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Is the seafood industry losing its personal touch? New figures show Mowi's salmon losses in Eastern Canada far higher than first thought He doubled Target's seafood business, and now he is moving on Negotiations drag on as buyers and sellers disagree on farmed salmon prices Salmon farming giants AquaChile and Mowi are the latest to fall victim to algal bloom outbreak Grieg Seafoods 2021 harvest volume falls short of target Chile salmon airfreight costs fall, but remain well above pre-pandemic levels Fish farmer signs deal with Brazilian government to create world's largest offshore aquaculture operation Aquaculture's rapid growth kicks equipment sector consolidation into high gear To go or not to go? That's not the question

New figures show Mowi's salmon losses in Eastern Canada far higher than first thought

As aquaculture booms, this sector is poised to win big

AquaChile and Mowi are the latest to fall victim to algal bloom outbreak

He doubled Target's seafood business, and now he is moving on

To go or not to go? That's not the question

Negotiations drag on as buyers and sellers disagree on farmed salmon prices

Fish farmer signs deal with Brazilian government to create world's largest offshore aquaculture operation

UK seafood processing sector searches for solutions as Brexit, COVID worsen labor shortage

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

Is the seafood industry losing its personal touch?

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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

Is the seafood industry losing its personal touch?

He doubled Target's seafood business, and now he is moving on

Negotiations drag on as buyers and sellers disagree on farmed salmon prices

To go or not to go? That's not the question

UK seafood giant Young’s 'preparing for significant growth' as it returns to black

Foodservice in Focus

How 'ghost kitchens' will change the game for seafood

'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

Shipping & Logistics

Chile salmon airfreight costs fall, but hold well above pre-pandemic levels

Salmon farming giant Mowi latest to pull out of Boston Seafood Show

Strong demand, tighter supply: Farmed salmon suppliers are bullish on the US market

Is it irresponsible to create a superspreader seafood event?

Surimi sales are booming in the US, and this Walmart supplier has a plan to capitalize on it

Cermaq Chile appoints new managing director

Salmon farming giant Mowi had a plan to open 2,000 restaurants across China. It ended up with five.

Boston show organizer says the show will go on despite cancellations related to omicron

Land-based salmon

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'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

Hatchery for Nutreco-backed land-based salmon project in China nears completion

Atlantic Sapphire under scrutiny for accounting irregularities related to breach of covenant on $50 million loan

Early sexual maturation the latest setback for land-based salmon farmer Atlantic Sapphire

Largest-ever retail promotion of land-based farmed salmon falls short of expectations

This is how the Cargill-Salmon Evolution deal came together, and what's next for the partnership

Shares of land-based salmon farming group Atlantic Sapphire hit all-time low, but recover by day's end

Nutreco, Akva investing in US land-based salmon project AquaCon

Samherji expands farming facilities in 'precursor' to massive land-based salmon project

Can more 'focus on accountability' put Atlantic Sapphire back on track after string of disasters?

Analyst slashes target price for Atlantic Sapphire in half

'It wasn't selling': Atlantic Sapphire's land-based salmon dropped from key retailer

Land-based steelhead farming project hopes to give a Canadian lumber mill a new lease on life

'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

Grieg Seafoods 2021 harvest volume falls short of target

Cermaq pulls out of Boston Seafood Show

Washington state Supreme Court dismisses NGO lawsuit over Cooke trout permits

American Seafoods hires former Environmental Defense Fund executive to lead sustainability strategy

Margins rise at Cargill's Norwegian operations despite spiking raw material costs

Peru anchovy season winds down with 98% of 2 million MT quota harvested

People

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Cargill executive departs for Aqua-Spark backed insect meal producer

With over 300 major executives changing roles, it was a year of upheaval for seafood

Shipping worker dies in salmon farm accident

Salmon industry veteran passes away

SalMar Aker Ocean appoints Roy Reite as CEO

Sainsbury's seafood veteran exits to join Aquaculture Stewardship Council

Stavis promotes longtime seafood executive to CEO

Gerard van Balsfoort steps down as president of EU pelagic group after 16 years

Is the seafood industry losing its personal touch?

He doubled Target's seafood business, and now he is moving on

To go or not to go? That's not the question

American Seafoods hires former Environmental Defense Fund executive to lead sustainability strategy

Cermaq Chile appoints new managing director

Bristol Wave Seafoods makes 'legacy hire' with new president

Bumble Bee hires former vape company executive to to lead customer development

Former Caistor Seafoods managing director joins Iceland Seafood International

Editor's Picks: Acquisitions already piling up, Costco's surimi switch, omicron's travel plans

In Review: Inflation, sustainability and M&A marked a roller-coaster year for the aquaculture feed industry

Executive named to spearhead Rokke and Witzoe's new offshore aquaculture venture

Nissui-owned King & Prince hires former SC Johnson R&D expert to lead innovation

Pacific cod giant Bristol Wave Seafoods names new president

Russian pollock sector uninspired by Chinese port re-opening as new market tack drives change

A vaccinated workforce means an easier start to the Alaska pollock 'A' season

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Citing omicron's spread, Peter Pan Seafood pulls out of Boston Seafood Show

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

Opinion

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Seafood's new race to the bottom: Carbon emissions

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

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

Guest Commentary

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

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

Big agriculture is having a major FOMO moment about seafood

'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?

Is 2022 the year US offshore aquaculture finally gains traction?

Investment giants place record $90 million bet on aquaculture feed technology startup

Tilapia farmer Lake Harvest get cash injection as Aqua-Spark sets to work on Africa agenda

Another Chilean salmon farmer suffers mass die-off from algal bloom

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

Which processors paid the highest prices for Bristol Bay sockeye salmon in 2021?

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‘A cracking deal’: Acquisition of Costco smoked salmon supplier a big win, analysts say

Analysts project 40% drop in containership rates, but little relief on congestion

Cutthroat UK retail sector poses perils for new seafood brands, former Young's executive says

Iceland's first suspected ISA outbreak on salmon farm confirmed

After watching ugly pollock dispute, Norebo makes its own bid for Marine Stewardship Council certificate

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

Backed with Kahoot money, this company is targeting 100,000 metric tons of wild and farmed cod production

Shrimp sector battered by shipping delays as costs escalate

After years without representation, fight heats up for Alaska Native seats on powerful fisheries council

Salmon farming industry wrestles with its single biggest sustainability hurdle

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

'Grieg has been wise enough to see the writing on the wall': In landmark agreement, First Nation takes the lead on salmon farming lease

Blue Harvest Fisheries CEO: As global supply chains collapsed, domestic aquaculture took on new urgency

Interview

'We are very enthusiastic about finding other legs': Sanford CEO Peter Reidie on how he is future-proofing New Zealand's biggest seafood company

Alaska's shrinking wild salmon taking alarming toll on industry revenues

First ever case of pathogenic ISA suspected in farmed salmon in Iceland

'An extremely difficult situation': Nissui hikes surimi, frozen seafood prices as soaring costs tighten their grip

Walmart supplier The Fishin' Co. goes on hiring and firing spree

Mowi holds back on Newfoundland expansion after steep losses in Canadian operations

'An ongoing nightmare': Seafood industry's shipping headaches grow as US ports overrun with traffic

Norway Royal Salmon merges with SalmoNor, creating world's sixth-largest salmon farmer

Sea Harvest buys Australian fishing operation in $50 million deal

Russian Fishery Company races to fit out vessels, awarding multi-million dollar contract

Shipping & Logistics

Transpacific container rates look poised to rise again as omicron cases spike in China, California

Algal bloom wipes out 760,000 fish at Chilean salmon farmer Blumar sites

UK government playing 'fast and loose' with livelihoods as slashed quota leaves seafood sector facing serious cod shortfall

Finance

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

True World's surimi division acquired by rival US firm

This $132 million fund just invested in the shrimp sector, despite its initial reservations

Here's why this venture capital fund is backing Southwind's new plant-based seafood partner

Salmon farmer Bakkafrost inks $790 million sustainability-linked credit facility

Private equity firm invests in real-time fish monitoring group, its first ocean fund investment

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

Breaking News

Russian billionaire Vladimir Yevtushenkov snaps up pollock, salmon harvesting group

This $6 billion magnate just made his first investment in salmon farming, and he did it in a land-based project

'The ultimate goal is evolving': Aqua-Spark, Rabobank join latest financing round for aquaculture analytics group

Grieg Seafoods 2021 harvest volume falls short of target

Aquaculture's rapid growth kicks equipment sector consolidation into high gear

Margins rise at Cargill's Norwegian operations despite spiking raw material costs

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

Tilapia farmer Lake Harvest gets $7 million cash injection as investment fund Aqua-Spark sets to work on Africa agenda

Danish equipment supplier wins another multi-million dollar contract with Russian Fishery Company as it races to upgrade processing vessels

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

Sea Harvest buys Australian fishing operation in $50 million deal

Investment giants place record $90 million bet on aquaculture feed technology startup

Norway Royal Salmon merges with SalmoNor

Bumble Bee hires former vape company executive to to lead customer development

Blossoming volumes give land-based aquaculture producer The Kingfish Company a bumper fourth quarter

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

'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

Editor's Picks

Acquisitions already piling up, Costco's surimi switch, omicron's travel plans

year in review

Inflation, sustainability and M&A marked a roller-coaster year for the aquaculture feed industry

Whitefish

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American Seafoods affiliates argue 'freight forwarding' status should exempt them massive government fines

Trident Seafoods acquires catcher-processor vessel, and a larger share of Alaska pollock

'It is impossible to meet these requirements': Russia fears new China labeling laws could cause complete stop to H&G pollock exports

Major shipping line tells seafood firms to avoid China COVID-19 epicenter

Russia pollock quota to dip 3.5% in upcoming season

Norway, EU, UK agree on North Sea quotas, with haddock, herring emerging as the winners

More big names awarded US government pollock bids, capping off near-record year

King & Prince's new fish sandwich contract threatened by Alaska pollock Bayside chaos

Fish farmer signs with Brazilian government for world's largest offshore aquaculture concession

Aquaculture's rapid growth kicks equipment sector consolidation into high gear

China's ports reopen for Russian pollock, but the industry still plans to pivot away

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

Tilapia farmer Lake Harvest gets $7 million cash injection as investment fund Aqua-Spark sets to work on Africa agenda

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

Sea Harvest buys Australian fishing operation in $50 million deal

Citing omicron spread, Peter Pan Seafood pulls out of Boston Seafood Show

A vaccinated workforce means an easier start to the Alaska pollock 'A' season

Former Caistor Seafoods managing director joins Iceland Seafood International

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

Transpacific container rates look poised to rise again as omicron cases spike in China, California

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Battle to secure Norwegian salmon lifts prices sharply

UK seafood giant Young’s 'preparing for significant growth' as it returns to black

Sabotage suspected as coho salmon escape from Chile farming site

Boom in canned seafood sales sends earnings soaring 50% at Mitsubishi's UK canned seafood subsidiary

SalMar's farmed salmon harvests continue to swell, as investors await news of associated costs

Camanchaca salmon harvests sink 10% in fourth quarter as coho pulls down volume

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Leroy's salmon, whitefish harvests climb in Q4

Norway Royal Salmon's harvest fails to meet expectations

New processing strength fuels Russian pollock fillet, salmon roe production spike

Another investment for Thai Union, this time in cold storage

20-year-old shipping worker dies at Norway salmon farm

'First-to-market' plant-based salmon burger hits US market

Icicle Seafoods sues railroad company over bungled delivery

CEO of Icelandic salmon farmer Laxar sees good growth prospects for newly merged group

Cargill Aqua Nutrition executive departs for Aqua-Spark backed insect meal producer

Chilean salmon farmer goes it alone in Asia after New World Currents joint venture ends

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

Bakkafrost keeps Q4 salmon harvests in-line with 2020 despite Scottish challenges

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