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Alaska pollock quota increase nixed for 2024 US government steps up trade actions against imported shrimp Key anchovy harvest under threat from slowing catch rates, mini fishing bans Former US shrimp association executive charged with embezzling $3 million Mowi-backed salmon farmer forced to cull infected fish Sluggish holiday market driving down Norway salmon prices Aquaculture development group launching new shrimp farm Norway kicking off work on new aquaculture permit system Scottish Sea Farms ramps up capacity at key site Opinion: Cowardice got us into this mess, lying isn’t going to get us out

Alaska pollock quota increase nixed for 2024

Key anchovy harvest under threat from slowing catch rates, mini fishing bans

Sluggish holiday market driving down Norway salmon prices

Russia defies Ukraine war sanctions, continues to increase seafood exports, imports

US government steps up trade actions against imported shrimp

Mass die-offs shake regulator's confidence in Norway's salmon farming sector

Former US shrimp association executive charged with embezzling $3 million

Mystery surrounds abrupt spike in share price of embattled land-based salmon farmer

In surprise move, regulators recommend two competing Alaska pollock quotas for 2024 season

Opinion: Cowardice got us into this mess, lying isn’t going to get us out

Scottish Sea Farms ramps up capacity at key site

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Whitefish

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Alaska pollock quota increase nixed for 2024

In surprise move, regulators recommend two competing Alaska pollock quotas for 2024 season

Russia defies Ukraine war sanctions, continues to increase seafood exports, imports

Land-based whitefish farmer planning to double production

Seafood companies slowly restoring operations as threat of volcanic eruption lessens

Billionaire snaps up significant share in struggling Australian aquaculture producer

As US pollock quota decision nears, lobbyists and Native groups spar in court

Marel shareholder calls for strategic review after ‘low-ball’ takeover bid from US firm

UK's largest processor skids into the red as inflation 'impossible to avoid'

Promoter of innovative Alaska seafood products hires new CEO

'This has to stop': Fishermen blast new EU duty-free tariff scheme

Marel rejects takeover bid from US company

JBT's play for Marel part of long-term food vision

EU officially excludes Russian whitefish from duty-free scheme through 2026

US firm makes non-binding acquisition proposal for Marel

Whitefish farmer Clean Seas forced to downsize as market pressures close in

Bad run continues for Iceland Seafood International as losses widen

Aqua-Spark invests in Kenyan aquaculture tech startup

Statt Torsk buyer kicks off $9 million fundraising

Australian yellowtail farmer granted trading halt as share placement pends

Opinion

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A slow, painful decline into nothingness. Will this be Atlantic Sapphire's legacy?

Seafood consumers have vanished; are they gone for good?

Cheap labor often comes at a high price, and we are all complicit. It is time to change the rules of the supply chain.

Alaska king crab is back, but don't celebrate just yet

Salmon farmers have a very unusual problem

Is it finally time for a global shrimp promotion program?

I tested ChatGPT's seafood knowledge. Here's what I found.

Maybe it's time to stop telling so many seafood stories

Atle Eide: Salmon farming is becoming Norway's 'lost opportunity'

Here's why pivoting away from a full-service seafood department is smart business

A salmon tsunami is coming, and prices will drown

These 4 strategies could help clean up the global seafood supply chain and rid it of human rights abuses

Trident Seafood's Joe Bundrant: 'The entire industry needs to step up to a uniform standard of supply chain integrity'

Alaska pollock trawlers are once again looking at a hard cap on chum salmon bycatch

Market pressure is needed to keep advancing shrimp feed sustainability

Dark days haunt land-based salmon farmers AquaBounty and Atlantic Sapphire: Is the end near?

Opinion

Opinion: Mowi's CEO is committing reputational suicide

Cleanup on the seafood aisle: How are retailers going to mop up their seafood sales mess?

US wild shrimp association wants Congress to ban use of US tax dollars to promote imported seafood

Opinion: Atlantic Sapphire 'is a walking disaster'

Rich get richer: Norwegian seafood tycoons see fortunes rise

'Unbalanced media spotlight': Cermaq addresses fish deaths

How much longer will investors be willing to fund the rising cost of land-based farming projects?

Nissui snaps up seafood processor

'Mortal tax blow': Shrimp farmers fight back

Land-based whitefish farmer planning to double production

Markets

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US government approves purchase of nearly $120 million worth of Alaska sockeye, Pacific groundfish

Polar Seafood hunting for new frontiers to ease dependence on unstable UK market

'We learned our lesson': Danish trading group pivots away from China to Europe, with new markets in its sights

This slow-burn seafood company is ready to grab a slice of the $3.5 billion US snack market

Chile's Patagonia Seafarms ramps up farmed coho salmon strategy in US market

'The kind of consumer I don't want to lose': Analyst warns retailers to think carefully before removing fresh seafood counters

Nordic Group CEO: Norway's whitefish processors are struggling

Is this the end of plant-based 'seafood' in Europe?: Lawmakers put labeling rules under spotlight

Cooke salmon plant doubling processing capacity with new funding

AquaChile, Cermaq smolt supplier expanding with new hatchery

Spanish processors celebrate win with expanded EU duty-free import scheme

Rabobank: Global aquaculture production growth will outpace rival proteins in 2024

Why avocados might hold the key to growing shrimp consumption

European indoor shrimp farm readies for large-scale, high intensity production

Analyst: UK foodservice recovery stagnating, return to pre-pandemic dining levels still years away

Rabobank: Global farmed salmon production rebounding in 2024, but there could be a downside

UK's largest processor skids into the red as inflation 'impossible to avoid'

Cooke-owned Slade Gorton hires longtime Maine lobster marketer for executive role

Ukraine-bound Norwegian herring, mackerel, salmon stopped at Polish border

Promoter of innovative Alaska seafood products hires new CEO

Seafood group reorganizes to fuel expansion

Land-based salmon group hires advisors for upcoming financing round

US trade group agrees to manage new shrimp promotion group

Salmon delousing incidents kill 800,000 herring in BC

Trident, Channel Fish, winners of USDA pollock contracts

Billionaire snaps up significant share in struggling producer

In Case You Missed It

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US lawmakers ask Biden Administration to ban seafood imports from some Chinese provinces following Congressional hearing

'The company is not what it used to be': Share price unaffected by departure of Atlantic Sapphire CEO. Analysts think they know why

'I'm confident it will happen this time': Several 'serious buyers' exploring purchase of Alaska pollock giant American Seafoods

More Russian king, snow crab fisheries secure Marine Stewardship Council eco-label

Hired, fired, retired: Here are the seafood executives that switched roles last month

Powerful NGO planning to sue US government over killer whale deaths in Alaska trawl fisheries

'The industry needs to gain investor trust': Norway's Viking Aqua ready to build new land-based salmon farm, seeks investment partners

Dark days haunt land-based salmon farmers AquaBounty and Atlantic Sapphire: Is the end near?

Profand-owned US seafood giant Stavis Seafoods appoints new CEO

Opinion

Opinion: Mowi's CEO is committing reputational suicide by leading the charge against Norway's new salmon tax

'The entire industry value chain is under threat': Ecuador shrimp farmers to curb production amid rising debt and dwindling funds

From the Archive

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

Cooke denies it is revising its offer to acquire a stake in Spanish seafood producer Nueva Pescanova

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Parent of troubled Maine land-based salmon farmer American Aquafarms signs letter of intent with AquaBounty for collaboration, potential merger

Here's a ranking of how much salmon companies made for each kilo of fish they farmed across the world

Here are the world's largest RAS shrimp farming projects

Dormant US shrimp market could awaken in second half of the year

Joyvio files $921 million lawsuit against Australis citing 'one of the greatest frauds in Chilean history'

Skretting CEO: Company is prepared for shortfall from shock Peru anchovy cancellation, but 'feed prices are expected to increase'

Iceland's volcano threat subsides, bringing companies back to work

Delousing disaster at Cermaq kills thousands of salmon

Leroy recalls listeria-tainted product from retailers

Is this the end of plant-based 'seafood' in Europe?

Pollock producers fork out more cash to boost marketing

US lawmaker demands more intense screening of seafood imports from China

Shrimp

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'You are not going to serve farm-raised shrimp': US restaurant chain relies on domestic wild shrimp to attract customers

'We're not going to wait around': From downtown Los Angeles, this startup thinks market for indoor shrimp is ready to boom

CP Foods' indoor shrimp farm prepares to serve US market as 'grand opening' approaches

US government steps up trade actions against imported shrimp

Former US shrimp association executive charged with embezzling $3 million

Cost spiraling for Ecuador's shrimp farmers as fuel, feed and a fight against organized crime take a toll

Sri Lanka shrimp farm Taprobane secures $15 million to build out supply chain

As shrimp farming industry expands, investing in India's aquaculture feed sector 'a no-brainer' for Skretting

Aquaculture development group launching new shrimp farm

Ecuador shrimp producers fighting 'mortal sales tax blow'

Why avocados might hold the key to growing shrimp consumption

European indoor shrimp farm readies for large-scale, high intensity production

Rabobank: Global shrimp suppliers face challenging 2024

LETTER: US shrimp imports bringing an 'unjust end' to Gulf shrimp sector

Weak Chinese New Year demand spells more trouble for global shrimp suppliers

Shrimp tech group has big plans for the $13 million it just raised from investors

'Not a happy lot': India's shrimp industry deals with burgeoning production woes

Ecuador shrimp exports on cusp of new record

Price gap between seafood and rival proteins is crippling sales

New aquaculture joint venture wants to replace antibiotic use with probiotics technology

'We are resilient, but this is biology': Mowi CEO is not worried about salmon farming's reputation

Cooke salmon plant doubling processing capacity with new funding

As US pollock quota decision nears, lobbyists and Native groups spar in court

Officials pushing forward with salmon industry organized crime investigation

Rising costs, lower wholesale salmon prices dent Chile salmon farmer's profit

Supermarkets under fire for alleged farmed salmon 'greenwashing'

Land-based salmon

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Washington State inks deal with Canadian group to explore land-based salmon farming development

UPDATE

Nordic Aqua raises $30 million to double capacity in China

Norwegian group eyeing Washington state county for a land-based salmon farm

'We like the macro trends we see': Here is why this $1 billion investment fund is investing in land-based aquaculture

Land-based salmon farming group AquaCon pulls key permit application, forcing it to find new location for project

This company's land-based salmon are growing surprisingly fast

'It cannot be led from a distance': CEO of land-based farmer Salmon Evolution steps down

UPDATES

'This was the last thing the company needed': Analysts react to Atlantic Sapphire's latest news as share price crashes

Small towns and land-based salmon farms don't seem to be mixing very well

Japan land-based salmon farm Proximar kicks off production

'We are all losing out': Land-based salmon executives slam Norway's new tax proposals

GM salmon producer AquaBounty considering move into shrimp farming sector

Land-based farmer Salmon Evolution announces third successful smolt release

'The government is setting sea against land': Norway land-based salmon farmer Gigante voices shock at tax news

Mount Cook Alpine Salmon building New Zealand's first land-based salmon farm for king, sockeye salmon

Atlantic Sapphire's shares sink to historic low as investors get spooked by high mortality at land-based salmon operation

Atlantic Sapphire warns of 'inflationary pressure' as it works to complete next stage of development

This land-based salmon farmer is moving mountains to transform a struggling coal region

'Projects starting up in the next 3-5 years will be a lot stronger from day one': Billund CEO sees new, more stable era in land-based aquaculture

Nordic Aquafarms confident to start Maine construction next year with more legal challenges dismissed

Rabobank: Global aquaculture production growth will outpace rival proteins in 2024

Six killer whale deaths linked to Alaska flatfish vessels

Why avocados might hold the key to growing shrimp consumption

Bakkafrost feed barge sinks during storms in Scotland

Rabobank: Global shrimp suppliers face challenging 2024

AquaChile, Cermaq smolt supplier expanding with new hatchery

People

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The people behind Norwegian aquaculture got richer in 2022

Channel Fish hires new business development executive to drive expansion

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In pictures: IntraFish Seafood Leadership Breakfast in Boston 2023

Cooke-owned Slade Gorton hires longtime Maine lobster marketer for executive role

Promoter of innovative Alaska seafood products hires new CEO

US aquatech firm snaps up Benchmark executive to run Norway operations

Mowi-backed Icelandic salmon group appoints new executives

Whitby Seafoods adds to executive team to help drive growth

Cargill names new MD for its North Sea and Canada division

A year into the role, Lisa Wallenda Picard steers America's largest seafood trade group through the post-COVID era

Former American Seafoods CEO Bernt Bodal joins board of land-based salmon farmer

California seafood supplier sold

Land-based startup appoints former Kingfish CEO Maiman to lead its board of directors

Former Global Tuna Alliance, Pew executive Tom Pickerell lands new sustainability role

Sealaska CEO to step down as new leadership structure emerges

Royal Greenland names new global sales chief

Marel CEO steps down with immediate effect after 10 years at the helm

Alaska processor names new CEO, CFO

US seafood veteran steps down

Mowi wins permission for new farm in Scotland

Washington state moving ahead with land-based salmon farmer Sustainable Blue despite massive fish die-off

Processors celebrate win with expanded EU duty-free import scheme

Analyst: UK foodservice recovery stagnating, return to pre-pandemic dining levels still years away

European shrimp farm readies for large-scale, high intensity production

Global salmon production set to rebound, but there could be a downside

Finance

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Analysts: M&A outlook appears brighter as 2023 rolls on

Southwind Foods acquires seafood processor with 4 locations, reveals plans to build additional cold storage, processing facilities

Alaska Native Corporation Sealaska acquires Norwegian whitefish supplier

Mystery surrounds abrupt spike in share price of embattled land-based salmon farmer

Land-based salmon group hires advisors for upcoming financing round

Klaas Puul owner Sykes Seafood acquires assets of UK shellfish supplier The Big Prawn Co.

Judge dismisses Inland Fresh case over mismanagement of employee stock

The people behind Norwegian aquaculture got richer in 2022

Nissui snaps up seafood processor

Billionaire snaps up significant share in struggling Australian aquaculture producer

Alaska pollock producers forking over more money to boost marketing efforts

How much longer will investors be willing to fund the rising cost of land-based farming projects?

Thai Union inks $328 million sustainability-linked loan

Russia’s largest salmon farmer raises over $33 million through stock sale

Land-based farmer Andfjord Salmon logs first sales as build-out progresses ahead of schedule

UK's largest processor skids into the red as inflation 'impossible to avoid'

Challenging shrimp market, delayed lice treatments cause Benchmark's fourth quarter profit to drop

Once the biggest, Atlantic Sapphire now ranks close to bottom in the land-based salmon charts

Weak Chinese New Year demand spells more trouble for global shrimp suppliers

Canada's First Nations take the lead in restructuring BC salmon farming sector, deliver plan to government

Norway, UK, Canada among fishing nations failing to meet US environmental laws

Marel shareholder calls for strategic review after ‘low-ball’ takeover bid from US firm

Mowi produces first eggs from Scottish broodstock in two decades

Russia’s largest salmon farmer raises over $33 million through stock sale

'We are hanging on the weather gods': Will sky-high fishmeal prices persist in 2024?

Norway salmon prices stabilize as buyers hold back

Salmon

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There is a new ranking of the world's 15 largest farmed salmon producers

Diseases and lice now cost salmon companies as much as feed, new report finds

Mowi completes tie up with UK retail giant Asda in time for festive season

Salmon farmers dominate top 10 ranking of sustainable protein investments, with Mowi on top

Moody's downgrades smoked salmon producer Labeyrie over concerns about consumer spending

Mass die-offs shake regulator's confidence in Norway's salmon farming sector

Mowi-backed salmon farmer forced to cull infected fish

Norway to kick off work on new aquaculture permit system

Scottish Sea Farms ramps up capacity at key site

Mystery surrounds abrupt spike in share price of embattled land-based salmon farmer

Bill to revamp Iceland's aquaculture sector moves ahead

Regulatory overhaul riles salmon producers

Global Seafood Alliance executive joins Cooke

Land-based salmon group hires advisors for upcoming financing round

Salmon farmer reorganizes to fuel expansion

'Unbalanced media spotlight': Cermaq addresses herring bycatch deaths at its farms

The people behind Norwegian aquaculture got richer in 2022

Delousing disaster at Cermaq kills thousands of salmon

Leroy recalls listeria-tainted product from retailers

Rising costs, lower wholesale salmon prices dent Chile salmon farmer's profit

SalMar loses over a million salmon in jellyfish attack

Nova Sea salmon at risk of 'rapid culling' after disease suspected

Thai Union inks $328 million sustainability-linked loan

Ukraine-bound seafood stopped at Polish border

Swedish listeria outbreak traced back to Leroy

From riches to rags: Atlantic Sapphire's stock market value hits new low

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