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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Seafood processors and traders in the United Kingdom have launched a new trade organization to advocate for the industry across a broad array of key issues.
The recently launched UK Seafood Federation (UKSF) amalgamates the Provision of Trade Federation’s Seafood Industry Alliance (SIA) and Seafood Grimsby & Humber Alliance (SGHA) into a central hub to advocate for seafood processors and traders.
The new group, which will soon become
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Seafood is on the cusp of overtaking poultry as the top contributor to global protein supply growth, according to a new report from Dutch financial services firm Rabobank.
The report, titled “Global Animal Protein Outlook 2025,” anticipates that seafood will take over the top spot in 2025 despite uncertainties generated by global macroeconomic fluctuations and policy changes that will mark this year as a “pivotal moment”
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Bergen, Norway-headquartered salmon-farming firm Mowi harvested around 133,500 metric tons (MT) of gutted weight (GWT) farmed salmon in the last quarter of 2024, which was over 4,000 MT more than in the corresponding period of the previous year and 1,400 MT ahead of the forecast the company made for the period in Q3 2024.
The Q4 volume contributes to a record full-year harvest of 502,000 MT, overhauling Mowi’s previous best of 475,000 MT,
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Norwegian seafood exports enjoyed an incredibly successful 2024 by setting a new trade value record in excess of NOK 175 billion (USD 15.3 billion, EUR 14.9 billion).
While most sectors in the country’s seafood industry reaped the rewards of the successful year, the nation’s cod sector struggled to keep up – a struggle experts predict will persist this year.
Significant quota cuts and reduced landings challenged cod supply
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Norwegian salmon-farming firms Lerøy, Grieg, and SalMar, as well as Faroese firm Bakkafrost, have released trading updates for the fourth quarter of 2024 that provide abridged financial results before each firm releases its full financial results later in the winter.
According to its latest trading update, Bergen, Norway-headquartered Lerøy Seafood Group (LSG) harvested approximately 56,800 gutted weight tons (GWT) of Atlantic
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Rates of overfishing in both the Mediterranean and Black seas are continuing to fall, with the percentage of stocks deemed overexploited now falling below 60 percent in the region for the first time, according to the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM).
According to a recent GFCM publication titled “The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries (SoMFi) 2023,” that fishing pressure is still twice the level
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If U.K. citizens were to buy more domestically produced seafood, it could help the nation better meet dietary recommendations and climate goals, according to a new study conducted by the Rowett Institute at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.
The research – funded through Scotland’s Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division (RESAS) – mapped U.K. seafood production, trade, purchases, and consumption
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Last year presented several challenges to the Scottish smoked salmon sector, including high prices for raw materials and cost-of-living issues squeezing the wallets of consumers.
However, Aberdeen, Scotland-based smoked salmon producer John Ross is entering the new year positively by announcing plans for expansion and having recently been granted the Royal Warrant of Appointment as Fish Merchant and Curer to King Charles III.
The firm has a
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The European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products (EUMOFA) recently released its annual report on E.U. seafood trends, focusing on and analyzing finalized data for 2023, which found fish prices rose across the E.U. in 2023.
According to the report, titled “The EU Fish Market – 2024 Edition,” E.U. household expenditures on seafood reached EUR 62.3 billion (USD 65.4 billion) in 2023, representing a 6 percent
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