Nicki Holmyard lives and breathes the seafood industry. As a specialist freelance writer for 25 years, she has
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A new report has found the European seaweed industry experienced exponential growth in the number and value of investments over the past decade ...
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The current high price of electricity has improved Norwegian land-based aquaculture company Andfjord Salmon’s competitive position compared to other land-based facilities, the company said in its Q3 2021 results.
Andfjord Salmon CEO Martin Rasmussen said the company’s flow-through aquaculture system with laminar waterflow technology and its use of land-based pools …
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Fisheries management using maximum sustainable yields (MSY) is key to maintaining healthy stocks, according to Brett Glencross, the technical director of IFFO, The Marine Ingredients Organization.
The global fishmeal and fish oil industry has become increasingly sustainable as many of the world’s developed nations have put MSY limits in place, and as an increasing number of seafood companies make the use of sustainably certified
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A bill introduced in the United Kingdom in May 2021, and passed into law in November, formally recognizes animals – including marine invertebrates – as sentient beings.
The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill underpins the U.K. government’s action plan for animal welfare, with the goal of improving the treatment of animals in the U.K. and introducing measures to protect the welfare of animals abroad. The bill creates an animal
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Andfjord Salmon celebrated a milestone on mid-November as its first 20-meter-deep flow-through pool at its land-based salmon farm in Kvalnes, Andøya, Norway was successfully filled with seawater ...
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Norcod has signed a partnership deal with Vesterålen Havbruk, to harvest all of the fish grown at its Frosvika site in northern Norway. The three-year extendable agreement covers the slaughtering and processing of up to 10,000 metric tons (MT) of cod per year …
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Progress on Salmon Evolution’s land-based salmon farm on the island of Indre Harøy, Norway, is on time and on budget, the company’s CEO, Håkon André Berg, announced during its third-quarter results presentation on 16 November ...
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Varkaus, Finland-based Finnforel has received a EUR 45 million (USD 52 million) investment to fund the growth of its trout-farming operation, including the development of Finland’s first selective breeding center for rainbow trout and a rapid expansion into global markets.
Finnforel, founded in 2017 by Kaj Arvonen, Pekka Viljakainen, and Petri Heino, uses recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) technology and an organic fish-production
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An average 4 percent growth rate is expected for the global salmon market 2022, rising to 5 percent in 2023, according to Rabobank Senior Seafood Market Analyst Gorjan Nikolik ...
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Gøta, Faroe Islands-based Hiddenfjord is performing sea trials of a new experimental salmon cage designed by Norwegian closed-cage specialist group FiiZK ...
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