Nicki Holmyard

COVID-19 has had a profound effect on the global seafood supply, forcing suppliers and the organizations that support them, to rethink short- and long-term strategies.

In Scotland, where industry body Seafood Scotland works to improve the value return to the supply chain, the impacts of COVID-19 – compounded by the complications of Brexit – have resulted in a new focus for the organization.

Head of Seafood Scotland Donna Fordyce said

Premium Svensk Lax (Premium Swedish Salmon) claims to have finally “cracked the code” for a successful sustainable land-based salmon farm, and has become the first company to obtain an environmental license to produce salmon on Swedish soil.

Based in Säffle, in west-central Sweden, the project is designed to produce 10,000 metric tons (MT) of Atlantic salmon per year once fully operational. The 58,8000-square-meter inland salmon

The representation of women on the boards of global seafood companies grew to 14.4 percent in 2020, up from 9.1 percent in 2016, according to a new analysis by International Organisation for Women in the Seafood Industry (WSI).

WSI Executive Director Marie Christine Monfort told SeafoodSource that while this figure is the highest ever recorded, it represents just a modest improvement on previous years.

WSI Project Manager Natalia Briceno-Lagos

IFFO, the international trade body that represents the marine ingredients industry, sees a promising future for itself, even with the rise of alternative, plant- and algae-based aquafeed ingredients.

As part of a new campaign to tell its story to a wider audience, the organization recently relaunched its website and initiated a social media campaign, according to IFFO Director General Petter Johannessen.

“There are still many old and

Lebanon is in crisis. Its public debt-to-gross domestic product is the third highest in the world, unemployment stands at around 25 percent, and nearly a third of the population lives below the poverty line. The government now hopes that aquaculture can help to improve employment levels and food security, and provide economic and social opportunities, including for women and young people.

The country relies for 90 percent of its seafood on