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Following directives from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, NOAA’s Aquaculture Program said it made steady progress in 2025 on exploring new aquaculture projects in the U.S., inching closer to helping the country close its farmed seafood import gap. “Currently, the U.S. imports USD 15 billion [EUR 12.7 billion] worth of farmed seafood. That’s billion with a ‘b.’ It is by far more than we produce here at home, which is… Read More

Opfikon, Switzerland-based aviation company Swissport has opened a perishables center at London’s Heathrow Airport, aiming to support growing global demand for fresh Atlantic salmon, among other products. The center, acquired by Swissport in November 2024 to expand perishables handling capacity in the U.K., is the first such dedicated facility in the nation and responds to growing demand for perishable goods in Europe and beyond, “where… Read More

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) has slashed pollock quotas in the Gulf of Alaska by more than 25 percent for 2026 but has kept much larger quotas in the Bering Sea nearly the same. During a council meeting held 4 to 9 December in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A., the body recommended cutting pollock quota from this year’s total allowable catch (TAC) of 186,245 metric tons (MT) to 139,498 MT. However, quotas in the Bering Sea will… Read More

To keep up to date with the latest personnel changes across the seafood industry, SeafoodSource is compiling a regular round-up of hiring announcements and other personnel-related shifts worldwide. If you have an announcement, please send it to [email protected]. – Norwegian oceanography software firm Oceanbox has tapped Atle Eide as its new chairman of the board. “We have always aimed to bring in an independent chair of the board,… Read More

Shawn Taylor likens the current state of Jamaican fishermen to a weary boxer. Hurricane Beryl, a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 140 miles per hour that struck Jamaica in July 2024, knocked the island’s fishermen to the mat, according to Taylor, who is the chairman of the Jamaican Fishermen Cooperative Union (JFCU). Over a year later, as fishermen were beginning to show some signs of recovery, news began to reach Jamaica that an… Read More

Auckland, New Zealand-based water utility firm Watercare has paid out NZD 1 million (USD 560,000, EUR 485,000) to oyster farmers operating in Mahurangi Harbor on the nation’s North Island in response to a wastewater overflow incident that occurred in late October. According to Watercare, the spill was caused by a power surge that tripped the pumps at its facility in Warkworth and resulted in the building’s storage tank filling past capacity,… Read More

Buhl, Idaho, U.S.A.-based feed company Rangen Aquaculture Nutrition has become the first U.S. firm to earn the Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s (ASC) Feed Certification.  Confirmed on 11 November, Rangen’s feed mill in Buhl is now certified by the ASC to produce feed for freshwater trout, salmon, seriola, cobia, shrimp, and tilapia. “Rangen Aquaculture is committed to delivering nutritionally rich solutions from hatch to harvest, and ASC… Read More

Norwegian private equity firm Bluefront Equity has become the largest shareholder of Trøndelag, Norway-based fish and marine health advisory firm Aqua Kompetanse. The investment, which will see Bluefront purchase a 55 percent stake in Aqua Kompetanse, was made through Bluefront’s USD 100 million (EUR 85.8 million) second impact fund, Bluefront Capital II, which garnered investments from such firms as the European Investment Fund, Novo… Read More

Stingray Marine Solutions CEO John Arne Breivik has watched Norway’s aquaculture industry grow from simply being an extra revenue stream for livestock farmers to an industry worth around NOK 75 billion (USD 7.4 billion, EUR 6.4 billion) annually.

The rapid growth of the country’s aquaculture sector brought along equally swift advancements in technology to meet its shifting needs, and from a young age, Breivik became fascinated in the

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Antwerp, Belgium-based food-processing machinery firm Steen said that recent trade disruptions stemming from U.S. tariffs have caused some of their American buyers to hold off on new deals.

“After the tariffs were announced, some people who [verbally] committed to buying from us said they were, instead, going to hold off and see how things play out,” Steen International Sales Manager Laurenz Seesing told SeafoodSource at the 2025

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