Cliff White

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CMFRI) has announced it has successfully induced breeding and seed production of the giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis). The research organization, supported by the Indian government, called it… Read More

Nazaré, Portugal-based clam-farming firm Oceano Fresco has closed a EUR 17 million (USD 18.3 million) funding round. Oceano Fresco farms native European clams (Venerupis corrugata and Ruditapes decussatus) at its BioMarine Center hatchery and at an open-sea clam farm in Lagos,… Read More

Noray Seafood and Salmon Evolution have scored distribution agreements with Falkenberg, Sweden-headquartered seafood firm Korshags Foods. Created in 2008 and known as Gamba Natural until 2020, Noray Seafood is a land-based vannamei shrimp farmer that operates a fully vertically integrated… Read More

Newlat Food closed its purchase of Liverpool, U.K.-based food and drink group Princes Limited from Mitsubishi on Tuesday, 30 July. The GBP 700 million (USD 894 million, EUR 822.3 million) deal was first announced in May 2024 after a multi-year sale process. With its finalization, Newlat has… Read More

Metro Türkiye is partnering with Hatko Aquaculture and Alpha Aqua to build an aquaponics facility to grow sea bass that relies on a recirculating aquaculture system. Described as the first of its kind in Turkey’s retail sector, the pilot project in Muğla, Turkey will seek to shorten the… Read More

StarKist and Lion Capital will pay out USD 3.875 million (EUR 3.6 million) to settle tuna price-fixing claims brought by customers of DOT Foods, Sysco, US Foods, Sam’s Club, Walmart, and Costco. A final hearing on the settlement is scheduled for 15 November 2024, with a deadline for those… Read More

Billund, Syddanmark, Denmark-based Billund Aquaculture, a specialist in the design and installation of recirculating aquaculture systems, plans to declare bankruptcy. The Covid-19 pandemic and economic fallout from sanctions imposed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine exacerbated the… Read More

Theodora, a trendy Mediterranean-style restaurant in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A., sells a dry-aged whole branzino for USD 78 (EUR 72).

“It’s so tender; it slips right from the bones,” a server at the restaurant recently told Grub Street.

The restaurant also serves dry-aged Ora King salmon, striped bass, and rainbow trout, fetching a tidy premium for each.

At Il Totano, also in New York City, the best-seller is dry-aged kampachi

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Eide Fjordbruk’s Salmon Eye and its newly Michelin-starred restaurant, Iris, have been named to Time Magazine’s The World’s Greatest Places of 2024 list – a prominent recognition rewarding the family-owned Norwegian organic salmon-farming firm for an innovative effort to meld aquaculture with experiential tourism.

“Housed inside the ellipsoid-shaped Salmon Eye structure – a floating art installation

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The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) has received USD 5 million (EUR 4.6 million) in federal funding, alleviating financial concerns after it lost out on twice that amount in state dollars. ASMI was snubbed by Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, who vetoed a bill on 4 July that would have… Read More