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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May 13, 2026
Bergen, Norway-based Lerøy Seafood Group (LSG) reported an 18 percent year-over-year drop in group operational EBIT in the first quarter of this year, totaling NOK 858 million (USD 93.6 million, EUR 79.7 million).
The firm attributed the drop to lower salmon and trout prices as well as some margin pressure in its downstream VAP, Sales, and Distribution (VAPS&D) arm, which both offset strong biological performance within its Farming… Read More
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May 11, 2026
Driven by high activity within its Land-Based (LB) business segment, Klepp, Norway-based aquaculture technology firm AKVA group delivered record Q1 revenues.
In its financial report for the opening three-month period of the year, AKVA revealed its Q1 income rose 13 percent, or NOK 293 million (USD 31.8 million, EUR 27 million), year over year to NOK 1.14 billion (USD 123.7 million, EUR 105.1 million). The firm also reported a strong order intake… Read More
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May 8, 2026
In the U.K., tuna is now the country’s top-selling Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-certified wild-caught species, overtaking cod for the first time.
The “MSC UK Tuna Shopper Report 2026” recently revealed that nearly half (49 percent) of all tuna products on U.K. supermarket shelves now carry the MSC eco-label, up from just 18 percent in 2021. By volume, the increase is even more pronounced, with 65 percent of tuna sold in stores now… Read More
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May 8, 2026
Scotland’s salmon-farming industry has recorded its highest survival rates for the opening quarter of the year ever, with industry figures pointing to sustained improvements in fish health, farm management, and production practices.
New data released by industry body Salmon Scotland shows survival rates reached 99.1 percent in March – the strongest performance for that month since farm-level reporting began in 2018. The figure edges above… Read More
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May 6, 2026
Norwegian land-based aquaculture company Salmon Evolution is steadily progressing through an important new chapter for the firm and is eyeing a significant ramp-up in production, according to CEO Trond Håkon Schaug-Pettersen.
Delivering Salmon Evolution’s Q1 2026 results in Oslo, Norway, Schaug-Pettersen said that “everything is progressing according to plan,” and with Phase 2 of its Indre Harøy hybrid flow-through salmon farm now in… Read More
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May 1, 2026
A new study has found that bottom trawling in European waters not only carries environmental concerns but heavy economic ones, as the practice costs Europe up to EUR 16 billion (USD 18.7 billion) annually once climate and ecological impacts are fully accounted for.
Published in the international journal Ocean & Coastal Management, the National Geographic-backed analysis claims to be the first to quantify the economic value of bottom trawling… Read More
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April 29, 2026
Scotland’s salmon-farming sector has intensified its lobbying efforts ahead of the 7 May Scottish parliamentary election, calling on candidates to commit to cutting regulatory delays and backing industry growth.
In a joint letter coordinated by industry representative group Salmon Scotland and signed by 60 producers and other businesses along the supply chain, the sector warned that current bureaucratic red tape is undermining competitiveness… Read More
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April 21, 2026
Bergen, Norway-headquartered salmon-farming firm Mowi harvested approximately 136,000 metric tons (MT) of gutted weight (GWT) farmed salmon in the first quarter of this year, which was 26 percent, or 28,000 GWT, more than in the corresponding period of 2025 and surpassed its previous guidance for the period by 8,000 GWT.
According to the group’s latest trading update, in Q1 2026, its Farming Norway operations harvested 75,500 GWT, which was up… Read More
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April 20, 2026
The global Atlantic salmon-farming industry is now in a period of constraint, with slowing supply growth colliding with shifting trade dynamics, increasingly price-sensitive demand, and, more recently, escalating tensions in the Middle East, according to Kontali analysts Lars Daniel Garshol and Philip Scrase.
Giving their latest Global Salmon Market Update in the lead-up to the 2026 edition of Seafood Expo Global, Garshol and Scrase explained… Read More
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April 17, 2026
The Scottish Parliament election taking place on 7 May could represent a “watershed moment” for Scottish salmon farming, according to TirMara Advisory Founder Anne Anderson.
Anderson, who is also the former chief officer of the regulatory portfolio at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), insisted the next government has a “must-seize opportunity” to address longstanding structural issues in Scotland’s aquaculture… Read More
