Saying that it has “taken inspiration from the current craze for plant-based protein products,” frozen fish specialist Greenland Seafood has expanded its product offering with a new vegetable frozen range.
Targeted at both retail and foodservice markets, the rice-protein based range offers alternative products to fish while incorporating the core range and the marketing codes of the fish bestsellers in the frozen section, the company
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A new spin-off company from the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) has received a GBP 1.2 million (USD 1.6 million, EUR 1.5 million) investment from the University, Kelvin Capital, and Scottish Enterprise …
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Despite the recent discontinuation of its exports to Ukraine in the wake of Russia's invasion, Norway’s seafood industry managed to ship NOK 11.3 billion (USD 1.3 billion, EUR 1.1 billion) worth of products to overseas markets last month, the highest February value in the country’s history.
Compared with February 2021, the increase in value was 30 percent, or NOK 2.6 billion (USD 291.8 million, EUR 263.7 million). Poland provided
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Diana Aqua, a business unit of Symrise Taste, Nutrition, and Health specializing in the production of functional ingredients and palatability-enhancers that help aquafeed manufacturers to develop high performance feeds, has confirmed it has begun operating under new name, Symrise Aqua
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Aarhus, Denmark-headquartered aquafeed supplier BioMar Group has shut down all of its commercial trade activities within Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine.
BioMar said the ban represents a major step for the company, as the loss of raw materials from Russia and lost sales volume will have a significant impact on its bottom line.
“This has not been an easy decision, but as a company driven by our purpose and values, we must take
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Following its acquisition of Grieg Seafood Hjaltland UK at the end of last year, Scottish Sea Farms has confirmed two new appointments in Shetland …
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SalMar ASA has selected Linda Litlekalsøy Aase to take over the position of CEO at the Frøya Municipality, Norway-headquartered salmon farming firm.
Aase will take up the role no later than 1 June, 2022, while current CEO Gustav Witzøe said he is willing to be nominated to the company's board, according to a statement issued by SalMar’s board of directors.
The new CEO joins from Aker Solutions, where she served as an
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Scottish-owned family company Dawnfresh Seafoods, one of the United Kingdom’s largest processors and producers of fish and seafood, has been placed into administration, with staff at its factories in Arbroath and Uddingston told of the news on Tuesday 1 March 2022 …
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Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) is looking for a new CEO following the resignation of Renate Larsen, who has been in the role for six years.
In a press release, Larsen said the decision to step down as head of the trade body representing the Norwegian seafood industry was hers alone, and that she will remain in the position throughout her six-month notice period if the NSC board requires it.
“There’s no drama behind my decision. I
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Trondheim, Norway-based cod aquaculture company Norcod AS harvested 1,390 metric tons (MT) of fish in 2021, achieving NOK 72 million (USD 8 million, EUR 7.1 million) in revenue …
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