Nicki Holmyard

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

Global efforts to reduce plastic waste are being foiled by a lack of transparency in the supply chain, according to a new report from the Perth, Australia-based non-profit philanthropic Minderoo Foundation and SYSTEMIQ, an organization dedicated to ensuring the United Nations Global Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement are upheld.

The report, “Clearing a Path Through the Waste: Transparency in the Plastics Supply Chain,” points

A new report from the Seaweed for Europe Coalition finds that the economic potential of the European seaweed sector could be worth as much EUR 9 billion (USD 10.6 billion) and create 115,000 new jobs by 2030 – more employment than the entire European aquaculture sector offered in 2017.

The report, “Hidden Champion of the Ocean: Seaweed as a Growth Engine for a Sustainable European Future,” also looks at the environmental and

To feed a growing population traceable and nutritious proteins, value-chain collaboration is crucial, according to IFFO, the Marine Ingredients Organization, which recently held its annual conference online.

During the event, IFFO President Anne Mette Baek praised the marine ingredients industry for its ongoing efforts promoting greater sustainability and its engagement with the circular economy – actions she said have helped it maintain

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