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Alaska's iconic Copper River wild salmon season to start May 17 The end of salmon farming as we know it? Don Lightner, shrimp industry veteran that helped solve EMS crisis, dies Farmed salmon prices spike, hitting heights not seen since early 2020 Young's on hiring spree as UK seafood demand soars Feed heavyweight Skretting considering site near Atlantic Sapphire's land-based salmon facility French surimi giant Fleury Michon in talks to sell Canadian subsidiary GenoMar Genetics expands into Asia with Vietnam subsidiary Salmon farmer Scottish Sea Farms hits 'zero antibiotics' target Grieg Seafood suspects deadly infectious salmon anemia outbreak at Norway salmon farm

Alaska's iconic Copper River wild salmon season to open May 17

Salmon prices spike, hitting heights not seen since early 2020

Wanted: Salmon farming company to produce 20,000 metric tons in Atlantic Canada

Skretting considering site near Atlantic Sapphire's land-based salmon facility

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

Shrimp industry veteran that helped solve EMS crisis dies

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Judge upholds decision requiring Mowi's Newfoundland expansion undergo further review

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

Foodservice in Focus

Exclusive: 'There has never been such a shift in how people get their food'

The end of salmon farming as we know it?

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Bullish sentiment creeps into fishmeal market after quota announcement

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

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

Aquaculture Innovation Summit

'It's pretty impressive stuff': Artificial intelligence tackling offshore aquaculture's biggest hurdle

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

OBI Seafoods suspends operations at Alaska cannery, citing poor salmon forecast

Norway Royal Salmon sues Sekkingstad-owned processor over breach of contract

Lawsuit alleging Agrosuper contract breach killed Santa Barbara deal is headed to trial

Seaspiracy backpedals on key salmon farming 'facts' as aquaculture feed companies force a retraction

Cell-based seafood CEO Sandhya Sriram: 'We are less than five years away from scale'

Third Atlantic Sapphire contractor in salmon growout tank accident released from hospital

Shades of Silver Bay? Bristol Bay salmon fishermen may forge their own path after $130 million loss

United States Seafoods apologizes for, fires COVID-exposed crewmembers that visited local bar

‘Our inbox is exploding’: Plant-based seafood company sees inquiries soar in wake of Seaspiracy

Mowi warns product shortfall may lead to layoffs at Canadian value-added processing plant

Samherji subsidiary Icefresh snaps up 40% of Norwegian fishing group

As frozen food surges, so do Nomad, Frosta and High Liner share prices. Will it last?

Alaska pollock surimi supply catching up as domestic demand surges

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Fish oil prices plummet 21% year-on-year

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

Russia's Western Bering Sea pollock provisionally meets MSC standard, but opposition mounts

Grieg Seafood suspects ISA at Norway salmon farm

Look who's back! Ex-Mowi CEO Alf-Helge Aarskog takes role shaping Norwegian aquaculture's future leaders

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

French surimi giant Fleury Michon in talks to sell Canadian subsidiary

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

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

Peter Pan signs on former Mowi exec as it undergoes restructure

SalMar chairman Atle Eide stepping down

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

Norwegian halibut farmer appoints former Pepsi, Procter & Gamble executive as chief commercial officer

Thai Union innovation exec moves over to CP Foods

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

Cargill names new president for aquaculture feed division

Brim chairman joins Tesco, ex-Sanford boss on Marine Stewardship Council’s board of trustees

Akva Group names CEO for land-based aquaculture division

Salmon Evolution appoints executive to focus on Dongwon land-based salmon JV

Mitsubishi-owned Princes turns to Coke for new commercial head

Grobest veteran re-joins C-suite to lead feed giant's tech, sustainability agenda

Native American leader that pushed Washington aquaculture development dies in car wreck

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

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

Look who's back! Ex-Mowi CEO Alf-Helge Aarskog takes role shaping Norwegian aquaculture's future leaders

Marine ingredients organization IFFO appoints new technical director

Clearwater Seafood names new sales manager for Spain and Portugal

Lucky Union Foods' Europe president passes away

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

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

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SalMar's Icelandic salmon operation hikes production targets as it snaps up new facilities

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

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Cyber attack takes $6 million toll on Akva's Q1

Japan's aquaculture feed production slides, but farmed coho shows strength

Salmon farmer Scottish Sea Farms hits 'zero antibiotics' target

GenoMar Genetics expands into Asia with Vietnam subsidiary

AquaBounty CEO confident that GM farmed salmon ready for consumers this month

Norway cod's Marine Stewardship Council certification gets up to six-month reprieve

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Espersen sees UK facility as key to growing market share

United States Seafoods apologizes for, fires COVID-exposed crewmembers that visited local bar

Samherji subsidiary Icefresh snaps up 40% of Norwegian fishing group

Norway cod suppliers bracing for 'turbulent' European market in months ahead

New factory trawler for Murmansk-based company overturns at shipyard, killing 2

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

'It should grow at great speed': Is this the next big pangasius producer?

Alaska pollock surimi supply catching up as domestic demand surges

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

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

Russia's Western Bering Sea pollock provisionally meets Marine Stewardship Council standard, but opposition mounts

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

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

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

Norway cod's Marine Stewardship Council certification gets up to six-month reprieve

Norwegian halibut farmer appoints former Pepsi, Procter & Gamble executive as chief commercial officer

Royal Greenland forms new joint venture in Germany to target European fresh market

Australian kingfish farmer Clean Seas to list in Oslo

Why, after decades of land-based investment, Australis Aquaculture runs a hybrid farm

Marine Stewardship Council re-certification for Norway's offshore cod fishery delayed over WWF objection

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

Mowi likely to cull more salmon as Canada's fisheries minister stalls smolt transfer

Australian kingfish producer Clean Seas completes $20 million placement

Visscher Seafood leveraging stake in Scottish salmon farmer to expand organic market

Royal Greenland forms new joint venture in Germany to target European fresh market

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

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Why are these people representing the aquaculture industry?

The one COVID-19 opportunity seafood has yet to corner

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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Get real. People aren't scrambling to hear from unknown aquaculture industry executives.

$2 billion doesn't buy you much fish in the land-based aquaculture world

Land-based aquaculture has huge potential. But caution is key.

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This is why we chose 'unlikely champions of aquaculture' for SXSW event

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Aquaculture experts have more knowledge, but lack credibility to influence broader audience

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IntraFish editor owes SXSW aquaculture panelists an apology

It took a pandemic to boost seafood consumption

Norwegian salmon farms are becoming less efficient. What’s the way forward?

Would the world be better without voluntary certification standards?

Land-based aquaculture producers may be missing a key marketing opportunity

Does this industry care about anything?

When aquaculture becomes a pawn in 'ethics' branding

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Salmon farming group says Patagonia should engage with Cooke to learn 'the real story about aquaculture'

Has the 'invisible fish' broken the mold on seafood marketing?

Kingfish producer Clean Seas will raise up to $20 million in Oslo listing; Hofseth takes stake

'The Samherji case is not unique': DNB fined $48 million for failures on money-laundering oversight

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

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

Circumstances of Leroy employee's death draws criticism from Norwegian authorities

Clearwater Seafood names new sales manager for Spain and Portugal

Tuna

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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

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'We expect double-digit growth': CEO of Calvo-owned seafood group hopes to ride retail boom

The story behind Tesco's ambitious new tuna sourcing strategy

Thai Union pledges to a fully transparent tuna supply chain by 2025

'We are stronger today than 12 months ago': Continued lockdowns see Thai Union earnings surge

Tuna prices are slumping, but US canned tuna imports are booming

Spanish canning giant Jealsa sees double-digit growth in 2020

Mowi strikes deal with UK supermarket giant Sainsbury's for new seafood product range

'You can't move fast enough if you keep technology to yourself': Thai Union's plan to future-proof the global shrimp market

Cost inflation eating into seafood sector margins: 'There is nowhere to hide in the entire supply chain'

Bumble Bee picks former ExxonMobil executive to head up corporate responsibility

Tuna harvesting group Via Ocean takes delivery of new vessel

PETA, Seaspiracy producer team up to take down US order promoting offshore aquaculture

Marine ingredients organization IFFO appoints new technical director

Lucky Union Foods' Europe president passes away

'They all have skin in the game': Supply chain readies for 'real' aquaculture feed alternatives

Norway targets ambitious timeline for regaining cod, haddock fishery's MSC stamp

Why, after decades of land-based investment, Australis Aquaculture runs a hybrid farm

Foodservice in Focus

Exclusive: The 'frenemies' disrupting the restaurant business are poised to have a big impact on seafood

Foodservice in Focus

Exclusive: How 'ghost kitchens' will change the restaurant game

Grieg Seafood's HR director decided to answer one last email before leaving work. Just hours later, she'd be undergoing brain surgery.

US suspends Mexico's wild shrimp imports over failure to protect sea turtles

Meet 'the Gucci of surimi'

Marine Stewardship Council re-certification for Norway's offshore cod delayed over WWF objection

Norwegian halibut farmer appoints former Pepsi, Procter & Gamble executive as chief commercial officer

Australian kingfish farmer Clean Seas to list on Oslo Stock Exchange

Nordic Aquafarms' land-based yellowtail subsidiary brings on new CEO as it looks to expansion

Farmed salmon prices edge lower as fish remain unsold

Scottish organic salmon farming startup officially appeals license rejection

'If we hadn't got that right we wouldn't be here today': A big bet paid off for this alternative feed producer

The Hotel California of eco-labels?

AquaBounty will miss April target for selling GM salmon to US consumers

UK government branded a 'national embarrassment’ as it fails to reach fisheries agreement with Norway

Peter Pan signs on former Mowi exec as it undergoes restructure

Mowi lands branded chilled salmon in retail giant Target's locations across the US

Nueva Pescanova plans to open $8.5 million Peru plant