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Morpol founder Jerzy Malek invests in land-based cod Atlantic Sapphire board member gets jail term for speeding Russian pollock sector could face 50% decline in TAC by 2025 Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation appoints new CEO Another new hire for alternative aquaculture feed producer Veramaris Indonesian, Russian seafood comes under Chinese scrutiny after COVID-19 found on packaging Frustration as Norway's DigiFarm concept rejected More Ecuadorian shrimp producers leaving ponds empty as China market dries up Sales surge for niche tuna brand Safe Catch as new consumers flock to canned category Nueva Pescanova appoints veteran HR director

BREAKING NEWS

Russian pollock sector could face 50% decline in total allowable catch by 2025

Goliath, meet David: Upstart tuna brand's sales growth burying larger rivals

More Ecuadorian shrimp producers leaving ponds empty as China market dries up

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Morpol founder Jerzy Malek invests in land-based cod

'The pipeline has never been more promising': Investment fund could ink six more deals by year end

Indonesia, Russia under microscope after Chinese find COVID-19 on packaging

America's fisheries management has been a success. Now that's under threat.

Milarex's new salmon brand looks to stand out in a 'cluttered' market

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Norway plays an outsized role among the seafood sector 'hot spots'

Norwegian firm to build $40 million land-based salmon farm in Spain

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Germans smash seafood spending records amid COVID-19 pandemic

US seafood supplier files for bankruptcy; Cooke in talks for assets

Espersen CEO: COVID crisis spurred 'advantageous' trade flows

Salmon farming giant Mowi seizes opening in US frozen fish category with new brand

Mowi lands chilled Alaska pollock portions in US Lidl stores

These 200 million people are getting hungry for Alaska pollock

UniSea reports more COVID-19 infections; Alaska now accounts for nearly 50% of all reported seafood cases

Iceland Seafood International inks $24 million in new contracts as retail pivot pays off

Russian Fishery Company accuses pollock catchers of collusion after affiliate companies ousted

Scottish processor Thistle Seafoods upbeat on outlook despite desperately uncertain business climate

Seafood Power 100: Norway plays an outsized role among the sector's 'hot spots'

80,000 scientists are calling for urgent action on climate change to prevent 'catastrophic' damage to global fisheries

UPDATE: Six Russian Fishery affiliated companies kicked out of pollock catchers' group for suggesting fishery reforms

Trident Seafoods edges out competition to win $2 million Alaska pollock contract

With new salmon money, Norwegian cod farming is staging a comeback

Why is this Russian whitefish giant selling its cod processing plants?

Grimsby's seafood processors return from lockdown with 'a vengeance' as UK initiatives spark sales

Alaska pollock producers beef up European marketing drive

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New Ocean Choice director will take the processor 'deeper' into European market

Russia's Murman Seafood kicks off cod, haddock processing at new factory

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New aquaculture investment fund betting industry's sustainable growth will yield big returns

Investment fund backed by Walton scion is looking for the ‘Beyond Meat’ of seafood

'From hunters to farmers of fish': French venture capital firm on the lookout for innovative aquaculture tech

Norwegian billionaire buys deeper into Leroy Seafood

Private equity investor: Aquaculture gaining attention from 'everyone in the food sector'

Clearwater, Quin-Sea Fisheries given green light for St. Anthony Seafoods joint venture

Atlantic Sapphire board member gets jail term for speeding

Another new hire for alternative aquaculture feed producer Veramaris

Clean Seas CEO steps down leaving behind a company in dire straits

Grieg shutters Skye, Scotland farms as mortalities render operations unviable

This fund has $1 billion to invest; seafood is one of its primary targets

Aquaculture tech startup Aquabyte nets $10 million investment

Is there room for consolidation in Iceland's seafood industry?

Cuna del Mar-backed Innovasea purchases building in Nova Scotia

Mowi Chair Ole-Eirik Leroy's investment fund shows massive growth

Scramble for M&As in seafood continues despite pandemic

Video game developers plow capital into aquaculture tech startup

Private equity fund's plans for UK salmon farmer Loch Duart tripped up by coronavirus

Analyst: Atlantic Sapphire's first mover status makes it 'appealing' proposition

Aleutian Spray, Alaska CDQ group form new Pacific cod joint venture

Another new hire for alternative aquaculture feed producer Veramaris

Nueva Pescanova appoints veteran HR director

Top salmon analyst takes leap to kick-start new land-based salmon farm

'There will be a bit of a battle': Norway farmed salmon prices rise as buyers snap up fish, but for how long?

Germans smash seafood spending records amid COVID-19 pandemic

Russian Fishery Company accuses pollock catchers of collusion after affiliate companies ousted

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US seafood supplier files for bankruptcy; Cooke in talks for assets

Projections for land-based salmon farming production are too optimistic for this analyst

'Huge reduction' in sockeye salmon supply could drive prices higher

‘I've been smoking weed for 18 years, but only eating lettuce for five': Are these dudes future of sustainable aquaculture?

Cermaq CEO questions land-based salmon farming's economic viability

Here are the salaries of the highest-paid CEOs in seafood

China study finds coronavirus lingers on chilled farmed salmon samples for over a week

'The pandemic ruined the party': Salmon farmers swallow lethal cocktail of high costs and low prices

Russia’s first domestically-built factory trawler takes to the sea, but financial woes cloud fate of future vessels

Salmon on the run after 300-kilo tuna breaks into netpen

Here's how Thai Union will turn around of Red Lobster's fortunes

SalMar's cage was supposed to be escape-proof; So why are salmon escaping?

Iceland Seafood International inks $24 million in new retail contracts as COVID-19 pivot pays off

Why is seafood losing the protein battle? Cargill's aquaculture boss has some ideas

Alaska pollock producers stop bashing twice-frozen in EU market

Cermaq clinches China deal for its True Arctic salmon brand

Replacing marine ingredients in aquaculture feed 'defies logic' says trade group

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US foodservice on pace to take stunning $240 billion sales hit

US salmon market waits for fog to clear after Chilean truckers strike, holiday

This ex-investment banker has big plans for India's $14 billion seafood supply chain

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Former Krustagroup exec joins Spanish tuna supplier as its new CEO

Sanford CEO steps down

Norwegian egg supplier AquaGen names new CFO

DuPont exec behind Verlasso brand heads to ADM

Town Dock brings in new retail director

Atlantic Sapphire board member gets jail term for speeding

Another new hire for alternative aquaculture feed producer Veramaris

Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation appoints new CEO

Nueva Pescanova appoints veteran HR director

Norway's defense minister tapped for fisheries director

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E-commerce seafood retailer snags Red Lobster's former procurement director

Aqua-Spark brings long-time aquaculture player onboard

Red Lobster's chief supply chain officer joins seafood health board

Inside Grieg Seafood's strategy for attracting talent into the aquaculture industry

BP-backed alternative feed producer Calysta names former Quorn exec as CTO

Land-based firm Nordic Aquafarms names technology boss

Seafood Power 100: Norway plays an outsized role among the sectors 'hot spots'

Scottish food standards body hires former Scottish Salmon Producers Organization CEO

Former Cannon Fish president joins shrimp supplier Blue Sea Products

Land-based salmon farmer has explosive stock market debut

WEEK'S TOP HEADLINES

Seafood's leaders; Cooke smells blood in the water; Mowi moves into Alaska pollock

USDA soliciting wild, frozen shrimp for national food programs

Chile salmon producers accused of covering-up excessive antibiotic use

Alternative aquaculture feed ingredient volumes could be 20 times larger by 2030

Grieg shutters Skye, Scotland farms as mortalities render operations unviable

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Spate of new viruses raises alarm bells in shrimp farming sector

Ecuadorian producers fear Chinese shrimp market recovery could be years away

Could Thai giant CP Foods' new US farm change shrimp production forever?

Funding delays drag on Nissui-backed shrimp mega-farm

USDA soliciting wild, frozen shrimp for national food programs

More Ecuadorian shrimp producers leaving ponds empty as China market dries up

Genics CEO: Shrimp industry must keep 'ahead of the risks'

WEEK'S TOP HEADLINES

Week's Top Headlines: Seafood's leaders; Cooke smells blood in the water; Mowi moves into Alaska pollock

Clearwater, Quin-Sea Fisheries given green light for St. Anthony Seafoods joint venture

Scottish processor Thistle Seafoods upbeat on outlook despite desperately uncertain business climate

Germans smash seafood spending records amid COVID-19 pandemic

Seafood Power 100: Norway plays an outsized role among the sector's 'hot spots'

Royal Greenland earnings battered by COVID-19 impact on main markets

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Global Aquaculture Alliance senior VP steps down

Former Cannon Fish president joins shrimp supplier Blue Sea Products

UK wholesaler Skykes Seafood goes live with E-commerce platform

China steps up testing, penalties for chilled food imports amid rising fear over supply chain

USDA offers seafood industry more than $500 million to make up for trade war damage

COVID outbreak reported at Pacific Seafood plant in Oregon

Former Ahold USA CEO, M&A expert invest in land-based coho salmon farmer

Clearwater, Quin-Sea Fisheries given final green light for joint venture

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This is Dongwon's plan for selling land-based salmon to Korea

Clean Seas CEO steps down, leaving behind a company in dire straits

Another Norwegian enters Swedish land-based salmon race

Icelandic salmon farmer Arnarlax looks to IPO

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Nordic Aquafarms snaps up two Danish land-based yellowtail farmers

E-commerce seafood retailer snags Red Lobster's former procurement director

Scottish processor Thistle Seafoods upbeat on outlook despite desperately uncertain business climate

UPDATE

Six Russian Fishery affiliated companies kicked out of pollock catchers' group for suggesting fishery reforms

Royal Greenland earnings battered by COVID-19 impact on main markets

Cell-based salmon producer launches sushi-grade line

Are submersible cages the key to boosting Finland’s aquaculture sector?

Second tuna attack in a week: This time it's Mowi

Global Aquaculture Alliance senior VP steps down

Former Cannon Fish president joins shrimp supplier Blue Sea Products

New World Currents CEO: Salmon COVID study 'no more than an experiment'

Skretting partners with Chevron-backed alternative feed ingredient supplier

Scientists warn climate change will cause 'catastrophic' damage to global fisheries in massive call for action

SalMar discovers another crack in 'escape-proof' offshore salmon farm

Bumble Bee bankruptcy settlement held up over potential tax liabilities

The Chinese salmon market: Is there light at the end of the tunnel?

China steps up testing, penalties for chilled food imports amid rising fear over supply chain

'A temporary dip' hits Norwegian salmon exports

Russian firm kicks off cod, haddock processing at new factory

'Huge reduction' in sockeye salmon supply could drive prices higher

BC Salmon Farmers Association picks apart ‘inaccurate’ sea lice study

Rash of new viruses raise alarm bells in shrimp farming sector

Chilean salmon farmer slapped with fine for misreporting sea lice