Jason Holland

The price of importing seafood products into the U.K. from the E.U. will become more expensive from 30 April onward, following the U.K. government’s confirmation of new charges for goods entering the country through the Port of Dover and the Eurotunnel at Folkstone – two of the main entry points for European goods.

According to the new regulation, businesses importing consignments of animal and plant products that are eligible

The lack of capacity inherent in traditional marine-based salmon farming has made land-based production a long-term growth opportunity for the industry, according to Nordic Aqua Partners Chairman Atle Eide.

Nordic Aqua Partners is building a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) salmon farm in Ningbo, China, with the goal of supplying the Chinese market with fresh, local salmon.

Eide told attendees at the 2024 North Atlantic Seafood Forum

Alaska pollock fishers enjoyed a successful year in 2023, with the sector specifically targeting the bountiful 2018 and 2019 classes of fish, which have added weight and have reached an optimal size on average of 600 to 650 grams, according to American Seafoods Chief Commercial Officer Rasmus Sørensen. 

“It is still early in the season, but the positive fishing trends from last year definitely seem to have continued into

When the United Kingdom left the European Union in January 2020, increased red tape and higher costs ensued for the nation’s seafood sector, especially in Scotland’s salmon-farming industry, which has missed out on GBP 100 million (USD 126.2 million, EUR 117 million) in annual exports, according to estimates from industry trade body Salmon Scotland.

In 2019, the Scottish salmon sector exported more than 53,000 metric tons (MT) to the

Grieg Seafood has eventual hopes of harvesting between 120,000 and 135,000 metric tons (MT) of Atlantic salmon annually, but after missing its initial 2023 harvest guidance of 87,000 gutted-weight tons (GWT) by some margin, the Bergen, Norway-headquartered producer has gone back to the drawing board to get its harvest goals back on track.

The group’s newly published 2023 annual report confirmed it harvested just 72,015 GWT in 2023; that

Marine conservation NGO Blue Marine Foundation has taken legal action against the U.K. government, claiming it has breached its own laws by repeatedly setting fishing quotas for more than half of U.K. stocks at levels higher than those guided by scientific advice.

The London, U.K.-based NGO is arguing that the government’s mismanagement of fish stocks is an irresponsible use of national assets and runs counter to the interests of the

Faroe Islands-headquartered salmon farmer Bakkafrost Group has had to contend with several issues in its bid to turn its Scottish operations around, and while these operations are still “in red numbers,” there are strong indications that the future is bright in Scotland, Bakkafrost CFO Høgni Dahl Jacobsen recently said at the 2024 North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) in Bergen, Norway.

“In the Faroes, we have a very

Though 2024 is unlikely to see large spikes in salmon production, an additional 1 million metric tons (MT) of the fish could be produced on an annual basis by 2030, according to Pareto Securities Analyst Sander Lie.

Speaking at the 2024 North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) in Bergen, Norway, Lie said new technology will play an increasingly important role in achieving that production benchmark, citing “quite significant growth” likely

The farming of salmon on land – from egg to market-size fish – is becoming increasingly feasible and reliable, according to Kontali Lead Salmonids Analyst Lars Daniel Garshol.

Garshol said Kontali is becoming “more and more optimistic” about the land-based salmon-farming sector given the number of production facilities and large-scale operations that will soon come onstream.

“This is an important stepping stone from

Reykjavik, Iceland-headquartered Iceland Seafood International (ISI)’s performance in 2023 was marred by price fluctuations, uncertainty in key markets, and decreased purchasing power driven by inflation that negatively impacted demand, leading some consumers to switch to less-expensive proteins, ISI Chair Birna Einarsdóttir said at the group’s annual general meeting on 21 March.

Now, with ISI’s sale of Iceland