London-based seafood writer and communications consultant Jason Holland has been a contributing editor to SeafoodSource.com since January 2010. Jason has more than 25 years of experience as a B2B journalist and editor – a career that has taken him all over the world. He believes he found his true professional calling in 2004 when he started documenting the many facets of the international seafood industry and he’s particularly proud of the strong, collaborative relationships he has formed at all stages of the supply chain.
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The Council of the European Union has reached an agreement on Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2025, following total allowable catch (TAC) proposals for several key stocks in the area made by the European Commission in August.
The council followed the commission’s proposal on several elements of the agreement, but the commission has stated concern over components that it said are less likely to contribute to the recovery of certain
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The U.K. government has drafted five new fisheries management plans (FMPs) with the intention of improving the long-term sustainability of key stocks, and the plans are now open for consultation through 19 January 2025.
Covering cockles, queen scallops, southern North Sea and Channel skates and rays, southern North Sea demersal non-quota species, and North Sea and Channel sprats – a plan developed jointly with the Scottish government as it
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The European Union recently celebrated Ocean Week, which included debates, exhibitions, and other events in Brussels to celebrate Europe’s seas and determine the best path forward for protecting them.
During the event 140 organizations delivered a united call to the bloc’s leaders, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leye and newly appointed European Commissioner-designate for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis,
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Frøya, Norway-based salmon-farming firm SalMar had its harvests drop by nearly 30 percent in Q3 2024 largely due to lower production at its Norwegian farming sites.
SalMar said it harvested approximately 60,300 metric tons (MT) of Atlantic salmon in the third quarter of this year, marking a decrease of 17,800 MT on the corresponding quarter of 2023.
According to the salmon producer’s latest trading update, its Farming
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Bergen, Norway-headquartered salmon-farming firm Mowi harvested a record amount of salmon in the third quarter of 2024.
Mowi harvested 161,000 metric tons (MT) of gutted weight (GWT) salmon in the third quarter of this year, which it confirmed was an all-time high for the period. The total was 500 MT ahead of its previous forecast, and up from Q3 2023’s harvest volume of 135,000 MT.
According to the group’s latest trading
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Anti-salmon farming groups and media outlets in the U.K. have recently decried the number of fish mortalities recorded on fish farms in Scotland, but the country's aquaculture industry is defending its practices.
The Scottish Parliament's Rural Affairs and Islands Committee has been conducting an inquiry into how Scotland’s salmon farming has changed since a 2018 report raised a number of environmental concerns.
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Salmon firms Grieg, Bakkafrost, and Lerøy have released trading updates for the third quarter of 2024, a month before they all release full results for the period.
According to Bergen, Norway-headquartered Grieg Seafood’s latest trading update, the firm harvested approximately 17,700 gutted weight tonnage (GWT) of Atlantic salmon in the third quarter of this year, representing an increase of 5,500 GWT on the corresponding quarter of
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