Nicki Holmyard

The two keys to building demand for sustainable seafood are greater global collaboration and consumer education, according to panelists at the 2025 Blue Food Innovation summit, which took place 8 to 9 April in London, U.K.

In a session titled “From Catch to Consumer: Building the Future Demand for Sustainable Seafood,” the panelists said consumers around the world claim to prefer sustainable seafood and are willing to pay more for

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A joint fish-farming venture has submitted a proposal to the Falkland Islands government to produce up to 50,000 metric tons of Atlantic salmon per year off the waters of the remote South Atlantic archipelago.

Unity Marine, a joint venture between Danish consultancy F-land ApS and Falklands Islands-based seafood brand Fortuna, is now awaiting government approval of its plans.

“We are asking the Falkland Islands government to introduce

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Aure, Norway-based aquaculture company Salfjord has signed a NOK 100 million (USD 9 million, EUR 8.6 million) deal for initial construction on its first land-based Atlantic salmon farm, which will be located in the Tjeldbergodden Industrial Park in Aure.

Salfjord’s initial plans for the farm include a modular grow-out operation, with the exact number and design of its tanks remaining a work in progress. The company has a permit to grow a

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Amsterdam, Netherlands-headquartered land-based aquaculture firm AquaFounders Capital has taken major steps forward with its strategy to build two new companies from the ground up. The firm, set up by Ohad Maiman – founder and former CEO of Dutch yellowtail-farming firm The Kingfish Company – and Thue Holm – founder and former CTO of Norwegian salmon-farming company Atlantic Sapphire – has now delved into plug-and-play aquaculture… Read More

Dordrecht, Netherlands-based aquaculture technology firm Pan Ocean Aquaculture (POA) is in talks with authorities in Malta to construct a 4,000-metric-ton seriola farm using its semi-submersible fish farm (SSFF) design.

POA Co-Founder and Director Philip Schreven told SeafoodSource that since its inception, his company has given considerable thought and time toward developing a cost-effective fish farm and mooring design suitable for high-energy

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Plans for the U.K.’s first onshore Atlantic salmon grow-out farm have stalled. Earlier this year, U.K.-based fish-farming firm AquaCultured Seafood received approval from the North East Lincolnshire council to move forward on a 5,000-metric-ton (MT) recirculating aquaculture system facility in the eastern England port town of Grimsby, which is anticipated to cost around GBP 120 million (USD 150 million, EUR 139 million) to… Read More

Norwegian aquaculture company Baring has begun the first construction phase on its land-based salmon farm in the southern municipality of Farsund.

Baring obtained a license to build a land-based facility for post-smolt and harvest-ready fish in 2022. 

Now, the company said it plans to introduce 100-gram smolts to the facility in the second quarter of 2025 and produce 1,200 metric tons (MT) of 800- to 1,000-gram post-smolt fish within a

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