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Fire ravages production at Nissui factory Developers of Europe's largest land-based salmon farming project unfazed by heated debate Benchmark's 'CleanTreat' vessel arrives in Norway, bringing promise of breakthrough sea lice treatment GM farmed salmon producer AquaBounty passes 'significant milestones', but investors remain wary Group backed by Broodstock Capital owner acquires aquaculture health firm PatoGen Grieg Seafood board member departs Norwegian cod farmer suffers escape after net tear Nutreco establishes two feed joint ventures in Africa Barramundi Group plans Oslo listing China suspends two Ecuadorian shrimp exporters

Developers of Europe's largest land-based salmon farming project unfazed by heated debate

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'It's collateral damage': Salmon farming industry ensnared in fight for indigenous rights in Chile

Aquaculture needs more women of color. Here's how Imani Black is making that happen.

Fire ravages production at Nissui factory

Is wood farmed salmon’s new super food?

Benchmark's 'CleanTreat' vessel arrives in Norway, bringing promise of breakthrough sea lice treatment

Barramundi farmer is the latest group to plan IPO

Shipping container crisis poised to continue as shortages outstrip new production

Nutreco establishes two feed joint ventures in Africa

Group backed by Broodstock Capital owner acquires aquaculture health firm

'We walk a tightrope every week': Labor shortages give seafood sector a major headache

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Former Sysco seafood director joins expanding seafood distribution firm

Shrimp supplier Del Pacifico Seafoods hires new vice president of sales

Biomar promotes exec to help spearhead digital marketing strategy

Fortune Foods loses business manger to trout farmer Riverence

High Liner names new chief commercial officer with lengthy tenure at Mondelez, Kraft

Regal Springs appoints new corporate affairs head

Krill harvester Aker BioMarine bolsters human health, nutrition team

Marine Stewardship Council appoints new Americas director

Newly merged Norwegian salmon giant names managing director

Grieg Seafood board member departs

'We walk a tightrope every week': Labor shortages give seafood sector a major headache

Interactive

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

Aquaculture needs more women of color. Here's how Imani Black is making that happen.

'Pingdemic' blowback forces UK to loosen COVID rules for food sector workers

Plant-based tuna maker Finless Foods names new strategy officer

Cooke Aquaculture Scotland appoints new finance chief

Nordic seafood giant Insula appoints new CEO to spearhead ambitious growth strategy

Lidl chilled seafood supplier appoints ex-Young's executive to head up CSR

Peter Pan adds value-added specialist to its leadership team

Pacifico hires former Mowi executive as its new CEO

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

Higher prices for cod ‘must be expected’ in 2022

'It is a great risk': India seafood association warns members not to export to China

French supplier moves deeper into premium smoked salmon with acquisition

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

Exclusive: Inflation Outlook

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

China disruptions mean cod, haddock shortfall likely to continue

'It's one of the worst collapses ever': Farmed salmon prices suffer summer bloodbath

Lobster prices are soaring: 'It's not just a marathon, it's a whole sprint'

Here is seafood-focused private equity group Aqua-Spark's latest investment

Here's what the major buyers are paying for Bristol Bay sockeye salmon

Retailer suspends Mowi via tweet, then changes course

Alaska processing plant reopens after COVID outbreak shutters facility

Video shows smoldering trucks carrying live Chilean salmon

EU says price-fixing lawsuit against salmon giants in US is compromising its investigation

Interview

'We are not done until we are 50/50': Skretting CEO outlines her vision for gender equity in seafood

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

Cermaq pleads again with Canadian government for crucial salmon transfer approval

Chilean recovery of Chinese salmon market still a long way off

Exclusive: Inflation Outlook

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

Salmon reigns supreme at UK retail as pandemic sees demand explode

Russia ready to take on American 'monopoly' on high-quality pollock

US government continues Alaska pollock feeding frenzy

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Aquaculture Innovators: Meet the visionaries who are reshaping fish farming

Mowi forced to submit additional environmental assessment for Canada hatchery expansion

Clean Seas reports solid sales volumes as lockdowns ease

Land-based salmon

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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

New Chile-backed company applies to build land-based farm in Canada

Andfjord to accelerate expansion to further de-risk project

AquaMaof: ‘Salmon is just the tip of the iceberg’ for RAS

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

The upsides of starting local: Salmon Evolution on why it is building its first oepration in Norway

Listing in Oslo both a strength and challenge for land-based companies

Norwegian salmon group Gigante debuts on Oslo stock exchange

Land-based shrimp farming poised for a salmon-like investor boom

Proximar signs egg deal with Benchmark for Japan land-based salmon farm

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

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

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

Land-based farmer Salmon Evolution steps up to Oslo's main board

Atlantic Sapphire raises $121 million to finance expansion

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

LETTER

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

Nissui notches up another ASC greenlit salmon farm as it looks to kickstart exports

Brazil's farmed salmon imports are surging, but buyers are raising red flags

Chinese tilapia titan plows $37 million into new factory

Labor shortage, small fish drive Alaska pollock prices higher

'We want our fish to be wild': Alaska congressman moves to block offshore aquaculture

Investigation finds no evidence of welfare violations at Mowi salmon farms filmed by activist

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

Beyond Meat backer ramps up investment in NovoNutrients' alternative fish feed

Vietnam tuna exports burst back onto US market

GM salmon producer AquaBounty reveals location of $200 million land-based farm

Inflation in Focus

'This is a perfect storm for exploding prices': High metal prices putting the crimp on seafood canners

'There’s an amazing volume of fish going by': Alaska pink salmon fishery comes alive

Whitefish

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Russia pollock suppliers 'even stronger' following new Marine Stewardship Council certification

German frozen giant forced to raise prices as supply chain, packaging costs bite

Cod farmer loses 48,000 fish in ‘sudden mortality’ event

Espersen acquires Royal Greenland frozen retail business

Seabass prices heading for record levels this summer as supply dwindles

Cod farming investment boosts fortunes at Danish seafood group Sirena

'They might not like to lose the monopoly': Russia's drive to produce higher-quality pollock threatens American dominance

Labor shortage, small fish drive Alaska pollock prices higher

Higher prices for cod ‘must be expected’ for 2022 amid proposed quota cuts

Norebo given 'preliminary greenlight' for $116 million acquisition

Norwegian cod farmer suffers escape after net tear

Nutreco establishes two feed joint ventures in Africa

Barramundi Group plans Oslo listing

Russia looks to free up overloaded pollock storage with subsidized rail transport

US government plans another massive Alaska pollock purchase

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

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

Small fish frustrate Alaska pollock suppliers; closing pollock block production gap now seems unlikely

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

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

Land-based salmon farmer continues losing money despite Marubeni, Nissui backing

Huge chunk of 'sustainable' tuna stocks risks losing MSC certification

You can now buy farmed salmon with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

Norwegian cod farmer successfully transfers 2.4 million juveniles to the sea

What does the undercover video of Mowi salmon farms tell us?

New Brazilian shrimp 'condominium' targets international investors

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

SalMar CEO: Offshore and coastal salmon farming go 'hand-in-hand'

Opinion

Aquaculture Stewardship Council CEO: 'We can’t ignore these criticisms'

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?

Russian crab giant's overseas sales boom in first half

Deadline extended for Huon Aquaculture bids

Peru's Exalmar's Q2 earnings soar on buoyant anchovy supply

Here's what the largest companies are paying for Bristol Bay sockeye

USDA seeking bids on nearly 75,000 cases of canned Alaska salmon

Alaska pollock's carbon footprint tiny compared to beef, chicken, plant-based fish alternatives

Finance

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

Grieg enters discussions to sell Scottish salmon farms

Listing in Oslo both a strength and challenge for land-based companies

Fisheries giant Pelagia acquires byproducts company

Maruha Nichiro gobbles up processor in drive to grow value chain

Australian agri-giant acquires $15 million stake in salmon farmer

Salmon farmer plans IPO for new land-based project

GM farmed salmon producer AquaBounty passes 'significant milestones', but investors remain wary

Barramundi Group plans Oslo listing

Clean Seas reports solid sales volumes as lockdowns ease

Chinese tilapia titan plows $37 million into new seafood processing plant

Beyond Meat backer ramps up investment in NovoNutrients' alternative fish feed

You can now buy farmed salmon with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

Deadline for Huon Aquaculture bids extended

Norwegian salmon smolt producer completes $17 million IPO, readies to list

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

It's no surprise that this private equity group's first investment is land-based aquaculture

Explosion in demand from salmon sector pushes Marel equipment orders to record high

Norway Royal Salmon board instructs shareholders to reject takeover offer from NTS

More investors bank on Indian AI aquaculture group

'It's one of the worst collapses ever': Farmed salmon prices suffer summer bloodbath

Norwegian salmon smolt producer completes $17 million IPO, readies to list

'Pingdemic' blowback forces UK to loosen COVID rules for food sector workers

Pangasius giant Vinh Hoan invests in cell-based seafood producer

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

Russian shipyard launches third pollock supertrawler for RFC

Tuna

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Vietnam tuna exports burst back onto US market

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

Inflation in Focus

'This is a perfect storm for exploding prices': High metal prices putting the crimp on seafood canners

MSC threatens to pull certification for huge chunk of 'sustainable' tuna stocks

Plant-based tuna maker Finless Foods names new strategy officer

Mitsubishi-owned Princes operation struggles to contain COVID outbreak with over 200 confirmed cases

Watchdog finds some of 'mercury tested' canned tuna group's marketing claims misleading

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

Supplier launches new retail line to take advantage of hot Spanish seafood market

Court denies former Bumble Bee CEO Lischewski's appeal

Maruha Nichiro gobbles up Japan tuna processor in drive to grow value chain

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

US lawmaker proposes fishing legislation focused on climate change

'It is a great risk': India seafood association warns members not to export to China

Russia makes first real-time remote inspection of Chile farmed salmon plant

As COVID snarls China, Ecuador shrimp farmers finding other hungry markets

Norway Royal Salmon board instructs shareholders to reject takeover offer

Alaska salmon processing plant reopens after COVID outbreak shutters facility

Cod farmer lost 48,000 fish in ‘sudden mortality’ event

It's no surprise that this investment firm's first play is land-based aquaculture

Alaska pollock markets are booming, but small fish a growing concern for harvesters

RSPCA certifier investigating allegations against Mowi salmon farms

$50 billion meat giant JBS reportedly eyeing salmon farmer Huon

Wild Pacific salmon are invading Norway. This company wants to eat away the problem.