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.
Author Archive
Mowi remains committed to opposing Norway’s recently imposed aquaculture resource rent tax, according to CEO Ivan Vindheim.
Delivering an otherwise bullish presentation on Mowi’s Q2 2023 results in Oslo, Norway, on 23 August, Vindheim voiced the company’s disappointment with the parliament’s decision, saying it has already proved costly, with investments worth NOK 40 billion (USD 3.7 billion, EUR 3.5 billion) across the
… Read More
Bakkafrost Group recently released unfavorable financial results for Q2 2023, and the salmon-farming firm expects production woes in Scotland to continue.
The Glyvrar, Faroe Islands-based Atlantic salmon-farming group posted total operating earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of DKK 353 million (USD 51.7 million, EUR 47.4 million) for the second quarter of 2023, down 40 percent from DKK 587 million (USD 85.9 million, EUR 78.8 million) in
… Read More
Tuna farming start-up Next Tuna, which aims to be the first company in the world to produce its own Atlantic bluefin in a closed aquaculture system at a commercially viable scale, has progressed from setting abstract goals to solidifying construction dates within the past few weeks.
The company's’s research partner, the Murcia Oceanographic Center of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, (IEO) which itself is part of the Spanish
… Read More
Global consumption of seafood will continue to grow over the next decade but at a slower rate, largely due to a projected softening of Asian demand, according to a new report.
“Agricultural Outlook 2023-2032,” a collaborative report between the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, aims to serve “as a reference for forward-looking
… Read More
The E.U.’s dependency on imported fisheries and aquaculture products – now accounting for between 65 percent and 70 percent of its overall seafood supply – continues to rise.
Ahead of the European Commission’s proposal for autonomous tariff quota (ATQ) volumes for select fishery products in 2024 and 2025, including key whitefish species like cod, pollock, and hake, as well as shrimp and cephalopods, E.U. Fish Processors
… Read More
Falling prices and demand coupled with rising feed and production costs have left global shrimp producers in dire straits, according to new analysis published by the global animal protein sector of Utrecht, Netherlands-based Rabobank.
Written by Rabobank Senior Global Specialist of Seafood Gorjan Nikolik, the report, “Global Aquaculture Update 2H 2023: Between a Rock and a Hard Place,” found the shrimp industry faced an extremely
… Read More
The European Commission (E.C.) is currently preparing an autonomous tariff quota (ATQ) proposal for volumes of select fishery products in 2024 and 2025. In response, companies like fishing industry body Europêche have highlighted that growing volumes of third-country-caught seafood have continued to enter the E.U. market with zero duties, while significantly increased controls placed on European fishers are infringing on fishers’
… Read More
The United Kingdom’s seafood market has endured numerous difficulties in recent years. A recent whitepaper titled “Building Seafood Consumer Confidence to Boost Consumption,” compiled by the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC), addresses some of the problems by proposing a public educational campaign to improve public confidence in buying seafood products. In an interview with SeafoodSource, NSC U.K. Director Victoria Braathen
… Read More
On 9 July, New Zealand signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union, a move that should provide a boost to New Zealand’s seafood industry when it goes into effect next year.
The FTA, which the two governing bodies signed a year after negotiations concluded in June 2022, will eliminate most export tariffs, ensure nondiscriminatory treatment for investors, improve market access for companies, and significantly reduce
… Read MoreRecent Articles
