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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Despite mounting concerns over rising costs and general market conditions, there’s optimism across the aquaculture industry coming into the New Year, according to new analysis compiled by the RaboResearch unit of Rabobank.
Summarizing key takeaways from the Global Seafood Alliance’s (GSA) GOAL Conference 2022, held in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. in October 2022, Rabobank’s latest aquaculture report, “What to Expect in the
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Frøya, Norway-based SalMar’s mandatory tender offer for all the outstanding shares in Norwegian aquaculture firm NTS has concluded with SalMar taking control of almost 93 percent of the shares and voting rights in NTS.
SalMar won a bidding war for NTS in February 2022, and its takeover was approved by E.U. competition authorities in November 2022.
Announcing the preliminary result of the tender offer to Oslo Børs on 21
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The U.K. fishing industry has secured an additional 140,000 metric tons (MT) of fishing opportunities worth GBP 282 million (USD 341.8 million, EUR 326.4 million) for 2023 through a fisheries accord reached with the European Union.
The U.K. and E.U. reached an agreement on catch levels for 69 fish stocks, including some of the most commercially-valuable stocks to the U.K. fishing industry, such as North Sea nephrops, worth GBP 54
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Sales of salmon across the U.K. retail market are likely to total GBP 1.2 billion (USD 1.5 billion, EUR 1.4 billion) in 2022, and salmon's market share is increasing ahead of the busy Christmas period, according to new data published by producer organization Salmon Scotland.
“With food price rises, soaring energy bills, and rampant inflation, the fact that salmon has increased its share of the U.K. market demonstrates the popularity of our
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Consumers in the United Kingdom are being warned about specific ready-to-eat smoked fish products being sold by discount retailer Lidl that are linked to an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes.
Both Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) have advised that products produced by St. James Smokehouse and sold under Lidl’s “Deluxe Oak Smoked Scottish Loch Trout” and “Lighthouse Bay Smoked
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Cod and haddock caught and supplied by Norway’s fishing fleet is featuring in two new U.K. retail promotions organized in part by the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC).
Collaborative campaigns showcasing the provenance and sustainability of Norwegian whitefish to customers at Asda and Marks & Spencer (M&S) went live in Q4 2022. The NSC/Asda campaign is a digital activation across its website, while its drive with M&S
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Consultations between the European Union, the Northeast Atlantic coastal states, the United Kingdom, and Norway have concluded, with the parties reaching agreements for the shared management of key commercial fish stocks in 2023 that bring them back into line with International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) scientific advice.
The agreement between the E.U. and the coastal states covers the joint management of mackerel, blue
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Mowi and Grieg Seafood have been named the two most-sustainable animal protein producers by the Coller FAIRR Index.
The index considers a variety of factors contributing to a protein’s overall score; greenhouse gas emissions, water use, biodiversity, animal welfare and antibiotic use, working conditions, and governance.
Of the four companies identified by the index as “low risk” when measured against a number of factors
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The European Union Council of Fisheries Ministers has come to an agreement on 2023 fishing opportunities for fish stocks exclusively managed by the E.U. in the Atlantic Ocean, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, including deep-sea stocks for 2023 and 2024.
The 27 total allowable catches (TACs) for the fisheries operating on stocks managed solely by the E.U., were announced 13 December, 2022, as were strengthened measures to address the critical
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Poland and Estonia have become the latest European Union member states to adopt new European Maritime, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) programs and will receive EUR 512 million (USD 536.1 million) and EUR 97 million (USD 101.6 million) in E.U. funding over the next six years.
The total financial allocation for the Polish program from 2021 to 2017 is EUR 732 million (USD 766.5 million), while Estonia is getting EUR 129.1 million (USD
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