Erin Spampinato

Norwegian farmed salmon prices increased in the final week of 2025, especially for large fish. 

 According to the Sitagri Salmon Index (SISALMONI), Week 52 of 2025, which occurred from 21 to 27 December, saw average salmon prices jumping 16.7 percent week over week to NOK 98.93 (USD 9.85, EUR 8.42). Fish weighing more than 5 kilograms fetched the highest prices in the market, which contracted by volume to 12,527 metric tons (MT) of

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A coalition of nonprofits, fishing organizations, and tribal groups are criticizing the recertification of the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska flatfish fishery, which includes the Amendment 80 trawling fleet, to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard claiming the process lacked transparency and amounts to “greenwashing.” The Amendment 80 fleet targets Akta mackerel, Pacific cod, rock sole, yellowfin sole, flathead sole… Read More

The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA), which operates the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification program, has announced a new marketing campaign in response to the results of an independent survey into the decision-making of consumers around sustainability certifications.  The study surveyed over 1,000 seafood-buying consumers from Canada, France, Spain, the U.K., and the U.S. It found that many seafood consumers are concerned about the way… Read More

New South Wales, Australia-based Murray Cod achieved a 3-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification for its farm, feed, and processing facilities.  BAP certification is a comphrensive process which requires third-party audits of a company’s entire production chain, from hatchery, to farm, to feed mill, to processing plant. It requires that seafood production meet strict requirements in terms of environmental responsibility, social… Read More

Family-owned Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.-based sustainable seafood supplier North Coast Seafoods raised USD 33,632 (EUR 28,691) for breast cancer research and patient programs through a month-long oyster fundraiser.  Throughout the month of October, North Coast collected a share of all proceeds from oysters sold at restaurants it supplies to be donated to the American Cancer Society at its inaugeral 13 November Shuck Cancer event in… Read More

Karkkila, Finland-based seafood technology company Hailia, which partners with seafood producers to utilize seafood sidestreams, said that it has found products made from sidestreams are more nutritionally dense than their fillet counterparts. In a study produced by the firm, which examined the nutritional makeup of products made with sidestreams from salmonid filletting, including heads, fins, and fish frames, sidestream products were found to… Read More

London, U.K.-headquartered investment firm Vitruvian Partners has acquired majority ownership of dual-headquartered Bergen, Norway- and San Francisco, California, U.S.A.-based aquaculture technology company Aquabyte.  In a release about the news, Aquabyte said the “move will drive the next phase of our growth and enable us to further establish Aquabyte and our AI-powered monitoring technology as the leading solution for fish farmers in all… Read More

Ecuador’s small pelagic fishery has passed the MarinTrust fishery assessment, marking the first step in the process of fishmeal and fish oil in the South American country achieving MarinTrust recognition. The certification program for marine ingredients like fishmeal and fish oil involves third party audits of production facilities, which cannot be conducted until the fishery from which ingredients are harvested has been assessed.  The… Read More

Avaldsnes, Norway-headquartered Amar Seafood has announced that its Scottish subsidiary Otter Ferry Seafish has won a grant from Marine Fund Scotland for its research and development efforts.  The grants, which can amount to up to 50 percent of a project’s costs, are issued by the Scottish government as part of its investment in Scotland’s Blue Economy Vision. In 2024, grants issued by the fund amounted to USD 18 million (EUR 15.4 million).… Read More

Norwegian farmed salmon prices went up in Week 50 of 2025, which occurred from 7 to 13 December, according to the Sitagri Salmon Index (SISALMONI).

Total export volume for Week 50 was up to 25,596 MT, a 1,842-metric-ton (MT), or 7.8 percent increase, from Week 49, when volume was 23,754 MT. Week 50’s total export volume was on par with the export volume of the same week in 2024, falling

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