Intrafish | Latest seafood, aquaculture and fisheries news

'Eating our Way to Extinction' had full access to Scottish salmon farms but chose not to come Tassal sees investment pay-off with 70% boost in shrimp harvest Asian feed giant Grobest appoints new CEO Farmed salmon prices hold steady, but transportation struggles continue In an industry first, Bakkafrost buying its own air cargo plane to fly salmon directly to booming US market Nissui-owned Gorton's expanding McDonald's Filet-o-Fish production to West Coast The billionaire fish farmers on top of Norway's rich list Former Young's, Royal Greenland executive joins surimi giant Viciunai Private equity group hits halfway mark on $140 million oceans fund, closes in on first aquaculture investment The industry is missing the boat on tropical marine aquaculture

In an industry first, Bakkafrost buying its own air cargo plane to fly salmon directly to booming US market

Nissui-owned Gorton's expanding McDonald's Filet-o-Fish production to West Coast

'Eating our Way to Extinction' had full access to Scottish salmon farms but chose not to come

Private equity group hits halfway mark on $140 million oceans fund, closes in on first aquaculture investment

BREAKING NEWS

New CEO takes reins at Grobest as it drives towards further growth

'No one has additional inventories': Processor stung by American Seafoods backlog can't fill USDA pollock contracts

'Prices have just gone too high': Leading shipping carriers freeze runaway freight rates

Tassal sees investment pay-off with 70% boost in shrimp harvest

Russians eager to attack US market as Alaska faces king crab shortfall

Guest Commentary

The industry is missing the boat on tropical marine aquaculture

Farmed salmon prices hold steady, but transportation struggles continue

Now online Click and read latest edition of IntraFish

In Case You Missed It

See all articles

From the Archives

The sky was the limit for this cod farmer. Then it all came crashing down.

Exclusive: US Customs submits video evidence of Bayside 'railway', claims companies tried to hide it

Analysts: Atlantic Sapphire fire ‘the final straw’ for investors; Market has 'complete lack of confidence in the management team'

Here's why American Seafoods and other pollock suppliers use 'The Bayside Program' to ship their fish

Russian pollock prices crash on domestic market as cold storage crisis worsens

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

Has Regal Springs finally cracked the code to the European tilapia market?

$1 billion gone in just 8 months. Has the land-based salmon farming bubble finally burst?

Global surimi supply remains tight despite uptick in Alaska production

As risks rise, industry faces soaring shipping insurance costs

‘If we don’t do it, no one will': John West goes all-in to seize 'pivotal moment' for shelf-stable seafood

Exclusive: Inflation Outlook

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

Inflation in Focus

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

'Apparently a couple hundred feet is just far enough lol': Social media messages among evidence against controversial Alaska pollock shipping route

'I was wrong': Billionaire Rokke regrets not focusing on salmon farming

'Less than 30 days of supply': Processor warns it may be forced to shutter operations if Alaska pollock blocks aren't delivered

Dutch giant Parlevliet and Van der Plas acquires stake in processor

Fire rips through Atlantic Sapphire's Danish land-based salmon facility

High Liner so far escaping supply-chain impact from Alaska pollock customs chaos

'Norwegian land-based salmon operators have poisoned the well'

UPDATE

Mowi estimates half of fish in Eastern Canada site lost in climate-related mass die-off

Regulators investigate die-off at Cooke salmon farm that killed 100,000 fish

Rabobank: China is the next epicenter for offshore aquaculture

Facebook removes 'smear campaign' after legal battle with Norebo founder Magnus Roth

After lengthy wait, Mowi hopes to re-ignite growth in Ireland's salmon sector

Ranking

Farmed salmon earnings race shows radical shift

UPDATE

Judge still deliberating US Customs, American Seafoods arguments over controversial shipping route

Interview

Top Mowi executive went from the world's biggest fish farmer to one just starting out

People

See all articles

Another top executive leaves Atlantic Sapphire

Former CEO of salmon farming giant Mowi dies

Land-based salmon startup brings ex-NRS, Mowi exec onboard

Aqua-Spark, BP-backed alternative feed ingredients producer Calysta names new CFO

Former Cooke executive takes over as CEO of Native American seafood group

Pacifico Aquaculture drafts Chilean salmon executive to run farming operations

Nutreco appoints chief procurement officer

Hofseth Biocare establishes Swiss subsidiary, appoints CEO

Skretting hires new sustainability manager

Asian feed giant Grobest appoints new CEO

The billionaire fish farmers on top of Norway's rich list

Former Young's, Royal Greenland executive joins surimi giant Viciunai

New Zealand seafood giant Sanford onboards new CFO

Hofseth Biocare adds former Pfizer, Novartis executive as regulatory consultant

Atlantic Sapphire insiders buy up shares as land-based salmon farmer tries to calm investors

Andfjord Salmon appoints project director

Mowi's Per-Roar Gjerde went from the world's biggest fish farmer to one just starting out

Mowi hires new finance director for Canada West

Scottish salmon farming association hires new sustainability chief

Atlantic Sapphire director quits

Exclusive

Seafood continues blazing hot M&A streak, averaging one deal a week

Analysts estimate 25% jump in farmed salmon prices by fourth quarter

The billionaire fish farmers on top of Norway's rich list

As shipping crisis grows, companies wonder what the ‘right’ price is for freight

American Seafoods warns of 'collapse' of the pollock supply chain; up to 3 million pounds could go undelivered

Major refrigerated cargo shipping companies want American Seafoods to pay their Jones Act fines

Land-based salmon

See all articles

'Norwegian land-based salmon operators have poisoned the well': Executive says rival's mistakes forced strategic shift

‘A bloodbath for RAS companies’: Nordic Aquafarms takes swipe at land-based salmon farmers who've gone 'big, too fast'

Another top executive leaves Atlantic Sapphire as group struggles with fire fallout

SalMar, Broodstock Capital's billionaire backers invest in land-based salmon farming project

Feuding politicians, social media trolls, even death threats: Developers of Europe's largest land-based salmon farming project are undeterred

Atlantic Sapphire explores raising steelhead trout, says species could be ideal for land-based Miami Bluehouse

$1 billion gone in just 8 months. Has the land-based salmon farming bubble finally burst?

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

BioMar bets big on Ecuador shrimp industry with hefty investment in feed plant

It's time for the salmon industry to go all-in on branding, experts say

Competition authorities give SalMar green light for acquisition of salmon farming rival

Atlantic Sapphire CFO buys up shares as land-based salmon farmer tries to calm investors

Select Your Interests

Subscriber-only feature: A new way to track your news

Japanese giant builds new plant in ambitious play to gain larger surimi market share

Careers

Assistant Freshwater Manager – Smolt Unit

Assistant Freshwater Manager – Smolt Unit

Cooke Aquaculture Scotland

Nutritionist/Formulation Manager Warm Water species

Nutritionist/Formulation Manager Warm Water species

Director of Sales

Director of Sales

NHST Media Group

Canada fisheries minister behind British Columbia salmon farming phaseout loses election

New Zealand seafood giant Sanford onboards new CFO

LIVE UPDATES

Alaska salmon LIVE UPDATES: Prince William Sound pink salmon run blows through forecast

Big agriculture companies are having a crisis moment about seafood

Cod farming group secures financing for feed barges and work boats

Russia’s largest seafood importer rebrands with eye on massive turnover growth

Whitefish

See all articles

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

Raw material shortages from shipping container crisis weigh on High Liner sales

Gorton's sees 'sustained sales gains' in the frozen fish aisle, especially pollock products

Chilean sea bass supplier sues US importer, alleging breach of contract

Whitefish giant Russian Fishery begins shipping directly to end markets, bypassing China

Birds Eye, Iglo, Findus brands edge out competitors, even as retail frozen fish sales soften

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

US government can't fulfill latest Alaska pollock purchasing contract, citing 'vendor constraints'

Earnings double for ISI, as it restructures US operations

In 'huge milestone' cod farmer Norcod makes first commercial harvest

Nissui-owned Gorton's expanding McDonald's Filet-o-Fish production to West Coast

Guest Commentary

The industry is missing the boat on tropical marine aquaculture

'No one has additional inventories': Processor stung by American Seafoods backlog can't fill USDA pollock contracts

Cod farming group secures financing for feed barges and work boats

Norebo founder Magnus Roth wins legal battle forcing Facebook to take down 'smear campaign'

Japanese giant Ichimasa Kamaboko lays out ambitious plan to gain larger surimi market share

Norwegian halibut farmer Nordic Halibut appoints new CFO

US Customs, American Seafoods in limbo as judge deliberates arguments over controversial shipping route

Iceland Seafood International completes acquisition of Spanish salmon smoker

Halibut farmer Nordic Halibut begins on new site as it looks to ramp up production

Finding the 'X' factor in rebranding can be more difficult than it looks, experts say

Atlantic Sapphire fire still smoldering; police say site too dangerous to begin investigations

Alaska salmon season smashes records to end season on a high note

Rabobank, former Cermaq and Mowi CEOs: Massive potential in offshore aquaculture, but cost and regulations remain hurdles

Interview

BioMar CEO on the quest for more sustainable aquaculture feed

Farmed salmon byproducts group Biomega gathers steam as it steps into human nutrition segment

Markets

See all articles

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

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

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

Foodservice in Focus

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

Foodservice in Focus

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

'Their story needs to be told': Executive behind Grieg's Skuna Bay sees gold in California trout farmer

Foodservice in Focus

What can seafood expect when the foodservice sector finally recovers?

Russia subsidizing rail transport as cold stores fill up with unsold pollock

Foodservice in Focus

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

Foodservice in Focus

How 'ghost kitchens' will change the game for seafood

Farmed salmon prices hold steady, but transportation struggles continue

In an industry first, Bakkafrost buying its own air cargo plane to fly salmon directly to booming US market

Nissui-owned Gorton's expanding McDonald's Filet-o-Fish production to West Coast

Private equity group hits halfway mark on $140 million oceans fund, closes in on first aquaculture investment

'No one has additional inventories': Processor stung by American Seafoods backlog can't fill USDA pollock contracts

Russians eager to attack US market as Alaska faces king crab shortfall

'Prices have just gone too high': Leading shipping carriers freeze runaway freight rates

Japanese giant Ichimasa Kamaboko lays out ambitious plan to gain larger surimi market share

Analysts estimate 25% jump in farmed salmon prices by fourth quarter

Russia’s largest seafood importer rebrands with eye on massive turnover growth

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

Mowi hires new finance director for Canada West

Andfjord appoints project director for land-based salmon project

Analysts: Atlantic Sapphire fire ‘the final straw’ for investors; Market has 'complete lack of confidence in the management team'

Private equity group 8F secures $61 million for Brunei land-based salmon farming project

Bakkafrost seeks to distance itself from Faroes dolphin slaughter

Opinion

See all articles

'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

'Eating our Way to Extinction' had full access to Scottish salmon farms but chose not to come

Guest Commentary

The industry is missing the boat on tropical marine aquaculture

All aboard the itty bitty pollock train, plus a glimpse of farmed salmon's future

Alaska pollock's crazy train to nowhere

'The home office is here to stay': Here's how seafood companies must adapt to a pandemic-altered future

Explainer

Why is American Seafoods in trouble, and what happens next?

Big agriculture is having a major FOMO moment about seafood

Asking candidates about vaccination status 'a potential minefield for UK seafood employers'

Why does marine feed ingredient certification keep changing?

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

Opinion

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

Norway salmon prices rise as fish stranded in transport bottlenecks

Salmon farming giant Mowi inks €1.8 billion sustainability-linked credit facility

Thai Union acquires $90 million stake in food ingredients firm

UPDATE

Danish police say Atlantic Sapphire fire and chemical leak under control, but warn people away

Exclusive

US Customs submits video evidence of Bayside 'railway', claims companies tried to hide it

Group led by ex-Mowi CEO brings 'first ever' land-based king salmon to market

American Seafoods subsidiaries face 'destruction of their business' if US Customs fines upheld

Alaska pollock's crazy train to nowhere

Atlantic Sapphire share price crashes following major fire in Denmark

Atlantic Sapphire: 'We cannot say whether we will rebuild the plant at this stage'

Norwegian halibut farmer begins work on new site as it looks to ramp up production

Iceland Seafood International completes acquisition of Spanish salmon smoker

VIDEO: Watch the blaze ravaging Atlantic Sapphire facility

Hofseth Biocare establishes Swiss subsidiary, appoints CEO

Massive fire breaks out at Atlantic Sapphire Denmark facility; all salmon lost

Norway Royal Salmon successfully launches first offshore cage, nears operational phase

'The home office is here to stay': Here's how seafood companies must adapt to a pandemic-altered future

Bakkafrost rolls out massive $980 million investment plan for Scottish salmon operations