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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Norway-based Cermaq Group has purchased fellow salmon-farming firm Grieg’s operations in British Columbia and Newfoundland, Canada, as well as in Finnmark, Norway, for NOK 10.2 billion (USD 988.3 million, EUR 853 million).
The acquisition, which is still dependent on approval by relevant competition authorities, will see Cermaq take over Grieg’s North American sales organization and its entire North American operations. The sale
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Bergen, Norway-headquartered salmon-farming firm Mowi harvested approximately 133,000 gutted weight tons (GWT) of farmed salmon in the second quarter of this year, roughly 19,500 GWT more than in the corresponding period of 2024 and exceeding the producer’s previous guidance for the period by 3,000 GWT.
According to the group’s latest trading update for Q2 2025, its Farming Norway operations harvested 72,500 GWT, which was up from
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Bergen, Norway-headquartered salmon-farming firm Lerøy Seafood Group (LSG) harvested approximately 48,900 gutted weight tons (GWT) of Atlantic salmon and trout in the second quarter of this year, which was an increase of 12,200 GWT compared to the corresponding period of 2024.
According to the company’s latest trading update, its operations at its Lerøy Sjøtroll location harvested 20,900 GWT, of which 9,800 GWT
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A new report from a group of environmental NGOs said that transparency failures and limited public access to critical data are just a few of several reasons why it is essential to reform the European Union’s sustainable fisheries partnership agreements (SFPAs).
It is further urging the European Commission to use its new Ocean Pact to become a leader on establishing ethical and sustainable fisheries.
The E.U. IUU Fishing Coalition,
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Trade volatility has reshaped the strategies employed by global seafood players this year, with tariff and inflationary pressures affecting both supply chains and consumer choices, according to new Rabobank research.
Rabobank’s new analysis from its RaboResearch unit highlights that on a global scale, affordability has become an even more “crucial” influencing factor on seafood demand.
In the U.S. in particular, high
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Just four of the 30 largest tuna-fishing companies in the world disclose their catch data, and more than half of these companies’ catches are completely untraceable, according to a new report compiled by nonprofit financial think tank Planet Tracker.
Planet Tracker’s study, “Tuna Turner: Investors Must Turn Up Transparency in the Tuna Industry,” references Global Fishing Watch data to determine catch volumes by species
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U.K. public body Seafish, the work of which is sponsored by the nation’s Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra), has developed new resources that focus on boosting international seafood commerce.
Designed to support U.K. seafood companies with varying levels of exporting infrastructure, the newly published resources – the U.K. Seafood Trade Report 2024 and the East Asia Export Guides – offer key insights on
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Though salmon is now a staple in Japanese sushi culture, four decades ago, the fish was not used as an ingredient in the practice.
It took a group of Norwegians traveling to Tokyo in the mid-1980s to convince Japanese sushi chefs that the Scandinavian country’s high-quality raw salmon could complement their national dish, and from “Project Japan,” a global phenomenon was borne.
The Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) is celebrating
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A report commissioned by ocean conservation nonprofit Oceana and conducted by the EqualSea Lab at the University of Santiago de Compostela has revealed widespread opacity in the ownership of the world’s large-scale fishing fleets.
The report, titled “Who Really Owns the World’s Large-Scale Fishing Fleet?”, finds that almost two-thirds of industrial fishing vessels – responsible for 60 percent of global marine
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