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Foodservice giant Sysco plans to shutter M&J Seafood sites in UK EXCLUSIVE | Seafood CEO Salary Ranking: Here is what top executives were paid in a turbulent year Iceland's salmon farming sector ripe for further consolidation Cermaq CEO rules out land-based salmon farming, at least in the short term Barramundi Group planning $245 million expansion in Australia Thai Union subsidiary offloads shuttered processing operation to Polish seafood company China Fishery wants to sell swanky Hong Kong club memberships to fund bankruptcy sale Trident, American Seafoods are winners in new $10 million US pollock bid Best Aquaculture Practices eco-label fails to protect Aldi against deceptive farmed salmon allegations US tuna company wins Whole Foods supplier of the year award

EXCLUSIVE | Seafood CEO Salary Ranking: Here is what top executives were paid in a turbulent year

Foodservice giant Sysco plans to shutter M&J Seafood sites in UK

Cermaq CEO rules out land-based salmon farming, at least in the short term

Iceland's salmon farming sector ripe for further consolidation

Barramundi Group lines up investors for $245 million Australian expansion

'Their greed is stifling the industry'

This land-based salmon farming project seems to have everything it needs. So why did its equipment supplier just remove the project from its books?

China Fishery wants to sell swanky Hong Kong club memberships to fund bankruptcy sale

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Thai Union subsidiary sells shuttered salmon processing operation

Chairman of Danish group Kangamiut steps down over continued purchases of Russian seafood

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EXCLUSIVE | First-quarter boom in seafood deals offers a glimpse of the sector's future

‘Simply impossible’ to substitute Russian pollock, says one of Europe’s largest whitefish processors

Can pangasius fill the whitefish void in wake of Russian shutdowns?

Two months after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, here are the key companies that have (and have not) cut ties

Atlantic Sapphire CEO's advice to land-based rival: 'Don't underestimate scale of the task'

Red Lobster quietly removed pollock from its menu. The replacement fish may surprise you.

Buyers eager for Pacific hake in red-hot whitefish market

Native companies snap up sizeable stake in New Zealand salmon farmer

'It’s going to be a big balancing act': New seafood processing hubs to emerge from global crises, Slade Gorton CEO says

With $400 million in the balance, Alaska pollock industry wonders when judge will rule on controversial Bayside route

Cruise lines poised to rebound, sparking optimism for seafood suppliers

Chile's Camanchaca aims to use new Europe headquarters as springboard for growth

After three weak years, Mowi's Canada salmon farming operations turn in surprise performance

Russia’s seafood industry searching for routes to ease sanction pressure

'People are going to have to be more adventurous': Ukraine crisis forces UK fish and chip shops to trial cheaper alternative species

Russia's invasion forces Europe’s largest shrimp farm to close after just four months of operation

'They cannot survive': Extended lockdowns put China seafood businesses at risk

'Fast, nimble, high growth': What does Maruha Nichiro see in its latest investment?

Eight years into investment, Nissui-backed Australian mega shrimp farm deemed ‘not viable'

Glenn Cooke: This is why land-based will never take over salmon farming

French venture capital firm's new fund targeting sustainable aquaculture, blue economy investments

First prices for Copper River salmon are in, showing rise in grounds prices and massive jump at retail

New Zealand seafood giant Sanford delivers more 'palatable' results but faces supply, labor hurdles

Following in Russian Fishery's footsteps, Gidrostroy begins pollock surimi production on revamped trawler

Trident, American Seafoods are winners in new $10 million US pollock bid

Best Aquaculture Practices eco-label fails to protect Aldi against deceptive farmed salmon allegations

'Off the charts': Copper River salmon is already nearing $1,000 or more per fish -- and that's just for pre-orders

SalMar-owned Icelandic salmon farmer plans 80,000-ton processing plant

Finance

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Analyst: Thai Union executives guilty of insider trading should resign to avoid 'long-term negative issues'

Fortune International makes yet another acquisition

Private equity owner plans to sell Danish salmon smoker

Australian fishing giant Austral Fisheries acquires seafood processor

Spain's Profand snaps up majority stake in Greek bass, bream producer

Investor's faith in new oceans fund unshaken by global economic uncertainty

Owner of Russian Fishery sells out on same day US treasury department applies sanctions

With over 60 major deals last year, even COVID can't stop seafood's M&A streak

AquaChile takes $36 million bath on sale of tilapia farming operations

This ocean-focused investment fund has 600 deals in the pipeline. It wants more.

Interview

'We've got a big year planned': Smoked fish giant Acme acquires new facility to feed expansion

'Fast, nimble, high growth': What does Maruha Nichiro see in its latest investment?

Fund launched by Dutch banking giant on the hunt for aquaculture deals after Aqua-Spark investment

Private equity's massive war chest puts seafood industry in the crosshairs

$48 trillion investor group calls for urgent action on feed alternatives as salmon farming industry approaches 'supply shock'

EXCLUSIVE | Seafood CEO Salary Ranking: Here is what top executives were paid in a turbulent year

Iceland's salmon farming sector ripe for further consolidation

Barramundi Group planning $245 million expansion in Australia

Thai Union subsidiary offloads shuttered processing operation to Polish seafood company

New Zealand seafood giant Sanford delivers more 'palatable' results but faces supply, labor hurdles

Largest US trout farmer forms joint venture to produce feed using fishmeal alternative

Russian pollock suppliers turn to domestic market, and see opening to push out farmed whitefish

Just 3 species account for over half of all US seafood consumption

Iceland Seafood International topples into the red as it battles ‘extreme’ price increases

US sales of fresh seafood tumble as prices soar; canned seafood rallies

Labor market remains tough as Alaska pollock producers head in to lucrative "B" season

People

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Mowi executive moves into newly created operations director role

North American shellfish giant names Mazzetta CEO

Former COO of Walmart supplier Fishin’ Company named president at supply chain traceability group

Land-based coho salmon farmer names former New Zealand King Salmon executive its new CEO

Salmonor CEO steps down to take over as NTS chair

The Kingfish Company founder becomes chief tech officer under executive shake-up

Cuna del Mar-backed aquaculture genetics group expands breeding research team

Japan land-based salmon farmer names Nutreco veteran to board

Mowi Ireland names new operations director

Honey Smoked Fish Co. hires Hofseth executive to lead business development efforts

OBI Seafoods hires away Peter Pan executive

Longtime Red Lobster, Sysco seafood director joins Fortune in newly created procurement role

Blue Harvest names new president, launches ambitious plan for New England groundfish

EXCLUSIVE | Seafood CEO Salary Ranking: Here is what top executives were paid in a turbulent year

Former CEO of Icicle and Bristol Bay Seafood Investments joins board of $8 billion lumber company

Cermaq head of global sales to depart

Thai Union appoints new chairman following insider trading scandal

Former Fishin' Co. president joins Mauritius seafood supplier Afritex

Seafarms CEO quits after deeming massive shrimp farm project 'unviable'

People Moves: See which executives changed roles last month

Does Ukraine's aquaculture industry have a post-war future?

US tuna company wins Whole Foods supplier of the year award

Thai Union invests in micro-algae ingredients producer

'It is strange more people don't see it': Despite a record-low share price and a need for fresh equity, Atlantic Sapphire CEO remains optimistic

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Copper River salmon season 2022: product remains pricey

Former CEO of Icicle and Bristol Bay Seafood Investments joins board of $8 billion lumber company

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High, but not 'salmon high': Despite surging whitefish prices, Espersen says customers accepting inflationary increases

Chilean producer expects spike in farmed coho salmon prices as US retail demand builds

‘It is a fall we have never witnessed before’: Farmed salmon prices come crashing down

Faroe Island Hiddenfjord placing $20 million bet on semi-closed salmon farming operations

Scottish Salmon fears UK government 'blind' to consequences of potential trade war on exports

Salmon trade war moves step closer as UK unveils plans to ditch parts of Northern Ireland protocol

Land-based salmon

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'No one is making money': Cooke CEO on why land-based will never take over salmon farming

'The moment we have all been waiting for': Salmon Evolution pumps first smolt into land-based farm

Massive land-based salmon farming project delayed by prehistoric archeological finds

DNB: Despite risks, ESG investing mandates make land-based aquaculture attractive

Delayed US land-based project now expected to begin construction in 2023

Dongwon-backed Salmon Evolution raises millions in private placement

Russia's first land-based salmon farm is about to begin operations

Atlantic Sapphire names new chief operating officer

Norway's first land-based salmon farmer wants to switch to yellowtail, citing 'greater earnings potential'

Danish police wrap up investigation of Atlantic Sapphire fire, find no evidence of foul play

AquaMaof becomes co-owner in Norway land-based salmon farming company

Shares of land-based salmon farmer Atlantic Sapphire close at a record low

Kingfish Company CFO takes over as CEO of Aqua-Spark backed land-based char farmer

Middle East land-based salmon farm gains funding, seals partnership, as food security becomes ever more pressing issue

Norwegian land-based salmon farmer Gigante Salmon plans for market ready fish in 2024

Skretting executive leaves aquaculture sector after 12 years with feed producer

'Jesus, we've been doing land-based farming for 30 years': Stolt Nielsen CEO made call to list aquaculture business on strength of Atlantic Sapphire valuation

Skretting building Florida land-based salmon feed facility to supply Atlantic Sapphire

Nordic Aquafarms clears crucial hurdles in Maine, but will not start building anytime soon

Atlantic Sapphire targets near threefold increase in land-based salmon production in 2022

Aquaculture health group Benchmark doubles earnings as restructuring continues to pay off

'This cannot last forever': Lithuanian seafood supplier stops marketing salmon as prices put items out of reach

No China? No problem: Ecuador shrimp producer sees hot market demand in US, EU

Cermaq CEO: Here's what makes Mitsubishi's salmon farming strategy different

With 'pandemic boost' behind it, earnings at Mowi’s value-added unit shrink by a third

Skretting's employees disappointed by decision to continue to send aquaculture feed to Russia

Whitefish

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'They cannot survive': Extended lockdowns put China seafood businesses at risk

Can pangasius fill the whitefish void in wake of Russian sanctions?

Russia supply crunch sends Alaska pollock prices soaring to 15-year highs

Red Lobster quietly removed pollock from its menu. The replacement fish may surprise you.

A month into Ukraine's invasion, frozen fish giant Nomad still silent on Russian sourcing strategy

'People are going to have to be more adventurous': Ukraine crisis forces UK fish and chip shops to trial cheaper alternative species

Owner of Russian Fishery Company, Russian Crab Group sells out on same day US treasury department applies sanctions

Russia threatens to unilaterally increase Bering Sea pollock harvest

Leroy invests $19 million in one of Norway's largest whitefish filleting factories

'The company's strategic priorities remain the same': Russian Fishery Company pushes ahead with plans

UK government temporarily drops 35% Russian whitefish import tariff, citing need to review impact

Costco turns to new surimi supplier after exclusive vendor fails to fulfill contract

Fresh off a new acquisition, Walmart surimi supplier Aquamar readies a radical innovation plan

EXCLUSIVE | Seafood CEO Salary Ranking: Here is what top executives were paid in a turbulent year

Barramundi Group planning $245 million expansion in Australia

Trident, American Seafoods are winners in new $10 million US pollock bid

Chairman of Danish group Kangamiut steps down over continued purchases of Russian seafood

Following in Russian Fishery's footsteps, Gidrostroy begins pollock surimi production on revamped trawler

Former CEO of Icicle and Bristol Bay Seafood Investments joins board of $8 billion lumber company

Russian pollock suppliers turn to domestic market, and see opening to push out farmed whitefish

Leading US distributor inks deal with Finless Foods to carry plant-based tuna poke

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McDonald’s to completely exit from Russia, taking a chunk of Espersen's sales with it

Trident looking to build 'next-generation' processing plant in Alaska

Fishmeal market shrouded in uncertainty despite high Peru anchovy quota

Just how expensive will Copper River salmon be?

Trident Seafoods to keep Alaska processing plant closed another year

Fisheries

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'It is impossible to plan': Russian seafood industry calls for pause on quota investment program, fearing billions of dollars in losses

Norway's cod suppliers lose customers over missing Marine Stewardship Council eco-label

Faroese pelagic group Vardin expects to lose half its sales after ending exports to Russia

Royal Greenland reports highest earnings in its 250-year history

Peru announces hike in anchovy quota

Buyers eager for Pacific hake in red-hot whitefish market

Labor market remains tough as Alaska pollock producers head in to lucrative "B" season

Norway bans Russian vessels from ports, but excludes fishing boats

Is China getting insider information on Peru's anchovy season? One top CEO has suspicions

Another top executive is leaving American Seafoods

EXCLUSIVE | Seafood CEO Salary Ranking: Here is what top executives were paid in a turbulent year

China Fishery wants to sell swanky Hong Kong club memberships to fund bankruptcy sale

Trident, American Seafoods are winners in new $10 million US pollock bid

US tuna company wins Whole Foods supplier of the year award

Chairman of Danish group Kangamiut steps down after backlash over continued purchases of Russian seafood

New Zealand seafood giant Sanford delivers more 'palatable' results but faces supply, labor hurdles

Following in Russian Fishery's footsteps, Gidrostroy begins pollock surimi production on revamped trawler

French venture capital firm's new fund targeting sustainable aquaculture, blue economy investments

First prices for Copper River salmon are in, showing rise in grounds prices and massive jump at retail

Russian pollock suppliers turn to domestic market, and see opening to push out farmed whitefish

Australian partnership planning world's largest land-based barramundi farming project lands $20 million grant

UK government's 35% tariff on Russian whitefish imports 'imminent,' despite potential collateral damage

New US data show per capita seafood consumption declining

US government plans another major purchase of canned, frozen Alaska salmon

Ex-Mowi CEO explains what's behind his Samherji land-based salmon investment

Mowi's earnings in Chile surge, but algal blooms, quality issues drag down figures

Opinion

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Big agriculture is having a major FOMO moment about seafood

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

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

Seafood's new race to the bottom: Carbon emissions

Guest Commentary

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

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

'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?

'Unlike anything I have seen before': Rocketing salmon prices lift Grieg's earnings out of pandemic doldrums

'We don't think there is a way back': Nomad pivots away from Russian fish toward hake, farmed whitefish

'Extreme' seafood price development exposes Leroy's complexity with more modest earnings boost

Earnings at aquaculture equipment group Akva rise, but supply challenges, inflation make a dent

Icelandic fishing giant Samherji unveils $26 million share capital increase, appoints former Mowi CEO to board

Former Icicle owner finally offloads feed byproducts group Scanbio to private equity funds

Markets

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Seafood should brace for dramatic changes in consumer demand, IKEA executive says

US seafood marketing campaign sees benefits from 'laser focus' on health

Exclusive

'Such an opportunity': Here's why Walmart went all-in on First Nations-Mowi partnership

Foodservice in Focus

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

'It's going to be a tough year': UK fish and chip shops battle the rising cost of everything

French hope to cap off a banner year for smoked salmon with a strong holiday season

3D-printed plant-based smoked salmon being tested in major German supermarket chain

'Crazy high' demand means Russia's massive surimi push will boost the sector's growth, not stunt it

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

Foodservice in Focus

What can seafood expect when the foodservice sector finally recovers?

Mowi takes slice of Tesco private label salmon contract

Foodservice giant Sysco plans to shutter M&J Seafood sites in UK

EXCLUSIVE | Seafood CEO Salary Ranking: Here is what top executives were paid in a turbulent year

Trident, American Seafoods are winners in new $10 million US pollock bid

Best Aquaculture Practices eco-label fails to protect Aldi against deceptive farmed salmon allegations

US tuna company wins Whole Foods supplier of the year award

Chairman of Danish group Kangamiut steps down over continued purchases of Russian seafood

First prices for Copper River salmon are in, showing rise in grounds prices and massive jump at retail

Thai Union invests in Canadian micro-algae ingredients producer

Iceland Seafood International topples into the red as it battles ‘extreme’ price increases

'We are in trouble': Russia’s fleet modernization program faces more hurdles as sanctions bite

UPDATE

Price rises, stronger sales lift High Liner's first quarter sales by $50 million

Kefalonia CEO: Profand deal will help firm unleash 'tremendous potential' of bass and bream sector

'They will choose MSC': EU buyers turn to Chilean mackerel following North East Atlantic's loss of key eco-label

Portugal cod buyer posts strong Easter sales, despite tight supplies and bumpy logistics

'You only have a certain amount in your wallet': Pittman CEO fears high farmed salmon prices could drag down seafood consumption

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