tuna price-fixing case

Sysco, Costco, Walmart close to $6.5 million price-fixing settlement with Thai Union's Chicken of the Sea

Tuna giant Sapmer pleads for crew vaccinations after COVID deaths

Flurry of directors pass through revolving door at Mitsubishi-owned Princes

Dolphin Safe group alleges 'Seaspiracy' left out critical details from executive's interview

Suez canal crisis may cause weeks of delays, higher freight costs for Asia-EU seafood shipments

First MSC-certified yellowfin tuna hits shelves of UK retailer Waitrose

DNB lifts farmed salmon price estimates, anticipating months of supply pressure

Workers at German frozen seafood giant Frosta strike, calling for a larger slice of spiking profits

Wild vs. farmed is back: But this time its cod in the crosshairs

Here's why the future is looking bright for seafood

AquaBounty salmon supplier: 'We’re trying to decide the right time to introduce it'

Buyer swoops in to acquire Marubeni's North Pacific Seafoods as Alaska salmon sector consolidation continues

The shrimp leaders of tomorrow: Cargill gives rise to 100 female farmers

Pacific whiting buyers brace for pressure as pollock shortfall causes domino effect on demand

Former Hendrix aquaculture boss joins trout farmer as managing director

Work begins on the latest Norebo pollock trawler, but Russia's fleet renewal program shows signs of stress

Listeria scare sparks massive recall of smoked salmon products across multiple US states

World's first fishing vessel boosted by auxiliary wind power system takes to sea