Jason Holland

Fisheries and aquaculture must pull together and collectively ensure blue foods are part of every conversation taking place around food security and feeding a growing world population, according to Walton Family Foundation Oceans Initiative Lead Teresa Ish.

Speaking at the recent Blue Food Innovation Summit in London, Ish said the reality is that in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) terms, SDG 14 – the goal focused on the ocean, or

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Globally, seaweed production now exceeds 35 million metric tons (MT) annually, making it a significant contributor to the blue economy. However, some in the sector have said that the industry has reached a creativity and commercialization crossroads, particularly in terms of scaling up production and integrating seaweed into a broader spectrum of uses, such as nutraceuticals, bioplastics, and food ingredients. “This is a very pivotal time for… Read More

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) recently downgraded Northeast Atlantic mackerel caught by midwater trawlers from a 3 to a 4 rating in the 2025 spring update to its Good Fish Guide, which measures the environmental impact of harvesting seafood species.

In tandem with the downgrade, the U.K.-based environmental charity recommended that businesses not source the species and has reignited calls to end the political impasse surrounding the

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Bergen, Norway-headquartered salmon-farming firm Mowi harvested around 108,000 metric tons (MT) of gutted weight (GWT) farmed salmon in the first quarter of this year, which was 11,500 MT more than in the corresponding period of 2024 and matched the producer’s previous guidance.

According to the group’s latest trading update, in Q1 2025, its Farming Norway division harvested 62,000 MT (up from 55,000 MT in Q1 2024), Farming Scotland

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Elevated economic and political upheaval and the looming threat of tariffs have started hindering investments in the blue food economy, with backers of start-ups finding later-stage funders are edging away from the aquaculture innovation space.  

Speaking at the Blue Food Innovation Summit, held in London from 8 to 9 April 2025, Aqua-Spark Chief Portfolio Officer Maria Velkova said there’s a tremendous amount of uncertainty in the

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The U.K. government’s recent promise to remove regulatory red tape across industries has brought fresh hope to Scotland’s salmon industry that authorities will heed its calls to simplify the permitting process for new farm sites.

The overly complicated process of securing new farm site permits has been a stated problem of Scotland’s salmon industry for several years now.

In 2022, Russel Griggs, the current chair of the South of

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Multiple salmon farmers posted increased harvest volumes during Q1 2025 trading updates.

Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (LSG) harvested approximately 38,200 gutted weight tons (GWT) of Atlantic salmon and trout in the first-quarter of this year, with the volume up 11,800 GWT compared to the corresponding period of 2024.

That total excludes the harvest from LSG’s 50-percent stake in Scottish Seafarms.

According to the Bergen,

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The European Union and Thailand are in talks to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) that could enable the duty-free passage of Thai tuna, among other products, into the E.U. market.

If the FTA goes through, it would cause immediate damage to Europe’s tuna fleets and increase the likelihood of consumers being exposed to inferior and potentially illegal products, European fishing industry representative body Europêche has

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A new E.U.-wide marketing campaign, "EU aquaculture: We work for you with passion," has the potential to both demystify fish farming in the bloc and give the sector a more positive perception among the region’s consumers, according to the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE).

The campaign, in part, responds to a recent Eurobarometer survey which found that Europeans are not consuming

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The European Commission has launched a new E.U.-wide campaign to raise awareness and change perceptions of aquaculture in the bloc. Aquaculture output in the European Union has flatlined at 1.1 million metric tons (MT) – representing less than 1 percent of the globally-produced supply – and most of the bloc’s 450 million population has little understanding or affinity with the industry. The new campaign, titled "EU aquaculture: We work… Read More