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Workers sue OBI Seafoods over 'outrageous acts of discrimination and harassment' Seafood finance executive joins cell-cultured seafood company Russia floats plan to unilaterally increase its pollock harvest in the Bering Sea by 36% Norway salmon buyers and sellers engaged in 'trench warfare' 'A wilful attack on sustainability': Scottish fishermen blast Norway, Faroese unilateral quota decisions US, UK battle over toothfish fishing near Antarctica Gender-equity seafood nonprofit receives grant to grow Ex-Akva, Merck, Skretting executive joins GM salmon producer AquaBounty Is the UK falling out of love with cod? Young's Seafood CEO says slumping sales suggest so ‘This industry is not sustainable’: A further 30% of Chinese processing plants could go bust in the next 5 years

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‘This industry is not sustainable’: A further 30% of Chinese processing plants could go bust in the next 5 years

Russia floats plan to unilaterally increase its pollock harvest in the Bering Sea by 36%

Mowi, Grieg, Cermaq have two more years to farm salmon in BC; But can a transition plan be built in 24 months?

Workers sue OBI Seafoods over 'outrageous acts of discrimination and harassment'

Farmed salmon buyers and sellers engaged in 'trench warfare'

North Atlantic Seafood Forum

Is the UK falling out of love with cod? Young's Seafood CEO says slumping sales suggest so

North Atlantic Seafood Forum

Rabobank: Price slide, high costs threaten shrimp industry's profitability

'We are really hanging on by a thread': CP Foods exec says Asian shrimp farming in dire need of innovation

‘Very important’: Mowi, Grieg, Cermaq CEOs welcome British Columbia license decision but analyst has concerns

Seafood finance executive joins cell-cultured seafood company

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Watch out: Cargill's investment in Multi X is just the first step in its ambitious seafood strategy

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

'Their greed is stifling the industry'

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

Viciunai: More than 30 firms bidding to buy Russian business

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

Retailers drop prices, push back on suppliers as inflation stunts demand for Copper River salmon

EXCLUSIVE | Seafood M&As show no signs of slowing

Cruise lines poised to rebound, sparking optimism for seafood suppliers

These 15 salmon farmers produce half of the world's farmed salmon supply

Exclusive

Glenn Cooke: His growth plans, his disdain for private equity, and the reason he wears that baseball cap

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?

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

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

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

'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

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

Buyers eager for Pacific hake in red-hot whitefish market

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

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

Finance

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Here's the latest list of seafood industry investments and M&As

Danish feed group acquires trout farmer, processor

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

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

Maruha Nichiro's Seafood Connection acquires UK supplier

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

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

Viciunai: More than 30 firms bidding to buy Russian business

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

Former Mowi CEO, Bain executive invest in African tilapia farmer

Russia's invasion of Ukraine creates choppy waters for investors. Will it lead to a slowdown of aquaculture investments?

Fortune gobbles up another regional seafood distributor

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

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

Iceland's salmon farming sector ripe for further consolidation

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

Australian fishing giant Austral Fisheries acquires seafood processor

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

Private equity owner plans to sell Danish salmon smoker

Fortune International makes yet another acquisition

North Atlantic Seafood Forum

‘We have to take it step by step’: Leroy targets 46% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030

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Mowi shareholder offloads $400 million stake

'We may not have coldwater prawns for Christmas': Brexit threatens iconic British seafoods

'There is great interest out there': M&A in the salmon sector is just getting started, say analysts

Salmon producers fear 'worrying environmental bias' under Chile's new constitution

Shipping & Logistics

Spot container rates slide amid shipping stocks rout

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

Food industry giant takes slice of land-based salmon farmer Andfjord

Buyers demand seamless purchase of Viciunai's Russia business, with production lines running

Bakkafrost unveils new name for Scottish Salmon Company

Owner of disputed Bayside Alaska pollock rail route asks for say in US Customs case

Bristol Bay fishermen eagerly await massive sockeye haul as preseason predictions come to life

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Alaska salmon season 2022: Base prices set as Bristol Bay fishing gathers steam

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Cermaq head of global sales to depart

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

Peter Pan nabs former Trident Seafoods director

Atlantic Sapphire owner charged with drunk driving

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

Former Fishin' Co. president joins Mauritius seafood supplier Afritex

Thai Union appoints new chairman following insider trading scandal

Thai Union picks new CEO for German subsidiary Rugen Fisch

Shelf-stable seafood giant Bumble Bee adds new vice president to steer national retail accounts

Hendrix Genetics appoints new CEO

Mediterranean bass and bream giant Avramar names new CEO

Norwegian Seafood Council appoints new CEO

Seafood finance executive joins cell-cultured seafood company

Gender-equity seafood nonprofit receives grant to grow

Ex-Akva, Merck, Skretting executive joins GM salmon producer AquaBounty

Akva sea-based COO steps down after two years in role

Seafood veteran Howard Johnson dies

Marine Stewardship Council's US program director announces retirement

Norwegian 'fish sludge' group Hyperthermics hires new CFO

Thai Union appoints North America sustainability director

Peter Pan boosts sockeye salmon base price in Bristol Bay

Norway sets its own quota on shared mackerel stock, dropping allowable catch by 7%

Marine Stewardship Council's US program director announces retirement

Cornelis Vrolijk forms JV with Dutch shellfish supplier

Norwegian 'fish sludge' group Hyperthermics hires new CFO

'The time for talking is over': Offshore fish farmer Forever Oceans draws up ambitious plans to be carbon negative

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

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'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

Russia floats plan to unilaterally increase its pollock harvest in the Bering Sea by 36%

US, UK battle over toothfish fishing near Antarctica

North Atlantic Seafood Forum

Is the UK falling out of love with cod? Young's Seafood CEO says slumping sales suggest so

North Atlantic Seafood Forum

‘This industry is not sustainable’: A further 30% of Chinese processing plants could go bust in the next 5 years

Mowi, Grieg, Cermaq have two more years to farm salmon in BC; But can a transition plan be built in 24 months?

‘Very important’: Mowi, Grieg CEOs welcome British Columbia license decision but analyst has concerns

Spot container rates slide amid shipping stocks rout

Canada Minister renews Mowi, Grieg and Cermaq salmon farm licenses in British Columbia

USDA purchasing $52 million worth of Pacific and Alaska groundfish

Shipping & Logistics

Maersk boss denounces Biden shipping container crisis comments

Bluefront Equity takes majority stake in seafood refrigerant firm as ex-BioMar VP comes aboard

Green credentials are increasingly vital for aquaculture investors. Will that lead to lower financial returns?

Brazil seafood processors postpone investments amid reduced demand, spiking inflation

'A lot don’t have the capital': New finance venture aims to help smaller companies bid on USDA seafood contracts

Thai Union appoints North America sustainability director

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Barramundi Group

Peter Pan posts first base price for Bristol Bay sockeye

Chilean salmon farmer Australis facing charges for alleged overproduction in protected area

Soaring US retail prices curb salmon demand

Land-based fish farmers face new challenges as investors tighten their wallets, but financial upsides of sector prevail

Mowi Canada's future at stake with salmon licenses on the line

Alaska pollock marketing group appoints new board chairman

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

Workers sue OBI Seafoods over 'outrageous acts of discrimination and harassment'

Russia floats plan to unilaterally increase its pollock harvest in the Bering Sea by 36%

US, UK battle over toothfish fishing near Antarctica

‘We have to take it step by step’: Leroy targets 46% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030

Marine Stewardship Council's US program director announces retirement

USDA purchasing $52 million worth of Pacific and Alaska groundfish

Norway sets its own quota on shared mackerel stock, dropping allowable catch by 7%

Peter Pan boosts sockeye salmon base price in Bristol Bay

Bristol Bay fishermen eagerly await massive sockeye haul as preseason predictions come to life

Peter Pan posts first base price for Bristol Bay sockeye

Overfishing forces UK sushi chain Itsu to pull yellowfin tuna from menus

'The market is concerned': Despite recent $85 million settlement, Norwegian salmon farmers still exposed in price fixing cases

'This is what we have been waiting for': Norway pushes on with MSC cod recertification after new coastal cod advice, management plan

Norway salmon prices appear to be easing in uncertain market

US consumers turn their back on seafood; sales sink in May

After Skretting's U-turn, Cargill is the last aquaculture feed company still exporting 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

Russia floats plan to unilaterally increase its pollock harvest in the Bering Sea by 36%

US, UK battle over toothfish fishing near Antarctica

North Atlantic Seafood Forum

Is the UK falling out of love with cod? Young's Seafood CEO says slumping sales suggest so

North Atlantic Seafood Forum

‘This industry is not sustainable’: A further 30% of Chinese processing plants could go bust in the next 5 years

‘We have to take it step by step’: Leroy targets 46% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030

Viciunai aims to sell Russia business whole at demand of potential buyers

'The time for talking is over': Offshore fish farmer Forever Oceans draws up ambitious plans to be carbon negative

Saudi dairy giant launches into seafood sector with planned $67 million investment

Camanchaca CEO warns new salmon industry law 'will cost thousands of jobs'

After 10 years, Aker BioMarine gets approval for krill feed ingredients in the United States

Shipping & Logistics

Container ship markets remain near record highs despite headwinds

Norwegian salmon farmer's investment arm makes cash injection in biotech company

After two years 'rife with upheaval' salmon farmer Grieg shoots for ambitious growth targets

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?

With Russia suspended, ICES will not publish Barents Sea cod quota advice this spring

Shipping & Logistics

‘Viscerally angry’: Biden takes swipe at container lines in battle against inflation

Aquaculture deep-tech company Umitron secures $22 million in funding

ICES recommends hike in Norwegian coastal cod, saithe quotas for 2023

Shipping & Logistics

Leading container shipping line sees lower rates ahead amid overcapacity concerns

Multi X, Biomar trial insect meal salmon project in first for South America

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