Nicki Holmyard

More og Romsdal, Norway-based Salmon Evolution AS has received a commitment of EUR 9 million (USD 11 million) in grant aid from Norwegian government-owned enterprise Enova.

The grant will be used for ongoing construction work on Salmon Evolution’s innovative hybrid flow-through fish farm, situated in an abandoned quarry at Indre Harøy, on Norway’s west coast.

Norway’s government has set the goals of increasing

Trondheim, Norway-based Norcod has moved another step closer to rolling out its farm-raised cod to customers after conducting its first planned sample harvest.

Cod from the first planned sampling were sent to selected retailers, foodservice suppliers, and producers in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and the United States. The fish were

A new white paper commissioned by Global Seafood Assurances (GSA) is offering a comprehensive look at the tools and resources that exist to ensure social welfare on board the world’s fishing vessels.

The paper, Worker Voice on Fishing Vessels, documents the initiatives, organizations, and projects available around the world that offer fishing crews a means to voice concerns, have influence over matters that affect them in the workplace,

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has published its annual report on global fisheries, outlining how governments are addressing the key challenges faced by their fishing sectors and suggesting priorities for action at the national and international level.

The OECD Review of Fisheries 2020, published 10 December, is based on an in-depth analysis of the latest data reported by OECD countries and partner economies. A major

Milan, Italy-based nonprofit Friend of the Sea (FoS) is revising its Sustainable Aquaculture and Fish Welfare certification standards and their respective audit guidance, with the aim of strengthening sustainability and farm management criteria.

The revision process opened for public consultation on 4 December, 2020, with comment invited from stakeholders and interested parties until 1 February 2021.

“To achieve sustainability in

Scottish Sea Farms has just harvested fish ongrown from the first smolts reared at its state-of-the-art recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) hatchery at Barcaldine, on the west coast of Scotland.

The fish were transferred a year ago from the GBP 58 million (USD 77.8 million, EUR 64.3 million) freshwater facility, to one of the company’s salmon farms in a local sea loch for on-growing.

The smolts were put to sea with an average weight of

A new global impact fund of USD 325 million (EUR 271 million), aimed at the food, agriculture, and ocean technology sectors has been launched by Brussels, Belgium-based venture capital firm Astanor Ventures.

Founded in 2017 by Eric Archambeau and George Coelho, Astanor is an impact investment firm, delivering financial, social, and environmental returns in equal measure. It was set up to invest in disruptive companies creating systemic change in

Andfjord Salmon has announced plans to fast-track the second phase of its land-based salmon farming facility at Kvalnes, on the Norwegian Arctic island of Andøya.

The work will be carried out in parallel with its first phase of development of its flow-through facility, which will create a capacity of 1,000 metric tons (MT) maximum allowed biomass (MAB). Construction is now underway on its first ocean pool for salmon. The second phase of

The latest report from the financial think tank Planet Tracker has found that an investment in traceability could be a profitable move for seafood processors, with a better return than the industry’s traditional method of creating value through mergers and acquisitions.

The London, United Kingdom-based nonprofit organization, which focuses on studying environmental issues from a financial perspective, found profit margins could be as much

Atlantic salmon farming firm Hiddenfjord, based in the Faroe Islands, has reduced its level of carbon dioxide emissions attributed to exporting its fish by 94 percent by discontinuing its use of air freight. 

Hiddenfjord suspended its air freight operations on 10 October 2020 and moved to using lower-emission sea freight instead to transport its salmon to markets in China and the United States.

The decision follows publication of a report