Nicki Holmyard

Contributing Editor

Nicki Holmyard lives and breathes the seafood industry. As a specialist freelance writer for 25 years, she has travelled the globe to research in-depth articles, interviews and news stories on all aspects of fishing, aquaculture and processing for international journals and newspapers. She has contributed to books on sustainable seafood sourcing and the effects of climate change on the oceans, and acts as a communications consultant for leading fishing and aquaculture concerns. Nicki is also a director of Offshore Shellfish Ltd, which is developing Europe’s largest rope-grown mussel farm.


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Published on
July 15, 2022

The Kingfish Company announced strong demand for its yellowtail kingfish in Europe and the U.S.A., and a strengthening financial position, in its Q2 results, issued 14 July, 2022 …

Photo courtesy of The Kingfish

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July 14, 2022

There has been a rapid increase in the amount of capital invested in climate-friendly blue foods in the past five to seven years, and huge growth in the number of companies entering the wider aquaculture space, according to Maggie Fried, head of the ocean and aquaculture investor consortium at CREO Syndicate.

CREO is a New York City, U.S.A.-based non-profit working with a network of approximately 200 global investors, primarily family offices,

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July 12, 2022

At the United Nations Ocean Conference from 27 June to 1 July, 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal, more than 30 executives representing the international aquaculture sector issued a call to action to accelerate the development of purpose-driven aquaculture.

It is the first time that sector leaders from fish production, juvenile supply, feed manufacture, fish health and investor organizations, have united behind such a shared vision, according to several

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Published on
July 7, 2022

Columbi Salmon, which plans to build a large-scale, vertically-integrated, land-based recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) in Oostende, Belgium, is planning to launch an initial public offering toward the end of 2022 or early in 2023 

Image courtesy of Columbi

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June 30, 2022

Re:Ocean is seeking SEK 2.3 billion (USD 226 million, EUR 216.4 million) to develop a 10,000-metric-ton (MT) vertically integrated land-based Atlantic salmon farm in Säffle, Sweden.

Formerly known as Premium Svensk Lax, the company and project was recently rebranded. First proposed in 2020, the project calls for the construction of a 58,8000-square-meter inland salmon farm housing 88 tanks of varying sizes up to 25 meters in diameter, where

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Published on
June 24, 2022

Lisbon, Portugal-based food group Jerónimo Martins has become one of the largest shareholders in Andfjord Salmon ... 

Photo courtesy of Jerónimo

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June 23, 2022

Purecod, a Norwegian Atlantic cod-farming firm, has signed a contract with Blue Ocean Technology for a "plug and farm" sludge- and water-treatment facility …

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June 21, 2022

Seafood plays a vital part in global food security and nutrition, yet only half of the countries with a nutrition strategy identify fish consumption as a key objective in their public policies, Manuel Barange, the director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division of the Food, and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) said in his opening keynote address at the Blue Food Innovation Summit in London, U.K. on 14 June, 2022.

In his

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Published on
June 20, 2022

Andfjord Salmon has received approval to develop a land-based salmon farm in Breivik, Andoya, Norway. The company’s zoning plan application was approved by the local Andoy Municipality, moving forward its plan to build a 25,000-metric-ton capacity farm in Breivik, which is in the Arctic Circle ... 

Photo courtesy of Andfjord

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Published on
June 13, 2022

Aquaculture and fisheries concerns in the European Union are receiving additional funding as the European Commission finalizes Partnership Agreements with its 27 Member States.

Partnership Agreements are strategic documents that program investments from the cohesion policy - the E.U.'s main investment policy – and the European Maritime, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) for 2021 to 2027.

Denmark is to receive EUR 808

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