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Chairman of GM salmon farmer AquaBounty retires Proposed measure to place strict new regulations on Maine land-based farming sector dealt a deadly blow 'Hostile to business': Mowi chairman tears into Norwegian government's salmon tax plan Opinion: Shifting from a full-service seafood department to self-service grab-and-go seafood is not surrendering. It's smart business Nordic Aqua Partners relocates headquarters Saudi Investment Group takes stake in Danish single-cell group Former prime minister demands changes to salmon tax proposal Norwegian finance minister says Mowi should contribute more Disgraced former Pescanova CEO finally heads to jail a decade after collapse of $3 billion giant Norwegian land-based salmon farmer Salmon Evolution signs green debt financing package

'Hostile to business': Mowi chairman tears into Norwegian government's salmon tax plan

Proposed measure to place strict new regulations on Maine land-based farming sector dealt a deadly blow

Former prime minister demands changes to Norway's salmon tax

'Super profits' keep coming back to haunt salmon farmers

'As bad as expected': Analysts serve judgement on Norway's revised salmon farming tax plan

Opinion: Shifting from a full-service seafood department to self-service grab-and-go seafood is not surrendering. It's smart business

Norwegian Finance Minister says Mowi should contribute more

Disgraced former Pescanova CEO finally heads to jail a decade after collapse of $3 billion giant

Norwegian land-based salmon farmer Salmon Evolution signs green debt financing package

Saudi Investment Group takes stake in Danish single-cell group

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Markets

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

UK fish and chip shops turn to South African hake to fill Russian supply gap

Ex-Grieg exec's seafood startup lands first major retail contract with UK chain

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

Pacific Seafood accused of illegally suppressing crab prices in lawsuit

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

Icelandic fishing giant Sildarvinnslan enters negotiations with Samherji to buy 50% of Ice Fresh Seafood

Norway's aquaculture suppliers expect further hold on investments following tax update

After initial uncertainty, investors send Norway farmed salmon shares higher after tax update

'With this proposal, there is no more money left': Mowi CEO slams Norway's updated salmon farming tax proposal

Details of Norway's controversial salmon tax proposal are finally released

Iceland's first seafood-focused private equity fund plans investment spree

Alaska pollock to the rescue as bird flu leads to 'egg shock' in Japan

Blue Harvest, Channel Fish among companies awarded $29 million US federal purchasing contract

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

Has a rebound begun? Some potentially promising signs emerge from February's US retail seafood sales numbers

Santa Monica Seafood expands to US East Coast with Maryland facility

'An easy choice': New England Seafood International gets edge in frozen-at-sea whitefish with latest acquisition

High inventories, cost-of-living crisis challenge US shrimp market

Indian shrimp farmers need a safety net. Could domestic consumption help cushion the falls?

Nordic Aqua Partners relocates headquarters

Icelandic fishing giant Sildarvinnslan enters negotiations with Samherji to buy 50% of Ice Fresh Seafood

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Salmon Tax Live: Industry reacts as Norwegian government finally releases details of the proposed tax

Investment group buys 44% stake in one of Norway's largest privately held salmon companies

Vice president of $1.8 billion Japanese seafood giant departing

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Chile environmental authority hints Australis may escape salmon overproduction fine

While sockeye salmon harvests explode in Bristol Bay, regulators fight to conserve kings

Whitefish

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Volume of pollock sales pass cod at UK retail for first time ever in past year

While most Lent promos come and go, Trident Seafoods and High Liner bank on this fast-food chain year-round

This is how 6 Alaska pollock social media influencers ignited a major lift in sales from Instagram followers

Alaska pollock industry warns of full fishery closure if subsistence advocates push through 'hard cap' on chum salmon bycatch

UK fish and chip shops turn to South African hake to fill Russian supply gap

Icelandic fishing giant Sildarvinnslan enters negotiations with Samherji to buy 50% of Ice Fresh Seafood

Report: Iberconsa enters formal talks to acquire fellow Spanish giant Nueva Pescanova

Despite tough sanctions talk, Europe's direct purchases of Russian whitefish reached nearly $1 billion last year

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Editor's Picks: A supply tsunami, a warning for retailers, and a chapter closes on land-based salmon

Norway's first land-based salmon farmer closes the chapter on the fish that started it all

America's $550 million in whitefish imports from China giving unfair back-door to Russia, groups argue

Troubled founder of Norcod, Maine salmon farming project escapes $2.6 million bankruptcy at last minute

Outlook 2023

Nordic CEO Morten Jensen: Atlantic cod industry will have to adapt to extraordinary market

European buyers unlikely to see relief on Alaska pollock prices with US market strong

Outlook 2023

Impatience with the status quo will push Alaska pollock marketing forward in 2023, says GAPP exec

McDonald's supplier Espersen suspends expansion strategy as ‘the world turns upside down’

Norway salmon and whitefish giant snaps up Danish group

Norebo's Vitaly Orlov transfers majority ownership in European arm to son

US Alaska pollock domestic fillet supply up 30 percent from last year as the product overtakes competitors

WWF study claims eco-credentials of plant-based fish fingers are superior to the real thing

Despite tough sanctions talk, Europe's direct purchases of Russian whitefish reached nearly $1 billion last year

Report: Iberconsa enters formal talks to acquire fellow Spanish giant Nueva Pescanova

'With this proposal, there is no more money left': Mowi CEO blasts updated salmon tax

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Details of Norway's controversial salmon tax proposal are finally released

US research firm wins award for real-time fish mortality detection system for land-based farming

Norway's aquaculture suppliers expect further hold on investments following tax update

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Ranking

Here are the world's biggest land-based salmon farming projects

Fortune International acquires $285 million US seafood processor

Volume of pollock sales pass cod at UK retail for first time ever, could surpass salmon in 2024

Nissui-backed mega shrimp-farm forced into administration as funding dries up

Peter Pan Seafood dives deeper into value-added production with acquisition of smoked salmon producer

Parent of Chile salmon farmer Ventisqueros calls off sales process

Pacific Seafood accused of illegally suppressing crab prices in lawsuit

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

Labeyrie-owned shrimp supplier Lyons Seafoods investigating bullying claims

'Difficult and unpredictable': Trident Seafoods pivots from China as logistics and US consumer demands change

'The simple answer is no': Skretting CEO says decline in aquaculture feed prices is unlikely anytime soon

'It doesn't get more radical than micro-reactors': One of the world's largest coldwater shrimp suppliers is pursuing a nuclear-powered trawler

Cermaq CEO: 'The most crazy decision I have seen in the history of the global salmon industry'

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Salmon farming giant Mowi snaps up troubled trout farmer

Massive land-based salmon project backed by Nutreco, American Seafoods board members loses executives as it struggles to raise funds

Mowi's cost-cutting spree isn't over, with another 400 jobs to disappear this year

Boston, Barcelona trade show chief leaves Diversified Communications for new role

After initial uncertainty, investors send Norway farmed salmon shares higher after tax update

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Chinese owners of Chile salmon farmer Australis sues former ownership for $1.2 billion

Iceland's first seafood-focused private equity fund plans investment spree

Norwegian authorities report Danish fish feed producer to police over farmed salmon escape

Bird flu is causing an 'egg shock' in Japan, and Nissui's pollock is benefitting

Shrimp

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With new technology and techniques, the global shrimp farming industry gets a second chance on mangroves

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

With a new round of funding under its belt, this startup sets sights on India's breakneck growth in seafood

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

Report: Iberconsa enters formal talks to acquire fellow Spanish giant Nueva Pescanova

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

Changes to Indian aquaculture bill could be 'game changer' for growth of shrimp farming industry

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Editor's Picks: A supply tsunami, a warning for retailers, and a chapter closes on land-based salmon

This company thinks the a land-based shrimp sector in the UK lacks one key sustainability element

Former Grieg executive's seafood startup lands first major retail contract with UK chain

'You are about to see the huge difference between us and everyone else': Europe's largest indoor shrimp producer readies expansion drive

Nutreco, Klaas Puul and novel feed suppliers crafted a plan to put a new kind of shrimp into retail stores. Here's how it came together.

Indian shrimp farmers need a safety net. Could domestic consumption help cushion the falls?

This biotech startup says it has the solution for building a new freshwater shrimp farming industry: get rid of all the males

Thai Union-backed plant-based seafood company raises $5 million in seed funding

Violent start to 2023 costs Ecuador farmed shrimp producers heavily as organized criminals wreak havoc

Editor's Picks: Cooke's pot o' gold, land-based salmon fantasies, and sustainable seafood with a pinch of salt

Has a rebound begun? Some potentially promising signs emerge from February's US retail seafood sales numbers

'Concerned and disappointed': Norway salmon industry trade group slams latest tax proposals

Changes to Indian aquaculture bill could be 'game changer' for growth of shrimp farming industry

Seafood supplier opening new facility targeting buyers wanting to avoid controversial tuna treatment

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A supply tsunami, a warning for retailers, and a chapter closes on land-based salmon

'Dropping like a stone': Salmon spot prices fall sharply as buyers dig in heels

With salmon tax proposal imminent, key political party in Norway wants to hike rate even higher

People

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Chairman of GM salmon farmer AquaBounty retires

Disgraced former Pescanova CEO finally heads to jail a decade after collapse of $3 billion giant

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Vice president of $1.8 billion Japanese seafood giant departing

Boston, Barcelona trade show chief leaves Diversified Communications for new role

Global Salmon Initiative names Nova Sea exec as new co-chair

Former Grieg executive's seafood startup lands first major retail contract with UK chain

Scottish salmon farmer Loch Duart appoints new operations director

Here’s how much the top execs at Mowi earned last year

Birds Eye GM named chief marketing officer at parent Nomad Foods

Tom Pickerell stepping down as head of Global Tuna Alliance

UK's Hilton Food Group appoints new head of seafood purchasing

MSC market development manager departs for new role

OBI Seafoods has new VP of brand development

Land-based salmon group appoints Atle Eide, Therese Log Bergjord, Aino Olaisen to board

Royal Greenland names new North America director

Labeyrie-owned shrimp supplier Lyons Seafoods investigating bullying claims

'It wasn't clear if I was part of the problem or the solution': Milarex CEO's best leadership lessons came from vulnerability, and the football pitch

Ex-Ocean Beauty, Trident Seafoods executive to spearhead market development for seafood certification group

Russia keeps up hope for growing domestic market as sanctions close doors overseas

CP Foods' indoor shrimp farm on the brink of attacking the US market

This company thinks the a land-based shrimp sector in the UK lacks one key sustainability element

Alaska pollock industry warns of full fishery closure if subsistence advocates push through 'hard cap' on chum salmon bycatch

Flush with $250 million, Cargill-backed insect meal producer ramping up production for aquaculture market

Tuna giant Bumble Bee forced to remove claims it has a 'fair and safe supply chain' from website as part of lawsuit settlement

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

Saudi Investment Group takes stake in Danish single-cell group

Norwegian Finance Minister says Mowi should contribute more

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

Norwegian land-based salmon farmer Salmon Evolution signs green debt financing package

Bewi Invest buys 44% stake in one of Norway's largest privately held salmon groups

Icelandic fishing giant Sildarvinnslan enters negotiations with Samherji to buy 50% of Ice Fresh Seafood

'As bad as expected': Analysts serve judgement on Norway's revised salmon farming tax plan

Report: Iberconsa enters formal talks to acquire fellow Spanish giant Nueva Pescanova

After initial uncertainty, investors send Norway farmed salmon shares higher after tax update

Details of Norway's controversial salmon tax proposal are finally released

Iceland's first seafood-focused private equity fund plans investment spree

Alaska salmon processor Silver Bay Seafoods assessing company's value as Starkist owner considers selling down its stake

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

Norwegian marine company signs M&A deal to strengthen aquaculture offerings

Cooke, Red Chamber offered 'blank check' to buy Nueva Pescanova for €700 million

Former owner of Danish salmon processor explores sale of its sushi restaurant chain

Investor finds huge demand for ocean fund, exceeding fund target by $50 million

Bregal-backed Blue Harvest suspends plant operations in New Bedford

Russian scientists forecast fourth-largest wild salmon catch in history this year

Mowi CEO takes to CNN to make case against salmon farming tax

Former Grieg exec's startup scores big win with retail contract

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

Low oxygen chokes off 30,000 fish at Chile salmon farmer Multi X

Land-based salmon

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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

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'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

Nutreco-backed group says it can fetch a $15 per kilo margin for land-based salmon grown in China

Alaska's Silver Bay Seafoods assessing company's value as Starkist owner considers selling down its stake

Farmed salmon market prices soften on US market ahead of Easter rush

Here’s how much the top execs at Mowi earned last year

US retail sales of plant-based seafood plummeting this year

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

Blue Harvest, Channel Fish among companies awarded $29 million US federal purchasing contract

Opinion

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Norway's contract stalemate is now hitting the world's largest salmon buyers

Salmon farmers can't get offshore fast enough

LETTER: NOAA’s aquaculture plan is 'more of the same old story'

Opinion

Poor little rich kids: Norway's salmon farm owners shouldn't be surprised by the resource tax

NOAA's new five-year aquaculture plan is 42 years in the making and still behind the times

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Christy Walton: It's time to think differently about investing in aquaculture

McDonald's just gave the seafood industry something to chew on

There is a better and quicker way to create a national seafood marketing program

Is the seafood sector's pressure campaign to sustainably manage Atlantic pelagic stocks working?

'Imitation crab' is proof we have a major problem with plant-based seafood labeling

Podcast: Understanding the Norway salmon farming tax, plus what an eco-label really buys your seafood

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These numbers could wipe the smiles off salmon famers' faces

Buyers of Chilean salmon need to play a role in improving diver safety on farms

Big agriculture is having a major FOMO moment about seafood

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

It happened in Canada's salmon farming sector. Will it happen in Chile's?

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

Threat of EU tariffs on Scottish farmed salmon fades after lawmakers in UK approve revised Brexit deal

Outlook for seafood M&As brightens as 2023 rolls on, analysts say

Former NTS owner Helge Gaso invests in cod and salmon fry producer

Will Lidl's landmark commitment to plant-based products hurt seafood?

Genetically modified rapeseed oil poses no health or environmental risks says Norwegian food safety body

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

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

Proposed measure to place strict new regulations on Maine land-based farming sector dealt a deadly blow

'Hostile to business': Mowi chairman tears into Norwegian government's salmon tax plan

Nordic Aqua Partners relocates headquarters

Former prime minister demands changes to Norway's salmon tax

Norwegian Finance Minister says Mowi should contribute more

Norwegian land-based salmon farmer Salmon Evolution signs green debt financing package

Chile environmental authority hints Australis may escape salmon overproduction fine

While sockeye salmon harvests explode in Bristol Bay, regulators fight to conserve kings

Bewi Invest buys 44% stake in one of Norway's largest privately held salmon groups

Norway's aquaculture suppliers expect further hold on investments following tax update

Global Salmon Initiative names Nova Sea exec as new co-chair

'Super profits' keep coming back to haunt salmon farmers

'As bad as expected': Analysts serve judgement on Norway's revised salmon farming tax plan

Report: Iberconsa enters formal talks to acquire fellow Spanish giant Nueva Pescanova

Norwegian authorities report Danish fish feed producer to police over farmed salmon escape

Cooke, Red Chamber offered 'blank check' to buy Nueva Pescanova for €700 million

Norway's first land-based salmon farmer closes a chapter on the fish that started it all

A salmon tsunami is coming, and prices will drown

Land-based salmon farmer Proximar transfers first fish to smolt facility

Grieg, Mowi, Cermaq request judicial review of closure of Discovery Islands salmon farming operations

Norwegian marine company signs M&A deal to strengthen aquaculture offerings

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