Madelyn Kearns

Kleppe, Norway-based AKVA Group ASA has declined to comment on whether losses it reported in its Q1 financial statement relating to a cyberattack resulted from paying a ransom. 

Cyber-attackers took a toll on the aquaculture technology and services provider in the first quarter of 2021, costing the company NOK 49.7 million (EUR 5 million, USD 6 million) in losses in January.   

On 11 January, the firm notified the Oslo Stock

Ren Seafoods has purchased a former Smith’s Bakery building for USD 4.17 million (EUR 3.41 million) in Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A., where it is establishing a seafood processing facility and distribution hub.

The recently purchased property includes 15.63 acres, complete with a 70,130-square-foot production area, a 35,684-square-foot cross dock, and a 4,826-square-foot truck service facility, AL.com reported. About 30,000 square feet of the

This month, Paris, France-based Ÿnsect officially began construction on its ambitious third production unit, ŸnFarm.

According to the company – which specializes in the production of insect-based ingredients for fish feed, pet food, and more – ŸnFarm is set to become the largest vertical insect farm in the world, with a surface area encompassing more than 480,000 square feet and a production capacity of 200,000 metric

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.-based company Stavis Seafoods has brought Salvatore Bramante on board as its new vice president of operations.

As vice president of operations, Bramante “will be responsible for optimizing productivity and efficiencies at all Stavis facilities,” the company said. Additionally, he will oversee all in-house production of the company’s “growing value-added line of seafood products across

Red Lobster CEO Kim Lopdrup has been named chairman of the board of Kalera, a vertical farming company specializing in the production of produce in controlled environments using plant science.

Lopdrup will take over for current chairman Bjorge Gretland, who will remain on Kalera’s board of directors – a collective that now includes the likes of former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, and Maria Sastre, a seasoned executive

Loðnuvinnslan (LVF) has contracted with Skaginn 3X to outfit its Fáskrúðsfjörður, Iceland-based operation with a new pelagic processing system …

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MarinTrust, the global marine ingredient standard for responsible supply (formerly IFFO RS), released updated guidance on 10 May for its Chain of Custody (CoC) Version 2 standard, which became effective as of 30 November, 2020.

In a press release, MarinTrust said it was extending the transition period “set up to help certification bodies as well as all facilities certified under the former version (known as v1.1), understand how the

Norwegian traceability and business software developer Maritech aims to grow its business in Iceland with the addition of Konrad Olavsson as its new sales and service manager.

Maritech, which was founded on the west coast of Norway 40 years ago, considers Iceland as one of its core markets – the company has been present there since 2019 through its partnership with Sea Data Center, it said. Olavsson will serve as “a new ambassador

Markus Zender has joined Stolt Sea Farm as its new chief commercial officer, effective 11 May.

Stolt Sea Farm, a subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen Limited specializing in the land-based farming of turbot (Psetta maxima) and sole (Solea senegalens), said Zender will help strengthen its sales and marketing team as it expands the company’s reach. The firm recently hired a U.K.-bases sales manager to lead and develop its frozen seafood business and

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada-based company Organic Ocean announced on 5 May the addition of chef and cookbook author Robert Clark as its chief culinary officer.

Clark, one of the creators of the Vancouver Aquarium's Ocean Wise seafood program, was recently appointed to the Order of Canada “in recognition of his trailblazing efforts to create an environmentally and economically sustainable seafood supply system,” Organic